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73-year-old Japanese woman scales Mount Everest

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- A 73-year-old Japanese woman climbed to Mount Everest's peak Saturday, smashing her own record to again become the oldest woman to scale the world's highest mountain....

Electric car network gets first test in Israel

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
ROSH HAAYIN, Israel (AP) -- Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has begun rolling out the world's first nationwide electric car network. Now, will the drivers come?...

LA Police: 2 arrests in Chinese student killings

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two young men were arrested Friday in the killings of two University of Southern California graduate students from China who were shot in an apparent robbery attempt last month near campus, police said....
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Divided but peaceful 2 years after Thai violence

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
BANGKOK (AP) -- Just two years ago, Thailand was at war with itself. Rifle shots and exploding grenades rang out in Bangkok as troops crushed through barricades to disperse a nine-week-old insurrection. A retired nurse was the last to capitulate....

Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
LIVERMORE, Colo. (AP) -- Warm, dry weather hindered hundreds of firefighters battling a blaze in northern Colorado that federal officials say started with a camp stove....
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Chicago protesters break away from nurses' rally

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
CHICAGO (AP) -- Hundreds of protesters broke away from a large rally and began marching through Chicago streets Friday, taunting police and shouting about everything from bank bailouts to nuclear power - a prelude to even bigger demonstrations expected after the start of a NATO summit....
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Pressure heaped on eurozone talks

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
Pressure heaped on eurozone talks
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VIDEO: UN monitors targeted by Aleppo protests

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
Two weeks ago four students were killed when government troops stormed the campus of Aleppo University, sparking wider demonstrations in Syria's main commercial centre, which had been relatively quiet.
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VIDEO: G8 leaders gather as Greek tragedy looms

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
Opening the talks at Camp David, President Obama said sorting out the problem was a matter of extraordinary importance.
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Sri Lanka general to be released

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa has signed papers to free his political rival General Sarath Fonseka from prison - three years after the civil war ended.
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Canada pleased with Chinese smuggler's sentence

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
BEIJING (AP) -- The Canadian government says it is pleased that a high-profile Chinese smuggler who had been extradited from Canada has received a life sentence, and not the death penalty....

Canada pleased with Chinese smuggler's sentence

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
BEIJING (AP) -- The Canadian government says it is pleased that a high-profile Chinese smuggler who had been extradited from Canada has received a life sentence, and not the death penalty....

After NATO summit, questions about protest mindset

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
CHICAGO (AP) -- For activists, the NATO summit in Chicago served as one big stage from which to air a broad range of grievances - not just the war in Afghanistan or other actions of the 63-year-old military alliance....
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Iran, Syria among top for G-8 and NATO

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers grappled Friday with options to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and encourage a more forceful response to worsening violence in Syria....

Iran, Syria among top for G-8 and NATO

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers grappled Friday with options to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and encourage a more forceful response to worsening violence in Syria....
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Iran, Syria among top for G-8 and NATO

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers grappled Friday with options to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and encourage a more forceful response to worsening violence in Syria....

Iran, Syria among top for G-8 and NATO

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers grappled Friday with options to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and encourage a more forceful response to worsening violence in Syria....

Iran, Syria among top for G-8 and NATO

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers grappled Friday with options to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and encourage a more forceful response to worsening violence in Syria....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Iran, Syria among top for G-8 and NATO

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers grappled Friday with options to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and encourage a more forceful response to worsening violence in Syria....

LA Police: 2 arrests in Chinese student killings

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 12:49
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two young men have were arrested Friday in the killings of two Chinese graduate students who were shot to death near the University of Southern California campus last month, police said....
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