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Thai leader warns of possible violence linked to coup anniversary

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:37:07 +0000

BANGKOK - Thailand's prime minister warned Thursday that the upcoming anniversary of the country's 2006 military coup could inspire violence, after three unexploded bombs were found in the Bangkok are...

US Marine raid frees ship from pirate hands off Somalia

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:37:48 +0000

MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. Marine commandos stormed a pirate-held cargo vessel off the Somalia coast Thursday, reclaiming control of the ship and taking nine prisoners without firing a shot, the U.S. Navy...

Rights group call for action against crackdown on media freedoms in Azerbaijan

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:38:43 +0000

BAKU, Azerbaijan - International rights groups are calling for immediate action against the persecution and abuse of independent media in ex-Soviet Azerbaijan. Agnes Callamard of London-based group...

French official: France will expel Gypsies; says European Parliament resolution is "political"

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:39:26 +0000

BUCHAREST, Romania - France's immigration minister is saying that France will continue to expel Gypsies, calling the expulsions "voluntary repatriations." Eric Besson says a European Parliament res...

Venice mayor defends display of sponsors'logos to pay for restoration of famed Doge's Palace

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:40:42 +0000

VENICE, Italy - Officials in Venice have unveiled part of the exterior of the Doge's Palace in St. Mark's Square after years of being concealed behind huge sheets for restoration work. The €2.8 m...

US cuts travel through northern Nigeria after Muslim sect attacks prison, frees followers

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:42:04 +0000

LAGOS, Nigeria - The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria has cut travel to northern Nigeria after a radical Muslim sect attacked a prison holding its followers and killed five people. The warden message issued...

Spokesman says Emanuel will take time to weigh plans on Chicago mayoral race

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:36:41 +0000

WASHINGTON - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says that being mayor of Chicago is not something that rolls around often and he is sure a top aide to President Barack Obama will take some time ...

Suicide bombers attack Somalia's main airport, killing 9 others in co-ordinated assault

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:37:28 +0000

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A suicide car bomber exploded at the gate to Mogadishu's airport, and suicide bombers in a second vehicle rushed toward the terminal before exploding themselves short of their goa...

Honey badger - world's most fearless animal - on the run from Prague zoo

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:38:14 +0000

PRAGUE - Prague zoo said Thursday one of its fearless honey badgers is on the run. Zoo spokeswoman Jana Ptacinska Jiratova said the female honey badger named Kaca escaped earlier this week, when sh...

Woman dies after being struck in the head at the bull running festival in central Spain

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:39:14 +0000

MADRID - Officials say a 48-year-old woman has died at a running-of-the-bulls event in central Spain. A statement issued by local authorities in the town of Arganda del Rey says Maria del Carmen Lo...

Tropical storm threat enhanced by strengthening of La Nina climate phenomenon

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:39:47 +0000

WASHINGTON - The La Nina climate phenomenon is strengthening, increasing the likelihood an active hurricane season could get even busier. The update from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admini...

UN soldier from Yemen shot, robbed by gunmen on motorcycles outside bank in Haitian capital

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:41:22 +0000

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The United Nations mission in Haiti says one of its peacekeepers and a civilian woman have been shot by robbers outside a bank in the capital. U.N. police spokesman Jean-Fra...

Allen Dale June, 1 of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers, dies in US hospital at age 91

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:42:26 +0000

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Allen Dale June, one of the 29 original Navajo Code Talkers who confounded the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in their native language, has died. He was 91....

Some Los Angeles residents say police harassment spawned outrage over shooting

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:37:10 +0000

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A city all too familiar with civil unrest was caught by surprise with the level of outrage over the fatal police shooting of an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who was menacing ...

Fire in barrack for Egyptian security forces kills 11 soldiers, injures 4

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:37:55 +0000

CAIRO - An Egyptian official says a fire at a barrack for security forces in eastern Cairo has killed 11 soldiers and injured four others. The security official says about 40 Interior Ministry troo...