DETROIT (AP) -- A Nigerian man said Wednesday he tried to bring down an international flight over Detroit with a bomb in his underwear in retaliation for the killing of Muslims worldwide, taking a federal court by surprise as he pleaded guilty on the second day of his trial.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Oct. 12, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― International Mideast mediators proposed a meeting between Israel and the Palestinians this month to re-launch stalled peace talks, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday the global spotlight on the conflict should be a catalyst to bring the two sides together.C

Oct. 12, 2011

JERUSALEM (AP) ― In a much-anticipated prisoner exchange that could have broad implications, Israel and Hamas on Tuesday announced that an Israeli soldier abducted to Gaza five years ago would be swapped for about 1,000 Palestinians held by Israel and accused of militant activity.Israel’s government

Oct. 12, 2011

BEIJING (AP) ― China and Vietnam have signed an agreement aimed at resolving bitter maritime disputes that drove relations between the communist neighbors to their lowest level in years, state media reported Wednesday.The two nations ― along with Taiwan, Brunei, Philippines and Malaysia ― have compe

Oct. 12, 2011

ROME (AP) ― British and U.S. forces freed an Italian cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates in a dramatic rescue after retrieving a message in a bottle tossed by hostages from a porthole alerting ships nearby the crew was safely sealed inside an armored area.All 23 crew members of the MV Montecristo

Oct. 12, 2011

BUENOS AIRES (AP) ― The jawbone of an ancient whale found in Antarctica may be the oldest fully aquatic whale yet discovered, Argentine scientists said Tuesday.A scientist not involved in the find said it could suggest that whales evolved much more quickly from their amphibian precursors than previo

Oct. 12, 2011

MONROVIA (AP) ― Even as she basks in praise from abroad after sharing the Nobel Peace Prize, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is facing an election at home that she may lose. She’s credited with stabilizing Liberia after civil war but most of the people voting in Tuesday’s election have not been able

Oct. 12, 2011

When it comes to socks, one is more likely to find a French or Swiss man wearing a smelly pair than a German or a Brit.A study by Swiss firm Blacksocks found that only 66 percent of Frenchmen changed their socks daily, while just seven in ten Swiss men put on a clean pair every day.On the other end

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BEIJING (AFP) -- Moscow and Beijing are nearing the "final stage" of negotiating a huge gas deal delayed for years by disagreements on price, Russia's prime minister said Tuesday during a visit to Beijing.Vladimir Putin made the comments after meeting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the first day of t

Oct. 11, 2011

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday was found guilty of abuse of office and sentenced to seven years in jail, in a trial widely condemned in the West as politically motivated.Judge Rodion Kireyev also barred Tymoshenko, now the country's top opposit

Oct. 11, 2011

PRINCETON, New Jersey (AP) ― Christopher Sims and Thomas Sargent have no simple solutions to the global economic crisis. But the work that won them the Nobel Prize in economics Monday is guiding central bankers and policymakers in their search for answers.The two Americans, both 68, were honored for

Oct. 11, 2011

MILWAUKEE (AP) ― A woman who faked a pregnancy and panicked as her supposed due date grew near attacked a pregnant mother with a baseball bat and cut her full-term fetus from her womb, killing the mother and baby, according to court documents filed Monday.Annette Morales-Rodriguez, 33, faces one cou

Oct. 11, 2011