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Kim Doctom's money won him New Zealand residency

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- In the eyes of New Zealand immigration authorities in 2010, Kim Dotcom's money trumped his criminal past....

Pakistani parliament approves proposals on US ties

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's parliament on Thursday unanimously approved new guidelines for the country in its troubled relationship with the United States, a decision that could pave the way for the reopening of supply lines to NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan....

Nightmare zoo in Indonesia shaken by giraffe death

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- The tigers are emaciated and the 180 pelicans packed so tightly they cannot unfurl their wings without hitting a neighbor. Last week, a giraffe died with a beachball-sized wad of plastic food wrappers in its belly....

Chinese leadership politics delay major reforms

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
BEIJING (AP) -- As China faces growing calls for major reforms to prevent its slowing economy from derailing and keep its living standards rising, the response from Chinese leaders appears to be: "Not yet."...

Obama, Cameron to focus on foreign threats

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
LONDON (AP) -- Efforts to end the international mission in Afghanistan, curtail Iran's nuclear ambitions and halt the bloody repression of Syria's opposition will dominate talks opening Tuesday between U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron....

UK's John Major: Murdoch tried to change policy

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
LONDON (AP) -- Former British Prime Minister John Major said Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch tried to influence his government's dealings with the European Union, even hinting that the politician could lose the support of the media mogul's newspapers if he didn't change direction....

Nightmare zoo in Indonesia shaken by giraffe death

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- The tigers are emaciated and the 180 pelicans packed so tightly they cannot unfurl their wings without hitting a neighbor. Last week, a giraffe died with a beachball-sized wad of plastic food wrappers in its belly....

30 dead, dozens missing in Bangladesh ferry crash

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A ferry packed with about 200 people capsized in a river in southern Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing 30 people and leaving dozens more missing, authorities said....

Kim Doctom's money won him New Zealand residency

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- In the eyes of New Zealand immigration authorities in 2010, Kim Dotcom's money trumped his criminal past....

10 dead, dozens missing in Bangladesh ferry crash

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A ferry packed with about 200 people capsized in a river in southern Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing 10 people and leaving dozens more missing, authorities said....

Peruvians feel robbed over Spain getting treasure

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- We were robbed! That's how many Peruvians feel, now that U.S. courts have given Spain the 17 tons of silver and gold coins that a private company salvaged from the wreck of a colonial-era Spanish sailing ship....

Peruvians feel robbed over Spain getting treasure

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- We were robbed! That's how many Peruvians feel, now that U.S. courts have given Spain the 17 tons of silver and gold coins that a private company salvaged from the wreck of a colonial-era Spanish sailing ship....

Palestinian, Israeli killed in shootout near Gaza

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian militant died in a shootout between the militant and Israeli troops near the border with the Gaza Strip early Friday, the military said....

Guatemalan gets 6,060-year sentence in massacre

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- A former member of an elite Guatemalan military force extradited from the United States last July was sentenced to 6,060 years in prison for his role in the killings of 201 people in a 1982 massacre....

Guatemalan gets 6,060-year sentence in massacre

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- A former member of an elite Guatemalan military force extradited from the United States last July was sentenced to 6,060 years in prison Monday for his role in the killings of 201 people in a 1982 massacre....

NGO urges probe of Honduras journalist killings

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
allati TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Press groups on Monday called for an international investigation into attacks on journalists in Honduras after a radio host was killed by machete blows, bringing to 19 the number of media employees slain over the past two years....

Tibetan teen self-immolates on revolt anniversary

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
BEIJING (AP) -- A teenage Tibetan monk set himself on fire in protest on the 53rd anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, an overseas activist group said Tuesday....

Police: Belgian mosque attacked, imam dies

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 02:42
BRUSSELS (AP) -- A mosque near Brussels was the target Monday evening of an arson attack in which the imam died, Belgian authorities said late Monday....
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