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At CIA, Petraeus takes up top spy post

World NewsSept 7, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― David Petraeus, a newly retired Army general who gained prominence charting U.S. strategy in the Afghan and Iraq wars, was sworn in Tuesday as director of the CIA, leaving behind his uniform and his military brain trust.Retired last week after 37 years in the Army, Petraeus was swo
German court upholds bailouts

World BusinessSept 7, 2011

KARLSRUHE, Germany (AP) _ Germany's high court on Wednesday upheld the country's participation in eurozone bailout funds, but ruled that parliament should be more involved in such decisions.The ruling means that while Germany's agreement to take part in the financial rescue of Greece will not be aff
Colorado dog celebrated for having such long ears

Sept 7, 2011

BOULDER (AP) - Harbor has over two feet of ears. Does that make him a 6-foot dog? Probably not. But on Tuesday, the black-and-tan coonhound from Boulder, Colo., gets the 2012 Guinness World Records title for “longest ears on a living dog.” In this photo taken Oct. 10,2010 showing Harbor, an 8
Americans named as the coolest nationality

World NewsSept 7, 2011

While America’s global influence is declining, Americans have been voted the world’s “coolest nationality.” A social networking site Badoo.com, named Americans as the coolest nationality based on a poll taken among 30,000 people across 15 countries.The site announced that Brazilians ranked the secon
U.N., Haiti, Uruguay probe sexual assault

World NewsSept 7, 2011

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United Nations, Haiti and Uruguay are investigating allegations that U.N. peacekeepers from Uruguay sexually abused an 18-year-old Haitian man, the United Nations said Tuesday.U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey told reporters that the five alleged perpetrators have bee
Coca-Cola sees ‘huge opportunity’ to spur per-capita China sales

World BusinessSept 6, 2011

Coca-Cola Co., the world’s largest soft-drink maker, is investing in bottling plants and delivery trucks in China as it targets an increase in average per-person consumption from the current two drinks a month. The maker of Sprite, China’s best-selling soft drink, has a “huge opportunity from a per
LVMH weighs bid for Amanresorts luxury hotel chain

World BusinessSept 6, 2011

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA is among companies that might be seeking to acquire luxury-hotel chain Amanresorts International Pte, said two people with knowledge of the matter. DLF Ltd., an Indian real estate developer, has received at least five non-binding bids of $400 million to $450 milli
China loses WTO appeal on tires

World BusinessSept 6, 2011

The World Trade Organization rejected China’s appeal of a ruling that backed U.S. duties on Chinese tire imports, saying the Obama administration hadn’t violated global trade rules in imposing the three-year levies. WTO judges found last December that the tariffs on $1.8 billion of car and light-tru
Still undecided, Palin rails against Obama

World NewsSept 6, 2011

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AP) ― Sarah Palin left open the possibility of a presidential bid Monday afternoon, while encouraging tea party activists to unite against President Barack Obama.And the former Alaska governor praised Republican presidential candidates for working harder to appeal to the t
Japan urges China to play fair globally

World NewsSept 6, 2011

TOKYO (AP) ― Japan’s new foreign minister said Monday that the international community should encourage China to observe global rules and play fair rather than become a threat.Koichiro Genba said the Asia-Pacific region is a center of growth but also a source of instability. Tokyo has expressed caut
U.N. declares famine in another Somali region

World NewsSept 6, 2011

MOGADISHU (AP) ― A famine spreading through Somalia is killing more than a hundred children each day, the U.N. said Monday, and warned that hundreds of thousands more people may die in the coming months unless they receive urgent help.The starvation is mostly taking place out of sight of the world m
Syria makes arrests in manhunt for defector

World NewsSept 6, 2011

BEIRUT (AP) ― Syrian soldiers raided homes and made arrests Monday in a manhunt for a provincial attorney general who appeared on video last week saying he had defected from President Bashar Assad’s regime to protest a violent government crackdown on dissent, activists said.Also Monday, the head of
Mubarak trial witness: no order to shoot protesters

World NewsSept 6, 2011

CAIRO (AP) ― The prosecution’s first witness in the trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak startled the court in a stormy session Monday, testifying that police were not ordered to fire on protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a contradiction of the prosecutors’ central claim.The police g
Al-Qaida dealt another blow as senior leader captured

World NewsSept 6, 2011

ISLAMABAD (AP) ― A battered al-Qaida suffered another significant blow when Pakistani agents working with the CIA arrested a senior leader believed to have been tasked by Osama bin Laden with targeting American economic interests around the globe, Pakistan announced Monday.Younis al-Mauritani’s arre
Experts suspect Iran in Dutch hacking

World NewsSept 6, 2011

AMSTERDAM (AP) ― Hackers who broke into a web security firm issued hundreds of bogus security certificates for spy agency websites including the CIA as well as for Internet giants like Google, Microsoft and Twitter, the Dutch government said Monday.Information Technology experts say they suspect the