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Italy seeks pro-growth alliance with Spain

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 11:07am

MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Enrico Letta will seek support on Monday from his Spanish counterpart, Mariano Rajoy, in his quest to have Europe focus more on economic growth instead of just debt reduction.


Mississippi prepares new push on education

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 11:04am
CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) — It's early on a Friday morning, and high school chemistry students in Victoria Dawson's class are working equations at the board.

Zimbabwe's president: New tasks for Africa's spies

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 11:02am
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe urged African intelligence services Monday to prepare for fresh onslaughts by foreigners and the continent's former colonizers to grasp its natural resources and potential wealth.

AP PHOTOS: Buenos Aires a street art Mecca

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 10:53am

BUENOS AIRES. Argentina (AP) — In most major cities, street artists create their works under cover of darkness, spray-painting their graffiti quickly to elude arrest. Not so in Buenos Aires, where painters have found a surplus of empty walls to splash their colors on, building owners who readily consent to having their walls painted, and a local government that has subsidized some of the urban murals.


UN distances itself from claim that Syrian rebels used nerve gas

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 10:52am
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. war crimes investigators have reached no conclusions on whether any side in the Syrian war has used chemical weapons, the inquiry commission said on Monday, playing down a suggestion from one of the team that rebel forces had done so. Investigator Carla Del Ponte caught U.N. officials by surprise on Sunday when she said the commission had gathered testimony from casualties and medical staff indicating that rebel forces had used the banned nerve agent sarin. ...

Activists: Israeli strike kills 42 Syrian soldiers

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 10:52am

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel's weekend airstrike on a military complex near the Syrian capital of Damascus killed at least 42 Syrian soldiers, a group of anti-regime activists said Monday, citing information from military hospitals.


Bill Clinton tried to broker Led Zeppelin reunion

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 10:04am

NEW YORK (AP) — It's a diplomatic failure at the highest level: Bill Clinton couldn't get Led Zeppelin to reunite.


Heritage: Immigration bill costs $6.3 trillion

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 10:01am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The conservative Heritage Foundation is claiming in a new report that bipartisan immigration legislation pending in the Senate would cost taxpayers $6.3 trillion.

Editor arrested after report claiming voter fraud

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 10:00am
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A journalist for an Iranian news website says its editor has been arrested after reporting that there is an audiotape of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussing vote rigging in his disputed 2009 re-election.

London hosts Somalia meeting to aid post-war gains

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:58am
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's president over the weekend received the country's first pieces of mail in more than two decades. It's the kind of small but hopeful development that leaders meeting in London on Tuesday hope to see more of.

Bomb attacks in Baghdad kill 10

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:55am
BAGHDAD (AP) — Two car bombs blew up in a Baghdad suburb, the deadlier of two attacks Monday that left at least 10 dead in the Iraqi capital.

Bride, 4 others die in limo fire on Calif. bridge

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:49am

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine why the back of a stretch limousine burst into flames on a San Francisco Bay bridge, trapping and killing five of the nine women inside on a girls' night out, including a newlywed bride.


Global court delays trial of Kenyan deputy president

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:47am

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) postponed the trial of Kenyan deputy president William Ruto on charges of crimes against humanity on Monday saying it wanted to hold further hearings with the prosecution and the defence. Ruto was due to face the Hague-based court on May 28 over accusations he helped orchestrate tribal violence that broke out after disputed elections in 2007 and killed more than 1,200 people - charges he denies. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is facing similar charges, which he also denies, and his ICC trial is due to start in July. ...


Singer Lauryn Hill faces tax evasion sentencing

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:31am

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill is facing sentencing Monday in New Jersey on federal tax charges.


Bieber bumped in onstage scuffle in Dubai

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:29am

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Megastar singer Justin Bieber is known for his slick dance moves onstage. But spinning away from a mash-up between security guards and a rogue fan has become the hit of his concert in Dubai.


France prepares 10-year investment plan

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:27am
PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande is defending the record of his first year in office and promising to unveil a 10-year plan to invest 20 billion euros ($26 billion) in infrastructure, digital technology and clean energy.

Malaysian elections expose worrying social schisms

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:27am

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — It was hardly the look of the victorious. Wearing a bright blue shirt and a grim expression, Prime Minister Najib Razak appeared before the media on Monday to somberly acknowledge that his coalition had won general elections for the 13th time in a row.


Justin Timberlake brings smooth moves to NYC

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:21am

NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake brought his smooth moves to the Roseland Ballroom on Sunday night.


U.S., allies to stage naval exercise in Gulf energy shipping hub

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:17am
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are preparing for naval exercises in the Gulf energy export hub that will include minesweeping and escorting commercial ships in a region where Iran is seen as a threat both to trade and security. Forty-one countries are taking part in the two-week International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX-13) to practice minesweeping and protecting ports and energy installations in the Gulf. Vice Admiral John Miller, Commander of the U.S. ...

Calif. limo driver fire mistook 1st plea for help

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:15am

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The driver of a limousine that burst into flames on a San Francisco Bay area bridge, killing five women, says he at first misunderstood what one of the passengers in the back was saying when she complained about smelling smoke.