ROME (AFP) ― Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti is stepping down, the president’s office announced Saturday, just hours after the man he replaced, Silvio Berlusconi, said he would run again for head of government.Monti “does not think it possible to continue his mandate and consequently made clear his intention to present his resignation,” said a statement from President Giorgio Napolitano’s office.The announcement came after Monti met with Napolitano at the presidential Quirinal palace for more

JOHANNESBURG (AP) ― South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela was admitted to a military hospital Saturday for medical tests, though the nation’s president told the public there was “no cause for alarm” over the 94-year-old icon’s health.The statement issued by President Jacob Zuma’s spokesman said that Mandela was doing well and was receiving medical care “which is consistent for his age.” The statement offered no other details.Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison for fighting racist whit

A Wakefield, Mass., man accused of raping and abusing toddlers was a low-level sex offender with three previous convictions, court records said.John Burbine, 49, will be arraigned next week on charges he sexually assaulted 13 children ranging in age from 8 days to 3 years, many of them repeatedly, in a two-year span beginning in 2010 through his wife's unlicensed day care center. The abuse allegations involve 100 counts that include forcible rape and indecent assault, the Boston Globe reported F

Two foreign teachers living in Thailand -- one American, the other British -- have died in what police said appeared to be a double drug overdose.The bodies of Charlie Milsom, 35, a British citizen, and Jonathan Louis, 40, from the United States, were found in Louis‘ apartment Saturday morning, the Bangkok Post reported.Louis’ wife said she returned home from work Friday to find the men apparently dozing in the living room and discovered the next morning both were dead.Thamaporn Apison said her

In November, Washington state jumped into history becoming the first state along with Colorado to reject federal drug-control policy and legalize recreational marijuana use. (UPI)<관련 한글 뉴스>　마리화나, 美 워싱턴 주에서 합법화지난 11월 미국 콜로라도 주와 함께 워싱턴 주 또한 연방정부의 마약 정책을 거부하고 위락용의 마리화나 사용을 합법화했다. (코리아헤럴드)

CAIRO (AP) ― An angry Mohammed Morsi refused Thursday to call off a referendum on a disputed constitution that has sparked Egypt’s worst political crisis in two years, drawing chants of “topple the regime!” from protesters who waved their shoes in contempt.The Egyptian president’s uncompromising stand came a night after thousands of his supporters and opponents fought pitched battles outside his Cairo palace, leaving at least six dead and 700 injured.Speaking in a nationally televised address, M

LAS VEGAS (AFP) ― Boxer Manny Pacquiao has pledged support for the victims of a devastating typhoon in his native Philippines that has left a quarter million homeless and killed over 470 people.“I am aware of what is going on, and my prayers are with the people of the Philippines,” Pacquiao said. “I have people who are monitoring the situation, and they will handle anything I asked them to do.”Pacquiao, who is a congressman representing the Sarangari province, talked about the tragedy on Wednesd

A woman has admitted helping her husband keep a young woman as a sex slave in their rural home.The Kansas City Star reports that Marilyn Bagley's plea agreement Thursday recommends she be sentenced to probation. The 47-year-old Bagley pleaded guilty to conspiring to help her husband sexually enslave the woman, who was 16 when she moved in with the couple.The case came to light in early 2009 after the woman, then 23, was hospitalized after what prosecutors said was a torture session. Then-U.S. At