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Caretaker Dutch PM seeks consensus on cuts

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte appealed to a polarized Dutch Parliament on Tuesday to help him make painful budget cuts rather than let the country drift in political limbo until new elections....

Caretaker Dutch PM seeks consensus on cuts

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte appealed to a polarized Dutch Parliament on Tuesday to help him make painful budget cuts rather than let the country drift in political limbo until new elections....

Death of UK runner touches hearts, pocketbooks

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
LONDON (AP) -- The death of a runner in the London marathon has inspired a flood of donations to the charity she supported....

Boredom, discontent set in among Kony hunters

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
DJEMA, Central African Republic (AP) -- An Internet campaign that's gone viral aims to capture notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, but Ugandan foot soldiers who have spent years searching for the man are starting to ask a question their top commanders prefer to ignore: Is it possible he is dead?...

Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars....

Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars....

Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars....

Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars....

Pope stakes out church's course entering 8th year

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI began his eighth year as pope on Tuesday after spending the waning days of his seventh driving home his view of the Catholic Church, with a divisive crackdown on dissenters and an equally divisive opening to a fringe group of traditionalists....

Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars....

Murdoch quizzed on private lobbying of UK leaders

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
LONDON (AP) -- James Murdoch's behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign spilled out into the public domain Tuesday as documents detailing his close ties to the British establishment were examined by a judge-led inquiry into media ethics....

Breivik hears witnesses recall turmoil after blast

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- After testifying for five days, Anders Behring Breivik listened silently Tuesday as others described the mayhem caused by his bombing of Oslo's government district, a scene one witness described as a "war zone."...

Death of UK runner touches hearts, pocketbooks

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
LONDON (AP) -- The death of a runner in the London marathon has inspired a flood of donations to the charity she supported....

US general in Tunisia warns of stability threats

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- The head of the U.S. Africa command has warned against the threats to stability in Africa from militant groups and proliferating weapons....

Germany's Merkel defends budget discipline drive

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany defended its pro-austerity stance on Tuesday, with Chancellor Angela Merkel and two ministers pressing for Europe to stick with a policy of fiscal discipline in spite of the latest bout of political uncertainty....

Amnesty: Europe must fight anti-Muslim prejudice

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
PARIS (AP) -- European laws on what girls and women wear on their heads are encouraging discrimination against Muslims and against a religion that has been part of Europe's fabric for centuries, Amnesty International says in a new report....

German FM: Fiscal treaty will be ratified

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's finance minister says he's confident a German-backed pact enforcing more fiscal discipline among European governments will be ratified despite new political uncertainty....

Ukraine's jailed ex-PM goes on hunger strike

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has gone on hunger strike after prison guards allegedly beat her, her lawyer said Tuesday....

Al-Qaida surprise attack kills 22 Yemeni soldiers

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Al-Qaida militants staged a surprise attack Monday on a Yemeni army base in the south, killing 22 soldiers and capturing 25 just hours after a U.S. drone strike killed a senior figure in the terror network wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen....

China's dream of electric car leadership elusive

Sat, 2024-11-30 05:48
BEIJING (AP) -- China's leaders are finding it's a lot tougher to create a world-beating electric car industry than they hoped....