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Official: Mubarak's health deteriorating in prison

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 02:32
CAIRO (AP) -- The health of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak deteriorated sharply on Tuesday, three days after a court sentenced him to life imprisonment in connection to killing of protesters, a security official said....

US terminates funding for Pakistan 'Sesame Street'

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 02:32
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. has terminated funding for a $20 million project to develop a Pakistani version of "Sesame Street," the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday. The decision came as a Pakistani newspaper reported allegations of corruption by the local puppet theater working on the initiative....

Crowds cheer queen on last day of Jubilee

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 02:32
LONDON (AP) -- Pealing church bells, artillery salutes and crowds cheering "God save the queen!" greeted Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday on the last of four days of Diamond Jubilee celebrations honoring her 60 years on the throne....

Nigeria morgue scene of sorrow after plane crash

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 02:32
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Anxious families and diplomats crowded into a Nigerian hospital's mortuary on Tuesday, trying to identify corpses from a plane crash that killed the 153 people aboard the airliner and an unknown number of others on the ground....

Nigeria morgue scene of sorrow after plane crash

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 02:32
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Anxious families and diplomats crowded into a Nigerian hospital's mortuary on Tuesday, trying to identify corpses from a plane crash that killed the 153 people aboard the airliner and an unknown number of others on the ground....

China tells US to stop tweets on Beijing's bad air

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 02:32
BEIJING (AP) -- China told foreign embassies Tuesday to stop publishing their own reports on air quality in the country, escalating its objections to a popular U.S. Embassy Twitter feed that tracks pollution in smoggy Beijing....

UN: Syria permits aid workers to enter 4 provinces

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 02:32
GENEVA (AP) -- President Bashar Assad's government has agreed to ease humanitarian access to four of the hardest-hit provinces in Syria, officials said Tuesday, even as the regime plunged into further international isolation by labeling a string of U.S. and European diplomats unwelcome....

Pakistan: Al-Qaida No. 2 at house hit by US drone

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 02:32
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan has evidence that al-Qaida's second-in-command was in a house destroyed by a U.S. drone strike in the country's northwest tribal region, but it is unclear whether he was killed, intelligence officials said Tuesday....

Pope's butler formally questioned in leaks probe

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 02:32
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The pope's butler was formally questioned Tuesday in the investigation into the leaks of the pope's papers, a scandal that represents one of the gravest security breaches in recent Vatican history....

Biting spiders panic northeast India after 2 die

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 02:32
GAUHATI, India (AP) -- Large biting spiders have sparked panic in remote northeast India, but health authorities fear primitive treatment of the bites' painful swelling may be more dangerous than the spiders themselves....

More than 20 detained in Moscow over rally protest

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 02:32
MOSCOW (AP) -- Police on Tuesday detained at least two dozen people protesting outside the Russian parliament as it debated a controversial bill that would raise fines 150-fold for people taking part in unsanctioned rallies....
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