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San Francisco subway stations closed amid protests

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Rush-hour protests prompted the closure of four San Francisco subway stations and sent hundreds of commuters into the sidewalks and streets during rush hour Monday, but there were no new wireless service shutdowns. BART police officers push back a protester at the Civic Center

Aug. 16, 2011

San Francisco subway stations closed amid protests

Man decapitated disabled son

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A man in the state of Louisiana is accused of bludgeoning, decapitating and dismembering his disabled 7-year-old son and leaving the boy's head near the street so the child's mother would see it _ a killing that brought seasoned police officers to tears, authorities sa

Aug. 16, 2011

Syria uses gunboats for first time to crush uprising

BEIRUT (AP) ― Syria used gunboats for the first time Sunday to crush the uprising against Bashar Assad’s regime, hammering parts of the Mediterranean coastal city of Latakia after thousands marched there over the weekend to demand the president’s ouster. At least 25 people were killed, according to

Aug. 15, 2011

When the ghosts see red

It’s Hungry Ghosts or Phor Thor festival now. The Chinese equivalent of Halloween, the festival is still very much alive in predominantly Chinese areas like Penang, and believers are now busy appeasing the spirits through ritual food offerings, burning of joss paper, and stage shows.According to Tao

Aug. 15, 2011

Hurdles in China’s race for the future

China is watching nervously as the United States and Europe scramble to deal with their debt crises, fully conscious that events on both sides wwwof the Atlantic play an important role in the country’s own economic prospects.There is little doubt that there are concerns in China about potential knoc

Aug. 15, 2011

U.S. Republican race reshaped by Pawlenty exit

The Republican presidential nomination fight for 2012 has been reset after a hard-fought straw-poll win, the entrance of a new contestant and the withdrawal from the race by Tim Pawlenty. The former Minnesota governor announced today in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” program that he’s ending his

Aug. 15, 2011

U.S. Republican race reshaped by Pawlenty exit

Nepal’s P.M. steps down

KATMANDU (AP) ― Nepal’s prime minister resigned from office on Sunday saying he was clearing the way for a new government to take power.Press adviser Surya Thapa said late Sunday that Prime Minister Jhalnath Khanal had submitted his resignation to President Rambaran Yadav.“The major tasks of accompl

Aug. 15, 2011

6 dead, 1 arrested in knife attack on British isle

LONDON (AP) -- A man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of fatally stabbing six people, including two young children, on the British island of Jersey, police said.Neighbors said the mass killing, inside an apartment in the capital of St. Helier, involved members of the same family.The victims, all Jer

Aug. 15, 2011

6 dead, 1 arrested in knife attack on British isle

Heavy clashes as Libya rebels enter Zawiya

BIR SHAEB, Libya (AP) ― Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli on Saturday in their most significant advance in months, battling snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Moammar Gadhafi’s forces holding the city.Zawiya, 50 kilometers from the capital, is

Aug. 14, 2011

WFP expands relief work in famine-hit Somalia

MOGADISHU (AP) ― The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it.Some of those from the outlying regions have walked for days to the capital for help,

Aug. 14, 2011

Anti-terrorism unit sent to China’s west

BEIJING (AP) ― China has sent its elite Snow Leopard anti-terrorism unit to its far western frontier where ethnic violence has flared, hoping to boost security before the area stages an international trade convention in weeks, a state newspaper reported Saturday.At least 20 people died in two attack

Aug. 14, 2011

Dalai Lama begins 3-day visit to France

PARIS (AP) ― The Dalai Lama began a three-day spiritual visit to France on Saturday, saying that rapprochement with Beijing was possible and that if all rights are genuinely implemented “then it’s in our interest to remain within” China.The Dalai Lama, now 76, gave up his role as head of the Tibetan

Aug. 14, 2011

Israel plants mines along Syria border

JERUSALEM (AP) ― Israel’s army is planting new land mines along its border with Syria in an attempt to dissuade protesters from rushing into the Golan Heights, according to a report in an Israeli military magazine.The preparations come as part of Israel’s beefed-up measures ahead of rallies that Pal

Aug. 14, 2011

Syrian army sweeps against protesters, kills 5

Clinton calls for tougher action against Damascus, including oil and gas embargoBEIRUT (AP) ― Syrian tanks, security agents and pro-regime gunmen fanned out into the streets of several towns to root out protesters demanding the ouster of President Bashar Assad in a sweep Saturday that killed at leas

Aug. 14, 2011

Chile draws hard line on education protests

SANTIAGO (AP) ― The government of Chile is standing firm against social protests, saying education reform can only happen through official channels.Government spokesman Andres Chadwick says Chile “is not going to be governed from the street.”That’s a hard-line message to students who have been strik

Aug. 14, 2011

U.S. Republican race jolted by Iowa poll

Bachmann tops test vote for 2012, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announces his candidacyAMES, Iowa (AP) ― The 2012 Republican presidential race heated up Saturday as latecomer Texas Gov. Rick Perry formally announced his candidacy and Iowans weighed in for the first time on their expanding field of president

Aug. 14, 2011

Brazil judge battling organized crime shot dead

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - A 47-year-old female Brazilian judge known for her efforts to combat organized crime in the Rio de Janeiro area was shot dead near her home early Friday, police said. Framed by a backdrop that includes Sugarloaf Mountain, left, and the monument Christ the Redeemer, right, a cr

Aug. 14, 2011

Brazil judge battling organized crime shot dead

Republican race jolted with Iowa poll, Perry entry

AMES, Iowa (AP) -- The 2012 Republican presidential race heated up Saturday as latecomer Texas Gov. Rick Perry formally announced his candidacy and Iowans weighed in for the first time on their expanding field of presidential hopefuls, picking U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann as their top choice for the p

Aug. 14, 2011

U.S. loses contact with hypersonic glider

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― An unmanned hypersonic glider developed for U.S. defense research into super-fast global strike capability was launched atop a rocket early Thursday but contact was lost after the experimental craft began flying on its own, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said.The pr

Aug. 12, 2011

‘Grease Devil’ panic grips rural Sri Lanka, at least three killed

Aug. 12, 2011