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Philippines probes Cebu Pacific for rough landing
June 4, 2013 MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine aviation authorities said Tuesday they were investigating Cebu Pacific pilots and crew who left passengers waiting some 15 minutes before deploying emergency... more »»
Bomb kills 9 Afghan children, 2 US troops
June 4, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeting U.S. more »»
Israel to send African migrants to third country
June 4, 2013 JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has reached an agreement to send thousands of African migrants to an unidentified country, according to a court document obtained Monday, a plan that has elicited criticism... more »»
Turkish PM, president at odds over protests
June 4, 2013 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters on Monday, the fourth day of violent demonstrations, as the president and the prime minister stake... more »»
Wounded and civilians trapped in Syria's Qusair
June 4, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Cut off for three weeks by a regime siege, doctors in the Syrian town of Qusair are treating hundreds of wounded in battle-damaged homes and underground shop storerooms, short on... more »»
More than 65 countries sign Arms Trade Treaty
June 4, 2013 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 65 countries signed the landmark treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Monday and the United States announced it will sign soon, giving a strong... more »»
Yemeni al-Qaida leader warns Americans on security
June 3, 2013 SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The military leader of al-Qaida's Yemeni branch says Americans will not be safe unless their leaders respect the security of other nations and do not attack or oppress them. more »»
Yemeni al-Qaida leader warns Americans on security
June 3, 2013 SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The military leader of al-Qaida's Yemeni branch says Americans will not be safe unless their leaders respect the security of other nations and do not attack or oppress them. more »»
Female Israeli soldiers punished for racy photos
June 3, 2013 JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday that it has disciplined a group of female soldiers who posed for photos in underwear and combat gear and posted the images on Facebook. more »»
Court says Egypt legislature illegally elected
June 3, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's highest court ruled on Sunday that the nation's interim parliament was illegally elected, though it stopped short of dissolving the chamber immediately, in a decision likely to... more »»
Hezbollah, Syrian rebels in worst clash in Lebanon
June 3, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels and Hezbollah guerrillas battled Sunday in their worst clashes yet inside Lebanon, a new sign that the civil war in Syria is increasingly destabilizing its fragile... more »»
Central Europe hit by floods after days of rain
June 3, 2013 BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in parts of central Europe issued disaster warnings and scrambled to reinforce flood defenses Sunday as rivers swelled by days of heavy rain threatened to burst their banks. more »»
Congressmen find few Boston attack clues in Russia
June 3, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — The head of a U.S. more »»
Trinidad PM says China offers $3 billion in loans
June 3, 2013 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — China's president has offered concessionary loans to nine Caribbean countries totaling some $3 billion, Trinidad & Tobago's prime minister said Sunday. more »»
Spike in violence in Iraq has echoes in the past
June 2, 2013 Spike in violence in Iraq has echoes in the past ADAM SCHRECK,Associated PressROBERT H. REID,Associated PressBAGHDAD (AP) — More than a year after the U.S. more »»
China president makes first ever visit to Trinidad
June 2, 2013 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the first time with officials in Trinidad and Tobago Saturday on the first stop of a four-country regional tour. more »»
Egypt's long-scorned legislature deepens rift
June 2, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — When voters went to the polls more than a year ago to vote for Egypt's upper house of parliament, most presumed the legislature would be the powerless talk shop that it had always been... more »»
2 Mexico kidnap victims sons of drug traffickers
June 2, 2013 MEXICO CITY (AP) — It started to rain last Saturday night and the temperature dropped. So 19-year-old Said Sanchez Garcia stopped home to get a sweater. more »»
SKorea's gay film maker in news over wedding plans
June 2, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The first time a South Korean celebrity announced he was gay, in 2000, the reaction was quick and without empathy. more »»
Rockets from Syria hit Hezbollah stronghold
June 2, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Eighteen rockets and mortars rounds from Syria slammed into Lebanon on Saturday, the largest cross-border salvo to hit a Hezbollah stronghold since Syrian rebels threatened to retaliat... more »» |
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