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US general: Afghan pullout could reverse gains
December 11, 2013 BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — America's top military officer warned the withdrawal of most U.S. more »»
Russia may answer conventional attack with nukes
December 11, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in response to a conventional strike and sees them as a "great equalizer" reducing the likelihood of aggression, a senior Russian... more »»
French bid to disarm African militias a challenge
December 11, 2013 BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — In just the last three years in Africa, French forces pummeled Moammar Gadhafi's troops, helped topple Ivory Coast's holdout ex-president and ousted... more »»
Mandela ceremony interpreter called a 'fake'
December 11, 2013 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The sign-language interpreter on stage at Nelson Mandela's globally broadcast memorial service was a faker who was just waving his arms around meaninglessly, advocates for the... more »»
Court: Mladic has to testify in Karadzic trial
December 11, 2013 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal said Wednesday that former Bosnian Serb army chief Gen. more »»
Nigerian survivor almost missed rescue diver
December 11, 2013 WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — He had survived three days in an upside down tugboat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and then he saw lights in the water. more »»
19 defect from Uganda's LRA rebel group
December 11, 2013 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Lord's Resistance Army has suffered its biggest defection in years after 19 members surrendered to an advocacy group and African Union troops hunting the insurgents in... more »»
UK halts non-lethal aid to Syria
December 11, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — The United States and Britain said Wednesday they were suspending delivery of all non-lethal military aid destined for rebels fighting President Bashar Assad's forces in northern... more »»
More Egypt judges step down in Islamist trial
December 11, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — Three judges presiding over the trial of Egypt's senior Muslim Brotherhood members stepped down Wednesday after the defendants disrupted the proceedings and chanted against the... more »»
Desmond Tutu home robbed; was at Mandela memorial
December 11, 2013 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's home was robbed while he was away to attend the memorial honoring Nelson Mandela, police said Wednesday, marking the third time in recent... more »»
Syrian refugees in Lebanon bundle up against storm
December 11, 2013 MARJ, Lebanon (AP) — A blustery storm dropped torrential rain and snow on Lebanon and Jordan on Wednesday, forcing aid agencies to scramble to distribute desperately needed winter supplies like... more »»
World leaders bow, pray at Nelson Mandela's casket
December 11, 2013 PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — World leaders and thousands of South Africans on Wednesday filed past the flag-draped casket containing the body of Nelson Mandela, having a final look at the... more »»
Fight against malaria slows, fewer nets given out
December 11, 2013 LONDON (AP) — Global efforts to curb malaria are stalling after a drop in funds to buy bed nets, according to the latest report Wednesday from the World Health Organization. more »»
Uruguay OK's first national market for legal pot
December 11, 2013 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's drug control chief, Julio Calzada, is a nervous man. more »»
Anne Frank chestnut tree stolen from German school
December 11, 2013 BERLIN (AP) — Police say a sapling cloned from the tree that lifted Anne Frank's spirits while she hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam has been felled and stolen from outside a school in Frankfurt... more »»
Crane collapses on German supermarket, 1 dead
December 11, 2013 BERLIN (AP) — A building crane collapsed Wednesday onto a supermarket in western Germany, killing one person and injuring at least five others, police said. more »»
Gulf nations to create joint military command
December 11, 2013 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab neighbors wrapped up a summit meeting in Kuwait on Wednesday by agreeing to establish a joint military command, paving the way fo... more »»
UK woman wins right to marry in Scientology chapel
December 11, 2013 LONDON (AP) — Britain's highest court has ruled in favor of a woman who wants to marry in a Church of Scientology chapel. Louisa Hodkin had gone to the U.K. more »» |
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