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Condition of Indian girl who was raped improves
World Comments Updated: Apr 22, 2013 12:06amBy NIRMALA GEORGE
Associated Press
NEW DELHI — The condition of a 5-year-old girl who was raped, tortured and then left alone in a locked room for two days has improved, a doctor said...
China rushes relief following Sichuan quake
World Comments Updated: Apr 21, 2013 12:06amBy GILLIAN WONG
Associated Press
YA’AN, China — Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China’s Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at...
Iraqis go to polls for first time since US withdrawal
World Comments Updated: Apr 21, 2013 12:06amBy ADAM SCHRECK
Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Iraq carried out its first election since the U.S. military withdrawal without major bloodshed Saturday in a major test for Iraqi security...
Iron Lady laid to rest
World Comments Updated: Apr 18, 2013 12:05amBy CASSANDRA VINOGRAD
Associated Press
LONDON — Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest Wednesday with prayers and ceremony, plus cheers and occasional jeers, as Britain paused to remember...
Iraq executes 21 convicted of terrorism
World Comments Updated: Apr 18, 2013 12:05amBy SINAN SALAHEDDIN
Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Iraq has executed 21 prisoners convicted on terrorism charges and links to al-Qaida, the Justice Ministry said Wednesday, setting off...
Assad accuses West of backing al-Qaida
World Comments Updated: Apr 18, 2013 12:05amBy ZEINA KARAM
Associated Press
BEIRUT — Syria’s president accused the West on Wednesday of backing al-Qaida in his country’s civil war, warning it will pay a price “in the heart” of...
Venezuela’s new president certified
World Comments Updated: Apr 16, 2013 12:05amBy FRANK BAJAK
and VIVIAN SEQUERA
Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s government-friendly electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of...
Brotherhood denies Syrian power grab
World Comments Updated: Apr 16, 2013 12:05amBEIRUT (AP) — The exiled leader of Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood denied Monday widespread accusations by other pro-rebel political factions that the group is seeking to impose its will on other...
As U.S. talks up diplomacy, N. Korea takes hard line
World Comments Updated: Apr 15, 2013 12:06amBy BRADLEY KLAPPER
Associated Press
TOKYO — The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks with North Korea if the saber-rattling country lowered tensions and...
As U.S. talks up diplomacy, N. Korea takes hard line
World Comments Updated: Apr 15, 2013 12:05amBy BRADLEY KLAPPER
Associated Press
TOKYO — The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks with North Korea if the saber-rattling country lowered tensions and...
