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Malawi's president dies after heart attack

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) -- Malawi's Bingu wa Mutharika has been hailed as an economic hero and decried as an autocrat since taking office eight years ago, along the way clashing with his own political mentors and foreign donors....

Malawi's president dies after heart attack

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) -- Malawi's Bingu wa Mutharika has been hailed as an economic hero and decried as an autocrat since taking office eight years ago, along the way clashing with his own political mentors and foreign donors....

Bosnia marks 20 years since war broke out

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Bosnians walked silently and sobbed on Sarajevo's main street, leaving flowers and gifts on 11,541 red chairs arranged in seemingly endless rows - the number represents the men, women and children killed in a siege that ended up being the longest in modern history....

Airline employee resigns amid celeb tip-off claims

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
LONDON (AP) -- A Virgin Atlantic employee has resigned following newspaper allegations that she routinely fed information about the company's celebrity clientele to a paparazzi agency, the airline said Friday....

Japan sets new safety standards for nuclear plants

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan is setting stricter, clearer safety guidelines for nuclear power plants to ease public concern about restarting reactors idled after the disasters a year ago....

Mali's Tuareg rebels declare independence

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Mali's Tuareg rebels, who have seized control of the country's distant north in the chaotic aftermath of a military coup in the capital, declared independence Friday of the Azawad nation....

Filipino Good Friday devotees nailed to crosses

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) -- Thousands of people gathered in Philippine villages to watch devotees being nailed to crosses as they marked Good Friday by re-enacting Jesus Christ's suffering, a yearly rite that continues even as church leaders discourage the practice....

Bosnia marks 20 years of the beginning of its war

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Exactly 11,541 red chairs have been lined up in rows along Sarajevo's main street - one for every man, woman and child killed in the siege that ended up being the longest in modern history....

Lawyer: Bahrain hunger striker's daughter jailed

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- A Bahraini lawyer says the daughter of a jailed human rights activist on a nearly two-month hunger strike has been transferred to prison after her arrest....

Reports: Malawi president hospitalized in S.Africa

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) -- Malawi's president is being treated in South Africa for an undisclosed ailment, state media reported Friday....

Israeli chefs target every last crumb for Passover

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- The Jewish springtime holiday Passover is known as a festival of freedom, but its hallmark is a litany of dietary restrictions centered on not eating leavened bread for a week....

Israeli chefs target every last crumb for Passover

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- The Jewish springtime holiday Passover is known as a festival of freedom, but its hallmark is a litany of dietary restrictions centered on not eating leavened bread for a week....

NKorea leader visits unit known for anti-US feats

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a naval unit credited with anti-U.S. feats....

Bosnia marks 20 years of the beginning of its war

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Exactly 11,541 red chairs have been lined up in rows along Sarajevo's main street - one for every man, woman and child killed in the siege that ended up being the longest in modern history....

Bosnia marks 20 years of the beginning of its war

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Exactly 11,541 red chairs have been lined up in rows along Sarajevo's main street - one for every man, woman and child killed in the siege that ended up being the longest in modern history....

Israel's Barak: Weigh 'unilateral action'

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
JERUSALEM (AP) -- There are signs the Israeli government is considering taking unilateral action if peace talks with the Palestinians remain stalled, a move which could involve a withdrawal from parts of the West Bank along the lines of a 2005 pullout from the Gaza Strip....

Flowers, confetti on first day of school in NKorea

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean students in Pyongyang celebrated the first day of their new school year this week with flowers and confetti....

Flowers, confetti on first day of school in NKorea

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean students in Pyongyang celebrated the first day of their new school year this week with flowers and confetti....

Chavez back home, talks emotionally on his cancer

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attended Mass with family Thursday after returning from his latest round of radiation therapy treatment in Cuba, talking emotionally about his struggle with cancer....

China adds 6 ethnic Uighurs to its terrorist list

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 14:16
BEIJING (AP) -- China's Ministry of Public Security has added six men to its list of terrorists, accusing them of being behind terrorist activities in the far west region of Xinjiang....
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