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3 killed in 3rd day of Gaza-Israel violence

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Cross-border fighting between Gaza and Israel, touched off by Israel's killing of a top militant leader, showed no signs of letting up on its fourth day....

UK police practice torch relay

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
LONDON (AP) -- London police have staged a mock run to show off their skills in dealing with anyone who might want to disrupt the Olympic torch relay....

Egypt disqualifies another presidential candidate

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
CAIRO (AP) -- The state-run news agency says Egypt's election panel has disqualified another presidential hopeful because of a new law that strips former regime officials of the right to run for office....

Egypt parliament to consider cutting off US aid

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's parliament moved Sunday toward a vote to order an end to more than $1 billion in U.S. aid, a reflection of tensions with Washington over the case of Americans charged with illegal activity by their pro-democracy groups....

AP Enterprise: Nuke evacuation fatal for old, sick

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
MINAMI-SOMA, Japan (AP) -- The doctors and nurses at Futaba Hospital pleaded for help as a radioactive plume wafted over their hospital. They had been ordered out but had no vehicles to evacuate the hundreds of patients in their care. After two days of waiting in the cold with no electricity, help finally came....

Afghanistan joins railroad era _ 100 years late

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- More than a century ago, fearing that his country might be swallowed up in the Great Game rivalry between the British empire to the east and the Russian army to the north, an Afghan king made a radical decision: He banned railroads....

Afghanistan joins railroad era _ 100 years late

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- More than a century ago, fearing that his country might be swallowed up in the Great Game rivalry between the British empire to the east and the Russian army to the north, an Afghan king made a radical decision: He banned railroads....

Official: Toll in Israel Gaza strikes 12 militants

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A Palestinian health official says the death toll from a series of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza strip has risen to 12 militants....

Pakistan's top court targets army

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's powerful military establishment is under rare scrutiny from the country's top court, which after a gap of 16 years has opened an investigation into allegations the army funneled money to politicians to influence elections....

Pakistan's top court targets army

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's powerful military establishment is under rare scrutiny from the country's top court, which after a gap of 16 years has opened an investigation into allegations the army funneled money to politicians to influence elections....

Afghanistan joins railroad era _ 100 years late

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- More than a century ago, fearing that his country might be swallowed up in the Great Game rivalry between the British empire to the east and the Russian army to the north, an Afghan king made a radical decision: He banned railroads....

Attacker in Afghan uniform kills US soldier

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot dead a U.S. soldier in the east of the country, one of two NATO troops killed on Friday, military officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack....

2 Afghan police, 3 insurgents killed in attack

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Afghan police official says insurgents attacked a checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan and that two border policemen and three attackers were killed in the ensuing firefight....

AP Enterprise: Nuke evacuation fatal for old, sick

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
MINAMI-SOMA, Japan (AP) -- The doctors and nurses at Futaba Hospital pleaded for help as a radioactive plume wafted over their hospital. They had been ordered out but had no vehicles to evacuate the hundreds of patients in their care. After two days of waiting in the cold with no electricity, help finally came....

Reports: Chinese police kill Tibetan man, wound 2

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
BEIJING (AP) -- Police in western China fatally shot a Tibetan man and wounded two others amid protests against Chinese rule, an activist group and a U.S. broadcaster said Saturday....

Reports: Chinese police kill Tibetan man, wound 2

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
BEIJING (AP) -- Police in western China fatally shot a Tibetan man and wounded two others amid protests against Chinese rule, an activist group and a U.S. broadcaster said Saturday....

Pakistan appoints new head of intelligence

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan appointed a new head of intelligence on Friday, injecting some uncertainty in America's dealings with an agency crucial to its hopes of negotiating a peace deal with the Afghan Taliban and keeping pressure on al-Qaida....

Samba dancers entertain Prince Harry at Rio party

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Samba dancers swathed in orange ostrich feathers welcomed Britain's Prince Harry to a party on Rio de Janeiro's Sugarloaf Mountain on Friday. And apparently the fancy footwork was contagious....

Samba dancers entertain Prince Harry at Rio party

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Samba dancers swathed in orange ostrich feathers welcomed Britain's Prince Harry to a party on Rio de Janeiro's Sugarloaf Mountain on Friday. And apparently the fancy footwork was contagious....

Brazil wants Mexico to limit car exports

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:49
SAO PAULO (AP) -- The Brazilian government officially asked Mexico to set a $1.4 billion annual limit on the auto exports it ships to Brazil, an official with direct knowledge of trade talks between the two nations said Friday....