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U.N. Council moves to consider Palestinian bid

World NewsSept 29, 2011

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― The Security Council took its first official step Wednesday to consider the Palestinians’ request for U.N. membership.Lebanese Ambassador Nawaf Salam, who holds this month’s rotating council presidency, announced that he was forwarding the Palestinians’ request to the committee
Greece faces auditors’ verdict

World BusinessSept 29, 2011

ATHENS (AFP) ― International auditors headed for Greece and Germany’s parliament prepared for a crucial vote on boosting the eurozone rescue fund Thursday, but discord over the debt crisis unnerved global markets.Greece’s global creditors announced their auditors would return to Athens, four weeks a
US man planned to blow up Pentagon

World NewsSept 29, 2011

BOSTON (AP) -- A man was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting an assault on the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled aircraft armed with explosives _ the latest of several terrorism cases to spring from federal sting operations.A police car sits in the driveway of
Finnish lawmakers OK boosting euro bailout fund

World BusinessSept 28, 2011

HELSINKI (AP)-- The Finnish Parliament has approved expanding the eurozone's bailout fund's powers and increasing Finland's share to (euro) 14 billion ($19 billion). Lawmakers voted 103-66 in favor of the government motion with 31 absent or abstaining. Tuesday's approval was
Apple set to unveil new iPhone next week

World BusinessSept 28, 2011

Company sends out invitations for ‘Let’s talk iPhone’ event on Oct. 4Apple Inc. will introduce a new version of the iPhone at an Oct. 4 event, the first upgrade of its best-selling product since Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive officer. “Let’s talk iPhone,” Apple said in an invitation to the g
Putin rebuilds economic team, seeks unity

World NewsSept 28, 2011
Killings spread fear on Mexico social networks

World NewsSept 28, 2011

MEXICO CITY (AFP) -- The brutal killing of a third person in apparent retaliation for reporting crime on social networks has raised fears of further censorship of Mexico's drug violence.The beheading of journalist Maria Elizabeth Macias on Saturday came two weeks after the half-naked bodies of
Western powers back off from sanctions call on Syria

World NewsSept 28, 2011

DAMASCUS (AFP) -- Western powers dropped calls for immediate sanctions against Syria at the U.N. Security Council in the face of veto threats from China and Russia, as activists reported more Syrian civilian deaths.A new draft resolution drawn up by Britain, France, Germany and Portugal, with U.S. b
Bolivian official quits in march backlash

World NewsSept 28, 2011

LA PAZ (AP) ― Bolivia’s interior minister and his deputy resigned Tuesday after mounting recriminations over a violent police crackdown on marchers opposed to a jungle highway that they say would despoil an indigenous preserve.Interior Minister Sacha Llorenti became the second Cabinet member to step
Haiti moving to restore army: documents

World NewsSept 28, 2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ― Haiti’s president is moving forward with a controversial campaign pledge to restore the country’s disbanded military with an initial force of 3,500 soldiers, according to a document obtained Tuesday by the Associated Press.The role for the army replacing the former discr
Bin Laden photos must stay secret: U.S.

World NewsSept 28, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Public disclosure of graphic photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden after U.S. commandos killed him would damage national security and lead to attacks on American property and personnel, the Obama administration contends in a court document.In a response late Monday to a Freedom
Soong: China does not want me to run

World NewsSept 28, 2011

TAIPEI (AP) ― A China-friendly Taiwanese presidential candidate has been quoted as saying Beijing opposes his candidacy because it fears it could dig into support for President Ma Ying-jeou, Beijing’s widely presumed favorite.The statement was attributed to veteran Taiwanese politician James Soong,
Guinea opposition march dispersed

World NewsSept 28, 2011

CONAKRY (AP) ― Opposition supporters attempting to join a march were violently dispersed, and at least four people were killed when paramilitary police seized control of traffic circles and lobbed tear gas at people walking toward the meeting point, an official said.Opposition leader Cellou Dalein D
Germany wants ‘strong Greece’

World BusinessSept 28, 2011

Merkel pledges ‘all necessary assistance’ to struggling GreeceBERLIN (AP) ― Stock markets soared around the world Tuesday amid hopes that Europe is finally finding a way out of its debt crisis. Greece passed an unpopular property tax and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to offer the strugglin
First post-Mubarak election to begin Nov. 28

World NewsSept 28, 2011

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt’s first parliamentary elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak will begin on Nov. 28, the country’s military rulers said Tuesday in an announcement greeted with little fanfare by activists who have grown deeply suspicious of the generals’ commitment to change.The military coun