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Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest
May 19, 2013 MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from... more »»
Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest
May 18, 2013 MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from... more »»
Reporter remembers fear in Videla's Argentina
May 18, 2013 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning. more »»
Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel
May 18, 2013 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally... more »»
Assad: Syria transition talks are internal matter
May 18, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's... more »»
Syria's Assad says he won't step down
May 18, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down and will instead "face the storm," raising new doubts about a U. more »»
French president signs gay marriage into law
May 18, 2013 PARIS (AP) — France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending... more »»
SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
May 18, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. more »»
AP PHOTOS: Palestinians in Egypt exiled, forgotten
May 18, 2013 GEZIRAT AL-FADEL, Egypt (AP) — In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. more »»
Plane catches fire landing in Moscow; no injuries
May 18, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of its wings and shooting down an... more »»
Ivory Coast army arrests militia leader
May 18, 2013 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national park where his... more »»
Attacks kill 16 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped
May 18, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the... more »»
Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean
May 18, 2013 GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad (AP) — Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of... more »»
Cannes helps actors Bejo and Rahim cross borders
May 18, 2013 CANNES, France (AP) — The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette. more »»
Journalist found dead in eastern Congo
May 18, 2013 GOMA, Congo (AP) — The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor said Saturday. more »»
Nigeria military declares 24-hour curfew in city
May 18, 2013 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers... more »»
Merkel and Pope talk about a 'strong' Europe
May 18, 2013 VATICAN CITY (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the importance of Christian voters in September elections, met with Pope Francis on Saturday during a quick trip to Rome that... more »»
Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rights
May 18, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate... more »»
Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria's deputy FM
May 18, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen on Saturday abducted the elderly father of Syria's deputy foreign minister, the official's office said, in the latest kidnapping targeting family members of figures in... more »»
Gunmen kill 9 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped
May 18, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen killed an anti-terrorism policeman and his family in Baghdad on Saturday, while kidnappers abducted eight policemen guarding a post on Iraq's main highway to Jordan and... more »»
Politics, bribery charges swirl around Ugandan oil
May 18, 2013 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Even before the first drops flow, Uganda's oil sector is beset by bribery allegations against officials, tax-related cases abroad that cost the government millions in legal... more »» |
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