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German hospital: Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak recovering well from surgery
BERLIN - The German hospital where Hosni Mubarak had surgery this month says Egypt's president is recovering well, but offered no details on when he would be released. The 81-year-old Mubarak had h...
Obama turns up the heat on wavering Dems as lawmakers start countdown toward health care vote
WASHINGTON - Days away from a make-or-break vote on his fiercely contested health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is turning up the pressure on wavering Democratic lawmakers, as party leaders ma...
US Mideast envoy cancels Jerusalem trip as Israel FM calls settlement freeze unreasonable
JERUSALEM - A U.S. envoy's postponement of his Mideast trip appeared Tuesday to deepen one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory - even as Israel's foreign minister signalled his government had no...
Asian markets turn in mixed performance ahead of Fed statement; Europe shares gain
HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors held back ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest assessment of the world's largest economy. European stocks gained in early trade. ...
Intelligence officials say suspected US missile attack kills 9 people in northwest Pakistan
MIR ALI, Pakistan - An apparent U.S. missile attack destroyed a suspected militant compound in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, two intelligence officials said. It wa...
Thai protesters give own blood to pour in Bangkok to pressure government to hold elections
BANGKOK, Thailand - Anti-government protesters who donated their own blood Tuesday prepared to splatter gallons of it at the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands...
Afghan govt held peace talks with Taliban No. 2; Karzai said to be 'very angry' at his arrest
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Kar...
Afghan government to send more police to Kandahar after deadly Taliban bombings
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's government will provide more than 1,000 police reinforcements to the southern province of Kandahar after Taliban attacks killed dozens of people there ahead of a com...
Tropical cyclone begins to weaken after lashing Fiji's northern island groups
SUVA, Fiji - Cyclone Tomas'onslaught on Fiji began to weaken Tuesday, but a state of emergency was declared in the hardest-hit areas as the storm battered the South Pacific nation's northern outer isl...
McCain to campaign with ex-running mate Sarah Palin for 1st time since presidential election
PHOENIX - John McCain and Sarah Palin are scheduled to campaign together in Arizona next week for the first time since they conceded the presidential election in Phoenix in November 2008. Palin and...
Former Pakistan president: US shouldn't set deadline on troops in Afghanistan
PORTLAND, Ore. - The former president of Pakistan on Monday criticized U.S. plans to begin pulling troops out of Afghanistan in just over a year. At a stop on his speaking tour, Pervez Musharraf pr...
UN rights expert tells North Korea to open farm markets, saying controls are causing hunger
GENEVA - North Korea should let farms produce freely and allow food to be sold in local markets because the communist government cannot provide enough food for its people, a U.N. human rights investig...
Toyota says tests don't back up story of man who claimed Prius sped out of control
SAN DIEGO - Toyota Motor Corp. dismissed the story of a man who claimed his Prius sped out of control on the California freeway, saying Monday that its own tests found the car's gas pedal and backup s...
Dodd financial overhaul proposal would give Fed powers to break up firms
WASHINGTON - A new Democratic Senate bill to tame the financial markets would give the government new powers to break up firms that threaten the economy, force the industry to pay for its failures and...
Obama pitches health care as Dems point toward a vote and progress in courting lawmakers
WASHINGTON - House Democrats triggered the countdown Monday for the climactic vote on President Barack Obama's fiercely contested remake of the U.S. health care system, even though the legislation rem...
Obama pitches health care as Democrats point toward a vote and progress in courting lawmakers
WASHINGTON - Democrats in the House of Representatives triggered the countdown Monday for the climactic vote on President Barack Obama's fiercely contested remake of the U.S. health care system, even ...
Authorities seek motive in 3 slayings after US consulate party in Mexico; drug gangs suspected
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children's birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the world's mo...
LA pot advocates fail to gather enough signatures to force ballot measure on new law
LOS ANGELES - Medical marijuana advocates have failed to gather enough signatures for a ballot measure challenging a new Los Angeles law that will shutter hundreds of pot dispensaries. Lead organiz...
Even after 20 years, biggest art heist in history rattles investigators
BOSTON - Investigators of a 20-year-old art heist at a Boston museum that was the largest such theft in history are stepping up their efforts. Leaders of the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum say the...
Jobs bill clears Republicans; final congressional approval perhaps Tuesday
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan bill that would provide tax cuts for businesses that hire unemployed workers cleared Republican delaying tactics in the Senate Monday, opening the way for final congressional...
Thai protesters vow to pour own blood in Bangkok after prime minister refuses new elections
BANGKOK, Thailand - Protest leaders vowed Monday to collect blood from tens of thousands of anti-government activists and splash it onto the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to pre...
Pope's ex-diocese suspends priest convicted of sexually abusing minors in 1986
BERLIN - A German archdiocese that Pope Benedict XVI oversaw from 1977 to 1982 said Monday that a priest convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing children has been suspended for violating a condition tha...
Brazil's president backs Iran's nuclear program during first official visit to Israel
JERUSALEM - Brazil's president made a case Monday for playing a larger role in Mideast diplomacy, despite Israel's deep discomfort with his opposition to sanctions against Iran over its nuclear progra...
Tiger on the verge of extinction due to poaching, illegal trade in body parts, UN agency says
DOHA, Qatar - The world has "failed miserably" at protecting tigers in the wild, bringing an animal that is a symbol for many cultures and religions to "the verge of extinction," a top official with t...
Obama administration riles Congress, pro-Israel lobby by attacking Israeli housing plan
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's fierce denunciation of Israel last week has ignited a firestorm in Congress and among powerful pro-Israel interest groups who say the criticism of America's top...
Egyptian opposition parties call for sweeping constitutional reforms to ensure free elections
CAIRO, Egypt - Four Egyptian opposition parties called for sweeping constitutional reforms Monday to ensure free elections and limit the president's powers. The parties are pressing for all amendme...
Iran's government bans largest pro-reform political party, but it vows to press on
TEHRAN, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hard-line government said Monday it has banned Iran's largest pro-reform political party in a new strike against an opposition movement that has largely ...
Frenchwoman on trial accused of killing 6 of her newborns, hiding corpses
COUTANCES, France - A 38-year-old woman acknowledged Monday killing six of her newborns, whose corpses were found in plastic bags in her basement, at the opening of a chilling trial in northwest Franc...
Osama bin Laden's son appeals to Iran to release his siblings under house arrest for 8 years
CAIRO, Egypt - One of Osama bin Laden's sons has called on Iran's supreme leader to release members of his family believed to be under house arrest there since they fled Afghanistan in 2001, according...
John Edwards' mistress speaks of undying love in magazine interview
WASHINGTON - One of the most sordid political scandals in a country chock full of them was back in the spotlight on Monday with GQ's interview with Rielle Hunter, the mother of an out-of-wedlock baby ...
