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US teen who faked pregnancy gets TV movie

Oct 14, 2011

SEATTLE (AP) -- Faking her pregnancy was the high school project that keeps paying off for one U.S. teenager.Gaby Rodriguez of Washington state was 17 last April when she told a high school assembly that she'd faked her baby bump for the past six months to see how the community would react.The proje
‘Austin Powers’ henchman accused of killing cellmate

Oct 13, 2011

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) ― The California state prison cellmate of an actor from the first “Austin Powers” movie was beaten to death, local coroner’s officials said Wednesday.An autopsy performed Wednesday showed 50-year-old inmate Michael Graham died of “multiple blunt force injuries,” the Kern
King of Bhutan gets hitched to commoner bride

Oct 13, 2011

PUNAKHA, Bhutan (AP) ― The beloved king of the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan married his commoner bride Thursday in an ancient Buddhist ceremony at the country’s most sacred monastery fortress.King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, wearing the raven crown, came down from his golden throne in front o
Egypt military denies shooting protesters

Oct 13, 2011

CAIRO (AP) ― Egypt’s military rulers blamed Christian protesters and “enemies of the revolution” on Wednesday for triggering the clashes that left 26 dead, almost all of them Christians. The accusation was sure to enflame the fury within and beyond the Christian community over the worst violence sin
Man accused of spying on Syrian dissidents in U.S.

Oct 13, 2011

McLEAN, Virginia (AP) ― The United States accused Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government of using an American citizen to spy on anti-Syrian protesters in the U.S., an accusation that further strains relations between Washington and Damascus, which has unleashed a brutal crackdown on dissidents t
U.S. urges worldwide action against Iran

Oct 13, 2011

Washington seeks punishment for Saudi envoy plot; Tehran denies accusationWASHINGTON (AP) ― The alleged Iranian plot to kill Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States is a “dangerous escalation” in Iran’s support for terrorism and must draw an international response, Secretary of State Hillary
U.K. pushes for gender equality in royal succession

Oct 13, 2011

LONDON (AP) ― Britain’s government is pushing its plan to change the rules on royal succession to provide equal treatment for princes and princesses, the prime minister said Wednesday.David Cameron said he has written to 15 other Commonwealth nations where Queen Elizabeth II is head of state request
Myanmar still keeps many dissidents locked up

Oct 13, 2011

YANGON (AP) ― Myanmar freed an outspoken critic and a major ethnic rebel as it began releasing 6,300 convicts Wednesday in its latest liberalizing move, but kept some political detainees behind bars, dampening hopes for a broader amnesty.It was not clear how many of the country’s estimated 2,000 pol
2012 presidential race: Romney inevitable?

Oct 13, 2011

Faltering Perry weighs TV ads to slow rival; Poll shows Obama is vulnerable, hurt by economyWASHINGTON (AP) ― The bitter fight for the Republican presidential nomination could soon get uglier, as Texas Gov. Rick Perry was poised to tap his substantial campaign funds and buy TV ads to criticize the r
King of Bhutan marries in elaborate ceremony

Oct 13, 2011

A Bhutanese staff member places a ribbon under a portrait of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and future Queen Jetsun Pema, outside the Lungten Zanpa School in the capital of Thimphu, Bhutan, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News) King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, second left and Quee
King of Bhutan marries his commoner bride

Oct 13, 2011

PUNAKHA, Bhutan (AP) _ The beloved king of the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan married his commoner bride Thursday in an ancient Buddhist ceremony at the country's most sacred monastery fortress.King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, wearing the raven crown, came down from his golden throne in front o
Nigerian pleads guilty to underwear bomb attack

Oct 12, 2011

DETROIT (AP) -- A Nigerian man said Wednesday he tried to bring down an international flight over Detroit with a bomb in his underwear in retaliation for the killing of Muslims worldwide, taking a federal court by surprise as he pleaded guilty on the second day of his trial.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Tiny kingdom of Bhutan prepares for royal wedding

Oct 12, 2011

THIMPHU, Bhutan (AP) - Children composed poems of joy, flight attendants and bank clerks practiced celebratory dances and the airwaves were flooded with wedding fever as the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan prepared for the marriage of its beloved fifth Dragon King.In this May 7, 2011 file photo pro
Arab-Israeli model takes on critics ― in a bikini

Oct 12, 2011

NAZARETH, Israel (AFP) ― As make-up artists and hairdressers circle her, Huda Naccache calmly discusses the media frenzy sparked by her appearance, clad in a skimpy bikini, on the cover of an Arab-Israeli magazine.The long-limbed 22-year-old, who comes from the mixed Israeli and Arab port city of Ha
U.S. ties Iran to plot to kill Saudi envoy, moves on sanction

Oct 12, 2011

Washington likely to use case as leverage to urge countries to sanction TehranWASHINGTON (AP) ― The Obama administration accused Iranian government agents Tuesday of plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States and immediately used the thwarted plot to ratchet up sanctions