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German regional election deals new setback to Merkel

BERLIN (AP) ― Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition suffered a new setback and Germany’s main opposition parties celebrated gains in a state election Sunday that came as Merkel’s unpopular government grapples with the eurozone debt crisis and other challenges.The vote in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Sept. 5, 2011

Cambridge named world’s top university

The University of Cambridge has retained its premier status in the QS World University Rankings, beating Harvard for a second year, as U.K. and U.S. institutions again took the top 10 spots.The rankings featured six U.S. establishments, with the remainder coming from Britain. Yale University slipped

Sept. 5, 2011

Many U.S. schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks

美 '종이 없는 학교' 아이패드 사용 늘어HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut's suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy iPad tablet computer.A few hours away

Sept. 5, 2011

Many U.S. schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks

Jordan woman killed in hospital over pregnancy

A Jordanian man was charged on Sunday with killing his 24-year-old widowed daughter in hospital after she gave birth to twins, a judicial official said.(MCT)“Amman‘s criminal court prosecutor charged the man with premeditated murder after he confessed to shooting dead his daughter on Saturday,

Sept. 5, 2011

Jordan woman killed in hospital over pregnancy

Papers show Gadhafi, Western Intel ties

TRIPOLI (AP) ― The CIA and other Western intelligence agencies worked closely with the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi, sharing tips and cooperating in handing over terror suspects for interrogation to a regime known to use torture, according to a trove of security documents discovered after the fa

Sept. 4, 2011

Vatican rejects Irish criticism over sex abuse accusations

VATICAN CITY (AP) ― The Vatican has vigorously rejected accusations it had sabotaged efforts by Irish bishops to report priests who sexually abused children to police and charged that the Irish prime minister had made an “unfounded” attack against the Holy See.The Vatican issued a 24-page response o

Sept. 4, 2011

Ex-IMF chief comes home

PARIS (AP) ― Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned home to France on Sunday for the first time since a New York hotel maid accused him of attempted rape, unleashing an international scandal that dashed his chances for the French presidency.New York prosecutors late

Sept. 4, 2011

Britain invited Gadhafi sons to see SAS display: report

LONDON, Sept 4, 2011 (AFP) - Britain invited two of Moamer Gadhafi‘s sons to the headquarters of the SAS special forces unit as former premier Tony Blair tried to build ties with the Libyan regime, The Sunday Times reported. Libya's embattled Moammar Gadhafi fans his face during the Forum of Kings,

Sept. 4, 2011

Britain invited Gadhafi sons to see SAS display: report

Wayward penguin released south of New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- He needed a little push before speeding backward down a makeshift slide. Once in the water, he popped his head up for one last look. And then he was gone. The wayward emperor penguin known as “Happy Feet” was back home in Antarctic waters after an extended sojourn spe

Sept. 4, 2011

Wayward penguin released south of New Zealand

UN gave US information on Iraq massacre: leak

BAGHDAD (AFP) - A UN special rapporteur gave information to Washington indicating its forces summarily executed 10 Iraqis, among them four women and five children, in a 2006 raid, a leaked US diplomatic cable says.According to the April 2006 cable, which details a letter from Philip Alston, Special

Sept. 3, 2011

WikiLeaks sparks fury with release of unredacted cables

LONDON (AP) -- Four of the high-profile media organizations that have collaborated with WikiLeaks on its release of secret documents on Friday condemned the group's disclosure of its entire archive of uncensored U.S. State Department cables.WikiLeaks announced that it had posted the last of its coll

Sept. 2, 2011

Japan’s P.M. picks allies for key cabinet spots

TOKYO (AP) ― Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda picked close allies Friday for key positions in his cabinet as he tries to steer his troubled nation through disaster recovery, a nuclear crisis and a lengthy economic slump.Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura announced the picks, including Koichir

Sept. 2, 2011

Japan’s P.M. picks allies for key cabinet spots

Chilean students stage kiss-in for reforms

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) _ More than 100 students have held a kiss-in in a central plaza of the Chilean capital as part of a peaceful protest demanding education reforms.Chilean couples kiss during a demonstration demanding structural changes in the educational sector in downtown Santiago, Chile, Thursd

Sept. 2, 2011

Chilean students stage kiss-in for reforms

Iran leader: West cannot ‘confiscate’ Arab Spring

TEHRAN (AP) ― Iran’s top leader warned the Arab world Wednesday not to allow Western powers and Israel to “confiscate” the region’s pro-reform uprisings, in comments that appear to reflect the Islamic republic’s unease about their standing in a profoundly altered Middle East.Iran has tried to walk t

Sept. 1, 2011

Iran leader: West cannot ‘confiscate’ Arab Spring

10th anniversary of 9/11 nears, U.S. ups security

The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses during the September 11 terrorist attack in 2001. (AP-Yonhap News)WASHINGTON (AP) ― As the United States prepares for the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a date al-Qaida has cited as a potential opportunity to strike again, security is int

Sept. 1, 2011

10th anniversary of 9/11 nears, U.S. ups security

Court case reveals details of secret flights

WASHINGTON (AP) — The secret airlift of terrorism suspects and American intelligence officials to CIA-operated overseas prisons via luxury jets was mounted by a hidden network of U.S. companies and coordinated by a prominent defense contractor, newly disclosed documents show.More than 1,

Sept. 1, 2011

Court case reveals details of secret flights

Logger cuts off own toes after foot is pinned

DENVER (AP) — Jon Hutt was doing logging work all alone in a remote Colorado forest when his six-ton trailer fell onto his right foot.The pain was excruciating, no one was around to hear his cries for help and he couldn't free himself from the big piece of equipment. Montrose Colo., resi

Sept. 1, 2011

Logger cuts off own toes after foot is pinned

Libyan rebels say they’re closing in on Gadhafi

HEISHA, Libya (AP) ― Libyan rebels say they’re closing in on Moammar Gadhafi and have issued an ultimatum to regime loyalists in the fugitive dictator’s hometown of Sirte, his main remaining bastion: surrender this weekend or face an attack.“We have a good idea where he is,” a top rebel leader said

Aug. 31, 2011

Liberated inmates tell of 'dark age' under Gadhafi

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- When Said Abdullah arrived in Libya's notorious Abu Salim prison in 1996, he said he was ``welcomed with blows and torture'' for membership in an Islamist group. He was held in a small cell with 12 others, no mattresses and one squat toilet they had to unblock with their

Aug. 31, 2011

Liberated inmates tell of 'dark age' under Gadhafi

Landslide in Uganda kills 40

KAMPALA (AP) ― An official says the death toll has risen to 40 from landslides that buried homes in an eastern district of Uganda. Relatives mourn for their loved ones who died in landslides in Gombe village in the Bulambuli district, 267 kilometers east of Kampala on Tuesday. (AP-Yonhap News)Region

Aug. 31, 2011