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Al-Qaida confirms killing of al-Awlaki

World NewsOct 11, 2011

CAIRO (AP) ― Al-Qaida’s Yemeni offshoot on Monday confirmed the killing of U.S.-born militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki late last month and vowed to avenge the prominent propagandist’s death.The 40-year-old al-Awlaki, who died in a Sept. 30 U.S. drone strike in the mountains of Yemen, was the most prom
Myanmar gives amnesty to some 6,300 prisoners

World NewsOct 11, 2011

YANGON (AP) -- Myanmar announced Tuesday it was releasing 6,300 prisoners in a widely expected amnesty by the newly elected government, but it was not clear how many of them were political detainees.The release of some of the country’s estimated 2,000 political prisoners has been hotly anticipated a
Exploration company finds sunken ship of silver

Oct 11, 2011

TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- A Florida deep-sea exploration company with a record of finding sunken treasure has discovered a ship filled with silver 8,000 feet beneath the North Atlantic Ocean, the firm said Monday.Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. said it found the remains of the SS Mantola, which sank on
EU backs Syrian opposition, mulls new sanctions

World NewsOct 11, 2011

LUXEMBOURG (AP) ― The European Union is reaching out to the nascent Syrian opposition movement to see if it could play an instrumental role in ousting President Bashar Assad, whose crackdown on pro-democracy protesters has so far killed nearly 3,000 people.Diplomats said Syria’s opposition needs mor
Jobs’ cause of death released as Apple mourns

World BusinessOct 11, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― The official cause of death for beloved Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was made public on Monday as a private memorial was planned at the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters for employees.Local public health officials reportedly determined that Jobs was at home in the Northern C
Detainees tortured in Afghanistan: U.N.

World NewsOct 11, 2011

KABUL (AP) ― Beatings, electric shock and other forms of torture were administered to suspected Taliban fighters in some Afghan-run detention centers, the U.N. said Monday, even as the U.S. and others have spent billions of dollars training the police and security services.The abuse was not the resu
Moody’s reviews Belgian regions for downgrade

World BusinessOct 11, 2011

BRUSSELS (AP) ― Belgium’s financial troubles appeared to mount Monday as Moody’s Investors Service announced it was putting the country’s three regions on review for a possible downgrade, along with three of their government-related issuers.The news followed Friday’s announcement that Moody’s was pu
Libyan official: Gadhafi hiding in southern desert

World NewsOct 11, 2011

TRIPOLI (AP) ― An official on Libya’s governing council said Monday that he believes Moammar Gadhafi is hiding in the southwestern desert near the borders with Niger and Algeria, but denied allegations that the Tuareg minority ethnic group is protecting the fugitive leader.Moussa al-Kouni, who is a
Egypt vows to get tougher after violence

World NewsOct 11, 2011

A relative of one of the Copts killed during clashes with the Egyptian army mourns over his coffin in Cairo on Monday (AP-Yonhap News)Activists enraged by army’s apparent attempt to use crisis to extend ruleCAIRO (AP) ― Egypt’s ruling military on Monday condemned a surge in deadly violence as an at
‘Thinking’ robot unveiled in Japan

World NewsOct 11, 2011

TOKYO (AFP) ― Robots that learn from experience and can solve novel problems ― just like humans ― sound like science fiction.But a Japanese researcher is working on making them science fact, with machines that can teach themselves to perform tasks they have not been programmed to do, using objects t
Judge sets $1 million bond in US fetal abduction

Oct 11, 2011

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A woman who faked a pregnancy and panicked as her supposed due date grew near attacked a pregnant mother with a baseball bat and cut her full-term fetus from her womb, killing the mother and baby, according to court documents filed Monday.Annette Morales-Rodriguez, 33, faces one co
Website: Iranian actress faces jail, lashing

World NewsOct 11, 2011

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- An Iranian opposition website says an Iranian actress has been sentenced to a year in prison and 90 lashes for appearing in a movie critical of the Islamic republic’s hard-line policies.The Kalameh.com site said Monday that Marzieh Vafamehr’s attorney has appealed
Woman gives birth after running Chicago Marathon

World NewsOct 11, 2011

CHICAGO (AP) -- Amber Miller says she felt contractions minutes after crossing the Chicago Marathon finish line.A few hours after completing the 42-kilometer race Sunday, the suburban Chicago woman gave birth to her daughter, June.Amber Miller, of Westchester, Ill., holds her baby at Central DuPage
Americans Sargent, Sims share economics Nobel

CultureOct 10, 2011

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that sheds light on the cause-and-effect relationship between the economy and policy instruments such as interest rates and government spending. Thomas Sargent (right) and Christ
GM China sales up 15.3% in September

World BusinessOct 10, 2011

SHANGHAI (AFP) ― U.S. auto giant General Motors said Monday its sales in China jumped 15.3 percent in September from a year earlier to 240,244 units, despite government moves to phase out incentives for buyers.In the first nine months of the year, GM and its joint ventures sold a record 1.89 million