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Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs
Escape shaft nearly done
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) — Excitement grew Friday outside the mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months, as a drill carving an escape shaft…
A critical juncture in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - It's make-or-break time in Afghanistan.
Terror alert considered across the pond
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is considering telling U.S. citizens to be vigilant as they travel in Europe, updated guidance prompted by fresh al-Qaida…
Pakistan-NATO supply standoff continues
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan kept a vital border crossing closed to U.S. and NATO supply trucks for a third day Saturday, a sign that Islamabad's desire to avoid a domestic backlash over a NATO incursion that killed three …
U.S. balloonists fall into sea, likely killed
BARI, Italy (AP) — Two missing American balloonists were plunging toward the Adriatic Sea at 50 mph when they dropped off air traffic control radar, a sign that they crashed and almost certainly were killed, organi…
Hunter who shot husband found not guilty
GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR, Newfoundland (AP) — An American woman was found not guilty Friday of criminal negligence causing death in the fatal shooting of her husband while hunting four years ago in central Newfoundland.
Terror plot in Europe prompted drone strikes
LONDON (AP) — Police increased their guard around Buckingham Palace and other landmarks Wednesday as security officials monitored what they described as a fledgling terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees …
12 dead in crash of Polish bus
BERLIN (AP) - At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when a bus carrying Polish tourists crashed on the highway southeast of Berlin, police said.
Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal
UNITED NATIONS - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday there will be no peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state stops settlement constructio…
Mexican journalists debate cartels, self-censorship
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The threats, four or five of them, came to reporters at Imagen, a daily newspaper in the once-quiet state of Zacatecas where drug cartels ha…
U.S. delegation walks out on Ahmadinejad speech
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.S. delegation walked out of the U.N. speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday after he said some in the world have speculated that Americans were actually behind the S…
Palestinian's death ignites violence
JERUSALEM (AP) - Crowds of Palestinian youths violently rampaged in east Jerusalem Wednesday following the shooting death of a local man, clouding fragile peac…
Ahmadinejad slams capitalism in UN speech
UNITED NATIONS - Iran's president on Tuesday predicted the defeat of capitalism and blamed global big business for the suffering of millions, but Germany's cha…
Police seize $30 million from Vatican in probe
VATICAN CITY - Italian authorities seized $30.18 million from a Vatican bank account Tuesday and said they have begun investigating top officials of the Vatica…
Ahmadinejad says future is Iran's
NEW YORK - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that "the future belongs to Iran," and challenged the United States to accept that his country has a major role in the world.