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Profiles of Egypt's main presidential candidates

Profiles of Egypt's main presidential candidates:...

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:41:24 GMT

Former Israeli PM: Jerusalem must be partitioned

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided....

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:32:50 GMT

Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dies at 60

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died at home in Tripoli Sunday, nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the attack's 270 victims. He was 60....

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:32:56 GMT

Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious tweets

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for much of Sunday because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials....

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:22:02 GMT

Bomb explodes during UN visit in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- A roadside bomb exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital as senior U.N. officials toured the area on Sunday, the latest incident in which the unarmed observer mission has nearly been caught up in the country's bloodshed....

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:36:16 GMT

Former Yemen president hospitalized

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- The party of Yemen's former president says the 69-year old Ali Abdullah Saleh has been admitted to a hospital for regular checkups and minor procedures....

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:25:53 GMT

Lawyer: Jailed Bahrain activist granted bail

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- A court in Bahrain granted bail Sunday for a jailed rights activist, but he remained in detention to await another court hearing later this week, a defense lawyer said....

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:49:35 GMT

What to look for at the NATO summit

A look at the main issues for the NATO alliance at the summit meeting for heads of government in Chicago on Sunday and Monday....

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:52:07 GMT

Strong quake kills 4 in Italy cheese region

SANT'AGOSTINO DI FERRARA, Italy (AP) -- A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook several small towns in northeast Italy Sunday, killing four people, knocking down a clock tower and other centuries-old buildings and causing millions in losses to the region known for making Parmesan cheese....

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:19:41 GMT

Jailed Israeli president freed briefly

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A prison spokeswoman says Israel's jailed former president has been freed for a few hours to attend his son's wedding....

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:38:19 GMT

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2 more activists charged related to NATO summit

CHICAGO (AP) -- Prosecutors charged two more activists Sunday with crimes tied to the two-day NATO summit, accusing one of saying he wanted to blow up a downtown Chicago bridge and a second with seeking to build pipe bombs....

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:34:22 GMT

New 1940 US census records show black undercount

NEW YORK (AP) -- It was on the streets of her Harlem neighborhood in the 1940s that teenager Althea Gibson began working on the tennis skills that would take her all the way to winning Wimbledon....

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:57:21 GMT

For gay marriage opponents, moments shape minds

When President Obama announced his support for gay marriage, supporters and pundits declared it symbolic of a historic shift in American attitudes. But as the attention fades, the fact remains that voters in 31 states have rejected gay marriage and more are lining up to do so....

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:02:50 GMT

Romney, US Sen. Brown play down past connections

BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers....

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:59:08 GMT

APNewsBreak: 22 states join campaign finance fight

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending....

Sun, 20 May 2012 12:54:34 GMT

For NY farmers, fracking means salvation _ or ruin

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- When Dan Fitzsimmons looks across the Susquehanna River and sees the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells, he thinks bitterly of the riches beneath his own land locked up by the heated debate that has kept hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, out of New York....

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:28:31 GMT

4 people found dead after boat crash on Iowa river

The bodies of four people missing after a boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa were found Sunday within 100 yards of the crash site, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. None were wearing a life vest....

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:26:03 GMT

Parents make appeals before webcam case sentencing

ORADELL, N.J. (AP) -- One couple lost their teenage son to suicide in the days after his college roommate used a webcam to see him kiss another man in September 2010; the other fears their son will be sent to prison this week for doing the spying....

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:18:49 GMT

Day after historic IPO, Facebook's Zuckerberg weds

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- For Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it was quite a week - from birthday, to IPO, to I DO....

Sun, 20 May 2012 07:56:00 GMT

Mary Kennedy is mourned at private funeral in NY

BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- Family and friends gathered Saturday at a modest stone church in a hamlet north of New York City for the funeral of Mary Richardson Kennedy, the latest member of that charmed and cursed family to fall victim to tragedy and inner demons....

Sun, 20 May 2012 03:21:24 GMT

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I'll Have Another set to go for another at Belmont

BALTIMORE (AP) -- I'll Have Another poked his head out of his stall, started nibbling on his nameplate tacked to a wall and looked up at all the people watching his every move....

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:14:13 GMT

Triple Crown dreams often dashed at Belmont

Since Affirmed last won horse racing's Triple Crown in 1978, 11 3-year-olds have won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness - but fallen short in the Belmont Stakes. I'll Have Another will try to snap that streak on June 9....

Sun, 20 May 2012 04:53:36 GMT

Thunder rally past Lakers, take 3-1 series lead

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line and watched the shot clock dwindle in the final seconds of Game 4. When Metta World Peace backed up slightly on defense, Durant hesitated only an instant before launching a 26-footer....

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:03:25 GMT

Spurs beat Clippers 96-86 to take 3-0 series lead

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Nothing was going to rattle the calm, cool and collected Spurs. Not even a 24-point deficit....

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:01:00 GMT

Wade, Heat move on after Game 3 spat

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Refreshed in body and spirit, the Miami Heat returned to practice reunited and refocused....

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:45:29 GMT

Lundqvist, Rangers blank Devils, 3-0, lead 2-1

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 36 shots, and Dan Girardi, Chris Kreider and Ryan Callahan scored third-period goals to lead the New York Rangers to a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday....

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:50:38 GMT

Johnson cruises to 3rd win in NASCAR All-Star race

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- It's not often a race car driver intentionally cruises slowly at the back of the field....

Sun, 20 May 2012 04:02:50 GMT

Chelsea plans for future as European champion

MUNICH (AP) -- Chelsea can plot its future from an unexpected position of strength as champion of Europe following its dramatic upset of Bayern Munich....

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:20:22 GMT

Dufner carries lead into final round of Nelson

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Nine players had or shared the lead during the third round of the Byron Nelson Championship....

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:07:39 GMT

Pressel slow play helps Munoz in Sybase semi

GLADSTONE, N.J. (AP) -- Azahara Munoz of Spain defeated Morgan Pressel 2 and 1 in the semifinals of the Sybase Match Play Championship Sunday after a slow-play penalty against the American on the 12th hole turned the match, casting a shadow on the $1.5 million event....

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:37:12 GMT


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