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Abuse victims seek int‘l court case against pope

Sept 14, 2011

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests have turned to the International Criminal Court, seeking an investigation of the pope and top Vatican cardinals for possible crimes agains
NATO airstrikes pound pro-Gadhafi targets in Libya

Sept 13, 2011

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) _ NATO warplanes pounded targets in a number of strongholds of support for fugitive dictator Moammar Gadhafi, the alliance said Tuesday, as an offensive by revolutionary forces on a key loyalist town stalled. The alliance said Tuesday that airstrikes stru
Korean women use invention to overcome barriers

Sept 13, 2011

Creative housewives discover that they can be successful in the business worldLee Bok-hui used to wonder what happened to all the leftover stones she saw lying around construction sites. Now she knows exactly where a percentage of those leftovers go ― into an eco-friendly sheeting-material used to r
Palestinians’ U.N. gambit could spur changes

Sept 13, 2011

JERUSALEM (AP) ― Many Israelis are dismissing the Palestinians’ efforts to win international recognition of their independence at the United Nations this month as merely symbolic.But the Palestinians hope the high-profile maneuvering, on a grand global stage, might yield results that have eluded the
At least 75 people killed in Kenya pipeline explosion

Sept 13, 2011

NAIROBI (AP) ― Joseph Mwangi hoped and prayed his children had escaped the inferno caused when a leaking gasoline pipeline exploded, sending flames racing through a Nairobi slum and killing at least 75 people.Then he saw two small blackened bodies in the wreckage of his home.“Those were my children,
9/11’s 10th anniversary commemorated in N.Y.

Sept 13, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Exactly 10 years ago, ground zero was a smoking, fire-spitting tomb, a ghastly pile of rubble and human remains. On Monday it was a place of serenity ― an expanse of trees and water in the middle of a bustling city ― as the 9/11 memorial opened to the public.As they walked through a
Cameron urges U.K., Russia to mend trade ties

Sept 13, 2011

MOSCOW (AP) ― British Prime Minister David Cameron declared Monday that Russia and Britain must set aside bitter disputes over the poisoning death of a Kremlin critic in London five years ago to nurture new trading ties and help promote world stability in the wake of the Arab uprisings.Cameron was i
Blast at French nuclear site kills 1, injures 4

Sept 13, 2011

Officials deny radioactive leak, but world’s most nuclear-dependent nation cautious in wake of Fukushima disasterPARIS (AP) ― An explosion at a nuclear waste facility in southern France has killed one person and injured four others. Authorities said there was no radioactive leak, but critics urged F
Libyan woman guided NATO bombs to Gaddafi targets

Sept 13, 2011
Interim P.M. warns Libya battle not over

Sept 9, 2011
Dutch woman calls ex-boyfriend 65,000 times

Sept 9, 2011

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch prosecutors are charging a 42-year-old woman with stalking after she allegedly called her ex-boyfriend 65,000 times in the past year.The 62-year-old victim from The Hague filed a police complaint in August due to the persistent phone calls. Police arrested the suspected
'I'm gonna die:' 9/11 horror in victims' own words

Sept 9, 2011

NEW YORK (AFP) -- They called on God and they called for human help, but in the end the victims who phoned from 9/11's inferno knew there was no one to hear their screams.Most of the nearly 3,000 people blown apart on September 11, 2001, when hijackers turned four planes into missiles against
Youth sex crime victims increase 41% from 2007

Sept 8, 2011

The number of minors who fell victim to sexual abuse soared more than 40 percent over the past four years, government data showed Thursday, prompting calls for better measures to protect young people. According to the data collected by the National Police Agency, 6,185 adolescents aged 12-19 suffere
10 years on, security needs work: report

Sept 8, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Nearly 10 years after the September 2001 terror attacks, the U.S. government has significantly improved homeland security but still lacks a system to know who is leaving the country and exactly what is inside luggage checked at airports, according to a congressional audit.The repor
No closure for familes of 9/11 victims

Sept 8, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― His family has his spare firefighter uniform, but not the one he wore on 9/11 ― or any other trace of him.Killed at the World Trade Center, 32-year-old Scott Kopytko’s remains were never recovered ― a painful legacy of grief for families looking for answers, closure or final confirma