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Grenada trying to find remains of slain Marxist PM

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) -- A haunting Cold War mystery is getting a fresh look on the Caribbean island of Grenada, where officials are trying to locate the missing remains of a Marxist prime minister executed nearly 30 years ago during a coup that sparked a U.S. invasion....

Putin's hard line against protests to be tested

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
MOSCOW (AP) -- Helmeted riot police round up hundreds of protesters, including some whose only apparent crime is wearing white ribbons of opposition. A teacher who spoke out about election rigging is dragged into court and fined. Now a new law signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday raises fines for participating in unauthorized protests 150-fold, to nearly the average annual salary in Russia....

Putin's hard line against protests to be tested

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
MOSCOW (AP) -- Helmeted riot police round up hundreds of protesters, including some whose only apparent crime is wearing white ribbons of opposition. A teacher who spoke out about election rigging is dragged into court and fined. Now a new law signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday raises fines for participating in unauthorized protests 150-fold, to nearly the average annual salary in Russia....

Putin's hard line against protests to be tested

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
MOSCOW (AP) -- Helmeted riot police round up hundreds of protesters, including some whose only apparent crime is wearing white ribbons of opposition. A teacher who spoke out about election rigging is dragged into court and fined. Now a new law signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday raises fines for participating in unauthorized protests 150-fold, to nearly the average annual salary in Russia....

Putin's hard line against protests to be tested

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
MOSCOW (AP) -- Helmeted riot police round up hundreds of protesters, including some whose only apparent crime is wearing white ribbons of opposition. A teacher who spoke out about election rigging is dragged into court and fined. Now a new law signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday raises fines for participating in unauthorized protests 150-fold, to nearly the average annual salary in Russia....

Putin's hard line against protests to be tested

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
MOSCOW (AP) -- Helmeted riot police round up hundreds of protesters, including some whose only apparent crime is wearing white ribbons of opposition. A teacher who spoke out about election rigging is dragged into court and fined. Now a new law signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday raises fines for participating in unauthorized protests 150-fold, to nearly the average annual salary in Russia....

Putin's hard line against protests to be tested

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
MOSCOW (AP) -- Helmeted riot police round up hundreds of protesters, including some whose only apparent crime is wearing white ribbons of opposition. A teacher who spoke out about election rigging is dragged into court and fined. Now a new law signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday raises fines for participating in unauthorized protests 150-fold, to nearly the average annual salary in Russia....

Red Cross: 7 killed in north Nigeria blast

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- A suicide bomber blew up his car outside police headquarters Friday in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing himself and six other people and wounding 20, the Nigerian Red Cross said amid warnings that the situation in the city is worsening....

Japan hunts last fugitive in '95 subway gas attack

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan has mobilized thousands of police to hunt for the last fugitive suspected in a doomsday cult's deadly nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway 17 years ago....

Ukraine's prostitutes hope to cash in on Euro 2012

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Yulia, a 20-year-old call girl, is awaiting Euro 2012 with a mix of excitement and dread. She's upped her rates in the hope of earning enough to go to college next year, but "every girl is afraid," she admits. "Anything can happen."...

Spain: Bailout decision could come within weeks

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
MADRID (AP) -- Spain could decide this month to ask for a bailout for its troubled banking sector, a step that would make it the fourth country in the 17-member eurozone to seek help since the EU debt crisis broke out....

Greece: 2 caught with ancient gold wreath, armband

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) -- A retired policeman and a house painter have been arrested in northern Greece on suspicion of antiquities smuggling after an ancient gold wreath and armband were found in their car, police said Friday....

Indian believers swallow live fish as asthma cure

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
HYDERABAD, India (AP) -- Tens of thousands of asthma-sufferers mobbed a southern Indian stadium Friday to swallow live sardines smeared with a yellow herbal paste they believe will cure their breathing problems....

Grenada trying to find remains of slain Marxist PM

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) -- A haunting Cold War mystery is getting a fresh look on the Caribbean island of Grenada, where officials are trying to locate the missing remains of a Marxist prime minister executed nearly 30 years ago during a coup that sparked a U.S. invasion....

NATO apologizes for deaths in Afghan airstrike

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
PATROL BASE PUL-I-ALAM, Afghanistan (AP) -- The commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan apologized Friday for civilian deaths in a coalition airstrike earlier this week - the first confirmation by NATO forces that civilians were killed in the operation....

Japan PM says 2 nuke reactors must be restarted

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's leader appealed to the nation Friday to accept that two nuclear reactors that remained shuttered after the Fukushima disaster must be restarted to protect the economy and people's livelihoods....

Spain: bailout decision could come this month

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
MADRID (AP) -- Spain says it could decide this month on whether to request a bailout for its troubled banking sector....

Indian believers swallow live fish as asthma cure

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
HYDERABAD, India (AP) -- Tens of thousands of asthma-sufferers mobbed a southern Indian stadium Friday to swallow live sardines smeared with a yellow herbal paste they believe will cure their breathing problems....

UK's Cameron to face media ethics inquiry

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
LONDON (AP) -- British media ethics inquiry said Friday that Prime Minister David Cameron will give evidence next week, amid questions over his ties to a number of suspects in the country's tabloid phone hacking scandal....

UK's Cameron to face media ethics inquiry

Wed, 2024-11-27 08:25
LONDON (AP) -- British media ethics inquiry said Friday that Prime Minister David Cameron will give evidence next week, amid questions over his ties to a number of suspects in the country's tabloid phone hacking scandal....