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Florida jury awards $100m in sex abuse case

Published:Friday | November 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (AP):A Miami jury has returned a $100-million verdict against a Roman Catholic priest in a child sex abuse case, but the money may be nearly impossible to collect.The verdict on Thursday came against Neil Doherty, who is jailed in Broward County...

Advocates call for halt to detention facility plans

Published:Friday | November 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (AP):Immigrant advocates are demanding the United States government halt plans for a new 1,500-bed detention facility near the Everglades until an environmental review is completed.The facility is slated for Broward County's town of Southwest...

Italy's borrowing rates in alarming rise

Published:Wednesday | November 9, 2011 | 9:13 AM

ROME (AP) — Italy's key borrowing rate spiked Wednesday well above the 7 percent level that eventually forced other eurozone countries to seek bailouts, amid uncertainty over who would lead the country when Premier Silvio Berlusconi steps down.

Contents of Michael Jackson's final home for sale

Published:Wednesday | November 9, 2011 | 9:12 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The bed where Michael Jackson took his last breath is up for sale.

Berlusconi says resignation is for the country's good

Published:Wednesday | November 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

ROME (AP): Premier Silvio Berlusconi says his decision to resign after parliament passes economic reforms is for the good of the country, and to settle financial markets...

Investigation ordered into inmates' deaths

Published:Wednesday | November 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

SAN JUAN (AP):Puerto Rico's justice secretary said yesterday he has opened a criminal investigation against two prison guards who were escorting eight inmates who drowned, screaming for help, while shackled in a van covered in floodwaters....

Ortega re-elected as president

Published:Wednesday | November 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MANAGUA, (AP): President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega was re-elected in a landslide, according to results released Monday, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems.Ortega had 63 per cent...

Gays take seat in Parliament

Published:Wednesday | November 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WARSAW (AP):A transsexual woman and an openly gay man took seats in Poland's newly elected Parliament yesterday, historic firsts that reflect profound social change in this traditionally Roman Catholic country....

Nicaragua's Ortega re-elected in a landslide

Published:Tuesday | November 8, 2011 | 9:38 AM

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega was re-elected in a landslide, according to results released Monday, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems.

Boxing legend Joe Frazier dead at 67

Published:Tuesday | November 8, 2011 | 9:25 AM

Joe Frazier had to throw his greatest punch to knock down "The Greatest."

Cain vows to "set the record straight"

Published:Tuesday | November 8, 2011 | 9:20 AM

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is vowing to "set the record straight" at a news conference one day after a fourth woman accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior a decade ago.

Monrovia protest turns deadly

Published:Monday | November 7, 2011 | 5:21 PM

At least one person has died after shots were fired during an opposition protest in Monrovia ahead of Liberia's presidential run-off.

Jackson doctor convicted in star's 2009 drug death

Published:Monday | November 7, 2011 | 4:29 PM

A jury has convicted Michael Jackson's doctor of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's 2009 drug death.

Pipeline protesters surround White House

Published:Monday | November 7, 2011 | 2:44 PM

Thousands of protesters opposed to a controversial pipeline project surrounded the White House yesterday.

Italy government borrowing rates hit high

Published:Monday | November 7, 2011 | 2:40 PM

The borrowing cost has risen for the Italian government as fears grow over political uncertainty in Rome.

Prince Charles told to reveal environmental info

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 2:00 PM

LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles must lift the veil of secrecy covering his lucrative 700-year-old royal estate and answer public requests for environmental information, a British tribunal has ruled.

Greek opposition demands PM resigns

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 9:15 AM

Greece's centre-right opposition has demanded that Prime Minister George Papandreou resign, throwing into disarray plans for a unity government.

More than 100 Honduran police officers arrested

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 9:12 AM

A total of 176 Honduran police officers have been arrested in a purge against corruption and organised crime.

Obama calls for urgent debt deal

Published:Thursday | November 3, 2011 | 6:28 PM

US President Barack Obama has warned there is still work to be done on how the Eurozone can end a financial crisis that threatens to engulf the world.

Greek govt teeters, lawmakers urge PM to resign

Published:Thursday | November 3, 2011 | 8:24 AM

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Demands mounted Thursday for Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to resign and let a coalition government approve a European bailout plan instead of holding a risky referendum on it.

Greek cabinet backs debit crisis referendum

Published:Wednesday | November 2, 2011 | 9:16 AM

Greece's cabinet has given unanimous backing to a controversial plan by Prime Minister George Papandreou to hold a referendum on an EU debt rescue package.

Greece to hold referendum on debt crisis

Published:Tuesday | November 1, 2011 | 8:56 AM

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has announced that a referendum is to be held on a new European Union aid package, intended to resolve the country's debt crisis.

Swampy coast becomes major hub for cocaine

Published:Tuesday | November 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

TEGUCIGALPA (AP): On Honduras' swampy Mosquitia coast, entire villages have made a way of life off the country's massive cocaine transshipment trade...

Mother names newborn 'Enough'

Published:Tuesday | November 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

LAGOS (AP): One South African mother, just 19, named her newborn "Enough" and shrugged off a nurse who questioned whether she was old enough to know how many children she wanted. ...

Cancer patients' lives threatened

Published:Tuesday | November 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Unprecedented drug shortages are threatening the lives of cancer patients and other seriously ill people, and the Obama administration's plan to tackle them is but a small step toward solving a complex problem....

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