Obama: US not backing any Egyptian party or group
WASHINGTON (AP) â President Barack Obama on Saturday reiterated that the U.S. is not aligned with and is not supporting any particular Egyptian political party or group and again condemned the...
View ArticlePotbellied Thai police officers sent to boot camp
THANYARAT DOKSONE Associated Press= BANGKOK (AP) â On a break from fighting crimes and handling traffic jams, potbellied policemen in Bangkok are combatting another enemy: obesity. While not much can...
View ArticleBoy, 2, dies, bringing central Pa. fire toll to 7
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) â Authorities say a 2-year-old central Pennsylvania boy critically injured in a July 4 fire has died, bringing the death toll from the blaze to seven, including six from one...
View ArticleFormer NM Gov. David Cargo dies at age 84
BARRY MASSEY Associated Press= David F. Cargo, a maverick Republican who became the youngest governor of New Mexico and served two terms in the turbulent 1960s, has died at the age of 84. Family...
View ArticleEast Congo fighter says army backed militiamen
NICK LONG Associated Press= KANYARUCINYA, Congo (AP) â Nyenzi Kahuze's friends gave him a fetish they said would make him bulletproof in the battle against the M23 rebel group in eastern Congo. Now...
View ArticleFrance to turn Tunisia debt into development
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) â France's president has proposed taking at least some of Tunisia's billion euros of debt to his country and turning it into development projects. Speaking to Tunisia's elected...
View ArticleGay marriage ruling already in use in other cases
MARK SHERMAN Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) â Judges and lawyers representing same-sex couples are already using Justice Anthony Kennedy's opinion striking down part of a federal anti-gay marriage...
View ArticleSF Bay Area commuter rail service resumes
TERRY COLLINS Associated Press= OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) â Commuter rail service resumed Friday in the San Francisco Bay Area after unions called off a strike and agreed to extend a labor contract for a...
View ArticleUN's adviser on sports diplomacy visits NKorea
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) â A special adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting North Korea on an unusual sports diplomacy mission. Wilfried Lemke, who serves as a special adviser...
View ArticleChina ex-rail boss gets suspended death for graft
BEIJING (AP) â A Chinese court has handed a former railways minister a suspended death sentence for bribery and abuse of power. The official Xinhua News Agency said Liu Zhijun was sentenced to death...
View ArticleOfficial: At least 2 have died in San Francisco plane crash; some passengers...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â Official: At least 2 have died in San Francisco plane crash; some passengers unaccounted for. Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors'...
View ArticleVP Biden to travel to Arizona for memorial for 19 firefighters who died in...
WASHINGTON (AP) â VP Biden to travel to Arizona for memorial for 19 firefighters who died in wildfire. Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for...
View ArticlePakistan reintroduces death penalty
Government's decision not to renew 2008 moratorium in order to appear tough on crime is criticised by Amnesty International Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's prime minister. His government says capital...
View ArticleBART to resume service, no deal reached with union
TERRY COLLINS Associated Press= SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â Commuter rail service will resume Friday following a strike after a San Francisco transit agency suspended talks with its two largest unions. A...
View Article70 hurt as Russian train derails
A Russian passenger train has derailed while travelling from Siberia to Sochi, the future Olympic city on the Black Sea, and emergency officials say more than 70 people were injured. Oleg Fedyura of...
View ArticleClive Palmer registers newspaper trademark for 'the Australian Times'
Mining tycoon's trademark application suggests online and print publications and broadcasting services might follow Clive Palmer has registered the trademark name 'the Australian Times'. Photograph:...
View ArticleIran offers special exchange rate to lure commerce
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) â Iran's central bank is allowing most importers to buy local currency at half the former official price as part of attempts to attract investors to an economy battered by Western...
View ArticleIn Burma, monks accused of stirring up anti-Islamic violence
RANGOON, BURMA – In Burma, when monks speak, people listen. And with violence targeting minority Muslims on the rise, some senior members of Burma’s Buddhist monkhood, the revered Sangha, are...
View ArticleProsecutors drop charges against Mexican generals
MEXICO CITY (AP) â A Mexican judge says federal prosecutors have dropped organized crime charges against five high-ranking army officials accused of aiding a cartel, the latest drug trafficking case...
View ArticleChina takes aim at prices of milk, medicine
DIDI TANG Associated Press= BEIJING (AP) â China took aim this week at prices of two high-profile necessities â first baby formula, then medicines â as communist leaders try to contain surging...
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