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Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs
Afghans protest plans to burn Quran in U.S.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Hundreds of Afghans railed against the United States and called for President Barack Obama's death at a rally in the capital Monday to den…
Indonesian volcano erupts again
TANAH KARO, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian volcano shot black ash three miles into the air early Tuesday - its most powerful eruption since springing back to life after four centuries of dormancy.
Boat catches fire, capsizes; 200 feared dead
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A survivor of a boat capsize in central Congo said at least 200 people are feared dead after the engine caught fire and led the vessel to overturn.
Shoes, eggs hurled at ex-British PM
DUBLIN - Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital. Hundr…
Cuban movie promises zombie revolution
HAVANA - What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed di…
Afghans continue pulling money from banks
KABUL, Afghanistan - Nervous Afghans pulled more deposits out of the nation's largest bank on Saturday, despite assurances from government leaders that their m…
Nine die in New Zealand plane crash
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Nine people have died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company burst into flames and crashed Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, police…
Hurricane Earl gets stronger
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday as it rapidly…
8 coalition troops killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Roadside bombs killed eight members of the international force in Afghanistan - including seven U.S. troops - raising to more than a dozen the number who have died in the previous three da…
Drilling begins in effort to free Chilean miners
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) - An enormous drill began preliminary work Monday on carving a half-mile chimney through solid rock to free the 33 men trapped in a C…
Rwanda threatens to withdraw peacekeepers
JOHANNESBURG - Rwanda has threatened to withdraw its troops from United Nations peacekeeping operations if the world body publishes a report accusing the Rwand…
World Briefs Aug. 29, 2010
Afghan deputy attorney general forced to retire
Obama: Baghdad must chart future as war ends
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. - President Barack Obama said the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq means "the war is ending" and Baghdad is in position "to chart its own course."
New flooding displaces 1 million more Pakistanis
THATTA, Pakistan - Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis fled floodwaters Friday after the surging River Indus smashed through levees in two places, but many ref…
Drug cartel suspected in massacre
SAN FERNANDO, Mexico - Working under heavy security in a region controlled by a brutal drug gang, authorities and diplomats began the gruesome task Thursday of…