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Mexican cartel says no violence during papal visit

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Banners purportedly signed by one of Mexico's drug cartels and hung in Guanajuato promise there will be no violence during next weekend's visit to the state by Pope Benedict XVI, an official said Sunday....

Mexican cartel says no violence during papal visit

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Banners purportedly signed by one of Mexico's drug cartels and hung in Guanajuato promise there will be no violence during next weekend's visit to the state by Pope Benedict XVI, an official said Sunday....

Kidnappers free 2 Brazilian women in Egypt's Sinai

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
AL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) -- Armed tribesmen freed two Brazilian women and an Egyptian police officer who was with them late Sunday, hours after abducting them in the Sinai desert, a security official said....

Kidnappers free 2 Brazilian women in Egypt's Sinai

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
AL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) -- Armed tribesmen freed two Brazilian women and an Egyptian police officer who was with them late Sunday, hours after abducting them in the Sinai desert, a security official said....

Israelis agree Iran hasn't decided on atom bomb

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Despite saber-rattling from Jerusalem, Israeli officials now agree with the U.S. assessment that Tehran has not yet decided on the actual construction of a nuclear bomb, according to senior Israeli government and defense figures....

Cuba detains dissidents ahead of papal visit

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban authorities detained a prominent dissident and dozens of her colleagues early Sunday, then arrested more activists while they staged a weekly protest march through Havana....

Death of consul's daughter spurs Venezuela outcry

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The killing of a Chilean diplomat's teenage daughter by police is reigniting concerns among Venezuelans about excessive force by officers and their frequent involvement in violent crimes....

Death of consul's daughter spurs Venezuela outcry

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The killing of a Chilean diplomat's teenage daughter by police is reigniting concerns among Venezuelans about excessive force by officers and their frequent involvement in violent crimes....

Brother of 2 top Colombian drug suspects sent home

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- The younger brother of two of Colombia's most wanted drug-trafficking suspects has been deported home by neighboring Ecuador....

Brother of 2 top Colombian drug suspects sent home

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- The younger brother of two of Colombia's most wanted drug-trafficking suspects has been deported home by neighboring Ecuador....

Death of consul's daughter spurs Venezuela outcry

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The killing of a Chilean diplomat's teenage daughter by police is reigniting concerns among Venezuelans about excessive force by officers and their frequent involvement in violent crimes....

Israelis agree Iran hasn't decided on atom bomb

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Despite saber-rattling from Jerusalem, Israeli officials now agree with the U.S. assessment that Tehran has not yet decided on the actual construction of a nuclear bomb, according to senior Israeli government and defense figures....

Yemen battles kill 16 al-Qaida militants, 7 troops

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni warplanes pounded al-Qaida fighters on Monday, killing at least 16, while seven soldiers died in clashes with militants in the country's troubled south where the army is trying to uproot the terror group, military officials said....

Belarus executes 2 men convicted of subway bombing

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- Two men convicted of carrying out a deadly subway bombing last year in Belarus' capital have been executed, drawing strong condemnation from activists and the European Union....

Belarus executes 2 men convicted of subway bombing

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- Two men convicted of carrying out a deadly subway bombing last year in Belarus' capital have been executed, drawing strong condemnation from activists and the European Union....

Uruguay probes possible hospital homicides

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- An investigation into dozens of possibly induced deaths at two Uruguayan hospitals has led to the detention of at least two nurses, officials said Sunday....

Clashes in rival towns kill 22 in western Libya

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Militias from rival towns in western Libya battled each other with tanks and artillery on Tuesday in fierce fighting that killed at least 22 people, local officials said....

2 Brazilian women kidnapped in Egypt's Sinai

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
AL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) -- Armed tribesmen on Sunday kidnapped two Brazilian women and their Egyptian tour guide as they were traveling on a bus near Mount Sinai, according to security officials....

Egypt Christians pay final respects to their pope

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
CAIRO (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Coptic Christians lined up outside a cathedral in the Egyptian capital on Sunday to pay their final respects to the spiritual leader of their ancient church, whose body was seated inside on an ornate throne....

Cuba's Ladies in White protest without incident

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 20:15
HAVANA (AP) -- A Cuban dissident group known as the Ladies in White held its customary weekly protest without incident Sunday on the eve of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the island....
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