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Man gets life for killing 2 US soldiers in Germany

trose@heraldinteractive.com () — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:03:47 -0500

FRANKFURT, Germany - A Kosovo-born man was Friday sentenced by a German court to life imprisonment for the killing last year of two U.S. soldiers at Frankfurt airport, in...

Two blasts kill at least 25 in Assad stronghold of Aleppo, Syria

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Patrick J. McDonnell) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:14:26 -0500

BEIRUT - Twin bombings struck security buildings in the Syrian commercial hub of Aleppo on Friday, killing...

Donald Trump blasts plans for Scottish wind farm

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:23:08 -0500

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Donald Trump has launched a blistering attack on Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond over...

Indonesia's Mount Lokon volcano erupts

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Nabiha Shahab) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:34:25 -0500

JAKARTA -- Mount Lokon volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi island erupted early Friday with a loud explosion and spewing...

Taiwan couple arrested for selling supposedly magical Elmo dolls

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Lin Yang) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:32:36 -0500

TAIPEI -- A Taiwan couple was arrested after being accused of posing as Tantric Buddhist masters and persuading...

Rabbits breeding like rabbits in Australia

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Sid Astbury) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:29:43 -0500

SYDNEY -- Abundant rain over most of Australia in the past two years has delivered record harvests -- and record...

German court sentences US airmen's killer to life

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:27:17 -0500

FRANKFURT, Germany - An Islamic extremist who admitted killing two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt airport last year has...

Spain: Suspects in Serbia's PM slaying arrested

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:14:37 -0500

MADRID - Spanish police say they have arrested two men involved in the assassination of Serbia's premier in 2003. A...

Deadly drone strike signals renewed US-Pakistan cooperation

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Tom Hussain) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:27:36 -0500

ISLAMABAD - A U.S. drone strike reportedly killed a notorious Pakistani al-Qaida operative before dawn Thursday...

Marines posed with Nazi SS symbol in Afghanistan

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:40:39 -0500

SAN DIEGO - A Marine Corps scout sniper team in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo...

U.N.-Arab observer mission proposed for Syria

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Patrick J. McDonnell) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:58:12 -0500

BEIRUT- As violence in Syria reportedly raged anew on Thursday, the United Nations and the Arab League were...

Prince Harry qualifies as Apache helicopter pilot

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:38:58 -0500

LONDON - Britain's defense ministry says Prince Harry has qualified as an Apache attack helicopter pilot, graduating...

Ex-leader's allies seize few Maldives police posts

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:27:03 -0500

MALE, Maldives - Supporters of the Maldives former president rioted through the streets of the capital and...

Greek party leaders begin crucial debt talks

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:25:52 -0500

ATHENS, Greece - After three days of delays, Greek coalition leaders began crucial debt talks Wednesday with...

EU threatens new sanctions on Syria

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:23:47 -0500

BEIRUT - The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday,...

US, Japan pave way to send Marines to Guam

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:51:38 -0500

TOKYO - Japan and the United States have agreed to review a pact linking the closure of a major U.S. Marine base...

Russian scientists reach lake under Antarctica

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:24:15 -0500

MOSCOW - After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached the surface of...

Zambia's long-term plan earns African Cup success

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:36:32 -0500

BATA, Equatorial Guinea - Zambia captain Christopher Katongo thinks the team's impressive march to the semifinals...

Last Briton to serve in WWI dies at 110

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:52:25 -0500

LONDON - Florence Green, Britain's last veteran of World War I, has died at the age of 110. Briar House Care...

No cigar: Economic embargo on Cuba turns 50

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:26:41 -0500

HAVANA - When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into...

Greek leaders' austerity summit stalled

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:48:10 -0500

ATHENS - The Greek prime minister's office says a meeting of coalition party leaders has been postponed until...

Russia denies threatening Qatar in UN talks

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:32:14 -0500

UNITED NATIONS - Russia's U.N. ambassador is denying reports he threatened Qatar during contentious weekend negotiations...

Coca growers whip police officers in Bolivia

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:30:33 -0500

LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivian authorities say coca growers have whipped four police officers for trying to destroy...

China fines women who cross border to break one-child policy

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Hazel Parry) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:28:13 -0500

HONG KONG -- Chinese mothers who travel to Hong Kong to give birth to a second child are being fined on their return...

Partial collapse of building kills 1 in Brazil

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:45:14 -0500

SAO PAULO - Brazilian firefighters say a 13-story building has partially collapsed in an industrial suburb outside...