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Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs
Atlantis crew relaxes after spacewalks
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Atlantis' six astronauts got a little down time up in orbit Saturday on the eve of their departure from the International Space Station.
Clinton: North Korea to face consequences
SHANGHAI - Citing "overwhelming" evidence that North Korea sank a South Korean warship, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned the communist state Friday of international consequences.
Bangkok remains a battleground
BANGKOK - Buildings smoldered across central Bangkok early today and troops exchanged sporadic fire with pockets of holdouts a day after the army routed anti-g…
Thailand government continues crackdown
BANGKOK (AP) - The Thai government has claimed that the army has been successful in its initial push to clear a protest zone in central Bangkok.
World Briefs May 17, 2010
Shuttle Atlantis arrives at space station
Lone crash survivor loses his family
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The Dutch family - mom, dad and two young sons - were headed home from a dream safari in South Africa when their plane plunged to Earth in Libya. Rescuers found a single passenger alive: 9-yea…
Dutch boy sole known survivor in Libyan jet crash
TRIPOLI, Libya - A 10-year-old Dutch boy lay in a hospital bed, head bandaged, skin pale and legs shattered - the lone "miracle" survivor of a plane crash Wednesday that killed 103 people in the Libyan capital. Mos…
Moving day in London
LONDON (AP) - David Cameron, the youthful leader who modernized the party of right-wing icon Margaret Thatcher, became prime minister Tuesday after the resignation of Gordon Brown - capping a gripping election saga…
Euro rescue won't solve low growth
BRUSSELS - A bold $1 trillion rescue by the European Union halted the slide of the euro on Monday and sent markets soaring worldwide in a gambit that may ultimately be seen as the moment Europe truly became a union.
World Briefs May 11, 2010
U.S. missile strike kills 10 in Pakistan
World/Nation Briefs May 10, 2010
'Mountain to climb' for UK parties to reach deal
World Briefs May 9, 2010
Ash delays and reroutes trans-Atlantic flights
Ban asks about nuclear test treaty
UNITED NATIONS - An impatient U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is pushing to set a deadline for activating the treaty banning all nuclear tests, stepping up pressure in a campaign to win over holdouts, including …
Third party is key in Britain election
LONDON (AP) - Britain's inconclusive election turned into high political drama Friday, with the Conservatives and Labour Party wooing a potential ally as the markets pressed for results and a public accustomed to c…
Nigerian president dies after long illness
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, whose election marked the first peaceful transition of power from one civilian to another in a nation once plagued by military coups, has died, his spokesman…