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Europeans open marathon talks on bank rescues
December 10, 2013 BRUSSELS (AP) — Finance ministers of the European Union on Tuesday held marathon talks on how to create a central agency that can rescue banks without using taxpayer money. more »»
Ukrainian president to seek protesters' release
December 10, 2013 KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president says he will ask the country's general prosecutor to find a way to release some of the demonstrators who were arrested in recent protests, in a bid to... more »»
Kravchuk: Yanukovych to seek protesters' release
December 10, 2013 KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president has expressed willingness to seek the release of demonstrators arrested in recent protests, according one of the former Ukrainian leaders who met with him... more »»
Court: Exec guilty over faulty French implants
December 10, 2013 MARSEILLE, France (AP) — A French businessman who sold tens of thousands of breast implants filled with industrial-grade silicone and prone to leaks was convicted of fraud on Tuesday and sentence... more »»
2 French soldiers die in Central African Republic
December 10, 2013 BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Two French soldiers have been killed in combat in Central African Republic's capital, President Francois Hollande's office announced Tuesday, the first... more »»
World leaders, South Africans honor Mandela
December 10, 2013 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — World leaders and joyous, singing South Africans gathered Tuesday to honor Nelson Mandela at a Soweto soccer stadium that was two-thirds full amid cold, driving rai. more »»
Economic experiment shows limits of NKorean change
December 10, 2013 RAJIN, North Korea (AP) — Many of the ways in which this dusty, windswept area differs from most of North Korea are easiest to see at night. more »»
Analysis finds confusion over 'armed conflicts'
December 10, 2013 GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss-based think tank says armed conflicts kill or injure thousands of people a year, but it is not always clear whether there is a potential for investigating and prosecuting wa... more »»
Your guide to the 2013 Nobel Prizes
December 10, 2013 STOCKHOLM (AP) — The winners of the 2013 Nobel Prizes will collect their $1.2 million awards Tuesday at ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo. more »»
Western envoys go to Kiev hoping to defuse crisis
December 10, 2013 KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Top Western diplomats headed to Kiev Tuesday to try to defuse a stand-off between President Viktor Yanukovych's government and thousands of demonstrators, following a night i... more »»
Thai PM insists she will not resign before polls
December 10, 2013 BANGKOK (AP) — Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Tuesday she would not resign ahead of national elections set for Fe. more »»
Uruguay's legal pot plan on verge of adoption
December 10, 2013 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's plan to set up a legal, regulated marijuana market has reached its final legislative stage, with the Senate expected to approve the plan by late Tuesday and... more »»
Police strikes, mob rule testing Argentine cities
December 10, 2013 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Mobs of looters are swarming into the streets of more cities across Argentina as police officers abandon their posts in spreading copycat strikes called to pressure... more »»
Purge sends chilling message to NKorea's elite
December 10, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — While the rest of North Korea's top brass leaped to their feet before Kim Jong Un, clapping wildly in a requisite show of respect at high-level meetings, his uncle, Jang... more »»
5 dead as Argentine police strikes inspire mobs
December 10, 2013 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Outbreaks of looting have spread across Argentina as mobs take advantage of strikes by police demanding pay raises to match inflation. more »»
Riot police storm opposition offices in Ukraine
December 10, 2013 KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Heavily armed riot troops broke into the offices of a top Ukrainian opposition party in Kiev and seized its servers Monday, the party said, as anti-government protests... more »»
Canada plans claim that would include North Pole
December 10, 2013 TORONTO (AP) — Canada plans to make a claim to the North Pole in an effort to assert its sovereignty in the resource-rich Arctic, the country's foreign affairs minister said Monday. more »»
Recalling life under apartheid in South Africa
December 10, 2013 Michelle Faul is Chief Africa Correspondent for The Associated Press. more »»
Hagel orders airlift for Central African Republic
December 10, 2013 DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the U.S. military to transport troops from Burundi into the Central African Republic to help quell the latest upsurge in violence there. more »»
Obama urges calm in Central African Republic
December 10, 2013 ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Barack Obama is urging the people of the Central African Republic to remain calm amid mounting sectarian violence. more »» |
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