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Indian state reopens debt, suicide investigations

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
MUMBAI, India (AP) -- A southern Indian state is actively investigating 76 criminal cases - some that had been closed by police - against employees of Indian lenders accused of driving overindebted borrowers to suicide, officials said Thursday....

German celeb bunny meets untimely demise

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
BERLIN (AP) -- An earless baby bunny that was a rising star on Germany's celebrity animal scene had his 15 minutes of fame brought to an abrupt end when he was accidentally stepped on by a television cameraman....

Jewish, Muslim scribes keep calligraphy art alive

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
JERUSALEM (AP) -- In a world overwhelmed by electronic gadgets that have changed the way we read, write and learn, the Jewish and Islamic arts of calligraphy have preserved their methods for generations....

Tibet exiles see rise of American-style politician

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
DHARMSALA, India (AP) -- Lobsang Sangay is the prime minister of a country that doesn't exist. His government fills a moldy cluster of yellow brick buildings clinging to an Indian hillside. His budget depends on donor countries and wealthy supporters....

Egypt charges 75 people in deadly soccer riot

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's top prosecutor on Thursday charged 75 people in connection with a deadly soccer riot last month in the Mediterranean city of Port Said in which authorities said fans were thrown to their death off the stadium walls and others killed by explosives as they tried to flee....

Egypt charges 75 people in deadly soccer riot

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's top prosecutor on Thursday charged 75 people in connection with a deadly soccer riot last month in the Mediterranean city of Port Said in which authorities said fans were thrown to their death off the stadium walls and others killed by explosives as they tried to flee....

Italian police arrest terror suspect

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
MILAN (AP) -- Italian police arrested a Moroccan man early Thursday on suspicion of plotting an attack against a Milan synagogue, while authorities in Britain detained a woman possibly linked to the alleged plot....

'Good Samaritan' thieves jailed over UK riots

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
LONDON (AP) -- Two men have been jailed for posing as Good Samaritans and then stealing from an injured Malaysian student during the London riots....

'Matilda' mops up 7 prizes at theater's Oliviers

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
LONDON (AP) -- Mischievous musical "Matilda" dominated British theater's Olivier Awards on Sunday, winning seven prizes including a joint best-actress trophy for the four children who play the title role....

Pakistan says Swiss couple held by Taliban is free

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Swiss couple held captive for nearly a year by the Taliban in Pakistan turned up at an army post close to the Afghan border on Thursday, claiming to have escaped from their captors, the Pakistani army said. They were swiftly flown to safety by the military....

Somalia, Kenya, Nigeria bombings deadlier in 2011

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Bomb attacks in Nigeria, Kenya and Somalia rose in 2011 as al-Qaida-affiliated terror groups used more sophisticated devices to kill more people with each explosion, the Pentagon's anti-IED unit said....

Yemenis: Ousted leader undermining al-Qaida fight

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
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....

Yemenis: Ousted leader undermining al-Qaida fight

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
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....

Tibet exiles see rise of American-style politician

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
DHARMSALA, India (AP) -- Lobsang Sangay is the prime minister of a country that doesn't exist. His government fills a moldy cluster of yellow brick buildings clinging to an Indian hillside. His budget depends on donor countries and wealthy supporters....

China replaces once-powerful leader hit by scandal

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
BEIJING (AP) -- China's Communist Party sidelined a powerful, charismatic politician Thursday following a messy scandal that saw a trusted aide flee to a U.S. consulate and that threatened to cast a shadow over a looming leadership transition....

Worries over Iranian Jews if Israel attacks

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
JERUSALEM (AP) -- All but lost amid the heated talk about a possible Israeli attack on Iran's suspect nuclear program are the thousands of Jews who live in the Islamic Republic and could be caught in the middle....

UK paper claims to have Syrian leader's emails

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
LONDON (AP) -- Thousands of emails purported to be from the private accounts of Bashar Assad and his wife show the Syrian president took advice from Iran on how to handle the uprising against his rule, joked about his promises of reform and bypassed U.S. sanctions to shop on iTunes, the Guardian newspaper reported Wednesday....

Protesters picket key tobacco show in Philippines

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Hundreds of anti-smoking advocates on Thursday picketed a large international tobacco fair in the Philippines, a country that has drawn more attention from the industry as Western nations pile on restrictions and taxes....

Pakistan says Swiss couple held by Taliban is free

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 10:25
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Swiss couple held captive by the Taliban in Pakistan since July turned up at an army post close to the Afghan border and was flown to safety on Thursday by the Pakistani military, security officials said....
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