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In Brazil, auto fatalities accelerate
World Comments Updated: May 13, 2013 12:05amBy BRADLEY BROOKS
Associated Press
SAO PAULO — The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry’s biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands...
Woman rescued after 17 days in Bangladesh rubble
World Comments Updated: May 11, 2013 12:06amBy JULHAS ALAM
Associated Press
SAVAR, Bangladesh — For 17 days, the seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside...
Russia says it will sell more missiles to Damascus
World Comments Updated: May 11, 2013 12:06amBy KARIN LAUB
Associated Press
BEIRUT — Russia defended its sales of anti-aircraft systems to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, just days after joining forces with the U.S....
Vying for re-election, Imelda Marcos extends family’s dynasty
World Comments Updated: May 11, 2013 12:06amBy JIM GOMEZ
Associated Press
MARCOS, Philippines — Twenty-seven years after a public revolt ousted her dictator husband, Imelda Marcos is the Philippines’ ultimate political survivor...
Water shortage on Marshall Islands
World Comments Updated: May 11, 2013 12:06amAssociated Press
MAJURO, Marshall Islands — About 6,000 people who live on the remote northern atolls of the Marshall Islands are facing an acute shortage of fresh water as a severe drought...
Karzai: US can keep 9 bases
World Comments Updated: May 10, 2013 12:06amBy KATHY GANNON
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has irked Washington with his frequent criticism of American military operations in his country...
Hezbollah: Syria will shell out weapons
World Comments Updated: May 10, 2013 12:06amBy BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press
BEIRUT — Syria will supply “game-changing” weapons to Hezbollah, the chief of the Lebanese militant group said Thursday, less than a week after Israeli...
Bangladesh collapse toll hits 950
World Comments Updated: May 10, 2013 12:06amBy JULHAS ALAM
Associated Press
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A fire at a sweater manufacturer killed eight people — including a senior police officer, a Bangladeshi politician and a top...
Israel moving ahead with new settler housing
World Comments Updated: May 10, 2013 12:06amBy TIA GOLDENBERG
Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Israel has given preliminary approval to build nearly 300 housing units in a West Bank settlement, a spokesman said Thursday, bringing a...
Syria says Web outage was technical problem
World Comments Updated: May 09, 2013 12:06amBy BASSEM MROUE AND KARIN LAUB
Associated Press
BEIRUT — A problem with a fiber optics cable was responsible for an Internet outage that cut off civil war-ravaged Syria from the rest...
