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Saudi heir's death opens door to younger voices

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 18:41
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- For the second time in less than a year, Saudi Arabia was thrown into the process of naming a new heir to the country's 88-year-old king following the death Saturday of Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz....

Saudi heir's death opens door to younger voices

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 18:41
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- For the second time in less than a year, Saudi Arabia was thrown into the process of naming a new heir to the country's 88-year-old king following the death Saturday of Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz....

Saudi heir's death opens door to younger voices

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 18:41
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- For the second time in less than a year, Saudi Arabia was thrown into the process of naming a new heir to the country's 88-year-old king following the death Saturday of Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz....

Saudi heir's death opens door to younger voices

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 18:41
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- For the second time in less than a year, Saudi Arabia was thrown into the process of naming a new heir to the country's 88-year-old king following the death Saturday of Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz....

UN observers in Syria suspend operations

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 18:41
BEIRUT (AP) -- U.N. observers in Syria suspended their activities and patrols Saturday because of escalating violence in the country, the head of the mission said, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan for Syria is disintegrating....

Cuba's next step on capitalist road: advertising

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 18:41
HAVANA (AP) -- For decades there's been no such thing as a commercial radio or TV spot in Cuba. Ditto for billboards, website banner ads, and newspaper classifieds....

Affairs of politics and heart mark French election

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 18:41
PARIS (AP) -- Back-room deals, black lists and bitter duels. Political and personal intrigue has wormed its way into Sunday's final round of French legislative elections. President Francois Hollande's Socialist Party is battling to ensure a solid majority and fulfill his vows to boost growth in Europe and redefine the presidency as one beholden to the people....

Cuba's next step on capitalist road: advertising

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 18:41
HAVANA (AP) -- For decades there's been no such thing as a commercial radio or TV spot in Cuba. Ditto for billboards, website banner ads, and newspaper classifieds....

Anxiety, not celebration as Egypt elects president

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 18:41
CAIRO (AP) -- Faced with a choice between Hosni Mubarak's ex-prime minister and an Islamist candidate, Egyptians entered their latest round of elections in an atmosphere of suspicion, resignation and worry, voting in a presidential runoff that will mean the difference between installing a remnant of the old regime and bringing more Islam into government....

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef dies; new heir needed

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 18:41
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz, the hard-line interior minister who spearheaded Saudi Arabia's fierce crackdown crushing al-Qaida's branch in the country after the 9/11 attacks and then rose to become next in line to the throne, has died. He was in his late 70s....

Car bombing kills 26 in Pakistani tribal region

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 18:41
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A car bomb exploded at a crowded bazaar in a northwestern Pakistani tribal region near the border with Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 26 people and wounding over 50 others, hospital and government officials said....

Italian workers mass to protest Monti cuts, reform

AP - World News - Tue, 2024-11-26 18:41
ROME (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Italian workers rallied in Rome on Saturday to protest pension cuts, tax hikes and labor reforms imposed by the government of Mario Monti and to demand more stable work, particularly for the young....
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