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Spain town nixes pot-growing plan to pay off debt

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
RASQUERA, Spain (AP) -- What about growing marijuana to pay off crushing municipal debt? One Spanish village put the idea to the vote Tuesday, and a majority of its citizens approved - but not the 75 percent needed....

Egypt candidates file appeals, charge vote fraud

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
CAIRO (AP) -- Three top candidates in Egypt's presidential race filed appeals to the election commission ahead of the deadline Sunday, alleging violations in the first round vote that they say could change the outcome....

AP Interview: Islamist warns of 'new Mubarak'

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
CAIRO (AP) -- The candidate for Egypt's most influential political force, the Muslim Brotherhood, warned Tuesday that the country's upcoming presidential race may be rigged, a sign of rising tensions as his group faces off against one of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's most powerful deputies....

China mulls risky public trial for fallen politico

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
BEIJING (AP) -- China's leadership faces a knotty choice in how to finish off fallen politician Bo Xilai without further damaging the Communist Party's image: Purge him the old-fashioned way - in secret - or run him through a public trial....

China ousts top politician, accuses wife of murder

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
BEIJING (AP) -- A flamboyant and telegenic politician who until recently seemed destined for the top ranks of China's leadership was stripped of his most powerful posts on Tuesday and his wife named in the murder of a British businessman as Chinese leaders moved to stem a scandal that has exposed divisive infighting....

China ousts top politician, accuses wife of murder

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
BEIJING (AP) -- A flamboyant and telegenic politician who until recently seemed destined for the top ranks of China's leadership was stripped of his most powerful posts on Tuesday and his wife named in the murder of a British businessman as Chinese leaders moved to stem a scandal that has exposed divisive infighting....

Medical emergency delays Titanic memorial cruise

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
LONDON (AP) -- A cruise ship retracing the route of the Titanic had to interrupt its journey on Tuesday because of a medical emergency on board, organizers said....

Medical emergency delays Titanic memorial cruise

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
LONDON (AP) -- A cruise ship retracing the route of the Titanic had to interrupt its journey on Tuesday because of a medical emergency on board, organizers said....

Medical emergency delays Titanic memorial cruise

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
LONDON (AP) -- A cruise ship retracing the route of the Titanic had to interrupt its journey on Tuesday because of a medical emergency on board, organizers said....

NKorea space official: Rocket ready for launch

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean space officials said Tuesday that the rocket built to carry a satellite into space was ready for liftoff this week as the nation's leadership makes a series of appointments before a major political gathering....

Denmark PM to Bahrain: release jailed activist

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Denmark's prime minister urged Bahrain to release a jailed activist with dual citizenship on Tuesday, saying he's in "very critical" condition after a two-month hunger strike, but the Gulf kingdom denies that his health is failing....

US slammed from both sides of Bahrain's divide

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- During one of the nightly clashes with Bahrain's security forces, a new chant broke out among opposition protesters: "The U.S. is the great Satan." A few days later, pro-government marchers also waved their fists against Washington....

Denmark PM to Bahrain: release jailed activist

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Denmark's prime minister has urged Bahrain to release a jailed activist with dual citizenship, saying he's in "very critical" condition after a two-month hunger strike....

Denmark PM to Bahrain: release jailed activist

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Denmark's prime minister has urged Bahrain to release a jailed activist with dual citizenship, saying he's in "very critical" condition after a two-month hunger strike....

Denmark PM to Bahrain: release jailed activist

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Denmark's prime minister has urged Bahrain to release a jailed activist with dual citizenship, saying he's in "very critical" condition after a two-month hunger strike....

Assailants attack UN convoy in Libya, no one hurt

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Assailants threw a homemade bomb at a U.N. convoy in which the world body's top diplomat in the country was traveling in Libya's main eastern city on Tuesday, according to a security official....

Assailants attack UN convoy in Libya, no one hurt

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Assailants threw a homemade bomb at a U.N. convoy in which the world body's top diplomat in the country was traveling in Libya's main eastern city on Tuesday, according to a security official....

Tribal law affects case of 10-year-old mother

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombian authorities said Tuesday that they've been frustrated in their attempts to file criminal charges against the young father of a baby born two weeks ago to a 10-year-old ethnic Wayuu girl....

China urges `flexibility' in Iran nuclear talks

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's economic ally China urged all sides Tuesday in upcoming nuclear talks to show "flexibility and sincerity" even as Tehran sent mixed messages with hints of compromise and blasts of defiance....

Attacks in Nigeria increasingly target its public

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:38
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) -- In this Nigerian city where soldiers stop cars at sandbagged checkpoints and police officers carrying assault rifles warily guard their fortified headquarters, a local church could only weld together small barriers made of scrap iron to block the road to their sanctuary....
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