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Biden: Asia's growth a chance to bend history
December 6, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Invoking the chance to remake the world, Vice President Joe Biden pledged Friday that the U.S. more »»
First planned Palestinian city a symbol of pride
December 6, 2013 RAWABI, West Bank (AP) — A state-of-the art Palestinian city with residential towers, a mall and a convention center is rapidly going up on once desolate West Bank hills and turning into a symbol... more »»
Al-Qaida-claimed attack in Yemeni capital kills 52
December 6, 2013 ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Militants stormed the Defense Ministry in the heart of Yemen's capital Thursday, killing 52 people, including at least seven foreigners, in a suicide car bombing and assault by... more »»
Fiji's ruler clears path to elections on own terms
December 6, 2013 SUVA, Fiji (AP) — The monsoon rains have struck and the crowd remains huddled under a canopy, near plates of steaming food, as Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama (vo-REN-gay ba-nee-ma-RA-ma)... more »»
Al-Qaida branch claims attack in Yemen
December 6, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's al-Qaida branch has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Defense Ministry that killed 52 peopl. more »»
Argentines teach tango inside mental hospital
December 6, 2013 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — You can hear the "All of us are crazy for tango" program before you can see it: Just follow the orchestra's plaintive chords through the labyrinthine passageways of... more »»
Nelson Mandela, South Africa's peacemaker, dies
December 6, 2013 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela was a master of forgiveness. more »»
South Africans mourn, celebrate Mandela
December 6, 2013 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As the news of Nelson Mandela's death spread across South Africa, residents of the black township of Soweto gathered in the streets near the house where he once lived, singing... more »»
Mexico plans how to safely box up recovered cobalt
December 6, 2013 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials were engaged Thursday in the delicate task of recovering a stolen shipment of highly radioactive cobalt-60 abandoned in a rural field in central Mexico state. more »»
Obama mourns death of icon Nelson Mandela
December 6, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — Counting himself among the millions influenced by Nelson Mandela, President Barack Obama on Thursday mourned the death of the anti-apartheid icon with whom he shares the... more »»
Obama celebrates end of Hanukkah at White House
December 6, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama marked the end of Hanukkah with not one, but two receptions at the White House on Thursday. more »»
What you might not have known about Nelson Mandela
December 6, 2013 The world knows Nelson Mandela as a man who forever changed the course of modern history and who will surely continue to leave his mark long after his death Thursday at the age of 95. more »»
Gracious and tough, Mandela was fun to cover
December 6, 2013 NEW YORK (AP) — The thing about Nelson Mandela was that he made the rest of us want to be almost as noble as he. more »»
Clashes sweep Central Africa Republic capital
December 6, 2013 BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Wielding rifles and machetes, armed Christian fighters who support the Central African Republic's exiled president assaulted the capital at dawn on... more »»
American teacher shot dead in Libya's Benghazi
December 6, 2013 TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — An American chemistry teacher was shot to death as he was jogging in Benghazi on Thursday, highlighting persistently tenuous security in the eastern Libyan city where the U.S. more »»
Mandela in his own words
December 5, 2013 "During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. more »»
President Obama's comments about death of Mandela
December 5, 2013 President Barack Obama on Thursday mourned the death of South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid icon. more »»
Activists: Rebels kill Iraqi journalist in Syria
December 5, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition fighters killed an Iraqi freelance journalist in the rebel-held north of the country, the latest of dozens of reporters who have died in the country over the past... more »»
Kerry seeks to soothe Israeli security concerns
December 5, 2013 JERUSALEM (AP) — Looking to soothe irritated relations with Israel, America's top diplomat on Thursday pledged to support the Jewish state's security throughout separate negotiations with Iran an... more »»
Pope forms commission to advise on sex abuse
December 5, 2013 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday responded to complaints that he has largely ignored the clerical sex abuse scandal, agreeing to assemble a panel of experts to advise the Holy See on... more »» |
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