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What to expect this week from school protests rattling France's government
7 killed, 15 wounded in Dutch mall shooting
ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN, Netherlands (AP) - A man armed with a machine gun opened fire in a crowded shopping mall on Saturday, killing six people and wounding 15, then committed suicide, officials and witnesses said.
Yemen demonstrators shot in 2 cities
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Government forces shot bullets and tear gas at demonstrators in Yemen's capital and another city on Saturday as longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh resisted a diplomatic push for the resignati…
World/Nation Briefs April 8, 2011
Strong aftershock hits northeast Japan
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Holder says 9/11suspects to facemilitary panel
Libyan rebels say airstrike killed 13 of their own
BENGHAZI, Libya - A NATO airstrike intended to thwart Moammar Gadhafi's forces killed 13 rebel fighters in eastern Libya instead, the opposition said Saturday,…
US eases off as Gadhafi holds on
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two weeks after a dark-of-night barrage of mostly U.S. missiles and bombs opened the international air assault on Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, the American combat role is ending, the rag-tag rebels ar…
Afghans riot over Quran-burning
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghans rioted for a second day Saturday to protest the burning of a Quran in Florida, killing nine people in Kandahar and injuring more t…
Thousands call for trials of Egypt regime figures
CAIRO - Egyptians returned in their thousands to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to demand that former President Hosni Mubarak and members of his ousted regime…
Spoofs, lookalikes abound as royal wedding nears
LONDON - The streets of Piccadilly Circus were crowded as usual Friday when Russian tourist Olga Yershevich did an unexpected doubletake: Right in front of her…
Japan's PM vows to win battle against nuke plant
TOKYO - Japan's prime minister sounded a resolute note Friday, promising to win the battle against an overheating nuclear plant even as atomic safety officials…
More disciplined Libyan opposition force emerging
AJDABIYA, Libya - Something new has appeared at the Libyan front: a semblance of order among rebel forces.
Higher radiation found outside Japan nuclear plant
TOKYO (AP) - New readings show radiation levels continue to rise in the ocean outside a leaking nuclear plant in Japan's northeast, officials said today, as they debated whether to broaden the evacuation zone aroun…
Gadhafi's forces adapt to airstrikes, pound rebels
AJDABIYA, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's ground forces recaptured a strategic oil town Wednesday and moved within striking distance of another major eastern city, n…
Biggest spike in radiation
TOKYO - Seawater outside the hobbled nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan was found to contain 3,335 times the usual amount of radioactive iodine - the hi…
Libya rebels flee Gadhafi assault as world debates
RAS LANOUF, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's forces hammered rebels with tanks and rockets, turning their rapid advance into a panicked retreat in an hourslong battle Tuesday. The fighting underscored the dilemma facing t…