Woods: Garcia comment hurtful, time to move on
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) -- Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods on Wednesday for saying he would have "fried chicken" at dinner with his rival, a comment that Woods described as hurtful and inappropriate.... 5/22/2013 10:09 AM

Syrian opposition urges rebels to join key battle
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's main opposition alliance on Wednesday urged fighters from around the country to reinforce a rebel-held town under attack by President Bashar Assad's troops and their allies from the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group.... 5/22/2013 9:59 AM

Redford swept away in shipwreck saga 'All is Lost'
CANNES, France (AP) -- Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All is Lost."... 5/22/2013 9:51 AM

UK, Denmark eyes visas for Afghan interpreters
LONDON (AP) -- Britain and Denmark are proposing to give hundreds of Afghan interpreters who worked alongside their troops the right to settle in the U.K. and Denmark in recognition of the risks to their personal safety.... 5/22/2013 9:51 AM

Russian drunk driver who killed orphans sentenced
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian drunk driver who sparked a nationwide debate after killing seven, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been sentenced to prison.... 5/22/2013 9:40 AM

EU leaders discuss fight against tax evasion
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union leaders on Wednesday sought to advance their fight against tax fraud and close the loopholes for large corporations' tax avoidance schemes.... 5/22/2013 9:33 AM

African Union celebrates 50th year
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization, now called the African Union, that spearheaded efforts to liberate the continent from colonial masters.... 5/22/2013 9:32 AM

Trial for captain in deadly shipwreck in Italy
ROME (AP) -- An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people.... 5/22/2013 9:23 AM

Iran's Ahmadinejad denounces election decision
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month's presidential race is an act of "oppression" and that he will take the case to the country's supreme leader.... 5/22/2013 9:18 AM

Vienna official: Looted Nazi goods returned
VIENNA (AP) -- An official for the city of Vienna says the Austrian capital has handed over nearly 6,000 valuable objects looted by the Nazis to their rightful owners or their heirs since it started taking inventory of them 14 years ago.... 5/22/2013 9:12 AM

Mortar lands in Congo as UN chief arrives
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- A mortar round exploded in Goma, a city in eastern Congo which has been in the crosshairs of this country's latest rebellion, officials said Wednesday, as the United Nations secretary-general arrived in Congo's capital for a two-day visit expected to take him to Goma.... 5/22/2013 8:50 AM

Zimbabwe's president signs new constitution
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's president signs into law a new constitution and vows to hold peaceful and clean elections later this year.... 5/22/2013 8:48 AM

Ukrainian journalists disrupt government session
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian reporters on Wednesday disrupted a government session chaired by the prime minister, suggesting his family members could be the next victims of official inaction after police in Kiev stood by while pro-government activists attacked two journalists covering an opposition protest.... 5/22/2013 8:46 AM

Ethiopian corruption watchdog arrests 51 suspects
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Ethiopian authorities have carried out another wave of arrests that brings the number of people detained on suspicions of corruption to more than 50.... 5/22/2013 8:39 AM

South Sudan warns it may shut down oil flow again
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- South Sudan is warning that it may stop exporting oil through Sudan's pipelines again.... 5/22/2013 8:38 AM

Czech president settles dispute over gay rights
PRAGUE (AP) -- The Czech president says he will no longer block a university professorship for a gay rights activist who had been critical of him.... 5/22/2013 8:34 AM

Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican took another step Wednesday to show greater financial transparency by publishing the first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announcing new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing.... 5/22/2013 8:32 AM

Irishman charged with 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing
DUBLIN (AP) -- A 61-year-old Irishman was charged in Britain Wednesday with the Irish Republican Army bombing of the queen's ceremonial cavalry in Hyde Park in 1982, a strike at a top London tourist attraction that killed four soldiers and seven horses.... 5/22/2013 8:19 AM

Iraqi PM orders army shakeup after deadly attacks
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister has ordered a shake-up of his military command after a weeklong spike of militant attacks that has killed nearly 300 people, by far the highest toll since the U.S. withdrew its forces in late 2011, an official said Wednesday.... 5/22/2013 10:11 AM

EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Two officials say Britain has launched a bid to formally have the European Union declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization.... 5/22/2013 8:04 AM