New rice contamination reported in China
BEIJING (AP) -- Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country's largest cities was contaminated with a toxic metal.... 5/21/2013 9:00 AM

Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing Buddhist monk
MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) -- A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday - one of them to a life term - in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was overwhelmingly directed against minority Muslims but has not led to any criminal trials against members of the country's Buddhist majority.... 5/21/2013 8:41 AM

SAfrican court frees brother of Oscar Pistorius
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The brother of murder-accused Olympian Oscar Pistorius cried tears of relief as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a car accident.... 5/21/2013 8:33 AM

Deadliest attacks in Iraq since US troop pullout
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Here is a look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011:... 5/21/2013 8:30 AM

Court rules against man for emailing NKorean spy
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a ruling sentencing a man to a year and half in prison for exchanging emails with an alleged North Korean spy and praising Pyongyang on his website.... 5/21/2013 8:29 AM

Fighting for 2nd day between army, rebels in Congo
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- A Congolese military official says that fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma.... 5/21/2013 8:26 AM

Philippines protests Chinese warship's presence
CAVITE, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippines has protested the presence of a Chinese warship, two surveillance vessels and fishing boats off a shoal occupied by its military in the disputed Spratly Islands, in the latest territorial squabble between the Asian countries, officials said Tuesday.... 5/21/2013 8:25 AM

Thailand urged to explore edible insect market
BANGKOK (AP) -- Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating.... 5/21/2013 8:20 AM

Moscow blasts alleged vote theft at Eurovision
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's point man on Syria and on its relations with the U.S. on Tuesday turned his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts - alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest.... 5/21/2013 8:06 AM

Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death
RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported.... 5/21/2013 8:05 AM

Reports: Iran bars 2 top figures from June ballot
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian news websites have boosted speculation that election overseers have barred two prominent but divisive figures from next month's presidential ballot.... 5/21/2013 8:05 AM

3 Hezbollah fighters die of wounds from Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- Three members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group died of wounds sustained while fighting for control of a strategic Syrian town near the Lebanese border, activists said Tuesday, as the battle in the area raged for its third straight day.... 5/21/2013 8:00 AM

South Africa: Winnie Mandela forced auction flops
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- An auction to pay off a debt of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife failed to take place because no one would open her home to the sheriff.... 5/21/2013 7:59 AM

Syrian opposition groups say Assad must go
MADRID (AP) -- Syrian opposition groups meeting in Spain say they oppose all negotiation with President Bashar Assad's government unless it is aimed at his giving up of power.... 5/21/2013 7:50 AM

Bulgaria: Socialist elected as parliament speaker
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -- Bulgaria's newly seated parliament has elected Socialist Mihail Mikov as its speaker during what is proving to be a turbulent stretch in the economically struggling country's politics.... 5/21/2013 7:50 AM

Group: More Afghan women jailed for 'moral crimes'
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An international rights group says the number of Afghan women and girls jailed for "moral crimes" has risen dramatically in the past 18 months.... 5/21/2013 7:43 AM

Bus collides with truck in India, killing 11
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Police say a bus has collided with a truck in northern India, killing 11 people including seven members of a wedding party.... 5/21/2013 7:35 AM

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France (AP) -- Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:... 5/21/2013 7:28 AM

4 arrested after more riots in Stockholm suburb
HUSBY, Sweden (AP) -- Police have arrested four people after a second night of escalating riots in a Stockholm suburb, during which some 200 youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in anger over the police shooting death of an elderly man.... 5/21/2013 7:13 AM

Death toll in Turkish balloon crash reaches 3
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Officials say another Brazilian tourist has died of injuries sustained after a hot air balloon crashed to the ground, raising the number of tourists killed to 3.... 5/21/2013 7:06 AM