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Obama: N. Korean rocket test would isolate regime

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Warning North Korea from its doorstep, President Barack Obama said Pyongyang risks deepening its isolation in the international community if it proceeds with a planned long-range rocket launch....

SKorea: NKorea moves long-range rocket to site

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea has moved a rocket to a northwestern site in preparation for a launch next month, South Korean officials said Sunday, as Pyongyang pushes ahead with a plan that Washington calls a cover for testing long-range missiles....

SKorea: NKorea moves long-range rocket to site

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea has moved a rocket to a northwestern site in preparation for a launch next month, South Korean officials said Sunday, as Pyongyang pushes ahead with a plan that Washington calls a cover for testing long-range missiles....

SKorea: NKorea moves long-range rocket to site

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea has moved a rocket to a northwestern site in preparation for a launch next month, South Korean officials said Sunday, as Pyongyang pushes ahead with a plan that Washington calls a cover for testing long-range missiles....

Hong Kong's elite heed Beijing, pick Leung leader

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong's elite chose a former Cabinet chief as the southern Chinese financial hub's next leader on Sunday, heeding Beijing's wishes and public opinion following a tumultuous, bitter race that highlighted public discontent....

Iraqi VP demands inquiry into bodyguard's death

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president demanded Sunday that global human rights groups investigate whether one of his bodyguards was tortured to death....

Senegal police fire tear gas at polling station

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Police fired tear gas at crowds gathering Sunday outside the polling station in Senegal's capital where President Abdoulaye Wade is expected to vote....

Blogger: UAE holds activist for criticizing rulers

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A prominent blogger in the United Arab Emirates says authorities have detained a political activist who criticized one of the Gulf country's rulers in his Twitter account....

Egypt: Mubarak's health said deteriorating

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
CAIRO (AP) -- Hosni Mubarak's health entered a "dangerous" phase on Wednesday, and doctors had to administer oxygen five times to help the deposed Egyptian leader breathe, according to security officials at his prison....

Obama: N. Korean rocket test would isolate regime

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Warning North Korea from its doorstep, President Barack Obama said Pyongyang risks deepening its isolation in the international community if it proceeds with a planned long-range rocket launch....

US to pursue 'non-lethal' aid for Syrian rebels

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Seeking to stem the violence in Syria, the U.S. and other key allies are considering providing Syrian rebels with communications help, medical aid and other "non-lethal" assistance....

SKorea: NKorea moves rocket to launch site

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea has moved a long-range rocket to its northwestern launch site in preparation for a launch next month, South Korean officials said Sunday, as Pyongyang pushes ahead with plans that Washington says are a cover for testing long-range missile systems....

Say Hello! to Pakistan's glamorous side

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan is better known for bombs than bombshells, militant compounds than opulent estates. A few enterprising Pakistanis hope to alter that perception with the launch of a local version of the well-known celebrity magazine Hello!...

Say Hello! to Pakistan's glamorous side

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan is better known for bombs than bombshells, militant compounds than opulent estates. A few enterprising Pakistanis hope to alter that perception with the launch of a local version of the well-known celebrity magazine Hello!...

Amid chaos of uprising, crime wave hits Syria

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
BEIRUT (AP) -- Streets of Damascus that were crowded until late at night stand mostly empty after sunset as Syrians stay home, fearing robberies and kidnapping. After a year of chaos, a country that once boasted it was the safest in the Middle East is experiencing a surge in crime....

Amid chaos of uprising, crime wave hits Syria

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
BEIRUT (AP) -- Streets of Damascus that were crowded until late at night stand mostly empty after sunset as Syrians stay home, fearing robberies and kidnapping. After a year of chaos, a country that once boasted it was the safest in the Middle East is experiencing a surge in crime....

Obama confronts nuke threat on N. Korea front line

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 04:29
OBSERVATION POST OUELLETTE, South Korea (AP) -- Razor-wire close to the border, President Barack Obama on Sunday paid his first visit to the tense zone separating North and South Korea amid new nuclear tensions. He told American troops stationed nearby they are protectors of "freedom's frontier."...
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