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Al-Qaida urges Egypt to cancel treaty with Israel

AP - World News - Mon, 2024-05-13 15:44
CAIRO (AP) -- Al-Qaida's leader has urged Egypt to cancel its peace treaty with Israel and to establish Islamic rule, according to an audio message released Sunday....

Greek exit polls: Top 2 parties neck and neck

AP - World News - Mon, 2024-05-13 15:44
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- In an election crucial for Greece, Europe and the world, exit polls on Sunday showed the two top contenders in Greece to be neck-and-neck....

Polls: Socialists win French parliament race

AP - World News - Mon, 2024-05-13 15:44
PARIS (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande's Socialist Party won a solid majority in parliamentary elections Sunday, polling agencies projected, fortifying Hollande in his push for governments to spend money - not cut budgets - to tackle Europe's economic crisis....

IOC probes black market Olympic ticket scandal

AP - World News - Mon, 2024-05-13 15:44
LONDON (AP) -- International Olympic officials have opened a high level investigation into allegations that authorized agents in more than 50 countries - including a national Olympic committee - were involved in selling London Olympics tickets on the black market....

Saudi king in Mecca for crown prince's burial

AP - World News - Mon, 2024-05-13 15:44
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi royal officials received the body of Crown Prince Nayef Abdul-Aziz in Jiddah on Sunday after a flight from Geneva. He was the second heir to the throne to die outside the country in less than a year....

Fires across southern Greece seen abating

AP - World News - Mon, 2024-05-13 15:44
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Forest fires raging across southern Greece appeared to be abating Sunday, but high winds spurred occasional flare-ups and the danger was far from over, authorities said....

Iran, 6 powers both need success at nuclear talks

AP - World News - Mon, 2024-05-13 15:44
MOSCOW (AP) -- Iran and six world powers resume nuclear talks Monday no closer to progress than in previous rounds, and with the clock ticking on international diplomatic efforts to persuade Tehran to curb activities that could be used to make atomic arms....

Iran, 6 powers both need success at nuclear talks

AP - World News - Mon, 2024-05-13 15:44
MOSCOW (AP) -- Iran and six world powers resume nuclear talks Monday no closer to progress than in previous rounds, and with the clock ticking on international diplomatic efforts to persuade Tehran to curb activities that could be used to make atomic arms....

Swiss voters say no to yet more referendums

AP - World News - Mon, 2024-05-13 15:44
GENEVA (AP) -- Swiss voters decided on Sunday that they have enough democracy already, dealing a heavy defeat to a proposal to hold more referendums on international treaties....

Leftists poised for victory in French elections

AP - World News - Mon, 2024-05-13 15:44
PARIS (AP) -- French voters are choosing a new parliament Sunday that will determine how far Socialist President Francois Hollande can push for economic stimulus in France and around a debt-burdened, stagnant Europe....

Suu Kyi to make bittersweet return to Oxford

AP - World News - Mon, 2024-05-13 15:44
LONDON (AP) -- Before Aung San Suu Kyi was a prisoner of conscience and a political icon, she inhabited a world of children's birthday parties, university libraries and bicycle-filled English suburbs....
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