Does France have right plan to revive its economy?
PARIS (AP) -- The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite.... 5/21/2013 3:08 PM

Gandhi's 'blood sample' fails to sell in Britain
LONDON (AP) -- Dozens of Mohandas Gandhi's personal items have been sold at an auction, but a sample of blood purportedly from the Indian independence leader didn't draw high enough bids.... 5/21/2013 2:42 PM

More attacks across Iraq kill 13 people
BAGHDAD (AP) -- New attacks in Iraq killed 13 people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, officials said, after a bloody day that claimed more than 100 lives across the country.... 5/21/2013 2:29 PM

Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel dies at 93
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.... 5/21/2013 2:26 PM

Syria opposition signals tough line on peace talks
BEIRUT (AP) -- Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria's civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad's regime.... 5/21/2013 2:24 PM

Algerian president leaves Paris military hospital
PARIS (AP) -- Officials say Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has left the French military hospital where he has been treated for nearly a month and transferred to another facility.... 5/21/2013 2:22 PM

Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on a Sinai funeral
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants.... 5/21/2013 2:21 PM

Top figures barred from Iran's June ballot
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's election overseers removed potential wildcard candidates from the presidential race Tuesday, blocking a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers.... 5/21/2013 2:16 PM

US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline
HAVANA (AP) -- The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well.... 5/21/2013 2:10 PM

2 Moroccans tried for homosexuality get 4 months
RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation.... 5/21/2013 1:55 PM

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 1:51 PM

Thousands of women protest death in Togo
LOME, Togo (AP) -- Thousands of women have taken to the streets in Togo to protest the death of an opposition figure who had been jailed.... 5/21/2013 1:49 PM

Palestinian group: Ruler rights abuses increasing
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- A Palestinian report shows human rights abuses by the rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza are on the rise.... 5/21/2013 1:43 PM

Israeli peace negotiator: Stalemate bad for Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's chief peace negotiator said Tuesday that the current stalemate with the Palestinians is harmful for Israel, days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to arrive in Israel for his latest push to restart long-dormant talks.... 5/21/2013 1:42 PM

Internet cable from Cuba to Jamaica comes online
HAVANA (AP) -- A new branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has reportedly come online, linking the island to nearby Jamaica, increasing Cuba's potential international communications bandwidth and providing a backup for the main line.... 5/21/2013 1:41 PM

France: Drugmaker on trial, suspected in deaths
NANTERRE, France (AP) -- The makers of a diabetes and weight loss drug suspected in the deaths of hundreds of people went on trial Tuesday, facing charges they misled the public about the product's safety.... 5/21/2013 1:35 PM

Israel warns Syria against attacks on Golan
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli and Syrian troops exchanged fire across their tense cease-fire line in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, prompting an Israeli threat that Syria's leader will "bear the consequences" of further escalation and raising new concerns that the civil war there could explode into a region-wide conflict.... 5/21/2013 1:30 PM

Germany's SAP to recruit tech staff with autism
BERLIN (AP) -- German software giant SAP AG said Tuesday it plans to recruit people with autism to take make full use of their talents to process information.... 5/21/2013 1:28 PM

Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
PARIS (AP) -- Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head.... 5/21/2013 1:22 PM

The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Is Pope Francis an exorcist?... 5/21/2013 1:04 PM