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Annan wants new strategy to end Syria conflict

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- International envoy Kofi Annan urged the world's nations Thursday to "genuinely unite" behind a new effort to end the escalating Syrian conflict, warning that if things don't change quickly the country will likely see brutal repression, massacres, sectarian violence and all-out civil war....

Merkel urges gradual political union in Europe

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
BERLIN (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for Europe to take a gradual path towards political union, frustrating the appeals of many of her colleagues for quick, bold moves to fight the continent's raging financial crisis....

Rap Video Glorifies TSA Groping in ‘Sexy’ Patdown Fantasy

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
Aaron Dykes | Hip hop fantasy envisions sipping on signature cognac while watching female passengers getting a close inspection from power grabbing TSA agents.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi given first passport in 24 years

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi received her first passport in 24 years on Tuesday ahead of a planned trip to Norway and Britain....

Britain's Cameron: UK must stand by spending cuts

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
LONDON (AP) -- Britain must stick to its tough austerity measures despite doubts elsewhere in Europe over the best remedy to fix the continent's stalled economies, Prime Minister David Cameron insisted Tuesday....

Reports: IAEA inspector killed in Iran car crash

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A U.N. nuclear inspector from South Korea was killed Tuesday and a colleague was injured in a car crash near a reactor site in central Iran, news reports said....

Anti-bailout party rejects Greek austerity pledge

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's commitment to austerity is no longer valid because voters have rejected those deals, a left-wing party leader declared Tuesday as he tried to form a new coalition government....

Israeli premier Netanyahu unveils unity government

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a revamped coalition government on Tuesday, forming a broad alliance with the chief opposition party that could free his hand to take action on peace with the Palestinians and decide whether to attack Iran....

Ukraine postpones summit boycotted over Tymoshenko

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine on Tuesday was reduced to calling off a Central Europe regional summit after most heads of state boycotted it over the treatment of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko....

Ukraine postpones summit boycotted over Tymoshenko

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine on Tuesday was reduced to calling off a Central Europe regional summit after most heads of state boycotted it over the treatment of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko....

Israeli PM Netanyahu unveils new unity government

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a revamped coalition government on Tuesday, forming a broad alliance with the chief opposition party that could free his hand to take bold action on peace with the Palestinians and decide whether to attack Iran....

Anti-bailout party leads Greek coalition talks

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The head of a left-wing party opposed to the terms of Greece's bailout got the mandate Tuesday to try to form a new government after an election produced a stalemate in parliament....

Surveillance ends at blind China activist village

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
BEIJING (AP) -- Suddenly the guard posts came down and the hired toughs who manned them melted away, restoring an air of freedom this week to a village that authorities turned into a prison to keep blind activist Chen Guangcheng under house arrest for nearly two years....

Lawyers try to see China activist's jailed nephew

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
BEIJING (AP) -- A Shanghai lawyer said Wednesday he is trying to visit the jailed nephew of activist Chen Guangcheng, who sparked a diplomatic crisis last month when he fled into the U.S. Embassy in Beijing....

Red Cross: 1.5 million in Syria lack basics

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
GENEVA (AP) -- Fighting in parts of Syria has morphed into local guerrilla wars, the Red Cross said Tuesday, where the number of prisoners remains unknown and 1.5 million people need help getting food, water, shelter, power and sanitation....

Hollande, Sarkozy lead V-E Day ceremonies in Paris

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
PARIS (AP) -- In his last state ceremony before stepping down as France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy led commemorations in Paris on Tuesday marking the end of World War II in Europe....

Bahrain opens review of activist convictions

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-04-30 08:33
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Bahraini activists convicted of trying to overthrow the state claimed Tuesday they faced abuse in custody and were forced to sign confessions, a defense lawyer said as a civilian court began a full review of their trials carried out under martial law....
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