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World Briefs January 2, 2010
Church bomb kills at least 21
Vatican creates financial watchdog amid bank probe
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Thursday created a financial watchdog agency and issued new laws to fight money laundering and terrorist financing in a major effort to shed its image as a tax haven that for years has…
Denmark: Attack over prophet cartoons thwarted
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Police in Denmark and Sweden said they thwarted a terrorist attack possibly hours before it was to begin Wednesday, arresting five men th…
Militias pay big price in Pakistan
MATANI, Pakistan - Tribal militias allied with the government helped block a Taliban advance in this corner of northwest Pakistan close to the Afghan border, b…
Pope urges courage for Catholics in China, Iraq
VATICAN CITY - Iraqi Christians celebrated a somber Christmas in a Baghdad cathedral stained with dried blood, while Pope Benedict XVI exhorted Chinese Catholi…
Dutch detain 12 Somalis on terror suspicions
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Dutch police arrested 12 Somali men in the key port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, the public prosecutor said Saturday.
Still no rooms in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) - The traditional birthplace of Jesus is celebrating its merriest Christmas in years, as tens of thousands of tourists thronged Bethlehem on Friday for the annual holiday festivities in th…
Violence plagues Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Masked gunmen with rocket launchers are blocking access to what officials believe may be a mass grave site in Ivory Coast, the United Nations said, as concerns grow that the West African…
War rhetoric rises between North and South Korea
SEOUL (AP) - One month after a deadly exchange of artillery fire, the two Koreas ramped up their rhetoric, with South Korea's president pledging unsparing reta…
North Korea backs away from threats
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (AP) - North Korea backed off threats to retaliate against South Korea for military drills and reportedly offered concessions on its nuclear program - signs it was looking to lower th…
Twelve arrested in U.K. terrorism plot
LONDON (AP) - In the biggest anti-terrorist sweep in Britain in nearly two years, police have arrested a dozen men accused of plotting a large-scale terror attack on targets inside the United Kingdom.
Military maneuvers scuttled by bad weather
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - Military maneuvers planned by South Korean troops did not take place Saturday because of bad weather on a border island shelle…
Iranian president announces start to subsidy cuts
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's president on Saturday announced the start of a plan to slash energy and food subsidies, part of government efforts to boost the country's ailing economy.
A world gone wild
This was the year the Earth struck back.
Lab scans bones that may belong to Amelia Earhart
NORMAN, Okla. - Three bone fragments found on a deserted South Pacific island are being analyzed to determine if they belong to Amelia Earhart - tests that cou…