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Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that he is eager to attend the Olympic Games in London to support Iranian athletes but that Britain doesn't want to host him....

US envoy to Israel: US ready to strike Iran

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The U.S. has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel said, days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran....

Egypt: Court acquits police in protesters' deaths

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court on Thursday found 14 policemen not guilty in the killing of protesters during last year's popular uprising, the latest verdict in what activists claim to be a pattern of acquittals for police blamed for the deaths of hundreds of people during the revolt....

Police hold diamond-swallower until evidence moves

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) -- Police in the Canadian province of Ontario say they are holding a man who is accused of swallowing a $20,000 diamond as long as it takes for him to produce the evidence....

Pakistani president to attend NATO summit

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's president announced Thursday that he will attend the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago, accepting an invitation that was given after the country indicated it plans to end its six-month blockade of supplies meant for coalition troops in Afghanistan....

Pakistani air force planes crash, 4 pilots killed

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Two Pakistani air force planes crashed in a residential area in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing all four pilots on board and injuring five people on the ground, police said....

Hondurans protest DEA leave after shooting

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- People in Honduras' predominantly Indian Mosquito coast region burned down government offices and demanded that U.S. drug agents leave the area, reacting angrily to an anti-drug operation in which they say police gunfire killed four innocent people, including two pregnant women....

Judge delays Mladic trial due to evidence errors

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- A judge suspended Ratko Mladic's genocide and war crimes trial indefinitely Thursday after prosecutors failed to disclose thousands of documents to the former Bosnian Serb military chief's defense team - a ruling that could delay the trial for months....

Fear lingers in blind Chinese activist's hometown

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
DONGSHIGU VILLAGE, China (AP) -- The fear is palpable and most people only dare whisper Chen Guangcheng's name in this village amid wheat fields where the blind activist was held under brutal house arrest....

Iran warns West against pressure in nuclear talks

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's top nuclear negotiator said Thursday his country is seeking "cooperation" from world powers in next week's nuclear talks in Baghdad and warned against pressure by the West....

US gen apologizes for Afghan deaths in airstrike

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
PATROL BASE PUL-I-ALAM, Afghanistan (AP) -- The top commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan offered a somber apology on Friday in an eastern province where officials say 18 civilians - half of them children - were killed in a coalition airstrike this week....

North Korean boat hijacks 3 Chinese fishing boats

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
BEIJING (AP) -- A North Korean boat hijacked three boats with 29 Chinese fishermen on board and demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) for their release, Chinese media reported Thursday....

North Korean boat hijacks 3 Chinese fishing boats

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
BEIJING (AP) -- A North Korean boat hijacked three boats with 29 Chinese fishermen on board and demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) for their release, Chinese media reported Thursday....

Prosecutors lay out Srebrenica case against Mladic

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Prosecutors on Thursday were outlining their evidence of the alleged involvement of former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic in Europe's worst mass murder since World War II, the 1995 Srebrenica massacre....

Pakistani air force planes crash, 4 pilots killed

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Two Pakistani air force planes crashed in a residential area in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing all four pilots on board and injuring five people on the ground, police said....

Chinese activist who fled house arrest heads to US

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
BEIJING (AP) -- A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations....

Malaysia sentences 3 Mexicans to death over drugs

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced to death three Mexican brothers and two other people for drug trafficking, rejecting the defense argument that evidence was tampered with....

Malaysia sentences 3 Mexicans to death over drugs

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced to death three Mexican brothers and two other people for drug trafficking, rejecting the defense argument that evidence was tampered with....

Malaysia sentences 3 Mexicans to death over drugs

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysian court convicted three Mexican brothers and two other people Thursday and sentenced them to be hanged for drug trafficking....

Greece gets caretaker PM until new vote in June

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:44
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone....