Latin America

Venezuela captures wanted Colombian fugitive

1 hour, 55 minutes ago

(AP) Venezuelan authorities have captured a former Colombian official wanted for collaborating with outlawed right-wing paramilitary fighters.Magally Moreno, 39, is wanted by Colombian authorities on charges of aggravated homicide and Interpol had called for her arrest, Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said Saturday.He said police captured Moreno in the western city ...

Mexico says drug witness died in apparent suicide

2 hours, 19 minutes ago

(AP) A top drug cartel suspect who turned state's evidence has been found dead in an apparent suicide, while a body found in Guerrero state was identified as a rebel leader who accused the state governor of drug ties, Mexican law enforcement said Saturday.Jesus Zambada Reyes, identified as the nephew of ...

Europe and Russia

Swiss police: man attacked by bear in park

2 hours, 19 minutes ago

(AP) A bear has attacked a man who entered its enclosure at a new park in Switzerland, and a policeman opened fire on the animal to defend the intruder.Police say the 25-year-old man and the 3-year-old bear both were injured on Saturday at Bear Park in the city of Bern. The ...

Middle East

Gaza militants agree to halt rocket fire

6 hours, 51 minutes ago

(AP) Hamas announced Saturday evening that it has reached an agreement with other militant groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks.Hamas has mostly refrained from firing rockets since January when Israel ended a three week offensive in Gaza aimed at stopping almost daily ...

Asia

Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack

6 hours, 53 minutes ago

(AP) The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors.One year after the terror attack that left 166 people dead, the Chabad House _ a once-popular site with Jewish ...

Canada

McCain links political correctness to shootings

7 hours, 20 minutes ago

(AP) Sen. John McCain says he has no doubt that "political correctness" played a role in preventing concerns about the alleged Fort Hood gunman from reaching the right people.The Arizona senator says it remains to be determined how big a role it may have had in causing military authorities to ignore ...

Middle East

Saudi: 4 pilgrims die of swine flu before hajj

8 hours, 7 minutes ago

(AP) Saudi health officials announced the first deaths from swine flu of this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, as four pilgrims succumbed to the disease soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia.The Health Ministry said none of the victims had been vaccinated and all became sick within two to three days of ...

Latin America

Chavez praises alleged terrorist Carlos the Jackal

8 hours, 32 minutes ago

(AP) Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the cause of the Palestinians.The Venezuelan president praised Carlos _ whose real name is Ilich Sanchez Ramirez _ during a speech Friday night saying: "I defend ...

Europe and Russia

Azerbaijan threatens force over Nagorno-Karabakh

8 hours, 32 minutes ago

(AP) President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan says his nation may use military force if talks with Armenia on resolving a long-standing territorial dispute produce no result.Aliyev says he plans talks next week with his Armenian counterpart, Serge Sarkisian, on resolving the dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh.The mountainous region is a part of Azerbaijan ...

Canada

McCain says he enjoyed reading Sarah Palin book

8 hours, 33 minutes ago

(AP) U.S. Sen. John McCain said Saturday that he enjoyed reading running mate Sarah Palin's new memoir and downplayed any tension between their campaign aides as "no big deal.""I enjoyed the book and she and I are dear friends. I talked to her on the phone yesterday. We got along fine," ...

Asia

Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped

8 hours, 57 minutes ago

(AP) Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile (half a kilometer) underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people.The pre-dawn blast at the state-run Xinxing mine in ...

Latin America

Reports: 101-yr-old Brazil architect back at work

9 hours, 43 minutes ago

(AP) Famed 101-year-old Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is reportedly back at work just weeks after surgery for gallstones and an intestinal tumor.The daily newspaper O Globo reports that Niemeyer is working on a collection of buildings in the city of Niteroi, outside of Rio de Janeiro.Niemeyer designed much of the futuristic ...

Middle East

Iraqi parliament seeks to end election crisis

10 hours, 7 minutes ago

(AP) Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday sought a compromise in a dispute over an election law that was vetoed by a vice president, throwing national polls slated for January into question.Parliament had planned to vote Saturday on how to resolve the issue, but delayed the proceeding until Sunday while lawmakers attempted to ...

Asia

Afghan road builder's dream thwarted by violence

10 hours, 9 minutes ago

(AP) Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know where he lives.Once on the front lines of the international effort to rebuild Afghanistan, the black-bearded contractor now sits idle _ cross-legged and quiet on the floor of the ...

Canada

McCain says he enjoyed Palin book

10 hours, 33 minutes ago

(AP) U.S. Sen. John McCain says he enjoyed reading Sarah Palin's new memoir and says the tension between his campaign aides and hers is no big deal.But McCain likened the tension of a campaign to combat in an interview Saturday with The Associated Press on the sidelines of the Halifax International ...

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