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.... 5/23/2013 12:47 PM

UN chief visits Goma, Congo
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Thursday that security must go hand-in-hand with development in Congo's troubled eastern city of Goma, arriving just hours after a rebel group halted fighting to allow the visit to proceed.... 5/23/2013 12:49 PM

UK attack suspects part of previous investigations
LONDON (AP) -- Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had been part of previous investigations by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London.... 5/23/2013 12:44 PM

Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday.... 5/23/2013 12:40 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 12:26 PM

IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe
PARIS (AP) -- International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister.... 5/23/2013 12:16 PM

Massive fuel-depot fire breaks out in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A massive fire broke out Thursday at a fuel depot on the northern outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, sending bright orange flames leaping high into the air and thick black smoking rolling upward and enveloping the area.... 5/23/2013 12:15 PM

Appellate court: Berlusconi ran illegal scheme
MILAN (AP) -- A Milan appeals court has explained why it upheld Silvia Berlusconi's tax fraud conviction, saying the politician illegally purchased the rights to broadcast U.S. movies on his private TV network, then falsely declared the payments to avoid taxes.... 5/23/2013 12:10 PM

Markets roiled by Nikkei's 7.3 percent slide
LONDON (AP) -- Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago.... 5/23/2013 12:08 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 12:02 PM

Court cancels Ukraine's first gay pride rally
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- A Ukrainian court on Thursday banned what would have been Ukraine's first-ever gay pride demonstration, upholding a suit by city authorities, who argued the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark violence.... 5/23/2013 12:49 PM

Gunmen kill 7 Iraqi soldiers in central Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Gunmen killed at least seven soldiers in central Iraq on Thursday, officials said, in the latest episode of violence to hit the country in a particularly bloody month.... 5/23/2013 11:53 AM

Violence in Somalia scares investors, aid workers
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu.... 5/23/2013 11:38 AM

Togo police fire tear gas at protesters
LOME, Togo (AP) -- Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the latest confrontation between the ruling party and Togo's increasingly active opposition. Demonstrators were gathering to protest the death of an opposition member, who died in jail.... 5/23/2013 11:24 AM

Jewelry stolen a 2nd time during Cannes festival
PARIS (AP) -- A second jewelry theft has been reported in the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival, this time an expensive necklace.... 5/23/2013 11:20 AM

Russian court denies Pussy Riot's Alekhina parole
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian court denied parole on Thursday to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group.... 5/23/2013 11:17 AM

Czech police seek US man suspected of 4 murders
BRNO, Czech Republic (AP) -- An American man is suspected of killing a family of four and is on the run in the Czech Republic and likely armed, officials said Thursday.... 5/23/2013 11:16 AM

Jerry Lewis repeats his distaste for female comics
CANNES, France (AP) -- Ladies? Don't make him laugh.... 5/23/2013 11:15 AM

2 brown bears rescued from captivity in Kosovo
MRAMOR, Kosovo (AP) -- Two brown bears have been released into a special sanctuary after being held in a 20-square-meter cage almost their entire lives to amuse visitors at a Kosovo restaurant.... 5/23/2013 11:08 AM

Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral
OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) -- Writer Chinua Achebe is being remembered in Nigeria as a fearless writer who bowed to no political pressure.... 5/23/2013 10:56 AM