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Afghans rally in Kabul, demand NATO troops leave

World NewsOct 6, 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Hundreds of people marched through the streets of the Afghan capital on Thursday, demanding the immediate withdrawal of international military forces ahead of the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion.The peaceful demonstration in downtown Kabul was meant to mark the Oct.
Apple's Steve Jobs, father of Mac, iPhone, dies

World NewsOct 6, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Steve Jobs saw the future and led the world to it. He moved technology from garages to pockets, took entertainment from discs to bytes and turned gadgets into extensions of the people who use them.Jobs, who founded and ran Apple, told us what we needed before we wanted it. Appl
Palin decides not run for U.S. president

World NewsOct 6, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday she will not run for president, leaving little doubt that the eventual Republican nominee will come from the current field of contenders.After months of leaving her fans guessing, Palin said in a statement that she and her husband Todd
Steve Jobs legacy reaches far beyond Apple

World BusinessOct 6, 2011

Steve Jobs was once known as the man who saved Apple computers. He will be remembered as one of the rare few who changed the world.Jobs guided Apple from the brink of financial ruin to a lofty place among the world’s most valuable companies before his death on Wednesday.But thinking of Jobs merely a
10 products that defined Steve Jobs‘ career

World BusinessOct 6, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Steve Jobs had no formal schooling in engineering, yet he’s listed as the inventor or co-inventor on more than 300 U.S. patents. These are some of the significant products that were created under his direction:1. Apple I (1976) -- Apple’s first product was a computer for hobbyists a
Karzai assassination plot foiled: official

World NewsOct 6, 2011

KABUL (AP) ― Afghan intelligence officials said Wednesday that they had broken up a cell that plotted to kill President Hamid Karzai, arresting six people in Kabul whom they claimed were affiliated with al-Qaida and the Haqqani militant group.Intelligence service spokesman Latifullah Mashal said tha
Jobs tributes light up iPhones, iPads and Twitter worldwide

World BusinessOct 6, 2011

CHICAGO (AP) ― There’s no makeshift memorial or candlelight vigil for Steve Jobs at the Apple Store in downtown Chicago. The tributes and condolences are in tweets and news alerts pulsing through the iPhones, iPads and laptop computers inside.One customer visiting from Ireland says he heard the news
Attacks kill six in south Yemen

World NewsOct 6, 2011

ADEN (AFP) ― Rival attacks by suspected al-Qaida militants and pro-government militiamen east of the Yemen’s main southern city Aden on Wednesday killed six people, tribal sources said.“Militiamen supporting the army attacked a public building in (the Abyan provincial capital) Zinjibar killing four
Civil rights leader Shuttlesworth dies

World NewsOct 6, 2011

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) ― A civil rights leader, the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who was hailed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for his courage and energy, has died. He was 89.Princeton Baptist Medical Center spokeswoman Jennifer Dodd confirms he died at the Birmingham hospital Wednesday morning
Apple's Jobs 'died peacefully': family

World NewsOct 6, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died "peacefully", his family said Wednesday, thanking those who had supported them through the past year of his battle with cancer."Steve died peacefully today surrounded by his family," his relatives said in a statement."In his public life, Steve
New Apple CEO Cook mourns loss of 'visionary' Jobs

World NewsOct 6, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Apple's new CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday mourned the loss of company co-founder Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday from cancer at age 56."Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being," said Cook, who took the company helm in August. "S
Shechtman of Israel wins Nobel chemistry prize for quasicrystals

World NewsOct 6, 2011

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for his discovery of quasicrystals, a chemical structure that researchers previously thought was impossible.(AP-Yonhap News)The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Shechtman‘s discovery in 1982
Hitler Jewish annihilation letter on display

World NewsOct 5, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Adolf Hitler’s anti-Semitic 1919 Gemlich letter, described as the most significant document ever acquired by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, is now on display at the Los Angeles center’s Museum of Tolerance.Hitler’s letter was typewritten decades before the Holocaust when he was a G
Iran criticizes Turkey over defense shield

World NewsOct 5, 2011

TEHRAN (AP) ― Iran criticized Turkey on Tuesday for agreeing to allow NATO to station an early warning radar in the southeast of the country that will serve as part of the alliance’s missile defense system.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed the defense system was meant to protect Israel against I
Russia, China veto U.N. resolution on Syria

World NewsOct 5, 2011

Old allies cooperate to thwart sanction on Damascus; crackdown has led to 2,700 deaths so farUNITED NATIONS (AP) ― Russia and China vetoed a European-backed U.N. Security Council resolution Tuesday that threatened sanctions against Syria if it didn’t immediately halt its military crackdown against c