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Afghan parliament approves US partnership

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Legislators say Afghanistan's parliament has approved a strategic partnership agreement with the United States....

Finland gunman who killed 1, wounded 8 is arrested

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
HELSINKI (AP) -- A gunman in southern Finland has killed one person and wounded eight others in what appeared to be a random shooting, police said Saturday....

Morocco hosts world's artists, imprisons its own

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- Morocco's glittering Mawazine international music festival wraps up this weekend with performances by Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz, after nine days of showcasing the North African kingdom's cool factor - even as dissident Moroccan musicians are imprisoned for their anti-establishment lyrics....

Pakistan doctor guilty of militancy, not CIA links

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A Pakistan doctor who assisted the CIA in tracking down Osama bin Laden was sentenced to 33 years in prison for conspiring with an Islamist militant commander, a verdict that could make it more difficult for Washington to argue for his release....

Bud weakens to tropical storm off Mexico's coast

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) -- Bud weakened to a tropical storm Friday as heavy rain began to pelt a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico's Pacific coast south of Puerto Vallarta....

Bud weakens to tropical storm off Mexico's coast

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) -- Bud weakened to a tropical storm Friday as heavy rain began to pelt a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico's Pacific coast south of Puerto Vallarta....

Is China poor? Key question at climate talks

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
BONN, Germany (AP) -- Another round of U.N. climate talks closed without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor....

Is China poor? Key question at climate talks

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
BONN, Germany (AP) -- Another round of U.N. climate talks closed without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor....

Greek euro exit would be a recipe for hardship

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- As Greece creaks under its untenable debt and a shrinking economy, the possibility that it could stop using the euro is becoming increasingly likely. The effects of such a move would be as quick as they would be brutal for ordinary Greeks, who would essentially take a 50-percent pay cut just as prices soar....

Greek euro exit would be a recipe for hardship

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- As Greece creaks under its untenable debt and a shrinking economy, the possibility that it could stop using the euro is becoming increasingly likely. The effects of such a move would be as quick as they would be brutal for ordinary Greeks, who would essentially take a 50-percent pay cut just as prices soar....

Greek euro exit would be a recipe for hardship

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- As Greece creaks under its untenable debt and a shrinking economy, the possibility that it could stop using the euro is becoming increasingly likely. The effects of such a move would be as quick as they would be brutal for ordinary Greeks, who would essentially take a 50-percent pay cut just as prices soar....

Bud tames to tropical storm off Mexico's coast

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
MIAMI (AP) -- Forecasters say the system that was once powerful Hurricane Bud has tamed to a tropical storm as it headed toward a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico's Pacific coast....

Egypt results point to deeply divisive runoff race

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
CAIRO (AP) -- The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate and a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's autocratic regime will face each other in a runoff election for Egypt's president, according to first-round results Friday. The divisive showdown dismayed many Egyptians who fear either one means an end to any democratic gains produced by last year's uprising....

Egypt results point to deeply divisive runoff race

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
CAIRO (AP) -- The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate and a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's autocratic regime will face each other in a runoff election for Egypt's president, according to first-round results Friday. The divisive showdown dismayed many Egyptians who fear either one means an end to any democratic gains produced by last year's uprising....

Egypt results point to deeply divisive runoff race

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
CAIRO (AP) -- The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate and a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's autocratic regime will face each other in a runoff election for Egypt's president, according to first-round results Friday. The divisive showdown dismayed many Egyptians who fear either one means an end to any democratic gains produced by last year's uprising....

Egypt results point to deeply divisive runoff race

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
CAIRO (AP) -- The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate and a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's autocratic regime will face each other in a runoff election for Egypt's president, according to first-round results Friday. The divisive showdown dismayed many Egyptians who fear either one means an end to any democratic gains produced by last year's uprising....

Egypt results point to deeply divisive runoff race

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
CAIRO (AP) -- The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate and a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's autocratic regime will face each other in a runoff election for Egypt's president, according to first-round results Friday. The divisive showdown dismayed many Egyptians who fear either one means an end to any democratic gains produced by last year's uprising....

New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday....

New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday....

New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-04-24 01:18
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday....
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