Egypt's 3rd runner-up calls for vote recount
CAIRO (AP) -- A spokesman for the third runner-up in Egypt's presidential race has called for a partial vote recount, citing violations.... 5/26/2012 12:59 PM

Iran: Enriched uranium traces a 'technical issue'
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A top Iranian nuclear negotiator said that traces of enriched uranium discovered at an underground bunker came from a "routine technical issue," the country's official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.... 5/26/2012 12:54 PM

Activists: Toll from Syrian attack more than 90
BEIRUT (AP) -- Government troops shelled a string of villages in central Syria before pro-regime thugs swept through the area, shooting people in the streets and in their homes in attacks that killed more than 90 people, activists said Saturday.... 5/26/2012 12:52 PM

Heavy winds, rain damage Bahamas islands
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) -- Heavy winds in the Bahamas have toppled cars, felled trees and damaged roofs as thunderstorms roll through the Caribbean archipelago.... 5/26/2012 12:50 PM

Iraqi president calls for dialogue to solve crisis
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's president on Saturday urged the nation's bickering factions to resolve the bitter political dispute that has gripped the government for nearly six months, warning that the crisis threatens to split the country.... 5/26/2012 12:48 PM

Eurovision set for battle of the oldies
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) -- Usually a jamboree of youthful exuberance - and questionable taste - this year's Eurovision Song Contest features a pair of elderly acts among its top contenders.... 5/26/2012 12:45 PM

CAIRO (AP) -- Third runner-up in Egypt's presidential race calls for partial vote recount, citing violations.... 5/26/2012 12:44 PM

Matthew McConaughey pulls off Cannes double header
CANNES, France (AP) -- To have one film competing at the Cannes Film Festival is a privilege. To have two, Matthew McConaughey says, is wonderful good fortune - and the reward for a spell of hard labor in the trenches of independent cinema.... 5/26/2012 12:05 PM

Dutch-born Nazi war crimes convict dies in Germany
BERLIN (AP) -- Klaas Carel Faber, a Dutch native who fled to Germany after being convicted in the Netherlands of Nazi war crimes and subsequently lived in freedom despite several attempts to try or extradite him, has died. He was 90.... 5/26/2012 11:42 AM

Gunman kills 2, wounds 7 in Finland, then arrested
HELSINKI (AP) -- An 18-year-old gunman killed two people and wounded seven early Saturday in a random shooting in a southern Finnish town, police said.... 5/26/2012 11:40 AM

Tear-jerker 'Mud' ends Cannes competition lineup
CANNES, France (AP) -- The Cannes film festival on Saturday wrapped up the movies in competition wading deep in the Mississippi river with "Mud," a heart-wrenching, Mark Twain-influenced tale of a teenage boy searching for the meaning of life in a harsh world and starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon.... 5/26/2012 11:40 AM

Spain's lender Bankia says it won't need more aid
MADRID (AP) -- The president of troubled Bankia tried Saturday to calm fears about the future of the bank, saying Spain's second largest mortgage lender will emerge as a solid financial entity after it receives (EURO)19 billion ($23.8 billion) in state aid in the country's biggest ever bank bailout.... 5/26/2012 11:38 AM

Singapore's ruling party loses by-election
SINGAPORE (AP) -- Voters dealt Singapore's ruling People's Action Party its third electoral setback in a year, allowing the opposition to hold onto a Parliament seat in a by-election Saturday.... 5/26/2012 11:27 AM

Hunger returns to Africa, stalking 1M children
GOUDOUDE DIOBE, Senegal (AP) -- It's 10 a.m., and the 2-year-old is still waiting for breakfast. Aliou Seyni Diallo collapses to his knees in tears and plops his forehead down on the dirt outside his family's hut.... 5/26/2012 11:03 AM

Vatican confirms pope's butler arrested in scandal
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican confirmed on Saturday that the pope's butler has been arrested in its embarrassing leaks scandal, adding a Hollywood twist to a sordid tale of power struggles, intrigue and corruption in the highest levels of Catholic Church governance.... 5/26/2012 10:52 AM

Quiet Revolution's old dreams fuel Quebec protests
MONTREAL (AP) -- Quebec's generous social services date back to sweeping reforms in the 1960s, a period of intense nationalism. Yet many Quebecers look back at the "Quiet Revolution" with regret over one unfulfilled promise: free higher education.... 5/26/2012 10:48 AM

Japan minister visits nuke plant amid safety worry
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's environment and nuclear minister visited the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Saturday to inspect a spent fuel pool at the center of safety concerns and said it appeared to have been properly reinforced.... 5/26/2012 10:45 AM

Puerto Rico bail referendum sparks rights debate
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Ricans are debating an upcoming referendum that would give judges the right to deny bail in certain murder cases.... 5/26/2012 10:40 AM

Ivory Coast ex-combatants flee Ghana refugee camp
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- An official says that more than 170 Ivory Coast ex-combatants being held in a refugee camp in Ghana's west have escaped.... 5/26/2012 10:09 AM

Myanmar power protests put new reforms to the test
BANGKOK (AP) -- Protests in Myanmar over persistent power shortages have provided a test of how the country's elected but military-backed government will respond to rising expectations sparked by the past year's democratic reforms.... 5/26/2012 9:43 AM