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U.S. pushes for Afghan-Talban reconciliation

World NewsOct 20, 2011

KABUL (AP) ― U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is encouraging Afghanistan’s wary leadership to keep up Taliban reconciliation efforts and boosting counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan as the Obama administration presses ahead with troop withdrawal plans.Clinton arrived in Kabul la
America unsettled on Obama challenger

World NewsOct 20, 2011

U.S. president suffers from faltering support, but opposing Republicans present feeble challengeWASHINGTON (AP) ― Half of all Americans believe President Barack Obama does not deserve to be re-elected, but none of the Republicans vying to challenge him in 2012 has been able to beat him in a hypothet
Jon Bon Jovi's charity restaurant opens in US

World NewsOct 20, 2011

RED BANK, New Jersey (AP) _ In three decades as one of the world's biggest rock stars, Jon Bon Jovi has eaten in some of the world's best restaurants, savoring the best food the planet has to offer.Yet there's no place he'd rather have dinner than The Soul Kitchen, a ``pay-what-you-can'' restaurant
4th arrest made in Philadelphia basement case

World NewsOct 20, 2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fourth person was arrested Wednesday in a scheme in which authorities said mentally disabled adults were locked up in a fetid basement while their captors cashed their Social Security checks. The latest suspect was the daughter of the alleged ringleader, officials said.Th
Armed police kill exotic animals let loose in US

PodcastOct 20, 2011

A sign warning motorists that exotic animals are on the loose rests on I-70 Wednesday, near Zanesville, Ohio. Police with assault rifles stalked a mountain lion, grizzly bear and monkey still on the loose after authorities said their owner apparently freed dozens of wild animals and then killed hims
Reports: French first lady gives birth to girl

PodcastOct 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 absen
Greece: Riots as austerity steps get 1st approval

World BusinessOct 20, 2011

ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ Hundreds of youths have 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 parliamentary approval in a vote.Wednesday's rioting came on the first day of a 48-hou
U.S. announces replacement of envoy on N. Korea ahead of Geneva talks

World NewsOct 20, 2011

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- The United States announced Wednesday that Stephen Bosworth will quit his part-time job as Washington's top envoy on Pyongyang as the two sides plan to hold another round of high-level talks next week in Geneva.After two and a half years of service, Bosworth will be r
Intel’s Q3 sings but global computer market out of tune

World BusinessOct 19, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Intel Corp.’s third-quarter results Tuesday offered some comfort for investors jittery about the weak state of the global computer market.Net income rose 17 percent and revenue rose 29 percent, topping Wall Street targets.Intel CEO Paul Otellini credited stronger sales of proces
Oil price to rise without Mideast investment

World BusinessOct 19, 2011

IEA chief economist: $1.5 trillion a year to keep energy flowingPARIS (AP) ― A reluctance to invest in energy infrastructure in Middle Eastern and North African countries, partially because of unrest in the region, could drive up oil prices, an economist warned Tuesday.Fatih Birol, the chief ec
VW and BMW lead European car sales gains on new models

World BusinessOct 19, 2011

A pedestrian passes a Volkswagen dealership in Berlin, Germany. (Bloomberg)Volkswagen AG and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG led gains in European car sales as new models propelled demand and the German carmakers’ home market grew. Registrations climbed 1.1 percent to 1.27 million vehicles from 1.26 mil
Western arms used on Arab protesters: AI report

World NewsOct 19, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― The United States, Russia and many European countries that have supported the swell of protests across the Middle East and North Africa this year also supplied some of the weapons used against demonstrators, Amnesty International said in a new report Tuesday.The report comes as the h
U.S. offers Libya new aid package

World NewsOct 19, 2011

TRIPOLI (AP) ― The Obama administration offered millions of dollars in new aid to Libya as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton encouraged the country’s unsteady new leadership to commit to a democratic future free of retribution, and acknowledged in unusually blunt terms that the United States
Malaria vaccine study reaches milestone

World NewsOct 19, 2011

ATLANTA (AP) ― The quest for the world’s first malaria vaccine appears to have taken a big step: A study in Africa shows experimental shots cut the risk of disease in young children by half.The initial results from a final stage of vaccine testing were released Tuesday, and the vaccine’s developers
Cain, Romney under attack in Republican debate

World NewsOct 19, 2011

LAS VEGAS (AP) ― Republican presidential contenders piled on the two front runners in a feisty debate Tuesday night, attacking businessman Herman Cain’s economic plan as a tax increase and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney over his health care law.Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota led the assau