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Norway gunman wants Japanese psychiatrist: lawyer

Aug 3, 2011

OSLO (AFP) -- The man behind the deadly twin attacks in Norway on July 22 wants a Japanese psychiatrist to carry out his psychological evaluation, his lawyer was quoted as saying Tuesday. "My client has expressed a wish for a Japanese expert. This wish has to do with the concept of honour. He believ
UK police arrest man over hacking allegations

Aug 2, 2011

LONDON (AP) -- Police investigating phone hacking and police bribery at defunct British tabloid News of the World on Tuesday arrested a man, believed to be a former executive at the newspaper.The Metropolitan Police said a 71-year-old man had been arrested by appointment Tuesday morning at a Lo
Shooting victim Giffords returns for U.S. debt vote

Aug 2, 2011
DiCaprio, Depp top list of best-paid actors

Aug 2, 2011
Israel P.M. ready to discuss border ‘package’: official

Aug 2, 2011
EU to put additional sanctions on Syria

Aug 2, 2011

EU, Washington condemn deadly crackdown during the month of RamadanBRUSSELS (AP) ― The European Union expanded its sanctions against Syria on Monday, imposing asset freezes and travel bans against five more military and government officials.The EU decision brings the number of individuals targeted b
Cuba vows to change migratory restrictions

Aug 2, 2011

HAVANA (AP) ― Cuba is working to overhaul migratory rules that were enacted decades ago out of necessity but have become anachronistic today, President Raul Castro told lawmakers and the nation Monday at the close of the island’s parliament.The session was closely watched for new details of economic
Fears of far-right rise in Greece

Aug 2, 2011

ATHENS (AP) ― They descended by the hundreds ― black-shirted, bat-wielding youths chasing down dark-skinned immigrants through the streets of Athens and beating them senseless in an unprecedented show of force by Greece’s far-right extremists.In Greece, alarm is rising that the twin crises of financ
Teens face death threat for forbidden love in Afghanistan

Aug 2, 2011

An Afghan teen couple is facing death threats from their families for trying to marry outside of their different ethnic groups, the New York Times reported. Traditionally, Afghans marry partners chosen by their parents from the same ethnic group. The boy was an ethnic Tajik while the girl was part o
British Royal Zara Phillips weds Rugby star Mark Tindall

Aug 1, 2011

Cars containing members of Britain's Royal Family head towards Holyrood Palace from Canongate Kirk after the wedding of Britain's Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Phillips to England rugby player Mike Tindall at Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland Saturday, July 30 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)Britain'
A Libyan rebel faction unmasked as Gadhafi men

Aug 1, 2011

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) ― Libyan rebel leaders said Sunday their forces hunted down and clashed with supporters of Moammar Gadhafi who had been posing as rebel fighters to infiltrate the opposition’s eastern stronghold. The overnight battle killed four from each side and added to a sense of crisis with
Syrians mark bleak Ramadan after 80 killed

Aug 1, 2011
Buenos Aires mayor wins re-election in landslide

Aug 1, 2011

BUENOS AIRES (AP) ― Buenos Aires’s conservative Mayor Mauricio Macri won re-election Sunday by a wide margin over the candidate backed by Argentina’s left-of-center president.With 97 percent of the ballots counted, Macri had 64 percent of the votes in the runoff election to 36 percent for Sen. Danie
‘Top Juarez cartel figure captured’

Aug 1, 2011

MEXICO CITY (AP) ― A former police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terror as a drug gang chieftain along the U.S. border has been captured in northern Mexico, federal officials said Sunday.Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez also is a suspect in last year’s slayin
Mexico says a top Juarez cartel figure captured

Aug 1, 2011

MEXICO CITY (AP) _ A former police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terror as a drug gang chieftain along the U.S. border has been captured in northern Mexico, federal officials said Sunday.Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez also is a suspect in last year's slayin