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UN observers in Syria suspend patrols

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
BEIRUT (AP) -- U.N. observers suspended their patrols in Syria on Saturday due to a recent spike in violence, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan was unraveling despite months of diplomatic efforts to prevent the country from plunging into civil war....

Tobias, eminent South African anthropologist

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South Africa's University of the Witwatersrand says world-renowned anthropologist Philip Tobias has died at the age of 86....

Greek extremist party member in TV assault

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's heated election campaign turned ugly Thursday on live TV: The spokesman of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party, after trading insults of "commie" and "fascist," lunged at two female left-wing politicians on a mainstream morning talk show, throwing water at one and smacking the other three times across the face....

Arafat moneyman gets 15 years for corruption

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- The Palestinian anti-corruption court on Thursday convicted the fugitive moneyman of the late leader Yasser Arafat of siphoning off millions of dollars in public funds, sentencing him to 15 years in prison....

Afghan leader: NATO airstrike killed 18 civilians

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Afghan president said Thursday that 18 people killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday were all civilians....

Annan wants new strategy to end Syria conflict

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Against the backdrop of a new massacre in Syria, international envoy Kofi Annan on Thursday will propose tasking a group of world powers and key regional players including Iran to come up with a strategy to end the 15-month conflict, U.N. diplomats said....

Panetta: Patience with Pakistan 'reaching limits'

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday pressured Pakistan to do more to root out the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani terrorist network, saying American officials are "reaching the limits of our patience."...

Panetta: Patience with Pakistan 'reaching limits'

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday pressured Pakistan to do more to root out the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani terrorist network, saying American officials are "reaching the limits of our patience."...

Panetta: Patience with Pakistan 'reaching limits'

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday pressured Pakistan to do more to root out the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani terrorist network, saying American officials are "reaching the limits of our patience."...

Markets rise on hopes for Spain aid, US stimulus

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
LONDON (AP) -- Global markets rose on Thursday, boosted by hopes that Europe is preparing to give Spain financial aid to help it cope with the cost of saving its banks and that the Federal Reserve will consider additional support for the U.S. economy....

Greek unemployment hits 21.9 pct in March

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's unemployment shot up to 21.9 percent in March, rising sharply from the 15.7 percent rate in the same month last year and up from 21.4 percent in February, the country's statistics agency said Thursday....

UN: Kenya police lists possible terror targets

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- An internal U.N. security report says the Kenya police force has listed seven buildings, including the headquarters of the revenue authority, as being under immediate threat of a terror attack from an al-Qaida-linked militant group....

UN: Kenya police lists possible terror targets

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 20:39
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- An internal U.N. security report says the Kenya police force has listed seven buildings, including the headquarters of the revenue authority, as being under immediate threat of a terror attack from an al-Qaida-linked militant group....
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