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Chavez rallies thousands launching re-election bid

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez rallied tens of thousands of supporters Monday, wearing his signature red beret and singing a folk song as he launched his re-election bid....

Bieber fans throng Mexico City's main plaza

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Hordes of school-skipping "tween" girls and their parents streamed into Mexico City's historic main plaza Monday jostling for the best spots at a free concert by teen superstar Justin Bieber that was expected to draw 200,000 people....

US accuses Syria of new tactics, fears massacre

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
BEIRUT (AP) -- The United States accused the Syrian government of using "new horrific tactics" Monday, as U.N. observers reported Syrian helicopters were firing on rebellious areas and concerns mounted that civilians were trapped in besieged cities....

Spain calls for European integration to save euro

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
MADRID (AP) -- Spain faced mounting pressure Wednesday to bolster confidence in its financial system just days after accepting a (EURO)100 billion ($125 billion) plan to rescue its banks....

Spain bank rescue glee morphs into markets rout

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
MADRID (AP) -- Euphoria over a lifeline of up to (EURO)100 billion ($125 billion) to rescue Spain's hurting banks morphed into a financial markets rout in a matter of hours Monday, as investors digested the still-undefined plan and became concerned the country may be unable to repay the new loans....

Nobel Foundation to cut prize money by 20 pct

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- The Nobel Foundation has decided to reduce the prize money of each of the six Nobel awards by 20 percent this year to 8 million kronor ($1.1 million) to help safeguard its long-term capital prospects....

Nobel Foundation to cut prize money by 20 pct

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- The Nobel Foundation has decided to reduce the prize money of each of the six Nobel awards by 20 percent this year to 8 million kronor ($1.1 million) to help safeguard its long-term capital prospects....

Nobel Foundation to cut prize money by 20 pct

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- The Nobel Foundation has decided to reduce the prize money of each of the six Nobel awards by 20 percent this year to 8 million kronor ($1.1 million) to help safeguard its long-term capital prospects....

Ethnic strife continues in western Myanmar city

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) -- With residents cowering indoors, security forces patrolling a tense town in western Myanmar collected bodies Monday from homes burned to ashes in some of the country's deadliest sectarian bloodshed in years....

Health of Egypt's Mubarak deteriorates in prison

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
CAIRO (AP) -- Hosni Mubarak's health worsened Monday, with doctors twice having to use a defibrillator on the imprisoned former leader, adding to the tumult in Egypt before this weekend's runoff election for president....

Health of Egypt's Mubarak deteriorates in prison

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
CAIRO (AP) -- Hosni Mubarak's health worsened Monday, with doctors twice having to use a defibrillator on the imprisoned former leader, adding to the tumult in Egypt before this weekend's runoff election for president....

Health of Egypt's Mubarak deteriorates in prison

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
CAIRO (AP) -- Hosni Mubarak's health worsened Monday, with doctors twice having to use a defibrillator on the imprisoned former leader, adding to the tumult in Egypt before this weekend's runoff election for president....

Health of Egypt's Mubarak deteriorates in prison

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
CAIRO (AP) -- Hosni Mubarak's health worsened Monday, with doctors twice having to use a defibrillator on the imprisoned former leader, adding to the tumult in Egypt before this weekend's runoff election for president....

Car carrying British ambassador to Libya attacked

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
CAIRO (AP) -- A vehicle carrying Britain's ambassador to Libya was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades Monday in Benghazi, days after a bomb went off just outside the U.S. consulate in the eastern city that was the cradle of last year's uprising....

Car carrying British ambassador to Libya attacked

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
CAIRO (AP) -- A vehicle carrying Britain's ambassador to Libya was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades Monday in Benghazi, days after a bomb went off just outside the U.S. consulate in the eastern city that was the cradle of last year's uprising....

Whoops! UK PM leaves 8-year-old daughter in pub

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
LONDON (AP) -- Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife got home from lunch with friends at a pub in the English countryside to discover they forgot something: 8-year-old daughter Nancy....

Whoops! UK PM leaves 8-year-old daughter in pub

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
LONDON (AP) -- Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife got home from lunch with friends at a pub in the English countryside to discover they forgot something: 8-year-old daughter Nancy....

Whoops! UK PM leaves 8-year-old daughter in pub

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 08:30
LONDON (AP) -- Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife got home from lunch with friends at a pub in the English countryside to discover they forgot something: 8-year-old daughter Nancy....
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