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Pole who spirited Jewish woman from Auschwitz dies

World NewsOct 23, 2011

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- The young Catholic man spirited his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944, saving her life. Yet it took 39 years for them to see each other again.Jerzy Bielecki, a German-speaking Polish inmate at the same Nazi death camp, lived to age 90 and died peacefully in his sleep
Thailand leader says floods may last 6 more weeks

World NewsOct 23, 2011

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand’s catastrophic floods may take up to six weeks to recede, the prime minister said Saturday, as residents living in Bangkok’s outskirts sloshed through waist-high waters in some areas and the human toll from the crisis nationwide rose to 356 dead and more than 110,000 displac
Gadhafi's death energizes Syrian, Yemeni protests

World NewsOct 22, 2011

Yemen`s government supporters shout slogans during a funeral for 11 government soldiers and supporters who died in the clashes with rebels in Sanaa, Yemen, Oct. 21, 2011. (Xinhua-Yonhap News)BEIRUT (AP) _ Energized by the killing of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, thousands of protesters in Syria and Yemen
Libya faces challenges ahead

World NewsOct 21, 2011

Gadhafi gone, but revolutionaries struggle among themselvesWASHINGTON (AP) ― Libya’s victorious revolutionaries now face a new threat: Themselves.The secular and religious, the politicians and the militants basked Thursday in the demise of a dictator, as fighters killed Moammar Gadhafi and eradicate
World leaders look warily to Libya’s future

World NewsOct 21, 2011

LONDON (AP) ― European leaders hailed it as a victory, Libyan exiles celebrated in the streets and the mother of one of Moammar Gadhafi’s many victims said she was treating herself to an expensive bottle of champagne.But jubilation over the demise of Libya’s long-serving ruler is being tempered by c
Libyans won revolution, opportunity ahead: Obama

World NewsOct 21, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama on Thursday cast the demise of Moammar Gadhafi as a momentous opportunity for Libya and its long-suffering people. “You have won your revolution,” he told them.“One of the world’s longest-serving dictators is no more,” Obama said as news of Gadhafi’s death an
Pulled from drainage pipe, Gadhafi was shown no mercy

World NewsOct 21, 2011

Libyan people celebrate the death of fallen Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli on Thursday. (Xinhua-Yonhap News)SIRTE, Libya (AP) ― Dragged from hiding in a drainage pipe, a wounded Moammar Gadhafi raised his hands and begged revolutionary fighters: “Don’t kill me, my sons.” Within an hour, he
Eurozone crisis efforts in disarray amid divisions

World BusinessOct 21, 2011

BRUSSELS (AP) ― Europe’s efforts to solve its escalating debt crisis plunged into disarray, after Germany and France could not bridge their differences in time for a summit Sunday, forcing them to call a second meeting.Sunday’s summit was supposed to deliver a comprehensive plan to finally get a gri
With warped vision, Gadhafi maddened Libya, West

World NewsOct 21, 2011

People wave pre-Gadhafi flags as they gather to celebrate the death of deposed Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday. Moammar Gadhafi, Libya`s dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, was killed Thursday as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his
Gadhafi, Libya's leader for 42 years, killed as his hometown falls

World NewsOct 21, 2011

SIRTE, Libya (AP) -- Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by his own people in an uprising that turned into a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two
Hype builds around North Korea’s look-alike hotel

World NewsOct 20, 2011

The butt of countless jokes, the North Korean capital Pyongyang’s Ryukyong Hotel was the monolithic structure dominating the city’s skyline that seemed to be a veritable “white elephant.”Work started on the 105-story, pyramid-shaped building in 1987 with hopes of being opened just two years later. B
Greece: Riots as austerity steps get first approval

World BusinessOct 20, 2011

A protester throws a stone at Greek riot police, during clashes on Wednesday. (AP-Yonhap News)ATHENS (AP) ― Hundreds of youths smashed and looted stores in central Athens and clashed with riot police during a massive anti-government rally against painful new austerity measures that won initial parli
French first lady gives birth to girl: report

World NewsOct 20, 2011

PARIS (AP) ― French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave birth to a baby girl on Wednesday night ― the first infant born to a sitting president of modern-day France, the French media reported.President Nicolas Sarkozy, finishing up a meeting in Frankfurt on the euro debt crisis, was absent when the c
Turkey launches incursion into Iraqi territory

World NewsOct 20, 2011

Ankara begins ‘hot pursuit’ operation after Kurdish rebels kill 24 soldiersANKARA (AP) ― Turkish soldiers, air force bombers and helicopter gunships have launched an incursion into northern Iraq, hours after Kurdish rebels killed 24 soldiers and wounded 18 in attacks along the border.Prime Min
For U.S. Navy, Asia is crucial priority: admiral

World NewsOct 20, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The U.S. Navy views the Asia-Pacific region as a top strategic priority even as it faces possible budget cuts that could curtail other global missions, the naval chief said Wednesday.With China’s clout rising and its military might expanding, President Barack Obama’s deputies and