Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) -- Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.... 5/20/2013 4:33 AM

SKorea: NKorea fires 5th projectile into waters
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea says North Korea has fired a short-range projectile into its own eastern waters - for the fifth time in three days.... 5/20/2013 4:25 AM

Report: 23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- A Syrian group that tracks the country's civil war says 23 fighters from the militant group Hezbollah have been killed in fierce clashes in a strategic town near the Lebanese border.... 5/20/2013 4:24 AM

Car bombs in Baghdad, south Iraq kill at least 34
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 34 people on Monday, Iraqi officials said.... 5/20/2013 4:21 AM

5 dead, 20 missing in China factory explosion
BEIJING (AP) -- A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory Monday in eastern China, killing five people and leaving another 20 missing, state media reported.... 5/20/2013 4:16 AM

Cambodian ceremony honors victims of Khmer Rouge
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- More than 1,000 Cambodians have turned out for the official annual ceremony honoring victims of the 1970s communist Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of about 1.7 million Cambodians.... 5/20/2013 4:13 AM

Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing the council chief and at least 13 others, authorities said.... 5/20/2013 3:53 AM

Macau lawyer says assault was intimidation attempt
HONG KONG (AP) -- A Macau lawyer assaulted in broad daylight in the Chinese gambling haven says the attack was an attempt to intimidate him.... 5/20/2013 3:42 AM

Chinese premier: Peace requires India-China trust
NEW DELHI (AP) -- China's new premier said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world's two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth.... 5/20/2013 3:33 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan official says suicide bomber kills provincial council chief, at least 7 others in north.... 5/20/2013 3:23 AM

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BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi officials: 5 car bombs strike Shiite neighborhoods across Baghdad, killing 16 people.... 5/20/2013 3:08 AM

Turkey: 1 killed, 24 injured in balloon crash
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- An official says a hot air balloon has crashed in central Turkey, killing one person and injuring 24 others on board.... 5/20/2013 3:00 AM

Who is building what in Sochi for 2014 Olympics
SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- The cost of the 2014 Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi now stands at $51 billion, making it the most expensive Olympics in history. More than half of the bill is being footed by Russian state-controlled companies and business tycoons. A look at what the major players are building in Sochi:... 5/20/2013 2:37 AM

Pakistan: Gunmen attack polio team, kill policeman
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Officials say gunmen have killed a policeman who was guarding a polio vaccination team in northwestern Pakistan.... 5/20/2013 2:36 AM

Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics
SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses.... 5/20/2013 2:35 AM

China sentences underground bank operator to death
BEIJING (AP) -- A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs.... 5/20/2013 1:53 AM

Oil price falls below $96 a barrel
BANGKOK (AP) -- The price of oil fell Monday ahead of the release later this week of economic data from the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, and a speech by the Federal Reserve chief.... 5/20/2013 1:28 AM

Asian stocks rise on signs of steady US recovery
BANGKOK (AP) -- Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday.... 5/20/2013 1:24 AM

Tons of New Zealand meat stranded on Chinese docks
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted certain imports from the country due to a certification dispute.... 5/20/2013 12:46 AM

China asks NKorea to release fishing boat, crew
BEIJING (AP) -- China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies.... 5/20/2013 12:28 AM