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Fake interpreter's charge
South Africa's government was confronted Friday with a new allegation about the bogus sign language interpreter at Nelson…
Egyptian hip-hop in tune with frustrated youth
A psychedelic light show pulses along with the music's hectic beat. Dancers in the crowd point pocket lasers at the stage…
Colorado school shooting - suspect dead
A teenager who may have had a grudge against a teacher opened fire with a shotgun at a Colorado high school Friday, wounding…
Tourists a curse for New York Grinches
For sharp-elbowed New Yorkers accustomed to walking where they need to go at a big-city pace, the holiday season is hardly…
World
Now top US diplomat, Kerry returns to Vietnam
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) Forty-four years after first setting foot in Vietnam as a young naval officer, John Kerry…
Now top US diplomat, Kerry returns to Vietnam
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) Forty-four years after first setting foot in Vietnam as a young naval officer, John Kerry…
CIA Benghazi team clash led to 'stand down' report
WASHINGTON (AP) CIA officers who testified privately to Congress about the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in…
China attempts rover's soft landing on the moon
BEIJING (AP) China will attempt the world's first soft landing of a rover on the moon in nearly four decades Saturday…
Mandela's remains transferred to air base
JOHANNESBURG (AP) The remains of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela were transferred early Saturday to Waterkloof air base…
'Sister Wives' family wins ruling in bigamy suit
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A federal judge ruled Friday that key parts of Utah's polygamy laws are unconstitutional, handing a…
Vietnam sentences 5 to death for drug trafficking
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) A court in central Vietnam has sentenced five people, including four women, to death and another to…
21 workers killed in gas blast at Chinese mine
BEIJING (AP) A gas explosion at a coal mine in western China has killed 21 workers, an official said Saturday. The miners…
Mexico Senate approves political reform bill
MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexico's Senate on Friday passed the most dramatic political reform in decades that would allow re-election…
Coroner ties alcoholism to hospital stairway death
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A woman found dead in a locked stairwell 17 days after going missing from her room at San Francisco…
Arms dealer associate convicted in US case
NEW YORK (AP) A Syrian associate of notorious international arms dealer Viktor Bout was convicted on Friday of charges…
Jang's execution leaves China in delicate position
BEIJING (AP) The stunning execution of Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle strips China of its most important link to North Korea's…
US appeals court lifts ban on US horse slaughter
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) A U.S. appeals court on Friday lifted a temporary ban on domestic horse slaughter, clearing…
$404 million to UN humanitarian emergencies
UNITED NATIONS (AP) More than 40 countries have pledged $404.6 million to a United Nations fund that provides immediate…
Defending champions Perry, O'Hair share lead
NAPLES, Florida (AP) Defending champions Kenny Perry and Sean O'Hair shot an 8-under 64 in modified alternate-shot play…
American Airlines settles 9/11 lawsuit
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) American Airlines and its insurers have settled a long-running legal battle with financial-services…
Findings in AP investigation of missing American
Findings from an Associated Press investigation of CIA contractor Robert Levinson's March 2007 disappearance in Iran. …
Cleveland man convicted in 2005 fire deaths of 9
CLEVELAND (AP) A former drug dealer was found guilty on Friday at his retrial in the 2005 arson deaths of a woman and eight…
US quickly reaches cap on visas for crime victims
McALLEN, Texas (AP) The federal government has already reached its cap on special visas for crime victims, just a few months…
US lawmakers urge talks among Bangladesh leaders
WASHINGTON (AP) A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is strongly urging Bangladesh's prime minister and opposition leader…
International Politics
Selfies at a memorial?
Are you a fomo sapiens? Judging by his behaviour at Nelson Mandela's memorial service, Barack Obama is a member of this…
Syria
Refugees risk it all to reach Jordan
As evening gathers across a desert plain in eastern Jordan, 80-year-old Muteea Talaa stands with 200 other starved, cold…
Middle East
Sinister night for women in protest
The three women - Rasha Azab, Mona Seif and Nazly Hussein - and 11 other women were beaten and dragged off by police during…
Europe
Cameron chided over Nigella
The jury in the trial of two former personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has been…
Pacific Islands
Chris de Freitas: Human interference real threat to Pacific atolls
The facts around rising sea levels are widely misunderstood or misinterpreted.
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Asia
Bangladesh executes opposition leader
Bangladesh has executed an opposition leader convicted of war crimes hours after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute…
United States
'Fake' interpreter a serial offender
The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial who has been accused of being a fake has signed at past ANC events…