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Family of doctor in bin Laden hunt slams trial

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- The family of the Pakistani doctor sentenced to 33 years in prison for helping the United States track down Osama bin Laden said Monday the man is innocent and dismissed his trial as a sham....

Clinton presses China to help on global challenges

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
BEIJING (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday urged China to play a responsible role in the world by respecting human rights and helping to deal with challenges posed by Iran and North Korea's nuclear programs and violence in Syria and Sudan and South Sudan....

Markets on edge ahead of US jobs data, elections

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
LONDON (AP) -- Markets were on edge Friday ahead of crucial U.S. jobs figures and weekend elections in France and Greece that could have a big bearing on how Europe's debt crisis plays out over the coming months....

Polls suggest close result in French election

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
PARIS (AP) -- The final polls before France's presidential election Sunday show President Nicolas Sarkozy making up ground on Socialist challenger Francois Hollande - but still predict a Hollande victory....

Rabin killer's brother released from Israel prison

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The unrepentant brother of the man who killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was released from prison Friday after serving 16 1/2 years for complicity in a murder that stunned Israel and according to some destroyed an opportunity for peace....

Octomom at crossroads, broke and considering porn

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- From Miracle Mom to Octomom and now, perhaps very soon, Porno Mom, the bizarre life of Nadya Suleman and her 14 children has been a subject that rarely ceases to amaze....
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As Japan shuts down nuclear power, emissions rise

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
TOKYO (AP) -- The Fukushima crisis is eroding years of Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, as power plants running on oil and natural gas fill the electricity gap left by now-shuttered nuclear reactors....

As Japan shuts down nuclear power, emissions rise

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
TOKYO (AP) -- The Fukushima crisis is eroding years of Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, as power plants running on oil and natural gas fill the electricity gap left by now-shuttered nuclear reactors....

Iran begins runoff parliamentary elections

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian voters headed to the polls on Friday for a second round of parliamentary elections that are likely to see conservative opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad consolidate their hold on the legislature....

Octomom at crossroads, broke and considering porn

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- From Miracle Mom to Octomom and, perhaps soon, Homeless Mom, the life of Nadya Suleman and her 14 children is a subject that rarely fails to strike a nerve....
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China hints at solution to standoff over activist

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
BEIJING (AP) -- Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng's high-profile pleas for U.S. sanctuary upped the pressure Friday on Washington and Beijing to resolve his fate, with China saying he could apply to study abroad....

AP apologizes for firing reporter over WWII scoop

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
NEW YORK (AP) -- In World War II's final moments in Europe, Associated Press correspondent Edward Kennedy gave his news agency perhaps the biggest scoop in its history. He reported, a full day ahead of the competition, that the Germans had surrendered unconditionally at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France....
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AP apologizes for firing reporter over WWII scoop

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
NEW YORK (AP) -- In World War II's final moments in Europe, Associated Press correspondent Edward Kennedy gave his news agency perhaps the biggest scoop in its history. He reported, a full day ahead of the competition, that the Germans had surrendered unconditionally at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France....
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Myanmar paper: 31 dead in new clashes with Kachin

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A state-run newspaper in Myanmar says battles between government troops and Kachin ethnic rebels killed 31 people last week....

Intense shelling of southern Syrian city kills 17

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian troops shelled the southern city of Daraa early on Saturday, killing at least 17 people, activists said. And in Damascus, residents spoke about a night of shooting and explosions in the worst violence Syria's capital has seen since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began 15 months ago....

Got the munchies? A new pot eatery opens in Ore.

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) -- After scraping together a mound of zucchini, broccoli, beef, pineapple and noodles on a big round Mongolian grill, Kevin Wallace measured out a shot of grapeseed oil infused with hashish and poured it over the steaming food, setting off a sizzle....
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Got the munchies? A new pot eatery opens in Ore.

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) -- After scraping together a mound of zucchini, broccoli, beef, pineapple and noodles on a big round Mongolian grill, Kevin Wallace measured out a shot of grapeseed oil infused with hashish and poured it over the steaming food, setting off a sizzle....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

In letters, bin Laden worried about al-Qaida image

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
CAIRO (AP) -- During his last months holed up in a villa in Pakistan, one of the concerns on Osama bin Laden's mind was image control: Al-Qaida's branches and allies were making the terror network look bad in the eyes of the Islamic world....

In letters, bin Laden worried about al-Qaida image

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
CAIRO (AP) -- During his last months holed up in a villa in Pakistan, one of the concerns on Osama bin Laden's mind was image control: Al-Qaida's branches and allies were making the terror network look bad in the eyes of the Islamic world....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

In letters, bin Laden worried about al-Qaida image

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 17:35
CAIRO (AP) -- During his last months holed up in a villa in Pakistan, one of the concerns on Osama bin Laden's mind was image control: Al-Qaida's branches and allies were making the terror network look bad in the eyes of the Islamic world....
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