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Attempts to revive language spoken in Jesus' time

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
JISH, Israel (AP) -- Two villages in the Holy Land's tiny Christian community are teaching Aramaic in an ambitious effort to revive the language that Jesus spoke, centuries after it all but disappeared from the Middle East....

Iran parliament re-elects conservative as speaker

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's newly-elected parliament has voted to reinstate a conservative critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as temporary speaker....

Father of slain Tiananmen protester kills himself

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
BEIJING (AP) -- The father of a man killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has hanged himself in protest after two decades of failed attempts to seek government redress, a support group said Monday....

2 Tibetans set selves on fire outside Lhasa temple

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
BEIJING (AP) -- Two men engulfed themselves in towering flames outside a temple that is a popular tourist site in Lhasa, marking the first time a recent wave of self-immolations to protest Chinese rule has reached the tightly guarded Tibetan capital....

Quebec students, government to resume negotiations

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
MONTREAL (AP) -- Quebec students and the provincial government return to the bargaining table on Monday in a high-stakes attempt to put an end to a months-long dispute over tuition hikes that has led to clashes with police and mass arrests....

Haneke's 'Amour' wins top prize at Cannes

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
CANNES, France (AP) -- The Cannes Film Festival rewarded one of its favorite directors Sunday, as Michael Haneke won the top prize for a second time with his stark film about love and death, "Amour."...

Haneke's 'Amour' wins top prize at Cannes

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
CANNES, France (AP) -- The Cannes Film Festival rewarded one of its favorite directors Sunday, as Michael Haneke won the top prize for a second time with his stark film about love and death, "Amour."...

As Egypt votes on president, military shows power

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
CAIRO (AP) -- As Egyptians voted in a second day of elections for a successor to Hosni Mubarak, the ruling military issued an interim constitution Sunday defining the new president's authorities, a move that sharpened the confrontation with the Muslim Brotherhood and showed how the generals will maintain the lion's share of power no matter who wins....

NATO disputes report of casualties in airstrike

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S.-led coalition on Sunday disputed reports that eight civilians, including children, were killed in a NATO airstrike in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan....

NATO disputes report of casualties in airstrike

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S.-led coalition on Sunday disputed reports that eight civilians, including children, were killed in a NATO airstrike in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan....

Millions in global aid for Iraq sits unspent

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) -- Outside the crumbling elementary school, goats feed on trash strewn across the front yard. Inside, the ceiling is rotting, toilets don't work and students scrunch hip-to-hip behind narrow desks....

Millions in global aid for Iraq sits unspent

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) -- Outside the crumbling elementary school, goats feed on trash strewn across the front yard. Inside, the ceiling is rotting, toilets don't work and students scrunch hip-to-hip behind narrow desks....

Premier appeals to Ireland: Vote yes to EU treaty

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
DUBLIN (AP) -- Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny made a nationally televised appeal Sunday to voters to support the European Union's fiscal treaty in a referendum this week, warning that rejection would send the signal that Ireland was not serious about tackling its deficits and was no longer a secure member of the euro currency....

Palestinian Airlines resumes flights after 7 years

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
MARKA AIRBASE, Jordan (AP) -- Palestinian Airlines is back in the skies after being grounded for seven years by the deepening enmities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....

US slammed from both sides of Bahrain's divide

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- During one of the nightly clashes with Bahrain's security forces, a new chant broke out among opposition protesters: "The U.S. is the great Satan." A few days later, pro-government marchers also waved their fists against Washington....

Watching dissidents is a booming business in China

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
BEIJING (AP) -- Every workday at 7:20 a.m., colleagues pick up Yao Lifa from his second-floor apartment and drive him to the elementary school where he taught for years....

Watching dissidents is a booming business in China

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
BEIJING (AP) -- Every workday at 7:20 a.m., colleagues pick up Yao Lifa from his second-floor apartment and drive him to the elementary school where he taught for years....

Guinea-Bissau rambles on, despite coup

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Campaign banners from an election that was violently interrupted still hang in the main thoroughfare of this steamy capital, a reminder that a stable government is far from the country's grasp....

Dutch-born war crimes convict dies in Germany

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
BERLIN (AP) -- Klaas Faber, a Dutch native who fled to Germany after being convicted in the Netherlands of Nazi war crimes, has died. He was 90....

Hurricane Carlotta heads to Mexico Pacific coast

Thu, 2024-11-28 06:49
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Carlotta grew into a powerful Category 2 hurricane on Friday as it roared toward southern Mexico, where it is expected to brush the Pacific coast near the resort town of Puerto Escondido and then approach Acapulco....