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Ailing Suu Kyi curbs election campaign in Myanmar

YANGON (AP) ― Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has fallen ill while campaigning for Myanmar’s upcoming by-elections and has suspended her extensive tour of the country a week ahead of the polls, her party said Sunday.Kyi Toe, deputy information officer for her National League for Democracy party, said that Suu Kyi’s personal physician advised taking the break after she fell ill with vomiting while campaigning in the Mergui archipelago in southernmost Myanmar.The doctor, Tin Myo Win, who was accom

March 26, 2012

Ailing Suu Kyi curbs election campaign in Myanmar

Toulouse killer’s brother charged in shootings

PARIS (AFP) ― The brother of an Islamist gunman whose grisly murder spree shocked France was charged Sunday with complicity in the attacks, but his lawyer said he should not be made a scapegoat.Abdelkader Merah denied any involvement in the shootings of three French soldiers, three Jewish schoolchildren and a trainee rabbi ― attacks claimed by his younger brother Mohammed Merah, 23. Merah, who said he had links to al-Qaida, died Thursday in an exchange of gunfire ater a prolonged stand-off with

March 26, 2012

Toulouse killer’s brother charged in shootings

Legal battle over Obama health law reaches high court

WASHINGTON (AP) ― The monumental fight over a health care law that touches all Americans and divides them sharply comes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. The justices will decide whether to kill or keep the largest expansion in the nation’s social safety net in more than four decades.Two years and three days after President Barack Obama signed into law a health care overhaul aimed at extending medical insurance to more than 30 million Americans, the high court begins three days of hearing

March 26, 2012

Quake hits central Chile; no reports of deaths

Magnitude 7.1 quake strikes northwest of Talca, no tsunami alert issuedSANTIAGO (AP) ― A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck central Chile Sunday night, the strongest and longest that many people said they had felt since a huge quake devastated the area two years ago. There were no immediate reports of deaths or major damage.The quake struck at 7:30 p.m. about 27 kilometers north-northwest of Talca, a city of more than 200,000 people where residents said the shaking lasted about a minute.Buildings

March 26, 2012

Quake hits central Chile; no reports of deaths

Obama urges N. Korea to "pursue peace"

In a direct challenge to North Korean leaders, President Barack Obama implored them ``to have the courage to pursue peace'' while warning of the wrath of world if they don't. Failure, he said, would mean a future without dignity, respect or hope for its people.Obama stood by his pledge for a globe w

March 26, 2012

'Divorce hotel’ offers quick, easy break-up

A new hotel program in the Netherlands offers guests a clean, speedy break-up with their spouses, the BBC reported.In the “divorce hotel,” couples can relax at the bar or in the sauna before meeting with their mediators.Mediators and psychologists with the programs say it allows their clients to settle their differences and “pick up their lives again” within three days. Hotel psychologist Veneta Brummel said contrary to common belief, the divorce is just like an “ah-ha” moment.The hotel claims t

March 26, 2012

'Divorce hotel’ offers quick, easy break-up

23 college students hospitalized in China

Twenty-three students at Fuyang Normal College in China were hospitalized after eating at the same restaurant, authorities said Sunday.The students of Fuyang Normal College in China's Anhui province showed symptoms of cyanosis -- a blue discoloration of the skin from lack of oxygen in the tissues --

March 26, 2012

Tsunami threat prompts evacuation order in Chile

SANTIAGO (AFP) - Chilean authorities ordered the evacuation of the central coast of Chile Sunday because of the threat of a tsunami after a 7.1 magnitude quake.People embrace each other after strong earthquake hits Chile. (AP-Yonhap News)Government spokesman Andres Chadwick said the Office of

March 26, 2012

Tsunami threat prompts evacuation order in Chile

Senegal president concedes defeat to ex-protege

President Abdoulaye Wade conceded defeat to his former protege Macky Sall late Sunday, congratulating him several hours after polls closed when preliminary results showed the opposition candidate had trounced the 85-year-old incumbent. President Abdoulaye Wade holds up the ballot papers for himself

March 26, 2012

Senegal president concedes defeat to ex-protege

Obama and Medvedev meet on Syria, Iran

U.S. President Barack Obama said he and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev agreed Monday to support diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed in Syria and ensure a "legitimate" government there.Syria was one of the top priority issues discussed during a 90-minute meeting between the two leaders in So

March 26, 2012

Man returns overdue books from 1920s

While donating books to the Dormont Historical Society in Pennsylvania, a man discovered he was actually returning overdue library books from the 1920s.The books were checked out from Dormont School in the 1920, which is now the Dormont Municipal Building, home to the historical society, KDKA-TV, Pi

March 26, 2012

Ex-property consultant wins Hong Kong election

HONG KONG (AFP) -- Self-made millionaire property consultant Leung Chun-ying won Hong Kong‘s leadership election on Sunday, after the most divisive vote since the city reverted to Chinese rule in 1997.Leung was chosen by a pro-Beijing committee as thousands of protesters rallied outside the harbor side convention centre where the vote took place, demanding full democracy in the semi-autonomous former British colony.Leung, 57, will replace outgoing Chief Executive Donald Tsang in July after winni

March 25, 2012

Pope focuses on children during Mexico visit

GUANAJUATO, Mexico (AP) ― Pope Benedict XVI worked to build the future of Mexico’s church by reaching out to children Saturday as tens of thousands of teenagers streamed into a vast, shade-starved park to camp out overnight ahead of a gigantic papal Mass.The pope reserved his only public remarks Saturday for a gathering of about 4,000 children and their parents massed in Peace Plaza in the city of Guanajuato.“We’re excited to hear his words, not just for this moment, but to carry in our lives an

March 25, 2012

Pope focuses on children during Mexico visit

Santorum beats Romney in Louisiana primary

Romney continues to struggle with evangelical voters; Gingrich distant third, faces amplifying calls to drop outWASHINGTON (AP) ― Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary Saturday, beating front-runner Mitt Romney in the race to challenge President Barack Obama.Although the victory gives Santorum bragging rights, it does not change the overall dynamics of the race; the former Pennsylvania senator still dramatically lags behind Romney in the hunt for delegates to the Republ

March 25, 2012

Santorum beats Romney in Louisiana primary

Boy, 12, allegedly forced to eat screws

A young Illinois boy was beaten with a paddle, and forced to eat two screws and do hundreds of pushups on his knuckles, say authorities who charged his parents.St. Clair County Sheriff's Department Capt. Steve Johnson said the 12-year-old boy's stepfather, James Jennings, 39, delivered most of the p

March 25, 2012

Leung wins Hong Kong election: official count

Former government adviser and property consultant Leung Chun-ying won Hong Kong's leadership election on Sunday, according to official results.Leung, 57, will replace outgoing chief executive Donald Tsang in June after winning 689 of the votes from the 1,200-strong election committee that chooses th

March 25, 2012

Florida man wins memory contest held in NYC

A man who climbs mountains to call attention to Alzheimer's disease has won a national memory competition held in New York City.It's the second year in a row that 28-year-old Nelson Dellis of Miami, Florida, has won the USA Memory Championship. He also broke a record for memorizing 303 random number

March 25, 2012

French teacher suspended for 'minute's silence for killer'

A French teacher was suspended Friday for allegedly urging her class to observe a minute's silence for serial killer Mohamed Merah, the day after he was shot dead by police.Education Minister Luc Chatel had called for the teacher to be suspended after her class reported she called Merah a "victim" a

March 25, 2012

Santorum beats Romney in Louisiana

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary Saturday, beating front-runner Mitt Romney in the race to challenge President Barack Obama.Although the victory gives Santorum bragging rights, it does not change the overall dynamics of the race; the former Pennsylva

March 25, 2012

Aide says Cheney had heart transplant

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a 71-year-old with a long history of cardiovascular problems, had a heart transplant Saturday and is recovering at a Virginia hospital. Not even Cheney knows the donor's identity.An aide to Cheney disclosed the surgery after it was over, saying that the ex-vice pre

March 25, 2012