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Muslim hardliners ID London terror suspect
LONDON (AP) -- Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun.... 5/23/2013 2:01 PM
LONDON (AP) -- Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun.... 5/23/2013 2:01 PM
Cannes crime: 2nd jewel theft during film festival
PARIS (AP) -- Thieves outsmarted 80 security guards in an exclusive French Riviera hotel and made off with a necklace that creators say is worth a staggering 2 million euros ($2.6 million) - in the second such jewelry heist during this year's Cannes Film Festival.... 5/23/2013 1:59 PM
PARIS (AP) -- Thieves outsmarted 80 security guards in an exclusive French Riviera hotel and made off with a necklace that creators say is worth a staggering 2 million euros ($2.6 million) - in the second such jewelry heist during this year's Cannes Film Festival.... 5/23/2013 1:59 PM
Canada terror suspect: Lawyer must use 'holy book'
TORONTO (AP) -- A man accused of plotting to derail a train in Canada with support from al-Qaida is asking to be represented by a defense attorney willing to use the "holy book" as a reference in his case.... 5/23/2013 1:56 PM
TORONTO (AP) -- A man accused of plotting to derail a train in Canada with support from al-Qaida is asking to be represented by a defense attorney willing to use the "holy book" as a reference in his case.... 5/23/2013 1:56 PM
Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral
OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) -- Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite came to praise him.... 5/23/2013 1:54 PM
OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) -- Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite came to praise him.... 5/23/2013 1:54 PM
Israel says Iran unaffected by world pressure
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister says a new report by the U.N. atomic agency shows that international pressure is having no effect on halting Iran's suspect nuclear program.... 5/23/2013 1:53 PM
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister says a new report by the U.N. atomic agency shows that international pressure is having no effect on halting Iran's suspect nuclear program.... 5/23/2013 1:53 PM
AP PHOTOS: Egypt's languishing Islamic antiquities
CAIRO (AP) -- Cairo, the Arab world's most populated city, is often referred to as an open-air museum of Islamic antiquities and the city of 1,000 minarets.... 5/23/2013 1:47 PM
CAIRO (AP) -- Cairo, the Arab world's most populated city, is often referred to as an open-air museum of Islamic antiquities and the city of 1,000 minarets.... 5/23/2013 1:47 PM
15 injured in clash with security forces in Guinea
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- A government spokesman says at least 15 people were injured, four of them by bullet wounds, during a protest in Guinea's capital between opposition parties and security forces. The clashes are the latest iteration in the ongoing fight between the country's opposition and the ruling party over the details of a much-delayed parliamentary election.... 5/23/2013 1:40 PM
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- A government spokesman says at least 15 people were injured, four of them by bullet wounds, during a protest in Guinea's capital between opposition parties and security forces. The clashes are the latest iteration in the ongoing fight between the country's opposition and the ruling party over the details of a much-delayed parliamentary election.... 5/23/2013 1:40 PM
WHO: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus
GENEVA (AP) -- World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample - a claim disputed by the researcher at the center of the issue.... 5/23/2013 1:38 PM
GENEVA (AP) -- World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample - a claim disputed by the researcher at the center of the issue.... 5/23/2013 1:38 PM
Turkey debates alcohol sales and ad restrictions
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish lawmakers on Thursday began debating a bill that bans all alcohol advertising and tightens restrictions on sales of such beverages - a proposal the government insists is aimed at protecting the young from the ills of spirits but which secularists say is an example of the Islamic-based ruling party's encroachment on personal freedoms.... 5/23/2013 1:35 PM
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish lawmakers on Thursday began debating a bill that bans all alcohol advertising and tightens restrictions on sales of such beverages - a proposal the government insists is aimed at protecting the young from the ills of spirits but which secularists say is an example of the Islamic-based ruling party's encroachment on personal freedoms.... 5/23/2013 1:35 PM
S. Sudan leader: Int'l court 'humiliates' Africa
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- South Sudan's president is criticizing the International Criminal Court, saying the court is designed to humiliate African leaders.... 5/23/2013 1:32 PM
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- South Sudan's president is criticizing the International Criminal Court, saying the court is designed to humiliate African leaders.... 5/23/2013 1:32 PM
Iran's Rafsanjani blasts clerics, says report
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Banned from upcoming elections, Iran's former president has leveled harsh criticism at the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers, saying they are doing a poor job running the country, an Iranian pro-reform website reported late on Wednesday.... 5/23/2013 1:30 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Banned from upcoming elections, Iran's former president has leveled harsh criticism at the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers, saying they are doing a poor job running the country, an Iranian pro-reform website reported late on Wednesday.... 5/23/2013 1:30 PM
Banned Iranian director Rasoulof coming to Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) -- Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime there, is coming to Cannes for a screening of his latest film, publicists for the movie said Thursday.... 5/23/2013 1:13 PM
CANNES, France (AP) -- Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime there, is coming to Cannes for a screening of his latest film, publicists for the movie said Thursday.... 5/23/2013 1:13 PM
US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table.... 5/23/2013 1:11 PM
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table.... 5/23/2013 1:11 PM
Cayman opposition will lead coalition gov't
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) -- Election officials in the Cayman Islands say the opposition party has won nine of 18 seats, one short of a majority needed to control the British territory's legislature.... 5/23/2013 1:09 PM
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) -- Election officials in the Cayman Islands say the opposition party has won nine of 18 seats, one short of a majority needed to control the British territory's legislature.... 5/23/2013 1:09 PM
Euro Tour CEO apologizes for saying 'colored'
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) -- The head of the European golf tour apologized for using the term "colored" during a live television interview Thursday in which he was reacting to the spat between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia.... 5/23/2013 1:05 PM
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) -- The head of the European golf tour apologized for using the term "colored" during a live television interview Thursday in which he was reacting to the spat between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia.... 5/23/2013 1:05 PM
Payne back on the road with 'Nebraska' at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) -- Shooting the Midwest in monochrome came naturally for Alexander Payne in his father-son road trip "Nebraska."... 5/23/2013 1:01 PM
CANNES, France (AP) -- Shooting the Midwest in monochrome came naturally for Alexander Payne in his father-son road trip "Nebraska."... 5/23/2013 1:01 PM
86 sentenced in Macedonia highway toll scam case
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- A criminal court in Macedonia's capital has sentenced 86 employees of a road management company to prison terms ranging from eight months to more than six years for involvement in a massive highway toll scam.... 5/23/2013 1:00 PM
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- A criminal court in Macedonia's capital has sentenced 86 employees of a road management company to prison terms ranging from eight months to more than six years for involvement in a massive highway toll scam.... 5/23/2013 1:00 PM
Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest _ for now
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him.... 5/23/2013 1:00 PM
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him.... 5/23/2013 1:00 PM
26 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France.... 5/23/2013 12:56 PM
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France.... 5/23/2013 12:56 PM
Canada businessman's corruption trial on in Cuba
HAVANA (AP) -- A Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba apparently went on trial Thursday, nearly two years after he was detained and his import company, Tri-Star Caribbean, was shuttered.... 5/23/2013 12:53 PM
HAVANA (AP) -- A Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba apparently went on trial Thursday, nearly two years after he was detained and his import company, Tri-Star Caribbean, was shuttered.... 5/23/2013 12:53 PM
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