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Young Syrian activists put life on hold in revolt

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Last year, Khalid was a 19-year-old Syrian university student whose modest dreams were to land a job and earn enough to marry his girlfriend - not simple tasks given Syria's weak economy and his lack of connections to the ruling elite....

Young Syrian activists put life on hold in revolt

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Last year, Khalid was a 19-year-old Syrian university student whose modest dreams were to land a job and earn enough to marry his girlfriend - not simple tasks given Syria's weak economy and his lack of connections to the ruling elite....

Young Syrian activists put life on hold in revolt

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Last year, Khalid was a 19-year-old Syrian university student whose modest dreams were to land a job and earn enough to marry his girlfriend - not simple tasks given Syria's weak economy and his lack of connections to the ruling elite....

Belfast unveils birth-to-death story of Titanic

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- One minute you're being whisked through the busy Belfast shipyard where the Titanic is being built. The next you're contemplating, amid a chilly piped-in breeze and lights mimicking darkened waters, the horror of freezing to death in the North Atlantic....

Doctor saves babies caught in Romania corruption

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Dr. Catalin Cirstoveanu runs a cardio unit with state-of-the-art equipment at a Bucharest children's hospital. But not a single child has been treated in the year-and-a-half since it opened....

Doctor saves babies caught in Romania corruption

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Dr. Catalin Cirstoveanu runs a cardio unit with state-of-the-art equipment at a Bucharest children's hospital. But not a single child has been treated in the year-and-a-half since it opened....

Doctor saves babies caught in Romania corruption

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Dr. Catalin Cirstoveanu runs a cardio unit with state-of-the-art equipment at a Bucharest children's hospital. But not a single child has been treated in the year-and-a-half since it opened....

Headstone of Hitlers' parents' grave removed

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
VIENNA (AP) -- The tombstone marking the grave of Adolf Hitler's parents, a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis, has been removed from an upper Austrian village cemetery at the request of a descendant, and the grave is ready for a new burial, officials said Friday....

Headstone of Hitlers' parents' grave removed

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
VIENNA (AP) -- The tombstone marking the grave of Adolf Hitler's parents, a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis, has been removed from an upper Austrian village cemetery at the request of a descendant, and the grave is ready for a new burial, officials said Friday....

Terror in Europe fuels immigration tensions

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
LONDON (AP) -- An al-Qaida-inspired gunman kills paratroopers and Jewish children in southern France. A far-right fanatic enraged by Muslim immigration guns down dozens of youths at a summer camp in Norway....

Magic! Harry Potter studio tour opens near London

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
WATFORD, England (AP) -- Hogwarts Castle is ready to welcome the Muggle multitudes....

Clinton, Saudi Arabia explore Syria crisis

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to work out a unified strategy on the crisis in Syria in talks with Saudi officials on Friday as further violence stymied U.N. efforts to convince Damascus to implement a cease-fire....

Apple pledge could lead to China wage hikes

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
BEIJING (AP) -- A pledge by the manufacturer of Apple's iPhones and iPads to limit work hours at its factories in China could force other global corporations to hike pay for Chinese workers who produce the world's consumer electronics, toys and other goods....

Diplomat: US, Russia have 'homework' on shield

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia and the United States need to do their "homework" on the technicalities of a proposed NATO missile defense shield in order to settle a dispute that has strained relations, the U.S. State Department's top arms control official said Friday....

Chief Syrian opposition body elects new leader

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's main opposition group on Sunday picked a secular Kurd as its new leader after criticism that the former head was too autocratic and the group was becoming dominated by Islamists....

Turkmens to mark 'era of happiness'

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) -- Turkmenistan's authoritarian president is calling it a week of celebrations, but for some it might seem more like basic training, especially the march up the 5-mile (8-kilometer) concrete staircase....

Myanmar's election on Sunday: Why It Matters

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
BANGKOK (AP) -- Myanmar's special election Sunday is for a small portion of parliament seats, but has taken on immense symbolic importance because it will likely see pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi win her first term in office....

US missiles kill 2 in northwest Pakistan

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- An American drone fired two missiles at a motorbike in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing two suspected militants, officials said, as the U.S. pushed on with its drone campaign despite repeated Pakistani protests....

Japan orders interception of NKorean rocket

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's defense minister on Friday ordered missile units to intercept a rocket expected to be launched by North Korea next month if it flies over Japan....

Brazil protests counter military coup celebration

Thu, 2024-11-28 18:35
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Riot police used pepper spray and tear gas Thursday to chase protesters away from a celebration by retired soldiers marking the 1964 coup that established Brazil's long military dictatorship....