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Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs
U.S.-born pandas arrive in China
CHENGDU, China (AP) - Two American-born pandas arrived in their new China home early today, bringing a welcome dose of cuddly to the countries' currently strai…
Taliban town skeptical of NATO promises
MARJAH, Afghanistan - The Taliban's white flag no longer flies over villages across this militant stronghold. Afghan and NATO troops have replaced it with Afgh…
Eurozone tells Greece to ready new cuts, taxes
BRUSSELS - European finance ministers bluntly told Greece to prepare tougher spending cuts and new taxes in an attempt to snuff out a government debt crisis that has shaken the entire eurozone.
Haiti's homeless get tarps, want tents
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Ask any of the hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims living outdoors in Haiti's shattered capital and you're apt to get the same plea: "Give us a tent."
Bombs slow US advance in Afgan town
MARJAH, Afghanistan - Bombs and booby traps slowed the advance of thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers moving Saturday through the Taliban-controlled town of Marjah - NATO's most ambitious effort yet to br…
Protesters smash Vancouver department store windows
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - More than 200 masked Olympic protesters splattered red paint and smashed windows of a popular downtown department store Saturday on the first day of competition at the Vancouver Games.
Bomb kills 9, 57 injured in Indian bakery
NEW DELHI (AP) - A bomb tore through a crowded bakery popular with foreigners in western India, killing nine people and wounding 57 near a famed meditation center.
Ready for a major move
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan - U.S. and Afghan forces ringed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, sealing off escape routes and setting the stage for what is being described as the biggest offensive of the nin…
Iraq to Blackwater guards: Get out
BAGHDAD - Iraq has ordered hundreds of private security guards linked to Blackwater Worldwide to leave the country within seven days or face possible arrest on visa violations, the interior minister said Wednesday.
Haiti parents: We gave kids to Americans
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Parents of some of the children who 10 U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake told a judge Tues…
Europe's debt crisis intensifies
BRUSSELS (AP) - Fears of another crisis spiral for the world economy deepened Friday after the Portuguese parliament defeated a government austerity plan, triggering renewed concern that the financial crisis in tha…
Palestinians question US on reviving peace talks
CAIRO - The Palestinians have asked the Obama administration to clarify a U.S. envoy's proposal to restart long-stalled peace talks with Israel indirectly by shuttling between the two sides, the Palestinian preside…
'Today' sending crew to Vancouver Winter Olympics
NEW YORK - The Vancouver Winter Olympics location works out well for NBC, which will be able to show live competition in prime time, a luxury it rarely has when the event takes place overseas.
U.S. believes Taliban leader is dead
WASHINGTON - U.S. counterterrorism officials believe Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is dead following a missile attack last month, a senior intelligence official said Wednesday in the strongest signal t…
UN chief can't judge if Israel, Palestinian probes are 'credible' Weapons found in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. secretary-general reported Thursday night he was uncertain whether Israel or the Palestinians had met U.N. demands to undertake "credible" investigations into allegations that they deliber…