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Chavez to delegate some duties

Jul 17, 2011

CARACAS (AP) ― Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez delegated some of his duties to his vice president and finance minister on Saturday as he prepared to fly to Cuba to start chemotherapy and a new stage of cancer treatment.Chavez had refused opposition demands that he temporarily cede power to Vice President Elias Jaua while undergoing chemotherapy in Havana. But shortly after a legislative vote appr
Clinton chides NATO ally Turkey on rights curbs

Jul 17, 2011

ISTANBUL (AP) ― U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, chiding a NATO ally whose support is critical to American goals in the Mideast, said Saturday that Turkey must act on concerns about backsliding on human rights and its secular traditionsSpeaking politely but firmly about the moderate Muslim nation, Clinton said the recent arrests of dozens of journalists and curbs placed on religious
Vietnam police break up anti-China rally

Jul 17, 2011

HANOI (AFP) ― Vietnamese police rounded up at least 10 people as they forcibly broke up an anti-China rally on Sunday after a series of protests over tensions in the South China Sea.Around 50 demonstrators, greatly outnumbered by the security forces, were stopped and forced to disperse after they gathered close to the Chinese embassy in the capital Hanoi.“Down with China! Down with arresting patri
British government, police under pressure over Murdoch links

Jul 17, 2011

LONDON (AFP) -- The British government and police faced fresh pressure over their ties to Rupert Murdoch on Saturday as the media mogul published apologies in national newspapers over the phone hacking scandal.A day after Murdoch lost two of his most senior executives, the crisis returned to haunt the British establishment with new allegations about the close ties between the media baron's empire
British police hunt suspected hospital killer

Jul 17, 2011

LONDON (AFP) - British police were on Saturday hunting a suspected hospital killer after the unexplained deaths of three patients, in a case with echoes of the notorious nurse Beverley Allitt.Officers said they were interviewing 11 patients who survived being given insulin-contaminated saline solution at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, northwest England. (MCT)Allitt, dubbed the "angel of deat
China slams Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama

Jul 17, 2011

BEIJING (AP) -- China has slammed President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama as an act that has ``grossly interfered in China's internal affairs'' and damaged Chinese-American relations.The statement from China's Foreign Ministry comes hours after Obama met with the Tibetan spiritual leader in Washington.China had already called on the United States to stop Saturday's White House meeting
'We are sorry' Murdoch tells UK in full-page ad

Jul 17, 2011

LONDON (AP) -- ``We are sorry'' the full-page ad began, as Rupert Murdoch tried to halt a phone-hacking scandal that has claimed two of his top executives with a gesture of atonement and promises to right the wrongs committed by his now-shuttered tabloid, News of the World.Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative-led government and the London police, meanwhile, faced increasing questions Saturd
Murdoch apologizes over scandal

Jul 16, 2011
U.S., allies formally recognize Libya rebels

Jul 16, 2011

Women take part in a rally in the town of Zlitan, roughly 160 kilometers east of Tripoli, Libya, in this file photo taken on July 15, 2011. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has rejected the decision by the U.S. and other countries to recognize the rebels fighting to oust him, and he vows never to surrender. (AP) ISTANBUL (AP) -- The United States and more than 30 other nations on Friday formally r
Diners who use big forks eat less: study

Jul 15, 2011

(AFP) WASHINGTON — Researchers have found a new way to control the amount we eat: use a bigger fork.While numerous studies have focused on portion sizes and their influence on how much we eat, researchers Arul and Himanshu Mishra and Tamara Masters looked at how bite sizes affect quantities ingested.To do this, they conducted field research in a popular Italian restaurant in the southwestern Unite
Serial bombings in Mumbai kill 17, wound 131

Jul 14, 2011

Indian militant group suspected for worst terrorist attacks in India since 2008MUMBAI, India (AP) ― Three coordinated bombings tore through the heart of India’s busy financial capital during rush hour Wednesday, killing 17 people and wounding 131 in the worst terrorist attack in the country since the 2008 Mumbai siege.Bloody bodies were strewn in the dirt of Mumbai’s crowded neighborhoods and mark
Karzai killing highlights Afghanistan’s ‘strongman’ problem

Jul 14, 2011
Russia lays out ‘step-by-step’ approach on Iran

Jul 14, 2011
U.S. begins drawdown of troops from Afghanistan

Jul 14, 2011

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) ― The first troops to leave Afghanistan as part of the U.S. drawdown handed over their slice of battlefield Wednesday to a unit less than half their size and started packing for home.When the 650 members of the Iowa National Guard’s 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment arrived in Afghanistan in November 2010, bases didn’t have enough housing, translators were in
Parents on a trial as a pet python kills two-year-old daughter

Jul 14, 2011

A mother is facing up to 35 years in jail for third-degree murder after her 2-year-old daughter was strangled by a pet python that escaped from its terrarium, the Daily Mail reported.Jaren Hare and her 34-year-old boyfriend, Jason Darnell, are charged with manslaughter and child abuse in the 2009 death of Shaianna Hare.Documents reveal the couple had not fed the 2.6-meter Burmese python for a mont