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Rubber duck makes splash in Hong Kong
World Comments Updated: May 04, 2013 12:05amBy ANNIE HO
Associated Press
HONG KONG — A six-story-high rubber duck is making a big splash in Hong Kong.
Crowds watched the inflatable duck being pulled by tugboat across...
U.S. military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan
World Comments Updated: May 04, 2013 12:05amBy DALTON BENNETT
Associated Press
CHALDOVAR, Kyrgyzstan — An American military refueling plane carrying three crew members crashed Friday in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the...
Rat meat peddled as lamb in China
World Comments Updated: May 04, 2013 12:05amAssociated Press
BEIJING — Chinese police have broken up a criminal ring accused of taking meat from rats and foxes and selling it as lamb in the country’s latest food safety scandal.
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US panel: Afghans need greater religious freedom
World Comments Updated: May 03, 2013 12:06amBy THOMAS WAGNER
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — Despite significant improvements since the hard-line Taliban ruled Afghanistan, religious freedom remains poor, especially for...
Former hostage left bemused by UK piracy mix up
World Comments Updated: May 03, 2013 12:06amLONDON (AP) — Arrrrgh! That must’ve been embarrassing.
A man held hostage by Somali pirates says he was bemused when he encountered a crowd of eye patch-wearing, plastic sword-wielding women...
Amnesty sought for sentenced American
World Comments Updated: May 03, 2013 12:06amBy MATTHEW PENNINGTON and SAM KIM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The U.S. called Thursday for North Korea to grant amnesty and immediately release a Korean-American sentenced to 15...
US rethinking arming rebels
World Comments Updated: May 03, 2013 12:06amBy LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels who have been locked in a civil war with the Syrian regime...
Rhinos wiped out in Mozambique
World Comments Updated: May 03, 2013 12:06amBy MICHELLE FAUL
Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG — Mozambique’s rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Reconstituted several years ago, the...
‘Off the charts’: 133k Somalia famine child deaths
World Comments Updated: May 03, 2013 12:06amBy JASON STRAZIUSO
Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya — A decision by extremist Islamic militants to ban delivery of food aid and a “normalization of crisis” that numbed international...
Workers unite on May Day
World Comments Updated: May 02, 2013 12:05amBy MEHMET GUZEL
Associated Press
ISTANBUL — Workers around the world united in anger during May Day rallies Wednesday — from fury in Europe over austerity measures that have cut wages...
