By Mery Mogollon and Chris Kraul Los Angeles Times (MCT) CARACAS, Venezuela – Despite a strong showing by opposition candidates, President Hugo Chavez’s supporters maintained control of Venezuela’s congress in national elections, according to preliminary […]
By Dan Gallagher MarketWatch (MCT) SAN FRANCISCO – Research In Motion Ltd. lifted the wraps Monday on a new touch-screen tablet device called the BlackBerry PlayBook, making it the latest wireless device maker to break […]
By Robert Faturechi Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES – Disneyland has agreed to allow a company intern to wear her religious headscarf at work, according to a Muslim rights group that intervened after the […]
By David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A New Zealand legislator who admitted he stole a dead toddler’s identity to get a false passport as a “prank” 26 years ago resigned from parliament Friday. David […]
By David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A New Zealand truck driver was seriously injured Thursday when a canoe fell off a vehicle he was following, smashing through his windscreen and impaling him to his seat. […]
Colombo (dpa) – A man shot dead a female teacher inside a school Thursday in south-eastern Sri Lanka and then used his gun to take his own life, police said. The shootings took place […]
By Weedah Hamzah Beirut (dpa) – Gunmen have kidnapped a Lebanese priest near the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt and are demanding a ransom in return for his release, Lebanese radio reported Thursday. Lebanon’s […]
By David Barber Wellington (dpa) – About 60 pilot whales were reported to have died Thursday after a mass stranding on a New Zealand beach as conservationists and volunteers struggled to save 24 survivors. […]
By Pham Trung Bac Hanoi (dpa) – Police in Vietnam arrested four alleged members of an international human-trafficking ring and freed six women they were escorting to Singapore, a police official said Thursday. The […]
By John Grafilo Manila (dpa) – Six civilians were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a house in the southern Philippines, a police spokesman said Thursday. Two people were also injured in the […]
By Chris Melzer and Niels C Sorrells New York (dpa) – Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan, 24, announced on her Twitter account Saturday that she had failed her latest drug test and was prepared to appear […]
By Jean-Baptiste Piggin Berlin (dpa) – A pilot was killed in a mid-air collision at a German air show on Saturday, police said. One of the two planes in the collision remained airborne, but […]
By Henry Chu Los Angeles Times (MCT) LONDON – Pope Benedict XVI arrived Thursday in Britain to an enthusiastic reception by fellow Roman Catholics and promptly warned the country not to let rampant secularism swamp […]
MOSCOW (dpa) – Police are reopening the case of a Russian opposition journalist and politician seven years after his mysterious death, Interfax news agency reported Thursday. It quoted a spokesman for the investigators as saying […]
By Yigal Schleifer Istanbul (dpa) – Eight passengers in a commuter van were killed when the vehicle was hit by an explosion, Turkey’s state-run Anatolian Agency reported Thursday, quoting local officials. Three passengers were […]
By Masanori Tonegawa The Yomiuri Shimbun (MCT) TOKYO – The Japan Society for Lipid Nutrition has drawn up new guidelines stating that high cholesterol levels are better for living longer, defying conventional wisdom. There are […]
By Christi Parsons Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON – President Obama, who has worked to shield his daughters from the spotlight, will publish a children’s book later this fall framed as a letter from him […]
By Sharon Chan The Seattle Times (MCT) SAN FRANCISCO – At a Microsoft event to showcase Internet Explorer 9, the company showed a future Web that airs like a movie and unfolds like a piece […]
Bangkok (dpa) – A helicopter filming a Thai television documentary crashed into the Chao Phraya River Saturday after hitting an electricity wire, slightly injuring four on board, police said. The state-run National Broadcasting Television […]
By John Grafilo Manila (dpa) – Four people were killed when their homes were swept away by floods in the southern Philippines, police said Saturday. A 7-month-old baby was also missing in the flooding […]
Sao Paulo/Caracas (dpa) – Searchers found the body of a Venezuelan governor on Saturday, a day after his car rolled off a highway into a river. The body of Willian Lara was found downstream from […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – Workers on a Christchurch farm have nicknamed a week-old calf they are hand-rearing after its mother was killed in the weekend’s earthquake Paris Hilton because of the “high maintenance” required. […]
By Shelby Grad LOS ANGELES – Britney Spears is denying allegations in a sexual-harassment lawsuit filed by a former bodyguard alleging that she mistreated her two children, saying L.A. County social workers investigated and found […]
By Luisa Yanez MIAMI – The pastor of a Florida church announced Thursday he is calling off his plans to burn copies of the Quran on Saturday – the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. […]
By Michael Logan NAIROBI, Somalia (dpa) – U.S. marines stormed a German container ship being held by Somali pirates and freed its 11 crew members in the early hours of Thursday morning, a U.S. naval […]
By Katerina Zachovalava Prague (dpa) – A 56-year-old man died and three people were injured in a generator blast in the Czech Republic, officials said on Thursday. The generator exploded and caught on fire in […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A magnitude 5.1 aftershock struck earthquake-ravaged Christchurch Wednesday, causing fresh damage to buildings, cutting power supplies and sending terrified people out into the streets. Reports said it was the most […]
By Henry Chu Los Angeles Times LONDON – Scotland Yard said Tuesday that it expected to question a top aide to British Prime Minister David Cameron in a growing scandal over a tabloid newspaper’s alleged […]
By Michael A. Memoli Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – President Obama plans to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by attending a memorial service at the Pentagon, the White House said […]
By Liz Sly Los Angeles Times BAGHDAD – Two American soldiers were killed and nine were injured Tuesday when a man wearing an Iraqi army uniform opened fire on them inside an Iraqi commando compound […]
Pat Reber Washington (dpa) – Mark David Chapman, the man convicted of shooting the famous ex-Beatle John Lennon in 1980, was denied parole on Tuesday by a New York parole panel. Chapman was sentenced to […]
By David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A series of aftershocks, two of them of 5.4 magnitude, rocked earthquake-ravaged Christchurch overnight, causing more damage and terrifying city residents still traumatized by the weekend’s devastating tremor. […]
By Robert Carmichael Phnom Penh (dpa) – A 20-kilogram pet crocodile was recaptured in Cambodia two days after it dug its way to freedom, media reports said Tuesday. Cambodian police told the Phnom Penh […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A series of aftershocks, two of them of 5.4 magnitude, rocked earthquake-ravaged Christchurch overnight, causing more damage and terrifying city residents still traumatized by the weekend’s devastating tremor. Continuing jolts […]
By Anna Tomforde dpa LONDON – Tony Blair on Monday canceled a high-profile book-signing session of his best-selling memoirs in the British capital, amid mounting security fears and expected large-scale protests. “I’m really sorry for […]
By Ulf Mauder dpa MOSCOW – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday refused to close the door on speculation that he might seek to return to Russia’s Kremlin as the nation’s president in 2012 elections. […]
By David Barber dpa WELLINGTON, New Zealand – With seismologists recording up to 15,000 earthquakes a year, New Zealand deserves its reputation as the “Shaky Isles,” but most are too small to be felt by […]
By David Barber dpa WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Gale force winds and heavy rain hampered clean-up operations Monday in Christchurch, New Zealand, as the city continued to be rocked by aftershocks in the wake of […]
Rome (dpa) – The son of an Iranian woman who has been sentenced to death by stoning after being found guilty of adultery has appealed to the pope to intervene on his mother’s behalf, Radio […]
Sinikka Tarvainen Madrid (dpa) – The militant Basque separatist group ETA on Sunday declared a ceasefire that left the Spanish government sceptical, but enthused separatists in the Basque region. ETA decided several months ago not […]
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