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Elephants flee as fire burns on Mount Kenya slopes

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A wildlife official says a fire on Kenya's tallest mountain has consumed hundreds of acres of forest and is forcing thousands of animals to flee....

London games organizers unveil Olympic torch route

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
LONDON (AP) -- Schoolchildren, charity fundraisers, war veterans and a centenarian are among 8,000 people who will carry the Olympic flame in the torch relay for the 2012 London Games, organizers announced Monday....

Ramos Horta concedes defeat in East Timor election

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- President Jose Ramos Horta, who campaigned tirelessly for East Timor's independence for nearly a quarter-century and helped steer the new nation, conceded defeat Monday after a poor showing in weekend elections....

Researchers: Wallenberg Budapest mission no fluke

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg's appointment for a mission to rescue Hungarian Jews from the Nazis may not have been as random as previously thought, researchers said Monday....

Researchers: Wallenberg Budapest mission no fluke

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg's appointment for a mission to rescue Hungarian Jews from the Nazis may not have been as random as previously thought, researchers said Monday....

Iraqis demand better services on war anniversary

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
BASRA, Iraq (AP) -- Followers of the anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday demanded better living conditions in Iraq on the ninth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of their country....

Gunman kills 4 outside Jewish school in France

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- A motorcycle gunman opened fire Monday in front of a Jewish school in the southwest French city of Toulouse, killing a father, his two sons and one other child, the prosecutor's office said....

Khmer Rouge jailer testifies against leaders

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- The Khmer Rouge's chief jailer began a week of testimony Monday at Cambodia's U.N.-backed tribunal against three of the regime's surviving leaders who are accused of crimes against humanity....

Chinese hoping ticket out of China is French class

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of people in China are trying to write their own ticket out of the country - in French....

Chinese hoping ticket out of China is French class

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of people in China are trying to write their own ticket out of the country - in French....

Chinese hoping ticket out of China is French class

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of people in China are trying to write their own ticket out of the country - in French....

UPS to buy TNT Express for $6.77B

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- United Parcel Service Inc. said Monday it has agreed to buy TNT Express NV for $6.77 billion ((EURO)5.16 billion) in a deal supported by TNT's boards....

School denies American shot in Yemen proselytized

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- The school employing an American teacher gunned down in Yemen has denied accusations that he was proselytizing Christianity....

UPS to buy TNT Express for $6.77B

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- United Parcel Service Inc. said Monday it has agreed to buy TNT Express NV for $6.77 billion ((EURO)5.16 billion) in a deal supported by TNT's boards....

Chinese hoping ticket out of China is French class

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of people in China are trying to write their own ticket out of the country - in French....

East Timor president concedes defeat in election

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- President Jose Ramos Horta, who campaigned tirelessly for East Timor's independence for nearly a quarter-century and helped steer the new, young nation, conceded defeat Monday after a poor showing in weekend elections....

East Timor president concedes defeat in election

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 18:37
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- President Jose Ramos Horta, who campaigned tirelessly for East Timor's independence for nearly a quarter-century and helped steer the new, young nation, conceded defeat Monday after a poor showing in weekend elections....
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