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Jerusalem hosts subdued gay pride march

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:07:00 GMT

Thousands of Israelis marched in Jerusalem's longest gay pride parade despite opposition from anti-gay demonstrators. The subdued march from Jerusalem city center to the parliament building Thursday contrasted with flamboyant pride parades else

Heavy rains trigger floods in northwest Pakistan, killing scores...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:07:00 GMT

It's not militant attacks but monsoon rains that are claiming lives in northwest Pakistan today. At least 60 people have died and an estimated 400,000 people have been stranded in the region's worst flooding in decades. In the Swat Valley,

Militants kill 23 security force members across Iraq...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:54:00 GMT

Militants have killed nearly two dozen security force members in attacks across Iraq today. The heaviest toll came in a Sunni neighborhood of Baghdad, where 16 Iraqi troops died in what appeared to be coordinated assaults. An army officer patr

Settlers seize home in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:54:00 GMT

Israeli police say Jewish settlers have taken over a building in east Jerusalem's Old City, evicting Palestinian residents. Israel captured east Jerusalem in 1967, but Palestinians claim it as the capital of their future state. In recent years,

South Africa abolishes 6 traditional monarchies

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:54:00 GMT

South Africa's president says six of the country's traditional monarchies are being abolished. The country's 13 black ethnic kingships were used to muster support for white-led rule in the apartheid era before democratic elections in 1994.

Moscow sweats as second heat record set

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:37:00 GMT

Moscow has broken its all-time temperature record for the second time in a week as the Russian capital sizzles in a stubborn heatwave. The mercury hit 100 (37.8 Celsius) on Thursday, beating by a fraction a record set on Monday, the country's ne

Wildfire blazes in western Canada

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:23:00 GMT

A fast-moving wildfire in the western Canadian interior has sparked a new evacuation order, the second such order in the last two days. The evacuation order covers 60 seasonal properties north of Kamloops, which is 220 miles (350 kilometers) nor

French woman who admitted to suffocating her newborns charged...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:02:00 GMT

Prosecutors in France are filing manslaughter charges against a woman who admitted suffocating eight of her newborns. Dominique Cottrez (koh-TREHZ') and her husband were detained yesterday after two corpses were discovered by the new owners of a

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) Government spokesman says at least 80 people dead ...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:55:00 GMT

Swaziland healers charged for skullandbone theft

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:06:00 GMT

Police in Swaziland say they have arrested three traditional healers for allegedly desecrating graves to retrieve human skulls and bones for healing rituals. Police official Wendy Hleta said Thursday the three who might be described in the West

Body of 2nd missing US sailor recovered in eastern Afghanistan...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:52:00 GMT

It's unclear exactly how he was killed, but NATO forces have recovered the body of a second U.S. sailor who had been missing in eastern Afghanistan. A senior U.S. military official says the family of Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove has b

Arab League backs Palestinians on restarting talks

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:52:00 GMT

Qatar's prime minister says the Arab nations have endorsed direct Palestinian talks with the Israelis but left the timing to the Palestinians themselves. Sheik Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani, who chaired the meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo

Fifth suspect charged in Rwandan exile shooting

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:45:00 GMT

A court has charged a fifth suspect in the shooting and wounding of an exiled Rwandan general living in South Africa. A 29-year-old Rwandan-born man appeared in the Johannesburg court Thursday, charged with murder conspiracy and possessing stol

BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say 7 members of the security forces were ...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:31:00 GMT

UK: Torture inquiry chief won't be replaced

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:24:00 GMT

British government lawyers say they have dismissed a call to replace the head of an inquiry into allegations that Britain colluded in the torture of terrorism suspects overseas. Human rights group Reprieve has complained that ex-appeals court ju

Italy seeks private sponsors to restore Colosseum

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:17:00 GMT

Italian officials are seeking to raise some euro25 million (about $32 million) in private money to finance the restoration of one of the country's iconic landmarks: the Colosseum. "Colosseum, hunting for private sponsors," was the headline Thur

Germany: Hackers attack Buchenwald website

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:56:00 GMT

Officials at the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial say neo-Nazis hacked its website, erasing a list of victims and replacing it with far-right slogans and links to Holocaust denial sites. The Buchenwald foundation said the attack occurred W

Zimbabwean president's sister dies

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:42:00 GMT

Zimbabwe's ruling party says the president's sister Sabina Mugabe a former lawmaker and one of his closest allies died after a long battle with illness. She was 76. The death Thursday of Robert Mugabe's most trusted family confidante and assoc

UAE official: Japanese tanker was in a collision

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:07:00 GMT

The chief official at the port where a Japanese tanker was docked a day after it was damaged while sailing out of the Persian Gulf says investigators now believe the ship may have been involved in a collision. Captain Musa Murad told The Associa

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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:53:00 GMT

A senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials say the body of a second U.S. sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan has been recovered. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not autho

Churchill's choppers up for auction in England

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:53:00 GMT

A partial set of false teeth used by Prime Minister Winston Churchill to maintain his distinctive speaking style is going under the hammer. The upper dentures were specially made for the World War II British leader. The Royal College of Su

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Senior US military official says 2nd...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:46:00 GMT

Spain files warrants for US troops over Iraq death

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:04:00 GMT

A Madrid judge has reissued arrest warrants for three U.S. servicemen over the 2003 killing of a Spanish journalist by American tank fire. Judge Santiago Pedraz says he issued the warrants Thursday in response to a recent order from the Spanish

Uganda anthrax outbreak kills 82 hippos in reserve

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:43:00 GMT

Ugandan officials say an anthrax outbreak has killed 82 hippos in the last month and a half. National anthrax task force spokesman Nicholas Kauta says the outbreak began in Queen Elizabeth National Park in June and has also killed nine buffalo.

Somali group warns more troops will be annihilated

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:36:00 GMT

The spokesman of Somalia's al-Qaida-linked group says any additional African troops sent to his country will be "annihilated." Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage, the spokesman for the militant group al-Shabab, also said that African leaders are sending more

Grim search continues at site of Pakistan air crash...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:22:00 GMT

This is an official day of mourning in Pakistan for those killed in yesterday's jetliner crash in the hills surrounding the capital, Islamabad. All 152 people aboard died. At last report, Pakistani officials said 115 bodies had been recovered.

S. African tiger caught after 2 days on the run

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:22:00 GMT

Owners of Bengal tiger that escaped into a South African neighborhood say tracker dogs found the animal after two days of searching. Panjo, hand-reared from a cub, was found late Wednesday in bush woodlands about 70 kilometers (40 miles) south o

French couple in court in case of 8 dead newborns

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:01:00 GMT

French police are escorting a couple to a court hearing after the corpses of eight newborn babies were found on their property in a town in northern France. A judicial official says the couple, in their mid-40s, are the parents of the dead babie

Charges against alleged Nazi filed at youth court

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:51:00 GMT

A German official says charges against a suspected former Nazi death camp guard have been filed at a youth court because he was still a minor when he allegedly committed the crimes. Court spokesman Matthias Nordmeyer said Thursday that charges

Police question Labor Minister in L'Oreal affair

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:44:00 GMT

Financial police are questioning Labor Minister Eric Woerth as part of a probe into the financial affairs of the heiress to the L'Oreal cosmetics fortune that has reached the highest levels of President Nicolas Sarkozy's government. A source clo

Abbas resists push for direct talks with Israel

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:23:00 GMT

The Palestinian president is refusing to move to direct peace talks with Israel until it agrees to a complete halt in settlement construction and accepts a Palestinian state in territories seized in the 1967 Middle East war. Mahmoud Abbas is und

Karzai: Release of secret docs endangers Afghans

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:27:00 GMT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the release of secret documents have endangered the lives of Afghan citizens who have cooperated with the international forces. Karzai said Thursday that he has ordered his Cabinet ministers to study the more t

Somali pirates release hijacked ship off Somalia

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:13:00 GMT

A Turkish shipping company's lawyer says Somali pirates have freed a Turkish ship months after it was hijacked. Karya company lawyer Nilgun Yamaner told CNN-Turk television the Malta-flagged MV Frigia is sailing to meet a Turkish navy ship that

Minibus bomb hits Iraqi base, killing 4 soldiers

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:52:00 GMT

Iraqi police say a suicide attacker has driven a bomb-laden minibus into the entrance of an Iraqi army base near Saddam Hussein's hometown, setting off an explosion that killed four soldiers and wounded 10 others. Dr. Samir Issa said two of the

BAGHDAD (AP) AlQaidalinked group claims responsibility for bombing targ...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:52:00 GMT

Medvedev widens powers of KGB successor agency

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:24:00 GMT

The Russian president has signed a law widening the powers of the Federal Security Service, the KGB's main successor agency. The law allows the agency known as FSB to issue warnings to people suspected of preparing to commit crimes against Russi

Galapagos removed from UNESCO endangered list

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:23:00 GMT

The Galapagos Islands have been removed from the UNESCO list of sites endangered by environmental threats or overuse. The island chain, about 620 miles (1,000 kms) off Ecuador's coast, is home to unique animal species that inspired Charles Darw

Canadian man convicted of incest, child sex abuse

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:34:00 GMT

A Canadian man has been sentenced to 13-1/2 years in prison for sexually abusing three of his daughters and four neighborhood girls. The 36-year-old man, who can't be named to protect the identity of his victims, pleaded guilty to 11 charges, in

Egypt: US assurances may give direct talks boost

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:17:00 GMT

Egypt says it has received U.S. assurances that may help restart direct peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel. Egyptian Presidential spokesman Suleiman Awwad said Wednesday that President Barack Obama has committed to exerting efforts

Authorities blame organizer for deadly Love Parade

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:35:00 GMT

German authorities are pointing fingers at the organizer of last weekend's Love Parade techno festival, where a stampede left 21 people dead and more than 500 injured. They say a preliminary police investigation has found that "security did not

Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:35:00 GMT

Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin. Marc-Andre Bernier, Parks Canada's head of

Amnesty: Lawyer in Iranian stoning case missing

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:07:00 GMT

Amnesty International says the lawyer defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning has apparently gone missing, and two of his relatives have been detained. Tehran said earlier this month that it would not carry out the stoning against Sakine

Canadian man gets 11years for sex tourism charges

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:53:00 GMT

A Canadian man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for committing sex tourism with children and importing child pornography. Prosecutors say the sentence is the highest so far for charges under Canada's sex tourism law. The B.C. Super

Winston Churchill's false teeth go on sale

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:04:00 GMT

Part of a set of dentures used by Winston Churchill to disguise a lisp is going on sale. The partial dentures are being put on auction with an estimated value of 4,000 pounds to 5,000 pounds ($6,200 to $7,800.) A duplicate set is kept by the

PARIS (AP) Judicial official says police find corpses of 8 newborns in ...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:22:00 GMT

Official: Bomb blast in Ukrainian church wounds 9

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:01:00 GMT

An Emergencies Ministry official in Ukraine says a bomb blast at a southern Orthodox church has wounded nine people, including one seriously. Yulia Barysheva told The Associated Press Wednesday that a homemade explosive device detonated near the

WWF apologizes for incident against Saudi Arabia

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:47:00 GMT

The environmental group WWF has apologized for an embarrassing incident at a recent climate conference involving an employee who vandalized Saudi Arabia's nameplate. The WWF employee at U.N. conference in June in the German city of Bonn broke th

Zimbabwe appeals treason acquittal of top PM aide

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:26:00 GMT

Zimbabwean lawyers say the nation's highest court is appealing the acquittal on treason charges of a top aide of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The Supreme Court adjourned indefinitely Wednesday to study bulky court records of the High Court

Israel won't pay medical bill for wounded American

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:05:00 GMT

The Israeli government has rejected a request to pay the medical bills of an American student who was seriously wounded by Israeli police. Emily Henochowicz was struck in the face by a tear gas canister during a violent demonstration May 31 and

South Africa reports surge in rhino killing

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:05:00 GMT

South African wildlife authorities say poachers killed 152 endangered rhinoceros in the country so far this year, about 20 more than the number killed in the whole of 2009. The National Parks Authority says that the alarming escalation of poach

Wildfire blazes in western Canada

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:44:00 GMT

Firefighters in western Canada are battling to save hundreds of homes from a wildfire. The blaze broke out late Tuesday night and by Wednesday morning, the fire had scorched about 125 acres (50 hectares) in Kamloops, 220 miles (350 kilometers) n

Mandela meets renowned author in South Africa

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:23:00 GMT

The Nelson Mandela Foundation says renowned Chilean-American author Ariel Dorfman has met with the South African icon and former president at the foundation's offices. Dorfman, formerly the cultural adviser to the late Chilean leader Salvador Al

Spanish region says adios to bullfighting

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:55:00 GMT

The Spanish national pastime is being banned in the part of Spain that includes Barcelona. Lawmakers in Catalonia have voted to outlaw bullfighting, starting in 2012. Cheers broke out in the legislature today after the speaker announced th

Canadian woman to become top UN internal watchdog

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:34:00 GMT

A Canadian woman who was chief auditor for the World Bank will be the next head of the U.N.'s internal watchdog agency. Carman Lapointe-Young was approved for the job of undersecretary-general for oversight Wednesday by the General Assembly.

UK: Green car subsidy survives government cuts

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:06:00 GMT

British officials say a plan to grant up to 5,000 pounds ($7,800) to people who want to buy an electric car has survived sweeping government spending cuts. Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said Wednesday the grant will go ahead from next Janua

Former Nazi SS officer Steidtmann dead at 95

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:17:00 GMT

A German newspaper says that former Nazi SS officer Erich Steidtmann, suspected but never convicted of involvement in World War II massacres, has died at age 95. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported Wednesday that Steidtmann died Sunday from a hear

ExBosnian leader arrives home after legal battle

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:17:00 GMT

Former Bosnian Vice President Ejup Ganic has returned to Sarajevo and was greeted by hundreds of supporters a day after a British judge declared him a free man and rejected Serbia's request for his extradition to face war crimes charges. The 64

Brazil TV crime host accused in killings dies

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:35:00 GMT

A former Brazilian TV crime show host and state legislator accused of orchestrating murders to boost ratings has died. A spokeswoman for a hospital in Sao Paulo said on Wednesday that Wallace Souza died after having a heart attack. Police

UK set to pay compensation over house arrest plan

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:21:00 GMT

Britain's government says it will likely have to offer compensation to some alleged terrorism suspects held under a house arrest-style program. The Court of Appeal on Wednesday rejected a government appeal to overturn a High Court ruling that th

Russian regional court orders YouTube blocked

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:14:00 GMT

A court in Russia's Far East has ordered a local Internet provider to block access to five websites including YouTube because extremist materials allegedly were available on them. Government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta says in Wednesday's edit

ISLAMABAD (AP) US Embassy says 2 American citizens were killed...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:14:00 GMT

Slovene police confirm arrest of cyber mastermind

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:32:00 GMT

Slovenian police have confirmed that they have detained a computer hacker believed responsible for creating the virus that infected 12 million computers worldwide. Leon Keber, spokesman for the Slovenian police, told The Associated Press on Wedn

NEW DELHI (AP) British official: India agrees to buy 57 Hawk...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:25:00 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistani official: Plane crash in Islamabad...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:25:00 GMT

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Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:25:00 GMT

A British official says India has agreed to buy 57 more Hawk training jets from Britain in a deal worth about $800 million. The agreement was signed during a three-day visit to India by British Prime Minister David Cameron, according to the offi

No survivors in Pakistan plane crash

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:25:00 GMT

Officials in Pakistan say no one survived the crash of an airliner today near the capital, Islamabad. The jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding the capital amid poor weather. Local TV footage showed twisted metal wrecka

Prosecutor: Nazi suspect indicted in Germany

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:25:00 GMT

German prosecutors say they have charged a former Nazi death camp guard with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews and other crimes during the Third Reich. Prosecutor Christoph Goeke in Dortmund says 90-year-old Samuel Kunz was informed la

11 Somalis killed in gunbattle in Mogadishu

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:26:00 GMT

An emergency official in Somalia's capital says 11 civilians have been killed in a gunbattle between Islamist militants and government forces backed by African Union peacekeepers. Mogadishu ambulance service chief Ali Muse said Wednesday the de

US att'y general: Probe seeking Afghan leak source

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:26:00 GMT

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says an investigation by the Pentagon and Justice Department will determine whether criminal charges will be filed in the leaking of Afghanistan war secrets. Holder, speaking to reporters during a visit to Egypt

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Japan shipping company Mitsui says exp...

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:05:00 GMT

China to send 2 pandas to Japan in diplomatic move

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:44:00 GMT

China has announced plans to send two of its prized giant pandas to Japan, the latest installment of panda diplomacy aimed at warming the two countries' often-strained relations. The official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday that China wil

Montenegro finds no evidence of mass grave

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:44:00 GMT

Montenegrin authorities say an investigation into a suspected mass grave has been closed after finding no evidence that Kosovo Albanians were buried at the site. A court spokeswoman Biljana Covic said Wednesday that no trace of a mass grave was

AlQaida No. 2 slams France's ban on Islamic veils

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:23:00 GMT

Al-Qaida's No. 2 has slammed France's push to ban the Islamic full-face veil and urged Muslim women in a new audio message on the Internet to defend their headdress in a holy war against the "secular Western crusade." Ayman al-Zawahri says the dri

ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistani government official: At least 25...

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:16:00 GMT

AP Impact: Mexico justice means catch and release

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:09:00 GMT

Records obtained by The Associated Press suggest that arrests touted by Mexico in its war against drug cartels frequently unravel for lack of evidence, and suspects are released. The records show 226,667 arrests between December 2006 and Septem

Iraq: 6 killed in Baghdad bomb blast

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:41:00 GMT

Iraqi police and health officials say a bomb explosion has killed six civilians and injured 15 others in a Shiite slum in eastern Baghdad. The officials say the bomb was planted near a state-run bank in Sadr City where retirees were waiting to g

Plane carrying 152 crashes in Pakistan

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:27:00 GMT

A domestic passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital today, killing several people with many more feared dead. Officials report at least five injured. Civil aviation official Pervez George says

ISLAMABAD (AP) Official says forestry guards report at least 5...

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:24:00 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) Official says 152 people on board Airblue plane...

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:42:00 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) Police say plane that crashed in Pakistan...

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:42:00 GMT