Hurt Yemeni leader flies to Saudi Arabia for care

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia for medical care after he was wounded in a rocket attack on his palace, a senior government official said Sunday. Saleh's abrupt departure threatened to deepen the crisis in his impoverished nation shaken by months of protests against his 33-year rule.Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (AP-Yonhap News)His departure f

June 5, 2011

Al-Qaida militant killed in U.S. strike in Pakistan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- A top al-Qaida commander and possible replacement for Osama bin Laden was killed in an American drone-fired missile strike close to the Afghan border, a fax from the militant group he heads and a Pakistani intelligence official said Saturday. A supporter of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami reacts during a rally against drone attacks, in Karachi, Paki

June 5, 2011

Japan wants men to shed suits

TOKYO (AP) ― The Japanese government wants the country’s suit-loving salarymen to be bold this summer. Ditch the stuffy jacket and tie. And for the good of a country facing a power crunch, go light and casual.Japan’s “Super Cool Biz” campaign kicked off Wednesday with a government-sponsored fashion show featuring outfits appropriate for the office yet cool enough to endure the sweltering heat. A m

June 2, 2011

Photos from stolen laptop lead to man's arrest

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ The images began arriving in Joshua Kaufman's inbox. The grainy photos are low-lit and intimate: a man curled up on a couch, sound asleep; the same man propped up against pillows on a bed, shirtless.Who was this stranger sitting with Kaufman's stolen laptop?Kaufman collected the images and took them to police, who did not help him. So he went online, publishing the pictures on

June 2, 2011

Egyptians decry ‘virginity tests’ on protesters

Egyptian protesters carry national flags and banners as they call for the replacement of the ruling Armed Forces Council by a civilian council during a rally in the port city of Alexandria, Egypt, May 27, 2011. (Xinhua-Yonhap News)CAIRO (AP) ― Activists and bloggers are pressing Egypt’s military rulers to investigate accusations of serious abuses against protesters, including claims that soldiers

June 1, 2011

Palin stops off in N.Y. to visit Trump

NEW YORK (AP) ― Sarah Palin and Donald Trump exchanged words of admiration Tuesday after a brief meeting at the real estate magnate’s penthouse in a Manhattan skyscraper bearing his name.Palin, the former Republican vice presidential nominee, said she and Trump shared similar ideas for improving the U.S. economy, while Trump called Palin a “terrific woman and a terrific friend” whom he hoped would

June 1, 2011

U.S. blasts Syria for boy's alleged torture, death

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Syria's alleged torture and killing of a 13-year-old boy underscores that the Syrian government is making no effort to institute real reforms. Syrian anti-regime protesters carry banners during a rally in Talbiseh, in the central province of Homs, Syria, on Friday. (AP-Yonhap News)She says she hopes the child didn't die in vain, and that President Bas

June 1, 2011

Headley: Militant had targeted Lockheed Martin

 CHICAGO (AP) _ An American admitted terrorist who is the government's star witness in the trial of a Chicago businessman accused in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks said Tuesday that another militant with ties to al-Qaida had once plotted to attack U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin.David Coleman Headley, who has pleaded guilty to laying the groundwork in the three-day massacre that left more

June 1, 2011

Rare photos of young Marilyn Monroe surfaced

CNN on Monday published new photos of Marilyn Monroe on its website, offering a rare glimpse into her life before she became a star. Photographer Anton Fury came across the apparently unpublished photos at a garage sale. Fury paid $2 for a folder, which contained two envelopes of black-and-white negatives, in Parsippany, New Jersey, in 1980. Fury later took it home and discovered that the photos c

May 30, 2011

More feared dead in Germany from contaminated cucumbers

Cucumbers from Spain, tomatoes and other vegetables are on display on a market in Hamburg northern Germany in this picture taken May 26, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)BERLIN, May 28, 2011 (AFP) - German health chiefs on Saturday announced four more deaths feared to have been caused by E. coli-contaminated cucumbers, bringing to ten the number of suspected deaths in the country.  Two of the ten deaths have

May 30, 2011

Taliban attack NATO, Afghan leaders

KABUL (AP) ― A Taliban suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up inside a heavily guarded compound Saturday as top Afghan and international officials left a meeting, killing two senior Afghan police commanders and wounding the German general who commands coalition troops in northern Afghanistan.Two German soldiers and two other Afghans were also killed in the blast, the latest in an

May 29, 2011

Egypt reopens its border with Gaza

Travel restrictions eased for 1.5 million residents of the Palestinian territoryRAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ― Egypt lifted a 4-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, greatly easing travel restrictions on the 1.5 million residents of the Palestinian territory in a move that bolstered the Hamas government while dealing a setback to Israel’s attempts to isolate the militant group.The sense of re

May 29, 2011