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Suu Kyi visits Europe for first time in 24 years

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
GENEVA (AP) -- Twenty-four years ago Aung San Suu Kyi left Europe for what was then a military-controlled nation called Burma. She returned Wednesday the icon of Myanmar's democracy movement to a continent eager to hear from her whether the country's recent reforms truly spell the end of its cruel dictatorship....

Suu Kyi visits Europe for first time in 24 years

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
GENEVA (AP) -- Twenty-four years ago Aung San Suu Kyi left Europe for what was then a military-controlled nation called Burma. She returned Wednesday the icon of Myanmar's democracy movement to a continent eager to hear from her whether the country's recent reforms truly spell the end of its cruel dictatorship....

Exhausted Suu Kyi falls ill during news conference

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
BERN, Switzerland (AP) -- A rock star welcome greeted Aung San Suu Kyi as she embarked on her first trip to Europe in 24 years. But after a whirlwind of standing ovations, speeches and receptions, it all became too much, and she fell ill Thursday during a news conference in Switzerland....

Mud-slinging campaign overshadows Egypt elections

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
CAIRO (AP) -- In Egypt's highly polarizing presidential campaign, both sides have been going for the jugular. Wild accusations have been flying, and Egyptians are seeing a return of old tricks that went on under the table during Hosni Mubarak's regime, now used without inhibition....

Mud-slinging campaign overshadows Egypt elections

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
CAIRO (AP) -- In Egypt's highly polarizing presidential campaign, both sides have been going for the jugular. Wild accusations have been flying, and Egyptians are seeing a return of old tricks that went on under the table during Hosni Mubarak's regime, now used without inhibition....

Mud-slinging campaign overshadows Egypt elections

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
CAIRO (AP) -- In Egypt's highly polarizing presidential campaign, both sides have been going for the jugular. Wild accusations have been flying, and Egyptians are seeing a return of old tricks that went on under the table during Hosni Mubarak's regime, now used without inhibition....

Mud-slinging campaign overshadows Egypt elections

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
CAIRO (AP) -- In Egypt's highly polarizing presidential campaign, both sides have been going for the jugular. Wild accusations have been flying, and Egyptians are seeing a return of old tricks that went on under the table during Hosni Mubarak's regime, now used without inhibition....

Spain calls for European integration to save euro

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
MADRID (AP) -- Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy went on the offensive in parliament Wednesday, calling for greater European fiscal and banking integration to save his country and the wider 17-country eurozone. Madrid's key borrowing rate closed at a euro-era high, indicating deep investor concern over the government's financial stability....

NASA Black Hole Search Begins Today

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
SlashGear.com | NASA launches NuSTAR, an array that will fly through space looking for black holes and their connection to supernova explosions.

Greek bankers see continued deposit outflow

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek banking officials say that depositors unnerved by political instability and talk of a potential exit from the euro are continuing to pull out their savings from local lenders, but not at a pace that would destabilize the battered banking sector....

Egypt extends military police powers before vote

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's government extended the powers of military police and intelligence agents on Wednesday to allow them to arrest civilians for a wide range of offenses, just days before the runoff for a president who will replace the country's military rulers as head of state....

Egypt court dissolves Islamist-led parliament

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
CAIRO (AP) -- Judges appointed by Hosni Mubarak dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament Thursday and ruled his former prime minister eligible for the presidential runoff election this weekend - setting the stage for the military and remnants of the old regime to stay in power....

Suu Kyi visits Europe for first time in 24 years

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
GENEVA (AP) -- Twenty-four years ago Aung San Suu Kyi left Europe for what was then a military-controlled nation called Burma. She returns Wednesday the icon of Myanmar's democracy movement to a continent eager to hear from her whether the country's recent reforms truly spell the end of its cruel dictatorship....

French president warns Greeks over euro

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The new French president has warned Greeks that if they vote to move away from international bailout commitments in the upcoming election, they could be pushed out of the eurozone....

Uniform sought for Sept. 11 trial at Guantanamo

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The man who has called himself the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks is seeking to wear military-style clothing at his upcoming war crimes trial in Guantanamo, one of his attorneys said Wednesday....
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