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Doctors administer oxygen to Mubarak overnight

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
CAIRO (AP) -- Hosni Mubarak's condition has deteriorated so much that doctors at the Cairo prison where he is serving a life sentence had to constantly administer oxygen to him overnight, security officials said Thursday....

Spain bank rescue glee morphs into markets rout

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
MADRID (AP) -- Euphoria over a lifeline of up to (EURO)100 billion ($125 billion) to rescue Spain's hurting banks morphed into a financial markets rout in a matter of hours Monday, as investors digested the still-undefined plan and became concerned the country may be unable to repay the new loans....

Prayers and silence mark Titanic centenary

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
ABOARD MS BALMORAL (AP) -- Cruise ship passengers and crew said prayers Sunday at the spot in the North Atlantic where the Titanic sank 100 years ago with the loss of more than 1,500 lives....

For Obama abroad, side issues tend to befall him

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- President Barack Obama might be noticing a familiar pattern. Whether it's allegations of Secret Service personnel consorting with prostitutes, candid moments caught live on microphones or launching bombs over Libya, his foreign trips seem to get overshadowed by distractions....

Ex-Thai PM Thaksin plans early return from exile

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
BANGKOK (AP) -- Exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra celebrated Thailand's most important holiday in neighboring Cambodia this weekend, telling thousands of fervent supporters who crossed the border to meet him that he intends to return home soon on his own terms....

New NKorean leader speaks publicly for first time

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has spoken publicly for the first time at a massive celebration marking the 100th birthday of national founder Kim Il Sung....

UN chief warns Syria; regime again shells Houla

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrians fled a new round of government shelling Thursday in the area where more than 100 people were massacred last week, activists said, as the U.N. chief pleaded with the regime to stop its attacks....

Secret Service scandal deepens; 11 placed on leave

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents deepened Saturday as 11 agents were placed on leave, and the agency designed to protect President Barack Obama had to offer regret for the mess overshadowing his diplomatic mission to Latin America....

Guinea-Bissau unrest draws condemnation

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Soldiers on Saturday arrested protesters demanding the release of Guinea-Bissau's leading candidate in elections halted by mutinous troops, who claimed he was trying to assassinate top military leaders of this coup-prone West African nation....

Guinea-Bissau unrest draws condemnation

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Soldiers on Saturday arrested protesters demanding the release of Guinea-Bissau's leading candidate in elections halted by mutinous troops, who claimed he had tried to assassinate top military leaders of this coup-prone West African nation....

Egypt rulers demand constitution panel in 48 hours

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's ruling military council set a 48-hour deadline Tuesday for political parties to finalize the formation of a 100-member panel to write a new constitution, or it will draw up its own blueprint....

Secret Service scandal widens to US military

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents widened Saturday when the U.S. military confirmed five service members staying at the same hotel in Colombia may have been involved in misconduct as well. The allegations overshadowed President Barack Obama's diplomacy in Latin America and threatened to bruise America's image....

Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
LONDON (AP) -- Former Bee Gee Robin Gibb is in a coma after contracting pneumonia, a statement on his official website said Saturday....

Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
LONDON (AP) -- Former Bee Gee Robin Gibb is in a coma after contracting pneumonia, a statement on his official website said Saturday....

Events around the world mark Titanic centenary

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
ABOARD MS BALMORAL (AP) -- In the birthplace of the Titanic, residents gathered for a choral requiem. In the North Atlantic, above the ship's final resting place, passengers will pray as a band strikes up a hymn and three floral wreaths are cast onto the waves....

Events around the world mark Titanic centenary

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
ABOARD MS BALMORAL (AP) -- In the birthplace of the Titanic, residents gathered for a choral requiem. In the North Atlantic, above the ship's final resting place, passengers will pray as a band strikes up a hymn and three floral wreaths are cast onto the waves....

Pilgrims gather in Jerusalem for fire ritual

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Christians lit candles and torches from a flame that emerged from the tomb of Jesus in a Jerusalem church Saturday as they conducted an ancient fire ritual that celebrates the Messiah's resurrection....

Pilgrims gather in Jerusalem for fire ritual

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Christians lit candles and torches from a flame that emerged from the tomb of Jesus in a Jerusalem church Saturday as they conducted an ancient fire ritual that celebrates the Messiah's resurrection....

Israel hands over remains of Palestinian militants

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel on Thursday handed over to the Palestinian government the remains of 91 militants who had been killed while carrying out suicide bombings and other attacks in an effort to renew long-stalled peace talks....

Spain king hurt in Botswana elephant hunting trip

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-11 03:18
MADRID (AP) -- Spain's King Juan Carlos has successfully undergone hip replacement surgery after tripping on stairs and fracturing bones around the joint while on an elephant hunting trip in Botswana, officials said Saturday. It was the monarch's fourth surgery in almost two years....
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