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NATO bombing must stop before talks: Lybia

World NewsJul 27, 2011
Kosovo police units wait near blockades set up by Kosovo Serbs on the Leposavic-Mitrovica road on Tuesday. AFP-Yonhap News

World NewsJul 27, 2011

PRISTINA (AP) ― Kosovo’s Prime Minister has defended an order for his special police to take control of two contested border crossings with Serbia, saying it was “the right decision” despite condemnation from the European Union.Hashim Thaci said the operation in which a member of the police unit died and four others were slightly injured was a “concrete step in establishing the rule of law” in the
Chinese Couple accused of selling children for gaming

World NewsJul 27, 2011

A Chinese couple is being accused for selling their children so that they could play video games at internet cafes, according to reports.Li Lin and Li Juan, who first met at an Internet café in 2007, decided to sell their second child, daughter, for 3,000 yuan (about $500).After spending their earnings, the couple sold their first child, a son, for 30,000 yuan. When their third son was born, the p
Terrorist wanted to meet S.Korean president

World NewsJul 27, 2011

The Norwegian mass murderer wished to meet South Korean President Lee Myung-bak along with other global leaders, according to reports.Anders Behring Breivick included President Lee on the list of global leaders that he want to meet in his 1,518 page document entitled “2083: A European Declaration of Independence.”　He mentioned the Pope and Putin, and other global leaders such as Geert Wilders and
Norway police slammed for slow response to rampage

World NewsJul 27, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ When Anders Behring Breivik launched his assault on the youth campers of Utoya Island, he expected Norway's special forces to swoop down and stop him at any minute.Instead, Delta Force police officers made the 25-mile (40-kilometer) journey by car _ they have no helicopter _ then had to be rescued by a civilian craft when their boat broke down as it tried to navigate a one-minu
Norway victims reflect diversity suspect despised

World NewsJul 27, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ A dreadlocked teenage musician who made it onto a television talent show. A secretary who might have survived if her bicycle hadn't been in the shop. A gentle young man whose last phone conversation with his father broke off with the words, ``Dad, someone is shooting.''All were among the 76 victims of Friday's bombing in downtown Oslo and the island summer-camp shooting spree t
Norway suspect revealed nothing

World NewsJul 27, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ The suspect in the bombing and mass shooting that killed 76 people in Norway sees himself as ``some kind of savior'' and is likely insane, his attorney said Tuesday, though the lawyer said he did not know whether he would use an insanity defense.Geir Lippestad told The Associated Press in an interview that his client, Anders Behring Breivik, is unaware of the impact of the atta
Norway victim's father recounts last words

World NewsJul 27, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ The father of a victim of the Norway massacre said Tuesday his son was full of love for people and for the outdoors _ and the young man's last words to him were ``Dad, someone is shooting.''Norwegian police on Tuesday began releasing the names of those killed in last week's bomb blast and massacre at a Labor Party youth camp, an announcement likely to bring new collective grief
Norway suspect's lawyer warns gunman may be 'insane'

World NewsJul 26, 2011

OSLO (AFP) -- The lawyer for the Norwegian gunman who has claimed responsibility for killing 76 people in twin attacks last week said Tuesday that everything about his client's case indicates he is "insane.” "This whole case indicates that he's insane," Geir Lippestad told journalists of Anders Behring Breivik, adding that a medical evaluation would take place to establish his psychiatric condit
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi holds rare talks with government

World NewsJul 26, 2011
Vietnam names new president amid China rift

World NewsJul 26, 2011

HANOI (AP) ― Vietnam’s lawmaking National Assembly appointed Truong Tan Sang as the communist country’s new president Monday amid challenges at home with the economy and abroad with China over disputed territory in the South China Sea.Sang, 62, a southerner who was a former mayor and party chief in Ho Chi Minh City, had most recently served as the de facto No. 2 in charge of the Communist Party, r
China launches safety campaign after deadly train crash

World NewsJul 26, 2011
Obama vows to work on immigration reform

World NewsJul 26, 2011
Bodies fall in China train disaster clean-up

World NewsJul 26, 2011

Public anger is mounting in China after a video of bodies falling from train carriages during a post-crash clean-up operation appeared online, the Daily Telegraph reported.The Chinese government is being criticized for trying to cover up the deadly train accident in Zhejiang province in the east of the country without a full investigation. The disaster left 43 people dead and 210 injured.Immediate
Obama appeals for debt-limit compromise

World BusinessJul 26, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday night criticized a newly minted Republican plan to avert an unprecedented government default and said congressional leaders must produce a compromise that can reach his desk before the Aug. 2 deadline.“The American people may have voted for divided government, but they didn't vote for a dysfunctional government,” the president said in a hastily a