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Tolerance and Diversity: America's Achilles Heel 8-4-11

PARIS (AP) -- In emails, the nuclear physicist at one of Europe's most celebrated laboratories railed about a need to punish Western governments for allegedly anti-Muslim wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - and conferred with an alleged al-Qaida contact about possible assassination or bombing plots....

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- In the second YouTube video in a week to highlight an African conflict, George Clooney makes an illegal and dangerous trip to the southern reaches of Sudan, where the actor witnesses what an American activist said Thursday was likely a Chinese-made missile sail overhead....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said it would press on with trying to reconcile Afghanistan's government and Taliban forces willing to renounce terrorism, despite Thursday's announcement by the militant group that it was no longer interested in peace talks with the United States....

BRUSSELS (AP) -- Iran was largely cut off from global commerce Thursday after the company that handles worldwide financial transactions said it was severing ties with many Iranian banks to back EU sanctions against Tehran....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- NATO forces swooped in by helicopter before dawn Saturday to rescue two female foreign aid workers and their two Afghan colleagues who were held by militants for nearly two weeks in a cave in northern Afghanistan....

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A Norwegian military transport plane with five people aboard went missing Thursday during an exercise and was feared to have crashed in bad weather in a mountainous area in northern Sweden, officials said....

TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- A gunman on a motorbike opened fire on three French paratroopers at a bank machine Thursday in southern France, killing two and critically wounding one, officials said. It was the second such attack in a week targeting French soldiers....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- It was a stunning attack by al-Qaida in a country that is one of the world's hottest fronts against the terror group. Militants rampaged through an army camp in southern Yemen before dawn, catching soldiers asleep and killing more than 180. Amid the turmoil, the defense minister ordered helicopters to evacuate the wounded....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- It was a stunning attack by al-Qaida in a country that is one of the world's hottest fronts against the terror group. Militants rampaged through an army camp in southern Yemen before dawn, catching soldiers asleep and killing more than 180. Amid the turmoil, the defense minister ordered helicopters to evacuate the wounded....

LONDON (AP) -- Markets were steady on Thursday following recent gains that have pushed many U.S. indexes to their highest levels since the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says its approach toward the Taliban has not changed, rejecting the militant group's statements that it broke off talks with the U.S. because the Americans had failed to follow through on promises and had made new demands....

BRUSSELS (AP) -- Iran was largely cut off from global commerce on Thursday, when the company that handles financial transactions said it was severing ties with many Iranian banks - part of an international effort to discourage Tehran from developing nuclear weapons....

LONDON (AP) -- The beds can handle both the very tall and the very small, the sofas are electric aqua with hot pink cushions and every suite gets a balcony....

SIERRE, Switzerland (AP) -- Relatives of the 28 people killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel faced a heartbreaking task Thursday: identifying the bodies ahead of their repatriation. Most of the dead were children....

BEIJING (AP) -- As big city politician Bo Xilai rose to nationwide prominence with an anti-mafia crusade and mass sing-alongs of communist anthems, many of China's leaders trekked to his metropolis approvingly. Not President Hu Jintao....

BRUSSELS (AP) -- Iran was effectively cut off from global commerce on Thursday, when the company that handles financial transactions said it was severing ties with many Iranian banks - part of an international effort to discourage Tehran from developing nuclear weapons....

ROBRES, Spain (AP) -- Fernando Luna, a burly Spanish farmer, yanks a barley sprout from a field as dry as powder. He examines its roots, which are mostly dead, then tosses the stunted shoot away in disgust....

GENEVA (AP) -- Relatives of the 28 people killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel faced a heartbreaking task Thursday: identifying the bodies ahead of their repatriation. Most of the dead were children....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- NATO forces swooped in by helicopter before dawn Saturday to rescue two female foreign aid workers and their two Afghan colleagues who were held by militants for nearly two weeks in a cave in northern Afghanistan....