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‘Gadhafi a growing terrorist threat’

Sept 27, 2011

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ― Moammar Gadhafi is a growing international terrorist threat while he remains free, the Libyan interim prime minister told the U.N. Security Council on Monday.“Gadhafi’s battalions continue to kill innocent civilians in different regions of our country,” Mahmoud Jibril, number
Australian army to remove gender barrier

Sept 27, 2011

CANBERRA (AP) ― Australia will remove all gender barriers in its military over the next five years, opening up positions that had previously been considered too dangerous for women, including front-line combat roles, a minister said on Tuesday.Australia will follow Canada and New Zealand in allowing
WHO: Iran, South Asia worst for city air pollution

Sept 27, 2011

GENEVA (AP) ― Cities in Iran, India, Pakistan and the capital of Mongolia rank among the worst on the planet for air pollution, while those in the U.S. and Canada are among the best, according to the first global survey by the World Health Organization.The southwest Iranian city of Ahvaz walked away
Syrian minister blames west for crackdown

Sept 27, 2011

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Syrian foreign minister, ignoring the mounting death toll from the bloody government crackdown on dissent, told the United Nations on Monday that external critics were to blame for the violence and for causing delays in President Bashar Assad’s plans for democratic reforms
Republican candidates seek Trump stamp of approval

Sept 27, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump has become a must-stop for Republican presidential candidates looking for advice or hoping to bask in the celebrity real estate mogul's star power.All the major Republican presidential hopefuls have sought an audience with Trump, just months after President Barack Obama
Treasure hunters eye huge silver haul from WWII ship

Sept 27, 2011

MIAMI, Sept 26, 2011 (AFP) -- When the SS Gairsoppa was torpedoed by a German U-boat 70 years ago, it took its huge silver cargo to a watery grave. US divers are working to recover what may be the biggest shipwreck haul ever, valued at some $210 million.Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration on Mo
Ex-Google exec: 'Mr President raise my taxes'

Sept 27, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Sept 26, 2011 (AFP) -- A rich former Google executive pleaded with Barack Obama to raise his taxes Monday, boosting the US leader's push to get well off Americans to bankroll his $447 billion jobs plan.Obama stormed through the American west on a three-day tour devoted to
Saudi finally grants women right to vote

Sept 26, 2011

RIYADH (AP) ― Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, considered a reformer by the standards of his own ultraconservative kingdom, decreed on Sunday that women will for the first time have the right to vote and run in local elections due in 2015.It is a “Saudi Spring” of sorts.For the nation’s women, it is a
Defiant Yemeni leader makes no pledge to step down

Sept 26, 2011

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemen's defiant president addressed his troubled nation Sunday for the first time since returning to the country after an assassination attempt, making no promise to immediately step down but saying he is committed to a deal to end months of spiraling violence.Ali Abdullah
CIA station attacked in Afghan capital

Sept 26, 2011

KABUL (AP) ― A building used by the CIA in Kabul came under attack Sunday, U.S. and Afghan officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in the Afghan capital.Afghan authorities said gunfire was heard in the evening near the Ariana Hotel, a building that former U.S. intelligence officials said w
Putin return to pose questions for 'reset'

Sept 26, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's "reset" of US-Russia ties marks one of his most tangible claims to foreign policy success, but its longevity will be tested when Dmitry Medvedev exits the presidency.Medvedev, a valued Obama partner, said Saturday he would step aside in favor of his politi
Thousands run in underwear to protest Utah laws

Sept 26, 2011

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) --Thousands of people stripped to their underwear and ran through Salt Lake City to protest what they called the ``uptight'' laws of Utah.People stand with slogans on their bodies as they wait to run in their underwear from the Gallivan Center to the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Ut
Sarkozy‘s flower power won over Bruni

Sept 26, 2011

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left , and first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, walk in the gardens of the Elysee Palace in Paris during the 28th edition of France's Day of Patrimony, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. France opens the doors of its state buildings as part of its day of Patrimony which ar
Colombia nabs FARC drug sub

Sept 26, 2011

BOGOTA (AFP) -- Colombian authorities have seized a stealth submarine apparently belonging to FARC rebels which was designed to transport tons of cocaine to destinations in Central America, police said.A police officer stands guard in front of a seized semi-submersible during a presentation to
Saudi king gives women right to vote

Sept 25, 2011

RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi King Abdullah announced on Sunday he was giving women the right to vote and run in municipal elections, the only public polls in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom.He also announced that women would have the right to join the all-appointed Shura (consultative) Council, in an ad