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Poles talk about CIA prison, breaking silence

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- For years, the notion that Poland could allow the CIA to operate a secret prison in a remote lake region was treated as a crackpot idea by the country's politicians, journalists and the public....

Cruise ship drifting after fire off Philippines

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A fire in the engine room crippled a luxury cruise liner with 1,000 people aboard, leaving it adrift far from shore in waters south of the Philippines, officials said Saturday....

Iraqi-American woman slain in US is buried in Iraq

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) -- An Iraqi-American woman found bludgeoned to death in her California home last week, with a threatening note left beside her body, was buried in her native Iraq on Saturday. Relatives wept uncontrollably by her graveside and her father asked God to extoll revenge on those responsible for her death....

Iraqi-American woman slain in US is buried in Iraq

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) -- An Iraqi-American woman found bludgeoned to death in her California home last week, with a threatening note left beside her body, was buried in her native Iraq on Saturday. Relatives wept uncontrollably by her graveside and her father asked God to extoll revenge on those responsible for her death....

Cruise ship drifting after fire off Philippines

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A cruise ship with about 1,000 people on board was drifting in waters south of the Philippines on Saturday after a fire disabled its engines, the Philippine coast guard said. Five crew members were injured....

Syrian diplomats around the world expelled

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
PARIS (AP) -- Governments around the world expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats Tuesday, an unusual, coordinated blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime following a gruesome massacre that the United Nations said involved close-range shootings of scores of children and parents in their homes....

Russian FM: Syria conflict becomes 'more alarming'

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia has growing concerns about the conflict in Syria, but it will continue to oppose the outside use of force, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday....

Sydney Opera House in the dark over Earth Hour

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
SYDNEY (AP) -- Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge and Opera House has gone dark as Australians switched off lights around the country for an hour Saturday as part of a global effort to shine a spotlight on climate change....

Bombs in southern Thailand kill 8, wound 68

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
HAT YAI, Thailand (AP) -- Suspected Muslim insurgents set off coordinated bomb blasts as shoppers gathered for lunch Saturday in a busy hub of Thailand's restive south, killing eight people and wounding 68, officials said....

In Canada, the penny's about to drop into history

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
TORONTO (AP) -- They clutter your dresser and cost too much to make. They're a nuisance and have outlived their purpose....

In Canada, the penny's about to drop into history

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
TORONTO (AP) -- They clutter your dresser and cost too much to make. They're a nuisance and have outlived their purpose....

SKorea to work with US to reduce Iran oil imports

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean officials said Saturday that they will continue working with the U.S. to reduce oil imports from Iran after President Barack Obama greenlighted potential sanctions against countries that continue to buy Iranian oil....

SKorea to work with US to reduce Iran oil imports

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean officials said Saturday that they will continue working with the U.S. to reduce oil imports from Iran after President Barack Obama greenlighted potential sanctions against countries that continue to buy Iranian oil....

Myanmar's Suu Kyi poised for public office

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
WAH THIN KHA, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's former military rulers once despised Aung San Suu Kyi so much they would not speak her name....

Myanmar's Suu Kyi poised for public office

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
WAH THIN KHA, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's former military rulers once despised Aung San Suu Kyi so much they would not speak her name....

Cruise ship drifting after fire off Philippines

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A cruise ship with about 1,000 people on board was drifting in waters south of the Philippines after a fire disabled its engines, the Philippine coast guard said Saturday. Five crew members were injured....

China punishes social media, websites on coup talk

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
BEIJING (AP) -- China is shuttering more than a dozen websites, penalizing two popular social media sites and detaining six people for circulating rumors of a coup that rattled Beijing in the midst of its worst high-level political crisis in years....

Mexican presidential candidates kick off campaigns

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The four candidates for Mexico's presidency officially launched their campaigns for the July 1 election on Friday, all of them promising change....

Mexico: 2 kids, woman killed in Saint Death ritual

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) -- Eight people have been arrested for allegedly killing two 10-year-old boys and a 55-year-old woman in ritual sacrifices by the cult of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, prosecutors in northern Mexico said Friday....

Mexico: 2 kids, woman killed in Saint Death ritual

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-15 04:52
HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) -- Eight people have been arrested for allegedly killing two 10-year-old boys and a 55-year-old woman in ritual sacrifices by the cult of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, prosecutors in northern Mexico said Friday....
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