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Petesch appointed AP West Africa correspondent
February 26, 2015 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Carley Petesch, a longtime editor in Africa who has reported from Nigeria and South Africa for The Associated Press, has been named a West Africa correspondent for the news... more »»
Leaked spy documents reveal plot to kill African Union head
February 26, 2015 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The African Union chairwoman is "safe and sound," the organization said on Thursday, after leaked intelligence documents revealed a 2012 plot to assassinate her. more »»
Nigeria army chief: Displaced Baga residents can soon return
February 26, 2015 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's army chief said that residents displaced from Baga town in the country's northeast should be able to return to vote in March elections after the military... more »»
Egypt: 3 arrested over grisly dog killing
February 26, 2015 CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities on Thursday arrested three men over a grisly online video showing a group of men stabbing and bludgeoning a dog to death on a busy Cairo street. more »»
Ukraine will start pulling back heavy weapons in the east
February 26, 2015 KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's military said it would start pulling back its heavy weapons Thursday from the front line with Russian-backed separatists as required under a cease-fire agreement. more »»
Israeli opposition leader to PM: Cancel Congress speech
February 26, 2015 JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's opposition leader on Thursday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel his upcoming speech to the U.S. more »»
Custody for 2 men suspected of helping gunman extended
February 26, 2015 COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish court has given another four weeks in custody to two men accused of helping a gunman who killed two people in attacks in Copenhagen this month. more »»
Activists: Number of Christians abducted by IS rises to 220
February 26, 2015 BEIRUT (AP) — The number of Christians abducted by the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria has risen to 220 in the past three days, as militants round up more hostages from a chain of... more »»
South Korean court abolishes law criminalizing adultery
February 26, 2015 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court on Thursday abolished a 62-year-old law that criminalized extramarital affairs, and the stock price of a prominent condom maker immediately shot up... more »»
West Bank settlers vote although outside of sovereign Israel
February 26, 2015 JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israelis go to the polls next month, tens of thousands of Jewish settlers in the West Bank will also be casting votes, even though they do not live on what is sovereign... more »»
Egypt: Series of blasts in Cairo kill 1, wound at least 7
February 26, 2015 CAIRO (AP) — A series of blasts in Cairo on Thursday killed one person and wounded at least seven, Egyptian security officials said, the latest in a wave of attacks using homemade explosives that... more »»
Ex-Turkish police chief detained over journalist's killing
February 26, 2015 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says a former police intelligence chief has been detained as part of an investigation into negligence by officials in the 2007 murder of an... more »»
Afghanistan avalanche toll rises to 162 amid rescue efforts
February 26, 2015 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior Afghan military officer says the death toll from an avalanche caused by heavy winter snows in a mountainous valley northeast of the capital Kabul has risen to... more »»
Spain to deport 34 members of violent Latin street gangs
February 26, 2015 MADRID (AP) — Spain says it plans to deport 34 top members of violent Latin American street gangs operating in the Spanish capital. more »»
Japan's tug-of-war over World War II statement
February 26, 2015 TOKYO (AP) — Diplomatically speaking, they may be the most important words Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe utters this year. more »»
Russian FM: Ukraine's demand of full cease-fire 'ridiculous'
February 26, 2015 KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's foreign minister is sharply criticizing Ukraine's insistence that it won't begin pulling back heavy weapons in its fight against separatists in the east until the... more »»
Young Spaniards moving to Germany get trapped in dismal jobs
February 26, 2015 BERLIN (AP) — Edur Ansa couldn't find work for a year after he got his nursing degree from Barcelona Universit. more »»
Pakistan tightens cellphone control after Taliban massacre
February 26, 2015 ISLAMABAD (AP) — Almost every Pakistani citizen has a cellphone, but from now on, Big Brother is checking to make sure their name, number and fingerprints are on record. more »»
UN: North Korean company renames ships to evade sanctions
February 26, 2015 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A North Korean shipping company that famously tried to hide fighter jets under a cargo of sugar later sought to evade U.N. more »»
Leaders in Asia face jail, arrests _ often due to politics
February 26, 2015 NEW DELHI (AP) — On Wednesday, a court in Bangladesh issued an arrest warrant for Khaleda Zia, the opposition leader whose political feud with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has dominated the... more »» |
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