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North Korean envoy gives letter to China’s president

Updated: May 25, 2013 12:05am

Associated Press

BEIJING — A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin...

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Mexico violence pushes companies to relocate

Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06am

MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — The economic development secretary of the western Mexican state of Michoacan says two major firms have decided to relocate their distribution centers to escape violence....

<p>Associated Press</p><p>A young woman covers her nose to block out the stench from rotting bodies at a morgue where bodies recovered from the garment factory collapse are kept for identification Saturday in Bangladesh.</p>

Bangladesh toll 547; search becomes more gruesome

Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06am

By FARID HOSSAIN

Associated Press

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Ten days after the horrifying collapse of a garment-factory building, life has become still more gruesome for crews working to...

<p>Hamid Karzai</p>

7 American service members killed in Afghanistan

Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06am

By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ

Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — Seven U.S. soldiers and a member of the NATO-led coalition were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days...

Syriad says Israel strikes military research center

Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06am

By JOSEF FEDERMAN

and KARIN LAUB

Associated Press

BEIRUT — The Syrian state news agency SANA, citing initial reports, said early Sunday that Israeli missiles struck a military...

Rubber duck makes splash in Hong Kong

Updated: May 04, 2013 12:05am

By 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

Updated: May 04, 2013 12:05am

By 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

Updated: May 04, 2013 12:05am

Associated 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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<p>Associated Press</p><p>Afghans listen to a preacher while offering the Eid al Adha’s prayers outside of Shah-e-Dushamshera mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. As the country braces for next year’s presidential election and the planned withdrawal of most foreign combat troops by the end of 2014, the panel urges the U.S. government and its allies to work harder to promote religious rights in the war-torn nation.</p>

US panel: Afghans need greater religious freedom

Updated: May 03, 2013 12:06am

By 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

Updated: May 03, 2013 12:06am

LONDON (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...

<p>Kenneth Bae</p>

Amnesty sought for sentenced American

Updated: May 03, 2013 12:06am

By 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...