Some 19 women forced into refugee camps by flooding in Nigeria have been victims of rape, camp residents say.The assaults have occurred in four camps in Benue state in the southern part of the country, This Day newspaper reported Tuesday.Sexual assaults have become a “daily occurrence” at the camps set up by the state government, a source told the newspaper. This Day said a lack of security within the camps and a lack of privacy had created a climate for the assaults.Many residents said the over

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Barack Obama vows to put up a fight Tuesday in his second debate with Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a promise the president will need to keep if he is to overcome his lackluster, momentum-stalling performance in the candidates’ first debate two weeks ago. Romney will likewise need to turn in a repeat of his strong showing in the initial face-to-face-competition, a performance which propelled him into a virtual tie in nationwide polling. Obama still hangs on to small leads

LIMA (AFP) ― Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN on Monday that she will take the blame for any shortcomings in the handling of an attack last month on the U.S. mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi.“I take responsibility,” she said, according to the news network, which interviewed her during a visit to the Peruvian capital Lima.According to the CNN website, she added that with the U.S. presidential election drawing near, “I want to avoid some kind of political gotcha.”President Barack

Archaeologists and one hopeful relative are anxiously waiting to see if a skeleton dug up from a hole in a car park in the English city of Leicester is the remains of the much-maligned King Richard III.More than five centuries after he was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field by the armies of Henry Tudor, who later became King Henry VII, scientists believe they are close to making an identification.Michael Ibsen, 55, a 17th generation nephew of the king, will have his DNA tested against the re

Japanese military officials said they were keeping a close eye on seven Chinese warships spotted in waters off a southern island Tuesday. It was unclear whether the ship movements were related to a territorial dispute that has prompted both countries to show off their maritime muscles. The Chinese ships were sighted about 49 kilometers (30 miles) from the island of Yonaguni, in Japan's Okinawa pre

An Illinois man became the last of eight “boylovers” caught in a 2009 FBI sting to be imprisoned for sexual exploitation and abuse, authorities said Monday.Mark McGill, 27, of Crest Hill was sentenced Oct. 9 to nine years in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for possessing and distributing child pornography, the U.S. attorney‘s office said in a release.He was one of the self-identified “boylovers” who met in person and online to discuss their sexual interest in children

A British bar owner said he has concocted the world‘s most expensive cocktail, costing $8,837 per glass.Salvatore Calabrese, owner of the Salvatore’s bar at the Playboy Club London, said his “Salvatore‘s Legacy” cocktail includes 1778 Clos de Griffier Vieux Cognac, a 1770 Kummel liqueur, a Dubb Orange Curacao from about 1860 and Angostura bitters from the turn of the 20th century, Sky News reported Monday.A Guinness spokeswoman confirmed it has received Calabrese’s claim to a record.“The current

DAMASCUS (AFP) ― Syria banned Turkish flights from its airspace on Sunday and Turkey made a similar tit-for-tat move, as regime forces pressed their counter-attack against rebels to regain territory lost in northern battlegrounds.The reprisal for Turkey confiscating a cargo of what Russia said was radar equipment being flown from Moscow to Damascus came despite a flurry of diplomacy intended to calm soaring tensions between the neighbors.Syria accuses Turkey of channeling arms from Gulf Arab sta

TRIPOLI (AP) ― Libya’s congress elected a human rights lawyer as interim prime minister on Sunday, a week after his predecessor was sacked for failing to present a cabinet line-up that political factions could agree on. Ali Zidan, also a former independent congressman, won 93 votes, securing a majority of those who voted in a poll to determine the country’s leader for a transitional period of around 20 months. Zidan’s top priority will be to name a new government that congress approves. The cabi