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Israel official: No Palestinian state in '67 lines

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 10:53am

JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior Israeli official on Sunday said that the ruling Likud Party will not accept a Palestinian state with the borders favored by the Palestinians and the international community, a new hurdle to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's effort to restart peace talks in his latest visit to the region.


Grant Hill supports wife Tamia at NYC concert

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 10:45am

NEW YORK (AP) — A week after he retired from the NBA, Grant Hill celebrated with his wife as she performed for a feverish crowd in New York City on Saturday night.


'The Purge' scares up $36.4 million at box office

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 10:39am
NEW YORK (AP) — The suspense thriller "The Purge" topped the weekend box office with a shocking $36.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

South Africans pray for Mandela recovery

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 10:35am

By Shafiek Tassiem SOWETO, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africans prayed for Nelson Mandela's recovery on Sunday as the 94-year-old former president spent a second day in hospital with a recurring lung infection. Mandela, a global symbol of triumph over adversity and of reconciliation who became South Africa's first black leader in 1994 after the defeat of apartheid, was hospitalised early on Saturday when his already frail health worsened. It is his fourth hospital stay since December and the government said on Saturday his condition was "serious". ...


Man risks his life trying to enter Spain

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 10:24am
MADRID (AP) — Police have arrested a man who secretly clung onto a catamaran ferry in Morocco and traveled to Spain by holding onto the rear of one of its engines.

Italian maestro dies in Florence, famed in Chicago

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 10:24am
ROME (AP) — An Italian music company says maestro Bruno Bartoletti, who was associated with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for a half-century, has died a day before his 87th birthday.

Afghan president visits Qatar to discuss peace

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 10:21am

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president landed in Qatar Sunday to discuss his country's stalled peace process and the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state, officials said.


Libya's army chief of staff resigns after bloody clashes

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 10:13am

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's army chief of staff Yussef al-Mangoush resigned on Sunday after clashes between protesters and a militia in the eastern city of Benghazi the previous day, sources told Reuters. At least 31 people were killed in the clashes, a doctor said. "Mangoush has submitted his resignation to the National Assembly, which accepted the resignation," a source from the assembly told Reuters. Two other sources confirmed the resignation.


Nadal wins 1st 2 sets of French final over Ferrer

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 10:11am

PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal has taken a two-set lead in his French Open final against fellow Spaniard David Ferrer, 6-3, 6-2.


Iraqi PM visits Kurdistan to try to ease crisis

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 10:03am

By Isabel Coles and Suadad al-Salhy ARBIL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visited the Kurdistan region on Sunday for the first time in more than two years, in a symbolic step towards resolving a long-running dispute over oil and land that has strained Iraq's unity to the limit. Better relations with the Kurds could take some pressure off the country's Shi'ite leadership, which is facing a surge of violence it blames on Sunni Islamist insurgents invigorated by the civil war in neighboring Syria. ...


Iran ups cyber attacks on Israeli computers: Netanyahu

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 9:49am

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Palestinian and Lebanese allies on Sunday of carrying out "non-stop" cyber attacks on major computer systems in his country. He gave no details on the number of attacks but said "vital national systems" had been targeted. Water, power and banking sites were also under threat, he added. "In the past few months, we have identified a significant increase in the scope of cyber attacks on Israel by Iran. ...


Death toll from Benghazi clashes in Libya up to 31

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 9:36am
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A health official in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi says the death toll from clashes between protesters and militias has risen to 31.

'Suspicious' death in France after medicine alert

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 9:35am
MARSEILLE/PARIS (Reuters) - French police are investigating the death of a 92-year-old man as "suspicious" after he was given medicine that may have been wrongly labeled as a diuretic drug, a police representative said on Sunday. The man's death on Saturday was two days after France's pharmaceutical watchdog ANSM asked pharmacies to take off the shelves 190,000 boxes of the diuretic furosemide supplied by Israeli drugmaker Teva, saying that they may contain the sedative zopiclone. ...

Women pray peacefully at key Jerusalem Jewish site

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 9:23am

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prayers by a liberal Jewish women's group at a key Jerusalem holy site passed without incident Sunday, in contrast to violent scuffles with ultra-Orthodox protesters a month ago.


Software fix for scarce items in Venezuela

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 9:22am
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Harried Venezuelans who devote hours scouring supermarkets for increasingly scarce food basics and toilet paper have just received some digital help thanks to a young software developer.

Afghan president to visit Qatar, discussing peace

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 9:20am

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president was due in Qatar Sunday to discuss his country's stalled peace process and the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state, officials said.


South Africa: family visits Nelson Mandela

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 9:20am

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela received visits from family members on Sunday at a hospital where the former president and anti-apartheid leader was being treated for a recurring lung infection, while South Africans expressed their appreciation for a man widely regarded as the father of the nation.


Libya army says to control Benghazi militia bases

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 9:15am

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's army will take control of a militia's bases in the eastern city of Benghazi after clashes in which 31 people were killed, an army spokesman said on Sunday. Fighting broke out on Saturday at the headquarters of the Libya Shield brigade when protesters demanded the disbanding of the militias, whose continued existence nearly two years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi is fuelling public resentment. Order was only restored in Libya's second city after special forces seized the compound of the militia, which said it was operating with official approval. ...


Floods force thousands to evacuate in Germany

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 9:15am

BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in a region of eastern Germany where the Elbe river has flooded and burst through a dam, officials said Sunday.


Olympic champion Riner alleges racism at Paris bar

Sun, 06/09/2013 - 9:13am

PARIS (AP) — The Buddha Bar has fired a waitress for improper behavior toward Olympic champion judoka Teddy Riner, who lashed out about alleged racism at the upscale Paris bar-restaurant.