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Evacuation came too late for many on sinking ferry
April 17, 2014 MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — An immediate evacuation order was not issued for the ferry that sank off South Korea's southern coast, likely with scores of people trapped inside, because officers on... more »»
Berlusconi: glad to help elderly as punishment
April 17, 2014 ROME (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says he's glad a Milan court ordered him to help the elderly as part of his punishment for a tax fraud conviction. more »»
Grief in town of students missing in ferry sinking
April 17, 2014 ANSAN, South Korea (AP) — The most poignant reminders of what's been lost here are the most ordinary. more »»
Diplomats eye joint statement on Ukraine
April 17, 2014 GENEVA (AP) — High-level talks aimed at calming soaring tensions over the crisis in Ukraine went into overtime on Thursday with top diplomats from the United States, European Union, Russia and... more »»
Kenya sends 91 Somalis to Mogadishu amid crackdown
April 17, 2014 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — If you have a beard or wear loose-fitting clothing associated with Muslims, you will be targeted, says Omar bin Omar as police carried out a security sweep of Somali... more »»
Snowden questions Putin on surveillance policies
April 17, 2014 MOSCOW (AP) — Several hours into Vladimir Putin's televised call-in show, one of the TV anchors interrupted viewers' questions to air what she said was a "sensational video" for the Russian... more »»
Putin hopes no need to send troops into Ukraine
April 17, 2014 MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected claims that Russian special forces are fomenting unrest in eastern Ukraine, but recognized for the first time that the troops i... more »»
Algerians trickle to polls in presidential vote
April 17, 2014 ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerians trickled into voting booths on a sunshine-drenched Thursday to elect the president of this oil-rich North African nation in an election dominated by the ailing... more »»
Forensic expert faulted at Pistorius trial
April 17, 2014 PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The prosecution in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial on Thursday challenged the credibility of an expert witness for the defense, which was trying to show that the... more »»
India struggles with rebel threats during election
April 17, 2014 RAJNANDGAON, India (AP) — Indians cast ballots Thursday on the biggest day of voting in the country's weekslong general election, streaming into polling stations even in areas where leftist rebel... more »»
Ukraine, US work to reduce tensions with Russia
April 17, 2014 GENEVA (AP) — Ukraine is hoping to placate Russia and calm hostilities with its neighbor even as the U.S. prepares a new round of sanctions to punish Moscow for what it regards as fomenting unrest. more »»
Street theater in Mexico City's rough Tepito area
April 17, 2014 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Few outsiders dare venture after dark into Tepito, a neighborhood known as Mexico City's main clearinghouse for contraband ranging from guns and drugs to counterfeit sneakers. more »»
3 protesters killed in attack on Ukrainian base
April 17, 2014 MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The turmoil in Ukraine dominated the European landscape Thursday, as three protesters were killed in a clash in southern Ukraine, high-level talks were held in Geneva and... more »»
Ukraine: 3 killed after Black Sea base attack
April 17, 2014 KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Three pro-Russian protesters were killed and 13 injured during an attempted overnight raid on a Ukrainian National Guard base in the Black Sea port of Mariupol, Ukraine's... more »»
Samples collected from oil slick not from plane
April 17, 2014 PERTH, Australia (AP) — Investigators were analyzing data collected by a robotic submarine that completed its first successful scan of the seabed Thursday in the hunt for the missing Malaysian... more »»
Gunmen attack Iraq military base, kill 10 soldiers
April 17, 2014 BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants launched a brazen attack on a military base in a restive area in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 10 soldiers and wounding 12, officials sai. more »»
Nigeria: Fate of 100+ abducted girls unknown
April 17, 2014 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The fate of more than 100 girls and young women abducted by Islamic extremists was thrown into uncertainty Thursday when their school principal denied a report from... more »»
Classmates celebrating 60th birthday among missing
April 17, 2014 MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jeong-keun woke up on his cabin bed to find out his friends had smeared lipstick on his face while he had been asleep, a prank harking back to their school days. more »»
Ukraine, US to alternately cajole, threaten Russia
April 17, 2014 GENEVA (AP) — Ukraine is hoping to placate Russia and calm hostilities with its neighbor even as the U.S. prepares a new round of sanctions to punish Moscow for what it regards as fomenting unrest. more »»
Evacuation order came too late for many on ferry
April 17, 2014 MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — An immediate evacuation order was not issued for the ferry that sank off South Korea's southern coast, likely with about 290 people trapped inside, because officers on... more »» |
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