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Brazil to file charges against Chevron executives

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazilian prosecutors said Saturday they will file criminal charges against 17 executives of Chevron Corp. and drilling contractor Transocean Ltd. for a new oil leak near the offshore well where at least 110,000 gallons (about 416,000 liters) spilled late last year....

Report: US sent detainees to banned Afghan prisons

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A report released Saturday by two rights groups says the U.S. sent some detainees to Afghan prisons where torture was found despite an announced moratorium on such moves....

Report: US sent detainees to banned Afghan prisons

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A report released Saturday by two rights groups says the U.S. sent some detainees to Afghan prisons where torture was found despite an announced moratorium on such moves....

Report: US sent detainees to banned Afghan prisons

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A report released Saturday by two rights groups says the U.S. sent some detainees to Afghan prisons where torture was found despite an announced moratorium on such moves....

Shooting spree hastens decline to win over Afghans

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The massacre of 16 Afghan civilians was a dagger to the U.S.-led coalition's hearts and minds campaign, which was already in decline after 10 years of war....

John Demjanjuk, convicted death camp guard, dies

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
BERLIN (AP) -- John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name - a legal battle that had not yet ended when he died Saturday at age 91 - made him one of the best-known faces of Nazi prosecutions....

Chavez travels to Cuba for radiation treatment

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew to Cuba late Saturday to begin radiation therapy one month after undergoing surgery that removed a cancerous tumor....

500,000 pack Dublin for St Patrick's Day parade

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
DUBLIN (AP) -- An estimated 500,000 people crowded Saturday into central Dublin for the St. Patrick's Day parade, a focal point for Irish celebrations worldwide and the start of the tourist season in debt-battered Ireland....

500,000 pack Dublin for St Patrick's Day parade

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
DUBLIN (AP) -- An estimated 500,000 people crowded Saturday into central Dublin for the St. Patrick's Day parade, a focal point for Irish celebrations worldwide and the start of the tourist season in debt-battered Ireland....

Body parts found at plane crash site in Sweden

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Police called off the search for survivors of a plane crash Saturday after discovering body parts on the site where the Norwegian military cargo aircraft slammed into Sweden's highest mountain....

Vatican launches criminal probe into leaks

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican has launched an internal, criminal investigation into the leaks of confidential documents that alleged corruption and financial mismanagement and exposed power struggles among Holy See officials, a Vatican prelate said Saturday....

Report: US sent detainees to banned Afghan prisons

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A report by two rights groups says the U.S. sent some detainees to Afghan prisons where torture was found despite an announced suspension of such transfers....

Thai billionaire who created Red Bull dies

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
BANGKOK (AP) -- Chaleo Yoovidhya, the self-made Thai billionaire who introduced the world to "energy drinks" and co-founded the globally popular Red Bull brand, has died. He was in his 80s....

Hundreds rally to welcome Chavez home in Venezuela

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Hundreds of Venezuelans rallied Saturday to welcome President Hugo Chavez home from Cuba, where he underwent cancer surgery to remove a tumor....

Pope of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church dies

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, has died. He was 88....

Pope of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church dies

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, has died. He was 88....

Thai billionaire who created Red Bull dies at 89

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
BANGKOK (AP) -- State media in Thailand say the self-made Thai billionaire who created the renowned Red Bull energy drink three decades ago has died. He was 89....

Syria says opposition must give up arms first

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Syria has told international envoy Kofi Annan in a letter obtained Saturday by The Associated Press that it is "keen to end violence" but insists that armed opposition groups give up their weapons first....

John Demjanjuk, convicted death camp guard, dies

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
BERLIN (AP) -- John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name - a legal battle that had not yet ended when he died Saturday at age 91 - made him one of the best-known faces of Nazi prosecutions....

Iran parliament speaker says Israel won't attack

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 16:56
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's parliament speaker on Saturday compared Israel to a barking dog that won't dare attack the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear program....
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