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12 Chinese sailors killed by gang

Oct 10, 2011

BEIJING (AP) ― Twelve Chinese crew members on two boats plying the Mekong River were killed by suspected drug traffickers who hijacked their ships to smuggle speed pills, news reports said Monday.The China Daily newspaper said that the boats were hijacked last Wednesday and that the bodies were foun
Quartet to resume Palestine talks

Oct 10, 2011

BRUSSELS (AP) ― An international group of envoys will contact the Israelis and the Palestinians shortly to try to restart Mideast peace talks on hold since 2008.Envoys from the Quartet ― the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia ― met Sunday in Brussels to hash out a strat
Syria: Don’t recognize opposition

Oct 10, 2011

BEIRUT (AP) ― Syria’s foreign minister warned the international community Sunday not to recognize a new umbrella council formed by the opposition, threatening “tough measures” against any country that does so.Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem did not specify what measures Damascus might take. But he
Paul McCartney gets married in London

Oct 10, 2011

Former Beatle Paul McCartney and American heiress Nancy Shevell arrive at Marylebone Town Hall in central London to be married Sunday Oct 9 2011. Shevell, 51, is McCartney's third wife. They were engaged earlier this year. The couple met in the Hamptons in Long Island, New York, shortly after the si
Worst Cairo riots since Mubarak-era kill 24

Oct 10, 2011

Protests over church attack turns into bloodiest sectarian violence since February uprisingCAIRO (AP) ― Flames lit up downtown Cairo, where massive clashes raged Sunday, drawing Christians angry over a recent church attack, Muslims and Egyptian security forces. At least 24 people were killed and mor
Riots over church attack in Egypt kill 24

Oct 10, 2011

CAIRO (AP) -- Massive clashes that drew in Christians angry over a recent church attack, Muslims, and Egyptian security forces raged over a large section of downtown Cairo Sunday night, leaving at least 24 people dead and more than 150 injured, Health Ministry officials said. It was the worst violen
Nobel winner Gbowee wants absolute peace

Oct 9, 2011

Nobel peace prize joint winner Leymah Gbowee said Saturday it was her goal to seek absolute peace in Africa and the world, also paying tribute to a late Kenyan peace laureate. “My goal is to ensure that there is absolute peace in Africa and the rest of the world,” Gbowee told a group of three journa
Christians fear Islamist pressure in Egypt

Oct 9, 2011

CAIRO (AP) ― On her first day to school, 15-year-old Christian student Ferial Habib was stopped at the doorstep of her new high school with clear instructions: either put on a headscarf or no school this year.Habib refused. While most Muslim women in Egypt wear the headscarf, Christians do not, and
Yemen president says he wants to leave power

Oct 9, 2011

SANAA (AP) ― President Ali Abdullah Saleh made vague comments Saturday that he is willing to leave power in his first major speech since returning Yemen, but he gave no concrete plan for the future of the country. Yemen’s opposition cast doubt that the embattled leader was serious.It was not the fir
Libyans claim gains in Gadhafi hometown offensive

Oct 9, 2011

SIRTE, Libya (AP) ― Libyan revolutionary forces claimed to have captured parts of a sprawling convention center that loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi have used as their main base in the ousted leader’s hometown and were shelling the city to try to rout snipers from rooftops in their offensive aimed at c
Romney responds to Mormon flare-up; Perry passes

Oct 9, 2011

Texas Gov. Perry steers clear of simmering issue as candidates court religious conservativesWASHINGTON (AP) ― The Republican presidential field has moved into a more aggressive phase just three months before voting begins with a flare-up over religion sparked by a prominent supporter of Texas Gov. R
Polish ties with Germany, Russia at stake in vote

Oct 9, 2011

WARSAW, Poland (AP) ― Poles will vote in parliamentary elections that will determine whether the country continues on its conciliatory course with Russia and Germany, or whether it returns to a more combative stance with those historic foes.Before Sunday’s voting, polls showed Prime Minister Donald
Korea’s medical breakthroughs draw overseas patients

Oct 9, 2011

When Svante Ebbinghaus of Sweden decided to go for another operation for his spinal pains that left him virtually unable to move without assistance, he had to quickly find a doctor. Research led him across the globe to South Korea.“I remember it being so bad that my entire lower body was in excrucia
Despite boost in spending, Angolans languish in hospital

Oct 9, 2011

LUANDA (AFP) ― In the Angolan hospital rooms that do have beds, two or three patients share each one, feeling fortunate not to be among the sick crowded into the corridors.Angola has tripled its spending on health care since 2006, but for the vast majority of Angolans who can’t afford sparkling new
Western fast food surges with waistlines in India

Oct 9, 2011

NEW DELHI (AFP) ― Every lunchtime at a McDonald’s on the corner of one of central New Delhi’s biggest streets, queues of hungry young patrons, often four-wide and unruly, snake towards the counters.The majority of those standing in line are under 30, most are in Western rather than Indian dress, and