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US mayor pledges to take immigrant law to Supreme Court after appeals court rules against it
HAZLETON, Pa. - A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a Pennsylvania city may not enforce its crackdown on illegal immigrants, dealing another blow to 4-year-old regulations that inspired simila...
Mauritanian president pardons 35 Islamic extremists, some had belonged to al-Qaida affiliate
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - Mauritania's justice minister says the president has pardoned 35 repented Islamic extremists. Minister Abidine Ould El Khair says the 35 detainees had sworn in front of a m...
Correction: Qur’an Burning-Washington story
WASHINGTON - In a story Sept. 8 about Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's comments about plans by a Florida church to burn the Qur’an, The Associated Press incorrectly reported her character...
Critics say Mexico slow in acting on lessons from Colombia's dismantling of killer cartels
MEXICO CITY - With a blunt remark that grated on Mexicans, Washington's top diplomat was merely echoing a growing concern about the alarming violence and instability being caused by Mexico's war on dr...
US greets North Korea succession talk with a shrug, focusing on nuclear disarmament
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is greeting with a shrug an expected North Korean political convention that could see the public debut of the country's next ruler. World leaders come and go, ...
British lawmaker calls for Murdoch to explain tabloid phone hacking to parliamentary inquiry
LONDON - British legislators authorized a sweeping inquiry Thursday into illicit snooping on politicians and celebrities by tabloids, as one lawmaker called for media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to testify ...
EU Parliament calls on Paris to suspend expulsions of Roma, criticizes France's policy
BRUSSELS - The European Parliament demanded Thursday that France immediately suspend its expulsion of Gypsies but France's immigration minister dismissed the resolution as "a political measure" and in...
Cuban dissident says Fidel Castro should be tried by an international tribunal
WARSAW, Poland - Fidel Castro should face an international tribunal for alleged crimes against his own people, a recently released Cuban dissident said Thursday. Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, part of...
6.1 earthquake hits area where Chile suffered February catastrophe; no new damage reported
SANTIAGO, Chile - A magnitude-6.1 earthquake has hit the same part of Chile that suffered a catastrophic quake in February. The new temblor has caused alarm but no reported damage or injuries. It s...
Interpol issues alert over Florida preacher's plans to burn Muslim holy books, fearing attacks
LYON, France - The international police organization Interpol has issued a global alert to its 188 member-countries determining "strong likelihood" of violent attacks if a Florida church burns copies ...
