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Obama offers mortgage relief on Western trip

Oct 25, 2011

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ President Barack Obama offered mortgage relief on Monday to hundreds of thousands of Americans, his latest attempt to ease the economic and political fallout of a housing crisis that has bedeviled him as he seeks a second term.Under Obama's proposal, homeowners who are still current
[Photo] Hunt for survivors after Turkey quake

Oct 25, 2011

Emergency crews work to rescue people from the debris and rubble of collapsed buildings in Ercis, eastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Dozens of people were trapped in mounds of concrete, twisted steel and construction debris after hundreds of buildings in two cities and mud-brick homes in nearby
Libyan official says Gadhafi burial likely Tuesday

Oct 25, 2011

MISRATA, Libya (AP) — A spokesman for the fighters holding Moammar Gadhafi's body says the slain dictator will probably be buried on Tuesday in an unmarked grave in a secret location.Ibrahim Beit al-Mal, a spokesman for the Misrata military council, told The Associated Press Monday that he's "
Indiana identical twins give birth on same day

Oct 25, 2011

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (AP) -- Two identical twins in Indiana now have another birthday in common: They delivered babies on the same day at the same hospital.The Herald-Times reports 21-year-old Jessica and Jennifer Patterson gave birth Wednesday at Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital.Jenni
In New York, cooking classes demystify Korean cuisine

Oct 24, 2011

NEW YORK (Yonhap News) ― On a recent Saturday evening, Youngsun Lee, culinary instructor and executive chef of the popular Kimchi Taco Truck, welcomed 12 curious students to “The Korean Plate” cooking class at the Institute of Culinary Education in Manhattan.Lee started the class by introducing a few basic Korean ingredients, including gochujang (red pepper paste), doenjang (fermented bean paste) and dried anchovies. Along the way, he shared anecdotes about the various ingredients and dishes fro
Turkey quake death toll rising

Oct 24, 2011

More than 200 dead while rescuers keep digging for survivors ERCIS, Turkey (AP) -- A survivor of the 7.2-magnitude quake that has killed at least 239 people in eastern Turkey was pulled from the rubble with three other people on Monday after he managed to call for help on his cell phone. Dozens
‘Kabul would back Pakistan in war with U.S.’

Oct 24, 2011

KABUL (AP) ― Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said if the United States and Pakistan ever went to war, his country would back Islamabad, drawing a sharp rebuke Sunday from Afghan lawmakers who claimed the country’s top officials were adopting hypocritical positions.The scenario is exceedingly unlikely and appears to be less a serious statement of policy than an Afghan overture to Pakistan, just days after Karzai and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Islamabad must do more to c
Libya begins forming interim government

Oct 24, 2011

U.S., Britain urge against reprisals, call for plural democracyBENGHAZI (AFP) -- Libya‘s new leaders began Monday the tough task of forging an interim government uniting the nation’s disparate political forces after 42 years of Moamer Gadhafi‘s iron-fisted rule, promising a system of Islamic sharia law.“Today, we begin preparing for a new phase... the phase after the liberation, the phase that we will plan and work hard for the future of Libya,” said Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice chairman of the Natio
French forces join fight against Somali militants

Oct 24, 2011

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ― Kenya on Sunday said that France’s navy bombed a town in Somalia near a stronghold of al-Shabab, the first confirmation that a Western military force is involved in the latest push against the Islamist militia.Thousands of people, meanwhile, fled a camp for the displaced near Somalia’s capital on Sunday, fearing an imminent clash between African Union peacekeepers and the al-Qaida-linked militants who are trying to demonstrate their strength amid an assault on two front
Moderates stall rise of Swiss nationalists

Oct 24, 2011

BERN (AP) ― Swiss voters backed moderate forces in their general election in which nationalists failed in their effort to break through the 30 percent barrier with a campaign heavy on anti-immigrant sentiment.The nationalist Swiss People’s Party, or SVP, was projected to take 25.9 percent of the vote for the lower house, a drop of 3 percent from four years ago, according to public television station SF’s latest projections early Monday morning.On the left, the Greens also sustained a surprising
Panetta praises China on Taiwan arms reaction

Oct 24, 2011

BALI, Indonesia (AP) ― In unusual praise for China, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday that Beijing deserved credit for its relatively mild response to Washington’s announcement last month of a $5.8 billion arms sale to Taiwan.He suggested it could create new momentum toward improved U.S.-China ties.China has reacted to past American arms sales to Taiwan by reducing or freezing contacts with the Pentagon. China regards Taiwan as part of its territory and sees U.S. arms sales as unde
Torch cams to give masses views from Lady Liberty

Oct 24, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) — Lady Liberty is getting high-tech gifts for her 125th birthday: webcams on her torch that will let viewers gaze out at New York Harbor and read the tablet in her hands or see visitors on the grounds of the island below in real time.The five torch cams are to be switched on Frid
Sarkozy 'sick' of Cameron's EU interference: reports

Oct 24, 2011

LONDON (AFP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a scathing attack on British Prime Minister David Cameron at Sunday's EU summit, saying he was "sick of him telling us what to do," Britain's press reported. Left to right, front row, Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission,
7.2 quake in Turkey kills 138, collapses buildings

Oct 23, 2011

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) _ Cries of panic and horror filled the air as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 138 people as buildings pancaked and crumpled into rubble. The death toll was expected to rise as rescuers sifted through the rubble and reached outlying villages.Tens
Pole who spirited Jewish woman from Auschwitz dies

Oct 23, 2011

WARSAW (AP) ― The young Catholic man spirited his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944, saving her life. Yet it took 39 years for them to see each other again.Jerzy Bielecki, a German-speaking Polish inmate at the same Nazi death camp, lived to age 90 and died peacefully in his sleep Thursday