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Drug prices top Americans' list of health care concerns

Published:Wednesday | October 28, 2015 | 9:49 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Americans from across the political spectrum are worried about the cost of prescription drugs for serious diseases, following weeks of news coverage about companies hiking prices for critical medicines.Keeping drugs for cancer,...

France won't extradite pilots who fled Dominican Republic

Published:Wednesday | October 28, 2015 | 10:09 AM

PARIS (AP):France's government said it won't extradite two French pilots who escaped the Dominican Republic to avoid 20-year prison sentences for cocaine trafficking.Dominican authorities said on Tuesday they would seek the men's return to face...

Arrest of teen who texted in class prompts civil rights case

Published:Wednesday | October 28, 2015 | 11:07 AM

SOUTH CAROLINA (AP):A girl who refused to surrender her phone after texting in math class was flipped backward and tossed across the classroom floor by a sheriff's deputy, prompting a federal civil-rights probe on Tuesday.The sheriff said the girl "...

Homicide spike draws alarm from Obama administration

Published:Tuesday | October 27, 2015 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON, (AP):This year has brought an unusually grim and steady drumbeat of violence throughout the country.A five-year-old girl killed this month in Cleveland in a drive-by shooting. Seven people slain in Chicago over the weekend of July 4. A...

Death toll reaches 339 in quake-hit Pakistani, Afghan areas

Published:Tuesday | October 27, 2015 | 11:08 AM

PESHAWAR, (AP):Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan yesterday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to 339.According to Afghan and Pakistani officials, 258...

Tanzania: 5 Cabinet ministers lose seats in parliament

Published:Tuesday | October 27, 2015 | 12:00 AM

DAR ES SALAAM, (AP):Five Cabinet members from Tanzania's ruling party have lost their parliamentary seats, according to partial results released yesterday by the country's election commission.They lost to candidates representing an opposition...

Poland's Law and Justice party gains majority in parliament

Published:Tuesday | October 27, 2015 | 10:27 AM

POLANDWARSAW, (AP):The right-wing Law and Justice party has won 235 seats in the 460-seat lower house of Poland's parliament, meaning it has a majority and can govern alone, the state election authority announced yesterday.The party is now in the...

Deported from New Jersey, a stranger in Jamaica

Published:Monday | October 26, 2015 | 9:19 AM

NEW JERSEY (AP):Fidel Napier made it out of Camden, often called America's poorest and most dangerous city, only to end up in a country where the water sometimes cuts out and he fears for his safety when he leaves the house.Almost six months have...

Afghan earthquake rocks Asia, dozens dead

Published:Monday | October 26, 2015 | 10:07 AM

KABUL, (AP):A strong earthquake in northern Afghanistan shook buildings from Kabul to Delhi, cut power and communications in some areas and caused more than 150 deaths, mainly in Afghanistan and Pakistan.Pakistani officials said that at least 147...

Migrant Balkan surge continues amid EU attempt to slow it

Published:Monday | October 26, 2015 | 10:35 AM

The surge of migrants crossing the Balkans on their way to Western Europe continued unabated yesterday in the hours after European leaders reached an agreement to slow the flow that has heightened tension among nations along the route.European Union...

Over 260 dead as earthquake strikes Afghanistan, Pakistan

Published:Monday | October 26, 2015 | 3:01 PM

KABUL (AP):A massive earthquake struck remote and impoverished regions of northern Afghanistan and Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 263 people as it shook buildings across South Asia and knocked out power and communications to already-isolated...

Spain's PM calls Dec. 20 elections, lauds government record

Published:Monday | October 26, 2015 | 10:42 AM

MADRID, (AP):Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yesterday signed a decree formally dissolving Parliament and calling general elections December 20, using the occasion to do some campaigning by praising his government's handling of the severe...

Some big UK firms to use 'blind recruitment' to reduce bias

Published:Monday | October 26, 2015 | 10:17 AMAP

UNITED KINGDOMLONDON, (AP):Britain's civil service and several major companies have agreed to recruit university graduates and apprentices without knowing the applicants' names in an effort to eliminate bias against people from ethnic minorities....

Deadly 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocks Afghanistan and Pakistan

Published:Monday | October 26, 2015 | 12:00 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP): A strong earthquake in northern Afghanistan shook buildings from Kabul to Delhi, cut power and communications in some areas and caused more than 150 deaths, mainly in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pakistani officials said that...

Islamic militants storm supermarket in Yemen's city of Aden

Published:Sunday | October 25, 2015 | 11:54 AM

SANAA, Yemen (AP):Islamic militants stormed a supermarket in Yemen's southern city of Aden on Sunday, firing into the air and briefly taking hostages, security officials and witnesses said.About 30 militants arrived at the supermarket in four pickup...

Argentines weigh continuity or overhaul in election

Published:Sunday | October 25, 2015 | 12:00 AM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP):Argentines weighed continuity versus a financial overhaul on Sunday as they picked the successor to President Cristina Fern·ndez, a polarising leader who along with her late husband dominated national politics for 12...

Polarised Haiti votes in tense presidential election

Published:Sunday | October 25, 2015 | 12:00 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP):Haitian voters faced a ballot featuring more than 50 presidential candidates on Sunday as they selected a leader they hope might be able to lift the nation out of poverty and turbulence.The field is so crowded and...

Once a megastorm, Patricia inflicts little damage on Mexican coast, weakens and moves inland

Published:Sunday | October 25, 2015 | 12:00 AM

CHAMELA, Mexico (AP):Just a day after menacing Mexico as one of history's strongest storms, Hurricane Patricia left surprisingly little damage in its wake...

Refugee flow unabated as EU leaders hold summit on crisis

Published:Sunday | October 25, 2015 | 12:00 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) -- As thousands of Syrians, Afghans and others kept up their relentless march through the Balkans, European leaders held an emergency summit Sunday to find ways of easing the plight of those caught up in the continent's greatest...

Fear of change gives ruling party election edge

Published:Saturday | October 24, 2015 | 12:00 AM

BUENOS AIRES, (AP):Nora Beatriz Diaz says her choice for president in today's election was essentially decided six years ago, when she was hired by a government jobs programme.Now 55, the mother of two struggled for years to make ends meet. But...

Vice president arrested over president's boat blast

Published:Saturday | October 24, 2015 | 12:00 AM

MALE (AP):The vice president of the Maldives will be charged with high treason after being arrested yesterday in connection with an explosion aboard the president's boat last month that authorities have called an assassination attempt.Vice President...

Three killed as drunk driver plows into crowd

Published:Saturday | October 24, 2015 | 1:43 PM

STILLWATER, Oklahoma (AP):Twenty-five-year-old Adacia Chambers was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs (DUI) yesterday after her car crashed into a crowd of spectators during the Oklahoma State University...

Mega-storm drenches Mexicans but little damage

Published:Saturday | October 24, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Puerto Vallarta (AP): Record-breaking Hurricane Patricia appeared to leave remarkably little damage as it moved rapidly inland over mountainous western Mexico early yesterday and weakened to tropical depression status, though authorities warned it could still cause...

Julius Nyerere’s party in tight race to keep power

Published:Saturday | October 24, 2015 | 2:13 PM

TanzaniaKAMPALA, (AP) -- Tanzanians vote today in an election that could end the dominance of the ruling party, which has held power for decades but faces a united opposition buoyed by growing discontent over official corruption.The apparent...

Powerful category five Hurricane Patricia makes landfall in Mexico

Published:Friday | October 23, 2015 | 12:00 AM

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Patricia, a Category 5 storm has made landfall Friday in southwestern Mexico. The storm could cause catastrophic damage and is the most powerful on record. Here's a timeline of the...

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