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Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs
World Briefs July 18, 2010
Roadside bombs kill 5 NATO troops in Afghanistan
Mayor: Car bomb used in attack on Mexican police
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - A drug cartel has used a car bomb for the first time in Mexico's decades-long fight against traffickers, setting a deadly trap against …
Defector do-over? Iranian scientist changes mind
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Iranian scientist sought refuge in the Pakistani Embassy compound and asked to go home, an apparent defection gone wrong that could embarrass the U.S. and its efforts to gather intelligence on …
Italian crackdown nets 300 mobsters
MILAN - Anti-mafia prosecutors claimed a major victory over the powerful and growing 'ndrangheta crime syndicate, infiltrating intimate weddings, baptisms and other events to gather information that led to the arre…
Charges pending for 'Barefoot Bandit'
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - The alleged "Barefoot Bandit" will be charged with illegal weapons possession and other crimes in the Bahamas following his weeklong run from authorities in the island chain, the Bahamian pol…
World / Nation Briefs July 12, 2010
BP happy with new oil-leak effort, but no promises
Agency looking closely at asteroid
BERLIN (AP) - The European Space Agency has taken the closest look yet at asteroid Lutetia in an extraordinary quest some 280 million miles in outer space between Mars and Jupiter.
North Korea: Ready to return to nuke talks
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea expressed willingness Saturday to return to international nuclear disarmament talks, a sign it is satisfied with the U.N. Secu…
Korea bloodbath probe ends
SEOUL, South Korea - In a political about-face, a South Korean commission investigating a century of human rights abuses has ruled that the U.S. military's large-scale killing of refugees during the Korean War, in …
5 injured in Spain's running of the bulls
PAMPLONA, Spain - Five revelers were injured but there were no gorings at a danger-filled and crowded weekend running of the bulls at Spain's San Fermin festiv…
Democrats face test in Japan
TOKYO - His popularity dented, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan toned down his tax hike talk on the eve of parliamentary elections Sunday that are widely cons…
Hallowed ground
JOHANNESBURG - Built on the edge of Soweto, Soccer City stadium will be the grand stage for Sunday's World Cup final. For many South Africans, though, the site…
Pakistan suicide bombing kills 102
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - The death toll from twin suicide bombings in Pakistan jumped to 102 with 115 people wounded early today, making it the deadliest atta…
Bomb arrests linked to U.S., British terror plots
OSLO (AP) - Three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested Thursday in a Norwegian bomb plot linked to the same terrorist planners behind thwarted schemes to blow up New York's subway and a British shopping mall.
A whole lot of candles
SACHIRE, Georgia (AP) - Authorities in the former Soviet republic of Georgia claim a woman from a remote mountain village turned 130 on Thursday, making her th…