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Afghanistan: Bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans

Associated Press — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:53:22 +0000

A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital. U.S. soldiers rushed to help, some wearing only T-shirts or shorts under their body armor. A Muslim ...

US diplomat ordered to leave Russia in spy case

Associated Press — Wed, 15 May 2013 01:05:44 +0000

A U.S. diplomat was ordered Tuesday to leave the country after the Kremlin's security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent, and they displayed tradecraft tools that seemed straight from a cheap spy thriller: wigs, packets of cash, a knife, map and compass, and a letter promising ...

Big retailers back safety accord in Bangladesh

Associated Press — Tue, 14 May 2013 03:53:22 +0000

Some of the world's largest retailers have agreed to a first-of-its-kind pact to improve safety at some of Bangladesh's garment factories following a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 workers in the country last month. The move comes just days shy of a deadline imposed by...

Review chairman: Clinton didn't make Benghazi call

Associated Press — Mon, 13 May 2013 03:10:13 +0000

The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "We knew where the responsibility rested," Thomas Pickering said Sunday. "They've tried to...

Karzai says US can have 9 Afghan bases after 2014

Associated Press — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:18:07 +0000

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has irked Washington with his frequent criticism of American military operations in his country, said Thursday that his government is now ready to let the U.S. have nine bases across Afghanistan after most foreign troops withdraw in 2014. A border ...

Bangladesh garment disaster death toll crosses 800

Associated Press — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:50:14 +0000

Dozens of bodies recovered Wednesday from a collapsed garment factory building were so decomposed they were being sent to a lab for DNA identification, police said, as the death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster topped 800. Following protests, authorities also began...

7 dead, 2 missing after ship crashes in Genoa

Associated Press — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:44:27 +0000

Italian prosecutors placed the captain of the Jolly Nero cargo ship under investigation Wednesday for alleged manslaughter after his vessel slammed into the dock at Genoa's busy port and toppled the control tower into the harbor, killing at least seven people. As rescue teams in diving suits...

Authorities: 42 dead in Nigeria extremist attacks

Associated Press — Wed, 08 May 2013 03:23:49 +0000

Coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria, authorities said Tuesday, the latest in a string of increasingly bloody attacks threatening peace in Africa's most populous nation. The attack struck multiple locations in the...

Philippine volcano spews rocks, killing 5 climbers

Associated Press — Tue, 07 May 2013 04:14:37 +0000

One of the Philippines' most active volcanoes spewed huge rocks and ash after daybreak Tuesday, killing at least five climbers and trapping more than a dozen others near the crater in its first eruption in three years, officials said. Rescue teams and helicopters were sent to Mayon volcano...

Bangladesh building-collapse toll tops 600

Associated Press — Mon, 06 May 2013 03:59:18 +0000

More than 600 bodies have been recovered from the garment-factory building that collapsed well over a week ago, police said Sunday as the grim recovery work continued in one of the worst industrial accidents ever. Police said Sunday night that the death toll had reached 622. Well over 200...

Israeli airstrikes on Syria prompt threats, anger

Associated Press — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:44:23 +0000

Israel rushed to beef up its rocket defenses on its northern border Sunday to shield against possible retaliation after carrying out two airstrikes in Syria over 48 hours — an unprecedented escalation of Israeli involvement in the Syrian civil war. Syria and its patron Iran hinted at possible...

U.S. calls for North Korea amnesty for sentenced American

Associated Press — Fri, 03 May 2013 03:50:46 +0000

The U.S. called Thursday for North Korea to grant amnesty and immediately release a Korean-American sentenced to 15 years' hard labor for "hostile acts" against the state. Kenneth Bae, 44, a Washington state man described by friends as a devout Christian and a tour operator, is at...

Syria's Assad in rare visit as rockets hit capital

Associated Press — Thu, 02 May 2013 05:34:18 +0000

Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare public appearance at a Damascus power station on Wednesday, while two bombs exploded near the city center, killing one and wounding over two dozen people, Syria's state news agency reported. Footage of the visit broadcast on state television showed...

Bangladeshis turn rescuers after building collapse

Associated Press — Wed, 01 May 2013 06:09:39 +0000

SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — The heat in the rubble was sweltering. It closed in on his body like the darkness around him, making it hard to breathe. Working by the faint glow of a flashlight, he slithered through the broken concrete and spotted a beautiful young woman, her crushed arm pinned...

Talk aside, North Korean capital shows calm, not panic

The Associated Press — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:26:13 +0000

PYONGYANG, North Korea — Scores of North Koreans of all ages planted trees as part of a forestation campaign — armed with shovels, not guns. In the evening, women in traditional dress danced in the plazas to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong Il's appointment to a key...

Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87

The Associated Press — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:28:59 +0000

LONDON — Love her or loathe her, one thing's beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady, who ruled for 11 remarkable years, imposed her will on a fractious, rundown nation — breaking the unions, triumphing in a far-off war, and selling off state industries at a record...

Factories that ran on Korean cooperation go silent

The Associated Press — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:51:04 +0000

SEOUL, South Korea — A factory complex that is North Korea's last major economic link with the South was a virtual ghost town Tuesday after Pyongyang suspended its operations and recalled all 53,000 of its workers, cutting off jobs and a source of hard currency in its war of words and provocations...

Hamas shaves heads of Gaza youths with long hair

The Associated Press — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:33:37 +0000

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Police in Hamas-ruled Gaza have started grabbing young men with long or gel-styled spiky hair off the streets, bundling them into jeeps, mocking them and shaving their heads, two of those targeted and a rights group said Sunday. It is the latest sign that the Islamic...