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Syrian forces hit again, U.S. seeks sanctions

World NewsAug 3, 2011
Chinese troubled by chopstick pickpockets

World NewsAug 3, 2011

Pickpockets in China are snatching valuables with chopsticks or long tweezers, the Huffington Post reported.Earlier, Shanghaiist and MSNBC posted video clips showing thieves snatching valuables such as wallet and cell phones out of their unwitting victims’ pockets with eating utensils in China.The s
Desperate, sick Indonesians use railroad 'therapy'

World NewsAug 3, 2011

JAKARTA (AP) -- Ignoring the red-and-white danger sign, Sri Mulyati walks slowly to the train tracks outside Indonesia's bustling capital, lies down and stretches her body across the rails.Villagers lie on a railway track for an electricty therapy in Rawa Buaya, Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP-Yonhap
Obama pivots to new string of problems

World BusinessAug 3, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama dodged a debt-ceiling fiasco Tuesday. He reacted with a wiped brow more than a victory lap, and with good reason.As Republicans gradually weigh a potential challenger, Obama's re-election bid faces daunting problems: high unemployment, a limping economy
Norway gunman wants Japanese psychiatrist: lawyer

World NewsAug 3, 2011

OSLO (AFP) -- The man behind the deadly twin attacks in Norway on July 22 wants a Japanese psychiatrist to carry out his psychological evaluation, his lawyer was quoted as saying Tuesday. "My client has expressed a wish for a Japanese expert. This wish has to do with the concept of honour. He believ
Moody's backs U.S. triple-A rating; outlook negative

World BusinessAug 3, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moody's Investors Service said Tuesday that the United States will retain its triple-A bond rating following passage of legislation to boost the debt ceiling. But the agency put a “negative” outlook on the rating, raising the specter of a future downgrade.Moody's said in a stateme
Senate passes bill to prevent US default

World BusinessAug 3, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The U.S. avoided a feared and catastrophic default on the American debt, as lawmakers on Tuesday passed a measure that ties an agreement to raise the government's capacity to borrow to steep cuts in government spending.The Senate passed the measure Tuesday, a day after it passed th
UK police arrest man over hacking allegations

World NewsAug 2, 2011

LONDON (AP) -- Police investigating phone hacking and police bribery at defunct British tabloid News of the World on Tuesday arrested a man, believed to be a former executive at the newspaper.The Metropolitan Police said a 71-year-old man had been arrested by appointment Tuesday morning at a Lo
Shooting victim Giffords returns for U.S. debt vote

World NewsAug 2, 2011
DiCaprio, Depp top list of best-paid actors

World NewsAug 2, 2011
Israel P.M. ready to discuss border ‘package’: official

World NewsAug 2, 2011
EU to put additional sanctions on Syria

World NewsAug 2, 2011

EU, Washington condemn deadly crackdown during the month of RamadanBRUSSELS (AP) ― The European Union expanded its sanctions against Syria on Monday, imposing asset freezes and travel bans against five more military and government officials.The EU decision brings the number of individuals targeted b
Cuba vows to change migratory restrictions

World NewsAug 2, 2011

HAVANA (AP) ― Cuba is working to overhaul migratory rules that were enacted decades ago out of necessity but have become anachronistic today, President Raul Castro told lawmakers and the nation Monday at the close of the island’s parliament.The session was closely watched for new details of economic
Fears of far-right rise in Greece

World NewsAug 2, 2011

ATHENS (AP) ― They descended by the hundreds ― black-shirted, bat-wielding youths chasing down dark-skinned immigrants through the streets of Athens and beating them senseless in an unprecedented show of force by Greece’s far-right extremists.In Greece, alarm is rising that the twin crises of financ
Teens face death threat for forbidden love in Afghanistan

World NewsAug 2, 2011

An Afghan teen couple is facing death threats from their families for trying to marry outside of their different ethnic groups, the New York Times reported. Traditionally, Afghans marry partners chosen by their parents from the same ethnic group. The boy was an ethnic Tajik while the girl was part o