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Berlusconi might face new trial

Sept 16, 2011

ROME (AP) ― Already facing criticism over Italy’s financial crisis and engulfed in a sex scandal, Premier Silvio Berlusconi might face another trial in Milan.The latest storm surrounding Berlusconi centers on a 2005 banking scandal. A Milan judge said Thursday that Berlusconi has pushed for the publ
Grandparents with webcam become new online stars

Sept 16, 2011

McMINNVILLE, Oregon (AP) -- It slowly began to dawn on Esther and Bruce Huffman that perhaps they were being filmed.”Warning,” the gray-haired, bespectacled grandmother reads off the screen. “You must stop recording before trying to close cyber link.”Pause. “Maybe this recorded us,” says the n
Denmark to get 1st female PM after left wins vote

Sept 16, 2011

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Denmark has elected its first female prime minister, ousting the right-wing government from power after 10 years of pro-market reforms and ever-stricter controls on immigration. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, leader of the Danish Social Democrats and likely to be new prime minis
Denmark expected to swing left in election

Sept 15, 2011

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) _ Danish voters appeared set to elect their first female prime minister Thursday and end 10 years of pro-market reforms and a hardening of immigration laws.Nearly all polls leading up to the vote have predicted a majority in the 179-seat Parliament for the left-leaning oppos
China sentences four to death over Xinjiang unrest

Sept 15, 2011

BEIJING (AFP) ― China has sentenced four people to death over unrest in the ethnically-torn Xinjiang region, state media reported Thursday, after vowing to crack down on “terrorism” in the troubled far-western area.Two others were jailed for 19 years over a wave of deadly violence in July in the reg
Future NASA rocket to be most powerful ever

Sept 15, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― To soar far away from Earth and even on to Mars, NASA has dreamed up the world’s most powerful rocket, a behemoth that borrows from the workhorse liquid-fuel rockets that sent Apollo missions into space four decades ago.But with a price tag that some estimate at $35 billion, it may
Turkey to join NATO’s missile defense shield

Sept 15, 2011

ANKARA (AP) ― An early warning radar will be stationed in Turkey’s southeast as part of NATO’s missile defense system, the foreign ministry announced Wednesday. The deployment reflects improving relations with the United States, which were strained after the invasion of Iraq.The system is capable of
‘Kabul attack a propaganda win for Taliban’

Sept 15, 2011

Afghans’ ability to stop attacks in capital questioned in face of American withdrawalKABUL (AP) ― The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan on Wednesday acknowledged the Taliban gained a propaganda victory in a 20-hour assault focused on the U.S. Embassy, which left 27 police, civilians a
'X’ now a gender option in Australian passports

Sept 15, 2011

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) _ Australian passports will now have three gender options: male, female and indeterminate. The change is designed to remove discrimination against transgender people.The government said Thursday that transgender people and those of ambiguous sex will be able to list their ge
Rabbit that woke owner of burning house dies

Sept 15, 2011

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Fire officials in Alaska say a pet rabbit woke its owner when the house was on fire, allowing the woman to get herself and her daughter safely out of the burning building. But the rabbit ended up dying from smoke inhalation.The woman was awakened early Tuesday by the r
U.S. hikers could be freed soon: Iran

Sept 14, 2011

TEHRAN (AP) ― Iran’s president predicted Tuesday that two Americans arrested while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border and sentenced to eight years in jail on espionage-related charges could be freed “in a couple of days” after a court set bail of $500,000 each.The events appeared timed to boost the i
Gadhafi’s son, 3 generals seek asylum in Niger

Sept 14, 2011

NIAMEY (AP) ― A son of Moammar Gadhafi and three of his generals were trying to gain political asylum Wednesday in this poor, landlocked nation at Libya’s feet, after a more than 1,600-kilometer drive across the vast desert that separates the two countries for what could be their only shot at refuge
Bus-train crash kills 11, injures 212 in Argentina

Sept 14, 2011

BUENOS AIRES (AP) ― A bus driver gambled and tried to rush across railroad tracks Tuesday despite a barrier, bells and flashing lights, setting off a chain-reaction collision with two trains that killed 11 people and injured hundreds in Argentina’s capital.The shocking accident, captured on video, c
Attack on U.S. Embassy, NATO HQ in Kabul

Sept 14, 2011

KABUL (AP) ― Teams of insurgents firing rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons struck at the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in the heart of the Afghan capital Tuesday and Wednesday, raising fresh doubts about the Afghans’ ability to secure their nation as U.S. and other
Axe-wielding man kills two children, four adults in China

Sept 14, 2011

BEIJING (AFP) - A farmer with mental health problems killed six people, two of them children, with an axe as they made their way to a kindergarten in China Wednesday, the local government and media reports said.The incident is the latest in a series of violent assaults on children involving people w