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Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs
Bloody Sunday report blames British soldiers fully
LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland (AP) - Relatives of 13 Catholic demonstrators shot to death by British troops on Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday cried tears of joy Tuesday as an epic fact-finding probe ruled that th…
Gunmen kill 15 Mexican officers
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Gunmen killed 15 federal police officers Monday in separate attacks in two drug-plagued states, marking one of the bloodiest days for security forces since the government stepped up its fight wit…
Pope defends celibacy for priests
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended celibacy for priests as a sign of faith in an increasingly secular world Thursday, insisting on a church tradition that has increasingly come under scrutiny amid t…
Japan PM warns of debt crisis
TOKYO (AP) - Japan could face a financial mess like the one that has crippled Greece if it does not deal urgently with its swelling national debt, the new prime minister warned Friday.
Van der Sloot jailed, charged with murder
LIMA, Peru - Angry onlookers shouted "Disgrace!" and "Murderer!" at Joran van der Sloot on Friday after a judge ordered him jailed on first-degree murder and robbery charges in the beating and strangling death of a…
North Korea vows 'sea of flame' for Seoul facilities
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea vowed early today to launch an all-out attack against South Korean loudspeakers and other propaganda facilities along their heavily fortified border, warning it can even turn S…
NATO: Taliban suicide bomb blast kills 40 in Afghanistan
NADAHAN VILLAGE, Afghanistan (AP) - Body parts in trees. Mud walls flattened. Corpses riddled with ball bearings.
Holloway suspect targeted in sting
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI thought it was closing in on Joran van der Sloot in the notorious Natalee Holloway missing-teenager case, and he was videotaped and paid $25,000 in a sting operation. But when the agency d…
FBI, Mexican security at odds over teen's death
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - Pointing their rifles, Mexican security forces chased away U.S. authorities investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the banks of the Rio Gra…
Israel softens Gaza Strip ban
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel took a first step Wednesday to temper the uproar caused by its deadly high-seas raid on a blockade-busting flotilla by allowing in potato chips, cookies, spices and other previously banned f…
G-20 finance chiefs agree
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) - World financial leaders pledged Saturday to push ahead on curbing deficits and crafting financial reforms to safeguard the global recovery, including making banks bear much of the burden f…
D-Day Pointe du Hoc site gets facelift
PARIS - The Nazis thought the jagged cliffs were unassailable until the elite U.S. Rangers scaled them in a valiant D-Day assault. Now the rocks are undergoing…
Gaza-bound aid vessel tests Israel blockade
JERUSALEM (AP) - A Gaza-bound aid ship was just a few dozen miles from the blockaded Palestinian territory early Saturday, and was being tailed by three Israeli naval boats.
Anger rises as oil spill spreads
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The smell of oil hangs heavy in the sea air. Children with plastic shovels scoop up clumps of goo in the waves. Beachcombers colle…
British taxi driver kills 12
SEASCALE, England - A taxi driver drove his vehicle on a shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England on Wednesday, methodically killing 12 people and wounding 25 others before turning the gun on h…