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At least 75 people killed in Kenya pipeline explosion

NAIROBI (AP) ― Joseph Mwangi hoped and prayed his children had escaped the inferno caused when a leaking gasoline pipeline exploded, sending flames racing through a Nairobi slum and killing at least 75 people.Then he saw two small blackened bodies in the wreckage of his home.“Those were my children,

Sept. 13, 2011

At least 75 people killed in Kenya pipeline explosion

9/11’s 10th anniversary commemorated in N.Y.

NEW YORK (AP) ― Exactly 10 years ago, ground zero was a smoking, fire-spitting tomb, a ghastly pile of rubble and human remains. On Monday it was a place of serenity ― an expanse of trees and water in the middle of a bustling city ― as the 9/11 memorial opened to the public.As they walked through a

Sept. 13, 2011

9/11’s 10th anniversary commemorated in N.Y.

Cameron urges U.K., Russia to mend trade ties

MOSCOW (AP) ― British Prime Minister David Cameron declared Monday that Russia and Britain must set aside bitter disputes over the poisoning death of a Kremlin critic in London five years ago to nurture new trading ties and help promote world stability in the wake of the Arab uprisings.Cameron was i

Sept. 13, 2011

Cameron urges U.K., Russia to mend trade ties

Blast at French nuclear site kills 1, injures 4

Officials deny radioactive leak, but world’s most nuclear-dependent nation cautious in wake of Fukushima disasterPARIS (AP) ― An explosion at a nuclear waste facility in southern France has killed one person and injured four others. Authorities said there was no radioactive leak, but critics urged F

Sept. 13, 2011

Blast at French nuclear site kills 1, injures 4

Libyan woman guided NATO bombs to Gaddafi targets

Sept. 13, 2011

Interim P.M. warns Libya battle not over

Sept. 9, 2011

Dutch woman calls ex-boyfriend 65,000 times

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch prosecutors are charging a 42-year-old woman with stalking after she allegedly called her ex-boyfriend 65,000 times in the past year.The 62-year-old victim from The Hague filed a police complaint in August due to the persistent phone calls. Police arrested the suspected

Sept. 9, 2011

'I'm gonna die:' 9/11 horror in victims' own words

NEW YORK (AFP) -- They called on God and they called for human help, but in the end the victims who phoned from 9/11's inferno knew there was no one to hear their screams.Most of the nearly 3,000 people blown apart on September 11, 2001, when hijackers turned four planes into missiles against

Sept. 9, 2011

'I'm gonna die:' 9/11 horror in victims' own words

Youth sex crime victims increase 41% from 2007

The number of minors who fell victim to sexual abuse soared more than 40 percent over the past four years, government data showed Thursday, prompting calls for better measures to protect young people. According to the data collected by the National Police Agency, 6,185 adolescents aged 12-19 suffere

Sept. 8, 2011

10 years on, security needs work: report

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Nearly 10 years after the September 2001 terror attacks, the U.S. government has significantly improved homeland security but still lacks a system to know who is leaving the country and exactly what is inside luggage checked at airports, according to a congressional audit.The repor

Sept. 8, 2011

No closure for familes of 9/11 victims

NEW YORK (AP) ― His family has his spare firefighter uniform, but not the one he wore on 9/11 ― or any other trace of him.Killed at the World Trade Center, 32-year-old Scott Kopytko’s remains were never recovered ― a painful legacy of grief for families looking for answers, closure or final confirma

Sept. 8, 2011

A decade later, 9/11 still affects Americans’ lives

WASHINGTON (AP) ― The significance of Sept. 11 has not waned for many Americans, even a decade after the attacks.A new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research in Chicago finds that more Americans today say Sept. 11 had an impact on their lives than said so five years ago

Sept. 8, 2011

Egypt’s military ruler to testify in Mubarak trial

CAIRO (AP) ― The judge in the trial of Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday summoned the top members of Egypt’s ruling military council to testify in closed sessions, a move Egyptians have eagerly hoped for, expecting the top generals will expose the ousted leader’s role in putting down protests against his r

Sept. 8, 2011

Egypt’s military ruler to testify in Mubarak trial

43 die in Russian hockey team jet crash

35 players, coaches, team officials killed in one of worst sports tragedies everTUNOSHNA, Russia (AP) ― A private jet carrying a Russian professional hockey team to its first game of the season crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday, killing 43 people ― including European and former NHL players ― i

Sept. 8, 2011

Perry, Romney clash in Republican debate

Candidates for presidential race challenge each other on job creation, policiesSIMI VALLEY, California (AP) ― Republican presidential rivals Rick Perry and Mitt Romney tangled over their records on creating jobs in a campaign debate that marked a contentious new turn in the race to pick a challenger

Sept. 8, 2011

Perry, Romney clash in Republican debate

Man kills 5 after being rejected from military service

A 22-year-old man in West Virginia, United States, killed five people before committing suicide on Monday after being rejected from military service, the Daily Mail reported. Shayne Riggleman shot and killed five people including a pregnant woman. Many people were injured including a woman he ran ov

Sept. 8, 2011

San Francisco may pass public nudity restrictions

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Nudists in San Francisco might soon lose the freedom to bare it all -- at least some of the time. Walking around naked is legal, but a city supervisor concerned about public health and sanitation introduced legislation Tuesday that would require nudists to put something unde

Sept. 8, 2011

U.S., U.N. criticizes Syria

BEIRUT (AP) ― The U.S. Embassy in Syria said Tuesday that President Bashar Assad is not fooling anyone by blaming terrorists and thugs for the unrest in his country as security forces try to crush the uprising by unleashing a brutal crackdown that has killed more than 2,200 people in nearly six mont

Sept. 7, 2011

Murdochs’ words denied by their former executives

LONDON (AP) ― Four former News International executives challenged statements made to Parliament by their bosses ― Rupert and James Murdoch ― with one saying Tuesday that the media mogul wrongly blamed outside lawyers for improperly investigating his company’s phone hacking scandal.Jonathan Chapman,

Sept. 7, 2011

At CIA, Petraeus takes up top spy post

WASHINGTON (AP) ― David Petraeus, a newly retired Army general who gained prominence charting U.S. strategy in the Afghan and Iraq wars, was sworn in Tuesday as director of the CIA, leaving behind his uniform and his military brain trust.Retired last week after 37 years in the Army, Petraeus was swo

Sept. 7, 2011