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Greece sees finish line in race to slice debt

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's race to slice euro107 billion ($140 billion) off its national debt entered the home stretch Thursday, with markets confident that enough investors will accept to write down more than half of the value of their Greek bond holdings....

Great powers stress diplomacy in Iran standoff

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
VIENNA (AP) -- Six world powers on Thursday urged Iran to answer questions about suspicions it is working on nuclear weapons, but stressed that diplomacy was the way forward, in a carefully worded statement that reflected Western sensitivity to Russian and Chinese concerns about being too harsh on Tehran....

Web star born: Kony video gets millions of views

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- If Joseph Kony lived in relative anonymity before this week, he's an Internet star now....

A modern Falkland Islands, transformed by war

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Falkland Islanders are still bristling over the invasion by Argentina 30 years ago, but they're not complaining about its aftermath....

Berlusconi skips TV show to congratulate Putin

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
MOSCOW (AP) -- Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has skipped his first planned television appearance since stepping down, instead traveling to Russia to personally congratulate Vladimir Putin on his presidential election win....

Japanese town haunted by loss a year after tsunami

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) -- The squat 71-year-old fisherman turns his ruddy, weathered face toward the top of the hillside cemetery. With a heavy heart, he climbs steadily past row after row of tall tombstones, a bucket of water in each hand....

Japanese town haunted by loss a year after tsunami

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) -- The squat 71-year-old fisherman turns his ruddy, weathered face toward the top of the hillside cemetery. With a heavy heart, he climbs steadily past row after row of tall tombstones, a bucket of water in each hand....

Japanese town haunted by loss a year after tsunami

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) -- The squat 71-year-old fisherman turns his ruddy, weathered face toward the top of the hillside cemetery. With a heavy heart, he climbs steadily past row after row of tall tombstones, a bucket of water in each hand....

Japanese town haunted by loss a year after tsunami

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) -- The squat 71-year-old fisherman turns his ruddy, weathered face toward the top of the hillside cemetery. With a heavy heart, he climbs steadily past row after row of tall tombstones, a bucket of water in each hand....

Pakistan's top court to deliver verdict in PM case

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's Supreme Court is expected to deliver its verdict later this week in a contempt case against the prime minister that could see him losing his job, the premier's lawyer said Tuesday....

Greece: Business blasts 'undertaker' politicians

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The head of a major Greek business organization has lashed out at the country's politicians for failing to form a coalition government and triggering new elections, accusing them of acting like "undertakers"...

Rebels battle in Assad stronghold of Damascus

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
BEIRUT (AP) -- Bullets and shrapnel shells smashed into homes in the Syrian capital of Damascus overnight as troops battled rebels in the streets, a show of boldness for rebels taking their fight against President Bashar Assad to the center of his power....

Web star born: Kony video gets millions of views

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- If Joseph Kony lived in relative anonymity before this week, he's an Internet star now....

Obama's former nanny overwhelmed by new celebrity

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Barack Obama's former nanny, Evie, is overwhelmed by her jolt from transgender slum-dweller to local celebrity. TV crews troop in and out of her tiny concrete hovel. Estranged relatives finally want to meet. She even has a promising job offer....

Obama's former nanny overwhelmed by new celebrity

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Barack Obama's former nanny, Evie, is overwhelmed by her jolt from transgender slum-dweller to local celebrity. TV crews troop in and out of her tiny concrete hovel. Estranged relatives finally want to meet. She even has a promising job offer....

Egypt again postpones trial of US nonprofit groups

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
CAIRO (AP) -- A Cairo court Thursday delayed once again the case of 16 Americans and 27 other employees of nonprofit groups accused of fomenting unrest in Egypt....

High-flying Chinese leader absent from top meeting

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
BEIJING (AP) -- A high-flying Chinese politician dogged by a scandal involving a subordinate possibly seeking U.S. asylum missed an important session of the national legislature Thursday, raising speculation about new setbacks to his political ambitions....

Hunt for missing US troops set to resume in NKorea

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wounded in both legs and wearing a U.S. Army field coat peppered with bullet holes, 1st Lt. Robert Schmitt led a desperate U.S. hilltop assault against advancing Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. He never returned....

Hunt for missing US troops set to resume in NKorea

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wounded in both legs and wearing a U.S. Army field coat peppered with bullet holes, 1st Lt. Robert Schmitt led a desperate U.S. hilltop assault against advancing Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. He never returned....

UN: Syria permits aid workers to enter 4 provinces

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:39
GENEVA (AP) -- Syria has agreed to allow humanitarian workers and supplies into four of its provinces hit hardest by violence, a promise of some relief in a nation where 1 million people need aid urgently due to the fighting, officials said Tuesday....