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Great Dane is world’s tallest dog

Sept 30, 2012

OTSEGO, Mich. (AP) -- A Great Dane from Michigan is doggone tall.The Guinness World Records 2013 book published Thursday recognizes Zeus of Otsego, Michigan, as the world’s Tallest Dog.The 3-year-old measures 44 inches from foot to shoulder.Standing on his hind legs, Zeus stretches to 7-foot-4 and towers over his owner, Denise Doorlag. Zeus is just an inch taller than the previous record-holder, G
Typhoon Jelawat bears down on Japanese mainland

Sept 30, 2012

TOKYO (AFP) -- The Japanese mainland braced for Typhoon Jelawat on Sunday amid warnings of landslides, floods and monster waves, a day after it injured scores of people on southern Okinawa island.The powerful typhoon was expected to hit the western region of the main island Honshu and move towards central areas, including Tokyo, later in the day, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.Jelawat, about
U.S. death row inmate walks free due to DNA evidence

Sept 29, 2012

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Death row inmate Damon Thibodeaux walked free after 15 years behind bars Friday after DNA evidence showed he had been wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of his cousin, authorities said.The 38-year-old was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary in the early afternoon, Pam Laborde, communications director for the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Correctio
China takes aim at Japan over island dispute at U.N.

Sept 28, 2012

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- China and Japan traded angry accusations in a late-night spat over a small group of islands in the East China Sea that both claim.　 It started when Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi accused Japan of “grossly violating” Chinese sovereignty by its purchase of the islands. He pronounced the moves by Japan as “totally illegal and invalid” during his address late Thursday to the U.N. General Assembly. 　 The dispute over the islands, called Diaoyu by China and Senakaku by Jap
Mars rover finds signs of ancient stream

Sept 28, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The NASA rover Curiosity has beamed back pictures of bedrock that suggest a fast-moving stream, possibly waist-deep, once flowed on Mars ― a find that the mission’s chief scientist called exciting. There have been previous signs that water existed on the red planet long ago, but the images released Thursday showing pebbles rounded off, likely by water, offered the most convincing evidence so far of an ancient streambed. There was “a vigorous flow on the surface of Mars,” said
Israel’s P.M. draws ‘red line’ for Iran

Sept 28, 2012

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― In his most detailed plea to date for global action against Iran’s nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the world has until next summer at the latest to stop Iran before it can build a nuclear bomb. Netanyahu flashed a diagram of a cartoon-like bomb before the U.N. General Assembly showing the progress Iran has made, saying it has already completed the first stage of uranium enrichment. Then he pulled out a red marker and drew a line acro
‘Pink Panther’ actor Herbert Lom dead

Sept 28, 2012

LONDON (AP) ― Herbert Lom, the durable Czech-born actor best known as Inspector Clouseau’s long-suffering boss in the comic “Pink Panther” movies, died Thursday, his son said. He was 95. Alec Lom said his father died peacefully in his sleep at home in London. Herbert Lom’s handsomely lugubrious look and rich, resonant voice were suited to comedy, horror and everything in between. It served him well over a six-decade career in which roles ranged from Napoleon Bonaparte ― whom he played twice ― to
Brave teen victim speaks of sexual abuse by stepfather

Sept 28, 2012

A 17-year-old British girl repeatedly raped by her stepfather spoke out about the horrible experience and vowed to move on.Danii Wiblin of Suffolk, who courageously stepped into the limelight to share her horrendous story, said the experience had robbed of her childhood, local media reported.“It was taken away from me when I was 11-and-a-half,” she said.The abuse started when Danii was just 11 years old and went on for five years. Her stepfather Alan Harrison sexually abused her and even bought
More than 305 die in bloodiest day of Syria revolt: watchdog

Sept 27, 2012

BEIRUT (AFP) -- More than 305 people were killed across Syria on Wednesday, making it the bloodiest single day of the 18-month revolt, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.“This is the highest toll in a single day since March 2011. And this is only counting those whose names have been documented. If we count the unidentified bodies, the figure will be much higher,” Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP by telephone.A total of 199 of Wednesday’s dead were civilians, the Britain-
Sudan, South Sudan reach deal

Sept 27, 2012

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) ― Sudan and South Sudan reached agreements on a demilitarized border zone and oil production but made limited progress on contested areas, their officials said late Wednesday.“There is agreement on some areas,” said South Sudan delegation spokesman Atif Kiir, while his Sudanese counterpart Badr el-din Abdullah Badr spoke of “progress on many issues,” with both saying a deal would be inked Thursday.The partial agreement was reached after four days of marathon negotiations betwee
Japan says no compromise in island row

Sept 27, 2012

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ― Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda insisted Wednesday there could be no compromise with China on the ownership of a disputed island chain and denounced attacks on Japanese interests.Speaking to reporters at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Noda said China had misunderstood the issues at stake and demanded an end to attacks on Japanese citizens and business interests in China by nationalist protesters.“So far as the Senkaku islands are concerned, they are an integr
Prominent Kremlin critic faces criminal charges

Sept 27, 2012

MOSCOW (AP) ― A Russian tycoon who has financed a newspaper critical of the Kremlin and supported the opposition has been charged with hooliganism and assault for punching a businessman during a television talk show. He dismissed the criminal case as politically motivated. Russia’s top investigative agency, which announced the charges Wednesday, said the defendant, Alexander Lebedev, cannot leave Moscow while the probe is under way. In Russia, filing charges marks the start of a criminal investi
Ahmadinejad pushes new world order

Sept 27, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― After an hour of fielding questions about Syria, sanctions and nuclear weapons, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had enough. Now, he said, it was his turn to choose the topic ― his “new order” which will inevitably replace the current era of what he called U.S. bullying. Continuing his hectic pace of media appearances and diplomatic meetings, Ahmadinejad presented an air of boredom when it came to the hot topic on everyone’s mind ― Iran’s nuclear program and the possibility
Romney, Obama woo working class

Sept 27, 2012

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) ― Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he understands the struggles of working families and has the know-how to fix them as he sought to counteract fallout from a secret video that President Barack Obama won’t let him live down. The secretly recorded video of Romney telling donors he doesn’t need to worry about the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay income taxes and “believe that they are victims” has distracted from his argument that blue-c
U.N. sees up to 700,000 Syrian refugees by year-end

Sept 27, 2012

GENEVA (AFP) - The U.N. refugee agency warned Thursday there could be as many as 700,000 Syrian refugees fleeing the war-torn nation by the end of the year as it stepped up its call for emergency funding."There may be up to 700,000 Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries by the end of the year," Panos Moumtzsis, the UNHCR's chief coordinator for Syrian refugees, told reporters in Geneva."We are