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British couples share royal wedding spotlight

LONDON (AP) _ What is it like getting married on the same day as Prince William and Kate Middleton? As the royal wedding looms, hundreds of harried couples across Britain are trying to figure out how to share the spotlight with the world's most-watched couple.Sharon Hannon, 37, said she was initially upset when she saw her own wedding date being flashed across the television screen underneath a pi

April 24, 2011

U.S. sends drones to Libya

April 22, 2011

Blast kills 16 as Pakistan vows to defeat terror

KARACHI (AFP) ― At least 16 people were killed and more than 30 wounded in a blast at a gambling den in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi late Thursday, senior police and government officials said.The explosion ripped through the city’s biggest gambling complex, known as the Rummy Club, senior government official Sharfuddin Memon said.“It was a homemade bomb placed in a packet inside the cl

April 22, 2011

Japan seals off no-go zone around nuclear plant

FUTABA, Japan (AP) ― Japan sealed off a wide area around a radiation-spewing nuclear power plant Friday to prevent tens of thousands of residents from sneaking back to the homes they quickly evacuated, some with little more than a credit card and the clothes on their backs.Fearing they might not see their homes again for months, evacuees raced into the deserted towns Thursday before the ban took e

April 22, 2011

Prayers test Assad’s response to protests

April 22, 2011

U.N. chief: More nuclear accidents likely

KIEV (AP) ― The world must prepare for more nuclear accidents on the scale of Chernobyl and Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant, the U.N. chief warned, saying that grim reality will demand sharp improvements in international cooperation.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and others portrayed the growth of nuclear power plants as inevitable in an energy-hungry world as they spoke at a Kiev conference W

April 21, 2011

U.N. chief: More nuclear accidents likely

Pop star declared Haiti president

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) ― Michel Martelly, a Haitian popular singer known by the stage name “Sweet Micky,” was officially declared the earthquake-devastated country’s next president, election officials said Wednesday.A spokesman for Haiti’s electoral commission, Pierre Thibault, said Martelly won the presidency with 67.57 percent of the vote, defeating rival candidate Mirlande Manigat.The announcement

April 21, 2011

France vows to step up airstrikes in Libya

European officials portray assistance as effort to fill rebels’ military gapPARIS (AP) ― Europe has moved closer to doing what it said it wouldn’t do in Libya ― directly jump into the bid to overthrow leader Moammar Gadhafi.France said Wednesday it has already sent military officers to work with Libyan rebels on the ground, in addition to stepping up airstrikes. Italy and Britain have said they’re

April 21, 2011

SHINee wins French fans’ heart

French fans gathered in Chungdam-dong on Wednesday to meet SHINee, the Korean five-member boyband.Fifty-four French fans showed up for the fan meeting, singing “Hello,” SHINee’s hit song, when SHINee entered the room. The fans cheered when SHINee said a live SM Town concert will be held in Paris in June.(Yonhap News)The French fans were members of Korea Connection, a group of French people who lov

April 21, 2011

2 Western photojournalists killed in Libya

This undated photo provided by Getty Images shows Getty photographer Chris Hondros in Afghanistan. Hondros was critically injured while on assignment in Misrata, Libya, on Thursday, April 20, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)MISRATA, Libya (AP) _ Two Western photojournalists, including an Oscar-nominated film director, were killed Wednesday in the besieged city of Misrata while covering battles between rebel

April 21, 2011

2 Western photojournalists killed in Libya

Bodies in streets after Nigeria election riots

April 20, 2011

Michelle Obama’s plane was too close to cargo jet

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― An official plane carrying U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama had to abort a landing at an air force base near Washington on Monday due to an air traffic controller’s error, U.S. media reported Tuesday.The aircraft carrying her was too close to a 200-ton military cargo jet and had to scrap its final approach to Andrews Air Force Base, a key hub for top U.S. government officials incl

April 20, 2011

Michelle Obama’s plane was too close to cargo jet

Boy pretends to be his own parent, talks to teacher

A 10-year-old boy in Liaoning province pretended to be his own parent in order to chat online with his teachers and the parents of his classmates.He kept up the ruse for nearly a year before his cover was blown.Registering as "Lulu's parent", the boy communicated with other parents and teachers in a group talking room on the instant messaging service set up by his teacher in a primary school in Da

April 20, 2011

Chinese student's last moments witnessed on webcam

(MCT)TORONTO (AP) _ Canadian police said Tuesday they still don't know what caused the death of a student from Beijing who was last seen alive on a webcam by a friend who witnessed her struggling with a man before the camera was abruptly shut off.Police said the body of 23-year-old York University student Qian Liu was found Friday in her apartment in Toronto a few hours after her friend in China w

April 20, 2011

Chinese student's last moments witnessed on webcam

Asian markets slump after U.S. debt warning

BANGKOK (AP) ― Asian markets tumbled Tuesday, a day after Standard & Poor’s warned that it might lower its rating on U.S. government debt.The announcement raised concerns about the world’s No. 1 economy and expectations of cuts in government spending. Benchmark crude for May delivery dropped 42 cents to $106.70 a barrel. On Monday, the contract settled at $107.12 on the New York Mercantile Exchang

April 19, 2011

Asian markets slump after U.S. debt warning

Asian nuclear reactors face tsunami risk

Experts say tremendous stresses are building, increasing chances of major ruptureJAKARTA (AP) ― The skeleton of what will soon be one of the world’s biggest nuclear plants is slowly taking shape along China’s southeastern coast ― right on the doorstep of Hong Kong’s bustling metropolis. Three other facilities nearby are up and running or under construction.Like Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant they

April 19, 2011

Asian nuclear reactors face tsunami risk

Expanding India faces childhood obesity, diabetes

MUMBAI (AFP) ― Indian housewife Sujata Budarapu was shocked when she was told that her two sons were on the verge of developing Type 2 diabetes.“It had never even occurred to me that this could happen. I had heard that outside India this happens to other people’s kids but I never thought it would happen to my own,” the 38-year-old from Mumbai told AFP.Sujata’s children are not exceptional cases, e

April 18, 2011

Expanding India faces childhood obesity, diabetes

U.S. presidential candidates embrace social networking

NEW YORK (AP) ― Republican Tim Pawlenty disclosed his 2012 presidential aspirations on Facebook. Rival Mitt Romney did it with a tweet. President Barack Obama kicked off his re-election bid with a digital video emailed to the 13 million online backers who helped power his historic campaign in 2008.Welcome to The Social Network, presidential campaign edition.The candidates and contenders have embra

April 18, 2011

U.S. tornadoes leave 45 dead

ASKEWVILLE, North Carolina (AP) ― A tornado-spewing storm system that killed at least 45 people across half the country unleashed its worst fury on North Carolina, where residents in the capital city and rural hamlets alike on Sunday mourned the dead, marveled at their survival and began to clean up devastated neighborhoods.Observers reported more than 60 tornadoes across North Carolina on Saturda

April 18, 2011

Japanese doubt plan to end nuclear crisis

Polls show widespread dissatisfaction with how P.M.’s cabinet dealt with disasterTOKYO (AP) ― A blueprint for ending radiation leaks and stabilizing reactors at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant drew a lackluster response Monday, as polls showed diminishing public support for the government’s handling of the country’s recent disasters.The plan issued by Tokyo Electric Power Co. over the weekend, in r

April 18, 2011