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Yemeni president agrees to resign in 30 days

Parliament will grant Saleh legal protection; power to be handed to vice presidentSANAA (AP) ― Yemen’s embattled president agreed Saturday to a proposal by Gulf Arab mediators to step down within 30 days and hand power to his deputy in exchange for immunity from prosecution, a major about-face for the autocratic leader who has ruled for 32 years.A coalition of seven opposition parties said they al

World News April 24, 2011

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

World News 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

World News April 21, 2011

Bodies in streets after Nigeria election riots

World News 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

World News April 20, 2011

Michelle Obama’s plane was too close to cargo jet

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

World News April 19, 2011

Asian nuclear reactors face tsunami risk

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

World News 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

World News 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

World News April 18, 2011

More shelling in rebel-held city in Libya

NATO criticized for failing to break assault with month-old campaign of airstrikesAJDABIYA, Libya (AP) ― Moammar Gadhafi’s forces poured rocket fire after dawn Saturday into Misrata, the only western city still in rebel hands, and weary residents who have endured more than a month of fighting angrily lashed out at NATO for failing to halt the deadly assault.Five civilians were killed in a 30-minut

World News April 17, 2011

More shelling in rebel-held city in Libya

Western, Arab nations say Gadhafi must go

World News April 14, 2011

Spent fuel rods add to trouble at nuke plant

High radioactivity in water may be result of damage to fuel rods and debrisTOKYO (AP) ― The operator of Japan’s tsunami-flooded nuclear power complex was seeking ways Thursday to pull damaged spent fuel rods out of a storage pool at one of its reactors, citing surging radiation and elevated temperatures as worrisome signs.The troubling signals at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex come as frust

World News April 14, 2011

Spent fuel rods add to trouble at nuke plant

Egypt detains ex-president’s sons in probe

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Cairo (AP) ― Egyptian prosecutors ordered the detention of the former president’s powerful sons for 15 days allegations of corruption and the abuse of their authority are investigated, state television said early Wednesday.The move, the most dramatic in a series of investigations against top regime officials, comes just hours after former President Hosni Mubarak, 82, was hospitali

World News April 13, 2011

#Mubarak, two sons detained for 15 days

Detentions authorized as part of inquiry into use of force against protestersCAIRO (AFP) -- Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak has been placed in detention for 15 days, prosecutors said Wednesday shortly after state media reported his two sons had also been detained.In a statement on the public prosecutor’s Facebook page, a spokesman said the prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud authorized the detentio

World News April 13, 2011

Japan says nuclear crisis stabilizing

World News April 13, 2011

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