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French Socialist's big idea: tax the rich

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
PARIS (AP) -- French presidential candidate Francois Hollande, leading in polls but lacking in ideas that stick in voters' minds, finally dropped a bombshell: As president, he would levy a 75 percent tax on anyone who makes more than (EURO)1 million a year....

Colombia guerrillas free captives held 12 years

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's main rebel group freed what it says were its last 10 military and police captives, a goodwill gesture that President Juan Manuel Santos praised but called insufficient to merit a peace dialogue....

Colombia guerrillas free captives held 12 years

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's main rebel group freed what it says were its last 10 military and police captives, a goodwill gesture that President Juan Manuel Santos praised but called insufficient to merit a peace dialogue....

Suu Kyi's near-sweep raises Myanmar democracy hope

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's victory in parliamentary elections is the biggest prize of her political career. But the weekend vote for only a few dozen legislative seats may have sown the seeds of something far more significant - the possibility her party could sweep the next balloting in 2015 and take control of Myanmar's government....

Suu Kyi's near-sweep raises Myanmar democracy hope

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's victory in parliamentary elections is the biggest prize of her political career. But the weekend vote for only a few dozen legislative seats may have sown the seeds of something far more significant - the possibility her party could sweep the next balloting in 2015 and take control of Myanmar's government....

Colombia guerrillas free captives held 12 years

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's main rebel group on Monday freed what it says were its last 10 military and police captives, returning the men to their families after at least 12 years spent in jungle prisons....

UN discusses creation of Gross National Happiness

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Should happiness figure in a nation's bottom line? And should the concept of Gross National Product be replaced by Gross National Happiness?...

UN discusses creation of Gross National Happiness

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Should happiness figure in a nation's bottom line? And should the concept of Gross National Product be replaced by Gross National Happiness?...

UN discusses creation of Gross National Happiness

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Should happiness figure in a nation's bottom line? And should the concept of Gross National Product be replaced by Gross National Happiness?...

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....

Mexico's PAN battling to retain presidency

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Expectations were high when a maverick businessman favoring cowboy boots and plain talk won the presidency in 2000, defeating the party that had governed Mexico for 71 consecutive years....

Mexico's PAN battling to retain presidency

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Expectations were high when a maverick businessman favoring cowboy boots and plain talk won the presidency in 2000, defeating the party that had governed Mexico for 71 consecutive years....

Mexico's PAN battling to retain presidency

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Expectations were high when a maverick businessman favoring cowboy boots and plain talk won the presidency in 2000, defeating the party that had governed Mexico for 71 consecutive years....

Colombia rebels free last police, soldier captives

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's main rebel group on Monday freed what it says were its last 10 soldier and police captives, all of whom had been held in jungle prisons for at least 12 years....

Myanmar's Suu Kyi hopes victory is dawn of new era

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar election officials confirmed Monday that Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party won a landslide victory in historic by-elections. The democracy icon said she hopes the vote will mark the start of a new era for the long-repressed country....

Myanmar's Suu Kyi hopes victory is dawn of new era

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar election officials confirmed Monday that Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party won a landslide victory in historic by-elections. The democracy icon said she hopes the vote will mark the start of a new era for the long-repressed country....

Myanmar's Suu Kyi hopes victory is dawn of new era

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 22:23
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar election officials confirmed Monday that Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party won a landslide victory in historic by-elections. The democracy icon said she hopes the vote will mark the start of a new era for the long-repressed country....
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