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2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar

2 hours 10 min ago
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence....

Chile's Indians take on world's largest gold miner

2 hours 28 min ago
EL CORRAL, Chile (AP) -- The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water....

'Yugonostalgia' as Croatia prepares to join EU

2 hours 46 min ago
KUMROVEC, Croatia (AP) -- Croatia may be on the doorstep of the European Union, but in this tiny village another group of nations was getting all the glory....

'Friend' of suspect in UK slaying arrested

3 hours 32 min ago
LONDON (AP) -- Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of a British soldier. The friend, Abu Nusaybah, was arrested immediately after he gave a television interview telling his story about how Adebolajo came to be radicalized....

Female suicide bomber injures 12 in Russian region

4 hours 3 min ago
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- A female suicide bomber identified as a widow of two killed Islamists blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday injuring at least 12, including two children and five police officers, police said....

Female suicide bomber injures 12 in Russian region

4 hours 3 min ago
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- A female suicide bomber identified as a widow of two killed Islamists blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday injuring at least 12, including two children and five police officers, police said....

Dozens march in Ukraine's first-ever gay rally

4 hours 41 min ago
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country's first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event....

Dozens march in Ukraine's first-ever gay rally

4 hours 41 min ago
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country's first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event....

'Friend' of suspect in UK slaying arrested

4 hours 46 min ago
LONDON (AP) -- Counterterrorism police are questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two men suspected of the savage killing of a British soldier....

Jordan king says extremism 'grown fat' on conflict

5 hours 9 min ago
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) -- Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians....

Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair

5 hours 11 min ago
BEIRUT (AP) -- Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad unleashed on Saturday their heaviest artillery and rocket barrage in a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town, activists said....

Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit

5 hours 29 min ago
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan....

Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit

5 hours 29 min ago
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan....

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival

6 hours 18 min ago
CANNES, France (AP) -- Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival....

Mosque blast kills 12 in eastern Afghanistan

6 hours 23 min ago
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Authorities in eastern Afghanistan say explosives transported by suspected Taliban fighters accidentally detonated while they were stopped at a mosque, killing 12 people....

16 children, 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire

6 hours 44 min ago
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire....

Chile's Indians take on world's largest gold miner

6 hours 59 min ago
EL CORRAL, Chile (AP) -- The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water....

Chile's Indians take on world's largest gold miner

6 hours 59 min ago
EL CORRAL, Chile (AP) -- The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water....

Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair

7 hours 4 min ago
BEIRUT (AP) -- Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad unleashed on Saturday their heaviest artillery and rocket barrage yet in a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town, activists said....

Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair

8 hours 22 min ago
BEIRUT (AP) -- Activists say forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have unleashed their heaviest artillery barrage in a week to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town....