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Fire at Moscow market kills 17 migrant workers

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
MOSCOW (AP) -- A blaze Tuesday at a Moscow market killed 17 migrant workers who were unable to escape from the metal shed where they were sleeping, the city fire department said....

Fire at Moscow market kills 17 migrant workers

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
MOSCOW (AP) -- A blaze Tuesday at a Moscow market killed 17 migrant workers who were unable to escape from the metal shed where they were sleeping, the city fire department said....

Myanmar leader praises elections as 'successful'

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Myanmar's leader said Tuesday that elections won by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and her party were successful, issuing the first government endorsement of the historic polls....

US offers $10 million for Pakistani militant chief

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The United States has offered a $10 million bounty for the founder of the Pakistani militant group blamed for the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people, a move that could complicate U.S.-Pakistan relations at a tense time....

Pit bulls in Philippine dog fights to be put down

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Dozens of pit bulls rescued from a dogfighting ring in the Philippines will be put down starting Tuesday by animal welfare activists who say there are no facilities to rehabilitate them and prevent them from again being used in underground arenas....

Architects' answer to rising seas: Floating homes

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
BANGKOK (AP) -- A floating mosque and golf course for the submerging Maldives islands. Amphibious homes in the Netherlands lifted to safety as waters surge beneath them. A hospital perched on 400 stilts to protect patients from Thailand's devastating floods and the encroaching sea nearby....

Architects' answer to rising seas: Floating homes

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
BANGKOK (AP) -- A floating mosque and golf course for the submerging Maldives islands. Amphibious homes in the Netherlands lifted to safety as waters surge beneath them. A hospital perched on 400 stilts to protect patients from Thailand's devastating floods and the encroaching sea nearby....

French Socialist's big idea: tax the rich

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
PARIS (AP) -- French presidential candidate Francois Hollande, leading in polls but lacking in ideas that stick in voters' minds, finally dropped a bombshell: As president, he would levy a 75 percent tax on anyone who makes more than (EURO)1 million a year....

Colombia guerrillas free captives held 12 years

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's main rebel group freed what it says were its last 10 military and police captives, a goodwill gesture that President Juan Manuel Santos praised but called insufficient to merit a peace dialogue....

Colombia guerrillas free captives held 12 years

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's main rebel group freed what it says were its last 10 military and police captives, a goodwill gesture that President Juan Manuel Santos praised but called insufficient to merit a peace dialogue....

Suu Kyi's near-sweep raises Myanmar democracy hope

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's victory in parliamentary elections is the biggest prize of her political career. But the weekend vote for only a few dozen legislative seats may have sown the seeds of something far more significant - the possibility her party could sweep the next balloting in 2015 and take control of Myanmar's government....

Suu Kyi's near-sweep raises Myanmar democracy hope

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's victory in parliamentary elections is the biggest prize of her political career. But the weekend vote for only a few dozen legislative seats may have sown the seeds of something far more significant - the possibility her party could sweep the next balloting in 2015 and take control of Myanmar's government....

Colombia guerrillas free captives held 12 years

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's main rebel group on Monday freed what it says were its last 10 military and police captives, returning the men to their families after at least 12 years spent in jungle prisons....

UN discusses creation of Gross National Happiness

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Should happiness figure in a nation's bottom line? And should the concept of Gross National Product be replaced by Gross National Happiness?...

UN discusses creation of Gross National Happiness

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Should happiness figure in a nation's bottom line? And should the concept of Gross National Product be replaced by Gross National Happiness?...

UN discusses creation of Gross National Happiness

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Should happiness figure in a nation's bottom line? And should the concept of Gross National Product be replaced by Gross National Happiness?...

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....

S.Sudan: Sudan bombing country to scare investors

Thu, 2024-11-28 22:39
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Sudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries....