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Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs
British cat gets prosthetic back paws
LONDON - Oscar the cat may have lost one of his nine lives, but his new prosthetic paws make him one of the world's few bionic cats.
Vatican 'astonished' at Belgian police raid
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican said Friday it was astonished and outraged that Belgian police investigating priestly sex abuse had conducted raids that also target…
Petraeus to face soldier complaints over war rules
KABUL, Afghanistan - Crouched in a field of opium poppies, a young Marine lieutenant pleaded over the radio for an airstrike on a compound where he believed a sniper was firing at his troops. Request denied. Civili…
Australia gets first female prime minister
CANBERRA, Australia - A sudden revolt within Australia's ruling party gave the country its first woman prime minister, who promised Thursday to safeguard her government's reforms in education, health and industrial…
Bidding adieu to bachelorhood
PARIS (AP) - Prince Albert is giving Monaco a crown princess at last.
Lasers uncover icons of Sts. Peter and Paul
ROME - Twenty-first century laser technology has opened a window into the early days of the Catholic Church, guiding researchers through the dank, musty catacombs beneath Rome to a startling find: the first known i…
NATO: 4 troops die in copter crash
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A military helicopter crashed during an early morning operation in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing three Australian commandoes and an American service member, officials said.
World Briefs June 21, 2010
Crews work to stop gushing oil leak
Joran van der Sloot chooses isolated cell
LIMA, Peru - A prison compound on the dusty outskirts of Peru's capital is home to hundreds of convicts from Peru's leftist insurgency of the 1980s and 90s.
Mozzarella gets the blues in Italy
ROME (AP) - Italian police confiscated some 70,000 balls of mozzarella in Turin after consumers noticed the milky-white cheese quickly developed a bluish tint when the package was opened, authorities said Saturday.
UN: Security in Afghanistan unimproved
KABUL, Afghanistan - The United Nations reported Saturday that insurgent violence has risen sharply in Afghanistan over the last three months, with roadside bombings, complex suicide attacks and assassinations soar…
Ethnic violence plagues Kyrgyzstan
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - An estimated 400,000 people - nearly one-twelfth the population - have fled their homes to escape Kyrgyzstan's ethnic violence, the U.N. said Thursday as throngs of refugees huddled in grim c…
Many Mexicans skeptical as Calderon defends drug war
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Gunmen slaughter 19 men at a rehab clinic. Sixteen bodies are dumped in a northern city. Twelve police officers die in an ambush. Soldiers kill 15 gunmen outside a tourist town.
Floods roar through France
DRAGUIGNAN, France (AP) - At least 19 people were killed in flash floods that hit the back hills of the French Riviera on Wednesday and turned streets into riv…
Israel may ease Gaza blockade
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel is likely to significantly ease the land blockade of Gaza in coming days in an effort to blunt the international outcry over its deadly raid on a blockade-busting flotilla, officials said We…