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Jews ease back into Tunisia for famed pilgrimage
April 28, 2013 DJERBA, Tunisia (AP) — Under a bright Mediterranean sun Saturday, Jews whose forebears once thronged Tunisia are trekking to a celebrated synagogue under the protection of police — as organizers try... more »»
Iceland opposition poised to win general election
April 28, 2013 REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Five years after Iceland's economic collapse, early returns signaled that voters are favoring the return of a center-right, Eurosceptic government... more »»
Hitler's food taster tells of poisoning fears
April 27, 2013 BERLIN (AP) — They were feasts of sublime asparagus — laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband. more »»
Cuba ends half-century ban on pro boxing
April 27, 2013 HAVANA (AP) — Cuba is breaking a five-decade ban on professional boxing and joining an international semipro league. more »»
Russia detains 140 suspected Islamic extremists
April 27, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police and security agents detained 140 people at a mosque in Moscow on Friday on suspicion of involvement with Islamic extremism. more »»
Muslim-Christian relationship fuels row in Egypt
April 27, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — An alleged romance between an Egyptian Muslim college student and a Coptic Christian man heightened sectarian tension on Friday in a small rural Egyptian town where police fired tear ga... more »»
Iraqi soldiers retake control of Sunni town
April 27, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi soldiers backed by tanks retook control of a Sunni town north of Baghdad on Friday after gunmen withdrew without a fight, although violence erupted at three Sunni mosques and... more »»
Bomb kills 9 near Pakistan political party office
April 27, 2013 KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb exploded on Friday near the office of a main Pakistan political party that had received threats from the Taliban, killing nine people in the latest attack in the... more »»
Syrian rebels call on world to put words to action
April 27, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition groups called Friday for international action after the Obama administration said U.S. intelligence indicates President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons. more »»
Chile hunts sect members accused of burning baby
April 27, 2013 SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean police are searching for three people accused of burning a baby alive in a doomsday ritual. more »»
Serbian lawmakers vote to support Kosovo deal
April 27, 2013 BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly supported an agreement normalizing relations with breakaway Kosovo, a potentially landmark deal that could end years of tensions... more »»
Toll in Bangladesh building collapse climbs to 275
April 26, 2013 SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — "Save us, brother. I beg you, brother," Mohammad Altab moaned to the rescuers who could not help him. more »»
Fire in Russian psychiatric hospital kills 38
April 26, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — A fire raged through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow early Friday, killing 38 people, including two nurses, emergency officials said. more »»
Gunmen kill 10 in Philippine political violence
April 26, 2013 MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police say gunmen ambushed political campaigners for a southern town mayor, killing his daughter and nine others supporters and relatives. more »»
Venezuela: Opposition to boycott vote audit
April 26, 2013 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles announced Thursday that his movement will boycott an audit of election results and push the government to hold a new... more »»
Samsung to block access to app store in Iran
April 26, 2013 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian users of Samsung mobile applications said Thursday that the company had notified them that they will no longer have access to the company's online store as of May 22. more »»
In Cuba, much work remains 6 months after Sandy
April 26, 2013 HAVANA (AP) — Many people in eastern Cuba are still living with family or in houses covered by flimsy makeshift rooftops six months after Hurricane Sandy pummeled the island's eastern provinces,... more »»
Culture war in Israel targets ultra-Orthodox Jews
April 26, 2013 JERUSALEM (AP) — A cultural war has erupted between Israel's rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox rivals. more »»
Clashes suggest Sunni tensions boiling over in Iraq
April 25, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — With Sunni gunmen beginning to confront the Shiite-led government's security forces head-on in northern and western Iraq, fears are growing fast of a return to full-scale sectarian... more »»
Minaret of famed mosque in Syria destroyed
April 25, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — The 11th-century minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo's old quarter collapsed Wednesday as rebels and government troops fought pitched... more »» |
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