CARACAS (AFP) ― The remains of Latin American independence hero Simon Bolivar will soon be moved to a modern structure in Caracas that towers over nearby buildings like an enormous ship’s sail.The 50-meter-tall structure, covered in white ceramic, was commissioned by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who fancies himself as the 19th century revolutionary’s ideological heir.The mausoleum will be accessible through a vestibule connected to the National Pantheon, a much smaller 19th century neo-Goth

LAPORTE, Colorado (AP) ― Firefighters on Sunday were fighting wildfires that have spread quickly in parched forests in Colorado and New Mexico, forcing hundreds of people from their homes and the evacuation of wolves from a sanctuary.The Colorado fire, burning in a mountainous area about 24 kilometers west of Fort Collins, grew to 57 square kilometers within about a day of being reported and has destroyed or damaged 18 structures.Strong winds, meanwhile, grounded aircraft fighting a 104-square-k

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Almost four decades after the infamous Watergate break-in, the reporters who broke the story have concluded that then-president was “far worse” than they thought. Nixon resigned in August 1974 for his administration’s role in a June 17, 1972, burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in the U.S. capital and the subsequent cover-up. He became the only U.S. president ever to resign from the office.Many inaccurate ideas and myths related

Investigators were searching for a gunman who killed three people _ including two former Auburn University football players _ and wounded three others at a pool party near campus after several men began punching each other in a fight over a woman, authorities and witnesses said Sunday. (AP-Yonhap News)One of the wounded was shot in the head and critically hurt. Another was a current player, Eric M

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) ― A Malaysian prince is promoting a novel weapon against the worsening scourge of dengue fever: a protein “pill” that starves mosquito larvae and could revolutionize the global dengue fight.It is a fight that is intensifying: more than 2.5 billion people ― around 40 percent of Earth’s population ― live in areas susceptible to the mosquito-borne virus, with up to 100 million infected annually, according to the World Health Organization. Dengue kills 20,000 people worldwide ever

KABUL (AP) ― Afghanistan’s president said Saturday that the United States has put the two countries’ security pact at risk with a unilateral airstrike that killed 18 civilians, while a Taliban suicide bomber killed four French soldiers responding to a tipoff about a bomb hidden under a bridge. The violence and the dispute highlight the muddled nature of the international mission in Afghanistan as NATO coalition countries try to shift to a training role in a country that is still very much at war