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Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs
bin Laden: Wanted dead, not alive
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.
U.S. missile attacks kill 7 in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani officials say two suspected U.S. missile strikes have killed at least seven militants in northwestern Pakistan.
Iran says it struck US-backed groups
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Saturday it has dismantled several U.S.-backed opposition networks that were gathering information on nuclear scientists and finding ways to circumvent controls on the Internet meant to dep…
Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders
BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the latest indica…
Clinton slams Israel for housing decision
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his governm…
Pope under fire for transfer, letter on clergy sex abuse
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Germany's sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese disclosed that while he was archbishop a suspected pedophile priest was transferred to a job where he later …
Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports
BERLIN - The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegatio…
Another deadly earthquake
KHOST, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing inside a NATO-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan that killed two international service members.
Hundreds slaughtered in religious violence
DOGO NAHAWA, Nigeria - The killers showed no mercy: They didn't spare women and children, or even a 4-day-old baby, from their machetes. On Monday, Nigerian wo…
Chileans reject looters, speculators
CONCEPCION, Chile - The officers came with bullhorns to impoverished neighborhoods near the epicenter of Chile's devastating earthquake, warning looters to return what they stole or face police raids.
Iraqis defy intimidation to vote
BAGHDAD - Insurgents bombed a polling station and lobbed grenades at voters Sunday, killing 36 people in attacks aimed at intimidating those taking part in an election that will determine whether the country can ov…
Early results: Iceland voters reject debt deal
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Iceland's voters on Saturday resoundingly rejected a $5.3 billion plan to pay off Britain and the Netherlands for debts spawned by the collapse of an Icelandic Internet bank, according to …
Iraq's vote key test for a democracy in progress
BAGHDAD - Billed as a key test of Iraq's nascent democracy, Iraqis fear today's parliamentary election will lead to a protracted period of uncertainty as the w…
British PM pledges vehicles to battle Afghan bombs
KABUL (AP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised British troops 200 new patrol vehicles that can resist roadside bombs more effectively during an unan…
Field hospitals aid quake survivors
CONCEPCION, Chile - Chile launched a hepatitis and tetanus vaccination campaign Friday and doctors warned of outbreaks of diarrhea and infection among thousand…