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Witches held on blackmail, extortion charges

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

BUCHAREST (AP):Two self-professed witches were detained in Romania on blackmail and extortion charges yesterday in a high-profile case involving a TV star and, reportedly, other public figures.Police spokesman Christian Ciocan said the two women, who go...

Four US aviators killed

Published:Tuesday | December 13, 2011 | 4:05 PM

Four US Army aviators were killed when two helicopters crashed on a training exercise at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington late yesterday.

Facebook aims to help prevent suicide

Published:Tuesday | December 13, 2011 | 9:55 AM

Facebook is making it easier for people who express suicidal thoughts on the social networking site to get help.

Syria unrest

Published:Monday | December 12, 2011 | 4:29 PM

Syria is holding local elections despite continuing violence between security and opposition forces.

Women urged to stand against male supremacy

Published:Monday | December 12, 2011 | 12:00 AM

OSLO, Norway (AP): THREE WOMEN who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling on repressed women worldwide to rise up against male supremacy...

NYPD Facebook probe raises free-speech question

Published:Monday | December 12, 2011 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP): THE FACEBOOK group was titled "No More West Indian Day Detail," referring to police patrol for a raucous annual Brooklyn parade...

EU to place emission cut pledges within Kyoto Protocol

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:03 PM

United Nations (UN) climate talks have closed with an agreement that the European Union will place its current emission-cutting pledges inside the legally-binding Kyoto Protocol.

Analysis: After protests, Putin says he'll listen

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 PM

In his dozen years of leading Russia, Vladimir Putin has been the one doing the talking. Now he may have to learn how to be a listener.

Noriega sent back to Panama to be punished once again

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 10:22 AM

Former military strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega was flown home to Panama on Sunday to be punished once again for crimes he committed during a career that saw him transformed from a close Cold War all

Vultures, learning to love them

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

HARTBEESPOORT,South Africa (AP): Many people associate vultures with death and decay.

Iraq: War of muddled goals, painful sacrifice

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

BAGHDAD (AP):In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world.

O, Tannenbaum! Are you best natural or artificial?

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

RALEIGH, NC (AP):If the holidays are truly a time for peace on earth and goodwill toward all, someone forgot to tell the Christmas tree people.

US prods Europe on crisis, publicly and privately

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP):US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is darting across Europe with a stark message: The continent's leaders must act quickly and convincingly to defuse a debt crisis that is threatening the global economy.

Little Christmas cheer for austerity-hit Europeans

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

LISBON, Portugal (AP):The streets of downtown Lisbon are usually ablaze with Christmas lights around this time - but this year the city has put on a sombre show that matches the sombre mood of austerity.

89 killed in India hospital fire

Published:Friday | December 9, 2011 | 2:27 PM

The police in India have arrested 6 members of the board of a hospital after 89 people were killed in a fire that broke out in the facility.

Gov't seizes 226 tons of chemical used in meth

Published:Friday | December 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexican authorities say they have seized 226 tons (205 metric tons) of a chemical used in synthetic drugs in a Pacific coast port.Mexico's Navy says in a statement yesterday...

Small-town post offices face closure

Published:Friday | December 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

BETHLEHEM, Indiana (AP):Tiny post offices that come to life each year as people seek special holiday postmarks could soon find the tradition a ghost of Christmas past if the US Postal Service proceeds with plans to close thousands of facilities.More...

16 people found in Avondale drop house

Published:Friday | December 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PHOENIX (AP):The Department of Public Safety says a task force has uncovered a drop house in Avondale, west of Phoenix where 16 people were being held by suspected human smugglers.Some of the victims found on...

Immigrant group welcomes deportation review

Published:Friday | December 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

DENVER (AP):Immigrant rights groups are enthusiastic about a plan by the Obama administration to review all of the pending 7,800 deportation cases in Colorado and 5,000 cases in Baltimore as part of an experimen...

France, Germany call for new euro tax regime

Published:Thursday | December 8, 2011 | 11:11 AM

The leaders of France and Germany have called jointly for eurozone countries to have common corporation and financial transaction taxes.

American sentenced to prison for Thai royal insult

Published:Thursday | December 8, 2011 | 9:50 AM

n American who translated a banned biography of Thailand's king and posted the content online, while living in Colorado was sentenced to two and a half years in a Thai prison on Thursday .

Election results delayed in DR Congo

Published:Wednesday | December 7, 2011 | 9:53 AM

The publication of presidential election results in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been delayed by two days.

Gov't urged to investigate journalist's murder

Published:Wednesday | December 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

NAIROBI (AP):Human Rights Watch is urging Uganda's government to conduct a "transparent" investigation into the murder of a Rwandan journalist...

Hundreds detained at anti-fraud protest

Published:Wednesday | December 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP):Police clashed with demonstrators protesting vote fraud in Moscow and at least two other major Russian cities yesterday, as anger boiled over against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his ruling United Russia party.At least 250 people were...

New tactic being tried to restore border towns

Published:Wednesday | December 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

CIUDAD MIER (AP):Schoolchildren once again chatter and scamper across the town plaza where drug gang gunmen last year torched the police station and left the remains of a dismembered man.By night, townsfolk play volleyball across the plaza from the...

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