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Chinese city beset by scandal tries to turn page

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
BEIJING (AP) -- The new leadership in a Chinese mega-city beset by a murder scandal that took down its Communist Party boss said Monday that lessons must be learned from the embarrassing episode and efforts made to repair the city's image....

Suicide bombers kill 22 civilians at Afghan market

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a market area in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people wounding about 50, authorities said....

Central Asia group seeks bigger Afghanistan role

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
BEIJING (AP) -- Central Asian states meeting in Beijing this week say they want a role in stabilizing Afghanistan after most U.S. combat troops leave at the end of 2014, with China's economic juggernaut leading the charge....

'Band of Brothers' honored on D-Day anniversary

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France (AP) -- A statue in the likeness of a Pennsylvania native whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the World War II book and television miniseries "Band of Brothers" is being unveiled near the beaches where the D-Day invasion of France began in 1944....

'Band of Brothers' honored on D-Day anniversary

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France (AP) -- A statue in the likeness of a Pennsylvania native whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the World War II book and television miniseries "Band of Brothers" is being unveiled near the beaches where the D-Day invasion of France began in 1944....

Syria crisis causes spike in draft-dodging

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Approaching his 18th birthday, Hamza, a merchant sailor from Syria, resigned himself to the fate awaiting him when he reached adulthood: A year and a half of mandatory military service....

Syria crisis causes spike in draft-dodging

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Approaching his 18th birthday, Hamza, a merchant sailor from Syria, resigned himself to the fate awaiting him when he reached adulthood: A year and a half of mandatory military service....

Syria crisis causes spike in draft-dodging

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Approaching his 18th birthday, Hamza, a merchant sailor from Syria, resigned himself to the fate awaiting him when he reached adulthood: A year and a half of mandatory military service....

Syria crisis causes spike in draft-dodging

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Approaching his 18th birthday, Hamza, a merchant sailor from Syria, resigned himself to the fate awaiting him when he reached adulthood: A year and a half of mandatory military service....

AP Interview: Japan inspires Gaga's shoe designer

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese shoe designer has become a pop diva's favorite by taking geisha and making it Gaga....

New NKorean leader stages massive children's rally

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Kim Jong Un has made only his second public speech, addressing a massive children's rally that's aimed at winning a new generation's support for the young leader's reign....

Human remains delivered to 2 Canada schools

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
MONTREAL (AP) -- Packages containing a human foot and hand were discovered at two schools in Vancouver on Tuesday, in what could be the latest gruesome twist in the case of a Canadian porn actor suspected of dismembering and eating his former lover....

Suspect in body parts case returns to Canada

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
MIRABEL, Quebec (AP) -- A Canadian porn actor suspected in the dismemberment of a Chinese student arrived in Canada on Monday via military transport from Germany, where he was arrested this month....

Hope, worry from Myanmar state press over leaders

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A state-run newspaper called Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein "the hope of Myanmar" - rare praise for the opposition leader that was tempered with worry that possible tensions between the two reform-minded politicians could derail changes in the long-oppressed country....

Hope, worry from Myanmar state press over leaders

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A state-run newspaper called Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein "the hope of Myanmar" - rare praise for the opposition leader that was tempered with worry that possible tensions between the two reform-minded politicians could derail changes in the long-oppressed country....

Al-Qaida No. 2 dies in US drone strike in Pakistan

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed al-Qaida's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden....

Al-Qaida No. 2 dies in US drone strike in Pakistan

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed al-Qaida's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden....

Al-Qaida No. 2 dies in US drone strike in Pakistan

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 00:51
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed al-Qaida's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden....
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