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Richard Branson swaps suit for skirt to honor bet

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 4:11am

SEPANG, Malaysia (AP) — British business magnate Richard Branson has lost his latest job because of orange juice.


Turkey sees Assad's hand in car bombings: foreign minister

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 3:58am
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Sunday that he believed fighters loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were behind twin car bombings that killed more than 40 people in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli on Saturday. "The attack has nothing to do with the Syrian refugees in Turkey, it's got everything to do with the Syrian regime," Davutoglu said in an interview on Turkey's TRT television. ...

Deal with ex-rebels ends crisis at Libya's Foreign Ministry

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 3:53am

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunmen ended a nearly two-week siege of Libya's Foreign Ministry in the capital after reaching a deal with the government, its Supreme Security Committee said late on Saturday. In the oil-rich east, meanwhile, hundreds of leaders agreed to join forces to defend their territory against similar armed attacks. A commander of an SSE group stationed at the gates of the vacant Foreign Ministry said it had been handed over to a committee made up of members of parliament and leaders connected to the armed protests. ...


Sudan says South Sudan helped rebels attacking major town

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 3:50am
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan accused South Sudan of having supported rebels who launched a major assault two weeks ago, warning this could derail recent oil and security agreements between the African neighbours, state media said on Saturday. The two countries agreed in March to resume cross-border oil flows and end tension that has plagued them since South Sudan's secession in 2011. Since then ties have improved with Sudan receiving last week the first oil exports from the landlocked South, which had shut down its production in January 2012 in a dispute over pipeline fees. ...

Thousands protest in Gabon against ritual killings

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 3:49am
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Several thousand people protested in Gabon on Saturday against a spate of ritual killings that has seen mutilated bodies washing up on beaches in the central African state this year. Sylvia Bongo, Gabon's first lady, led most of the demonstrators, while rights groups tried to lead a separate march but members said they were dispersed by tear gas and several leaders arrested by the security forces. ...

Coastguard rescues 139 migrants off Italian coast

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 3:48am

ROME (Reuters) - Italian coastguards picked up 139 people in two inflatable boats off the southern coast of Sicily, authorities said on Saturday, the latest in a series of arrivals of clandestine immigrants. Hundreds of migrants, most from Africa, have been rescued in small, flimsy vessels while crossing to Italy since the start of the year, with numbers increasing since the beginning of spring. ...


UN says 4 peacekeepers held by Syria rebels freed

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 3:43am
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels on Sunday released four Filipino U.N. peacekeepers they abducted last week, a military spokesman in the Philippines said.

Chinese air their cases by petitioning White House

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 3:30am

BEIJING (AP) — The poisoning of a college student 18 years ago recently re-emerged as a hot topic in China, but censors soon squelched the politically sensitive online discussions over whether the culprit may have eluded punishment because of Communist Party connections.


Official says missing laborers may be in Iran

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 3:28am
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says the government is investigating reports that Iran is holding as many as 21 Afghan migrant workers who tried to cross illegally into the country looking for work.

UK prince, injured US officer launch Warrior Games

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 3:04am

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Combat helicopter pilot Prince Harry of Britain along with Olympic swimming champion Missy Franklin joined an American naval officer who had been blinded in Afghanistan in launching the Warrior Games for wounded service members.


Death toll in Turkish bombings rises to 46

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 2:57am

REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — An official says the death toll in a pair of car bomb attacks in a Turkish town near the Syrian border has increased to 46.


Armed gunman's standoff in NJ enters 3rd day

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 2:23am
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A tense standoff and hostage situation with an armed man who barricaded himself in a house extended into a third day. Police are working to negotiate a peaceful ending.

6 mortar shells hit neighborhood in Syrian capital

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 2:19am
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian official says six mortar shells have struck a neighborhood in the Syrian capital Damascus, causing damage and casualties.

Chamberlain scolds Rivera before Yankees game

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 1:18am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — New York Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain scolded teammate Mariano Rivera before Saturday night's game, telling the star closer never to "shush" him.


Refugees face uncertain future as Myanmar opens

Sun, 05/12/2013 - 12:21am

MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand (AP) — Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with 45,000 others — ethnic minorities from Myanmar and those like her who were born and raised in the Mae La refugee camp in neighboring Thailand.


Pacers protect home court, beat Knicks 82-71

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 11:20pm

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers kept everything in front of them Saturday night.


Kenseth passes Busch for 1st Darlington victory

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 11:19pm

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Matt Kenseth is quickly showing how well he fits in at Joe Gibbs Racing.


Orpik's OT goal sends Penguins to 2nd round

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 10:45pm

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Orpik's goal would have been memorable even if wasn't in overtime and didn't put the Pittsburgh Penguins into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.


NY man finishes writing out entire Bible by hand

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 10:22pm

SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — At last, it is written.


Prison for ex-dictator soothes Guatemala

Sat, 05/11/2013 - 10:08pm

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt spent his first full day as a convict Saturday in a 16-by-13 foot cell with a small bed, bathroom and window, after receiving a landmark 80-year sentence for genocide and crime against humanity.