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Poll: Egyptians glum about country's direction
May 16, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — Increasing numbers of Egyptians think their country is not heading in the right direction as political divisions deepen and the economy falters, according to a new poll released by... more »»
Syrian troops repel rebel attack on Aleppo prison
May 16, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its tally o... more »»
Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes
May 16, 2013 CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: ___ BRAFF NOT JUST DEPENDING ON KICKSTARTER Zach Braff isn't just... more »»
Saudi officials expand labs to track deadly virus
May 16, 2013 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it has dedicated nine additional laboratories to help investigators track a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS that appears to be centered... more »»
Iranian cleric says women can't be president
May 16, 2013 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the largely symbolic bids by... more »»
Cyclone Mahasen fizzles as it hits Bangladesh
May 16, 2013 COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Cyclone Mahasan weakened Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm and then dissipated, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh and... more »»
Afghanistan: Bomb kills 15, including 2 Americans
May 16, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber rammed his car into a U.S. more »»
Tale of Mexican drug violence rattles Cannes
May 16, 2013 CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival has had its first shock to the system, in the shape of Mexican director Amat Escalante's unsparingly violent drug war drama "Heli. more »»
Man shoots himself in head at Paris school
May 16, 2013 PARIS (AP) — A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe said. more »»
Cambodian shoe factory collapse kills 2, injures 7
May 16, 2013 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest accident... more »»
Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 17 dead
May 16, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and a northern city on Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker,... more »»
Kabul car bomb kills 2 NATO troops, 4 contractors
May 16, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including two coalition troops, four civilian... more »»
Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 15 dead
May 16, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — Four car bombs killed over a dozen people in sprawling Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and in a northern city on Thursday morning, while gunmen cut down the brother of a... more »»
Residents shout 'Protest!' over refinery in China
May 16, 2013 KUNMING, China (AP) — More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a large environmental rall... more »»
Polish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo
May 16, 2013 WARSAW, Poland (AP) — For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. more »»
Car bombs in Iraq kill 12, wound 30
May 16, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — Two car bombs exploded in sprawling Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital on Thursday morning, killing at least 12 civilians and wounding 30, officials said. more »»
Car bomb hits NATO convoy in Kabul; 6 dead
May 16, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least six people in the explosion and wounding more than 30, officials... more »»
Nepal plane crash injures 21, including 8 Japanese
May 16, 2013 KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, and all 21 people on board, including eight Japanese tourists, survived with... more »»
Nepal plane crash injures 21, including 9 Japanese
May 16, 2013 KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, and all 21 people including nine Japanese tourists on board survived with... more »»
Now Venezuela is running out of toilet paper
May 16, 2013 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities — toilet pape. more »» |
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