BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) -- Libya’s new rulers have decided to postpone formation of a transitional government until the entire country is liberated from forces loyal to ex-leader Moammar Gadhafi, an official said on Tuesday.“Consultations have led to a decision to postpone the formation of a governmen

Sept. 28, 2011

BEIJING (AP) _ A Chinese man who allegedly killed his wife and eight other people in a fit of jealous rage has been arrested.State media say 32-year-old fruit seller Qin Changcheng allegedly went on the rampage Monday in the northern city of Baotou. Those killed also included his uncle, aunt and the

Sept. 28, 2011

NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) -- A 1970s militant who escaped from a murder sentence in New Jersey and carried out one of the most brazen hijackings in U.S. history was captured in Portugal after more than 40 years as a fugitive, authorities said Tuesday. After decades of stagnancy, there was a sudden bre

Sept. 28, 2011

CAIRO (AP) -- A Saudi woman was sentenced Tuesday to be lashed 10 times with a whip for defying the kingdom's prohibition on female drivers, the first time a legal punishment has been handed down for a violation of the longtime ban in the ultraconservative Muslim nation.Normally, police just stop fe

Sept. 28, 2011

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ― Moammar Gadhafi is a growing international terrorist threat while he remains free, the Libyan interim prime minister told the U.N. Security Council on Monday.“Gadhafi’s battalions continue to kill innocent civilians in different regions of our country,” Mahmoud Jibril, number

Sept. 27, 2011

CANBERRA (AP) ― Australia will remove all gender barriers in its military over the next five years, opening up positions that had previously been considered too dangerous for women, including front-line combat roles, a minister said on Tuesday.Australia will follow Canada and New Zealand in allowing

Sept. 27, 2011

GENEVA (AP) ― Cities in Iran, India, Pakistan and the capital of Mongolia rank among the worst on the planet for air pollution, while those in the U.S. and Canada are among the best, according to the first global survey by the World Health Organization.The southwest Iranian city of Ahvaz walked away

Sept. 27, 2011

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Syrian foreign minister, ignoring the mounting death toll from the bloody government crackdown on dissent, told the United Nations on Monday that external critics were to blame for the violence and for causing delays in President Bashar Assad’s plans for democratic reforms

Sept. 27, 2011

MIAMI, Sept 26, 2011 (AFP) -- When the SS Gairsoppa was torpedoed by a German U-boat 70 years ago, it took its huge silver cargo to a watery grave. US divers are working to recover what may be the biggest shipwreck haul ever, valued at some $210 million.Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration on Mo

Sept. 27, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Sept 26, 2011 (AFP) -- A rich former Google executive pleaded with Barack Obama to raise his taxes Monday, boosting the US leader's push to get well off Americans to bankroll his $447 billion jobs plan.Obama stormed through the American west on a three-day tour devoted to

Sept. 27, 2011

RIYADH (AP) ― Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, considered a reformer by the standards of his own ultraconservative kingdom, decreed on Sunday that women will for the first time have the right to vote and run in local elections due in 2015.It is a “Saudi Spring” of sorts.For the nation’s women, it is a

Sept. 26, 2011

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemen's defiant president addressed his troubled nation Sunday for the first time since returning to the country after an assassination attempt, making no promise to immediately step down but saying he is committed to a deal to end months of spiraling violence.Ali Abdullah

Sept. 26, 2011

KABUL (AP) ― A building used by the CIA in Kabul came under attack Sunday, U.S. and Afghan officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in the Afghan capital.Afghan authorities said gunfire was heard in the evening near the Ariana Hotel, a building that former U.S. intelligence officials said w

Sept. 26, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's "reset" of US-Russia ties marks one of his most tangible claims to foreign policy success, but its longevity will be tested when Dmitry Medvedev exits the presidency.Medvedev, a valued Obama partner, said Saturday he would step aside in favor of his politi

Sept. 26, 2011