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  • Afghan president's forces taking security lead

    06/18/13 04:01 AM

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced at a ceremony on Tuesday that his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security nationwide from the U.S.-led NATO coalition. The handover of responsibility is a significant milestone in the nearly 12-year war and...

  • Report: Dozens detained in police raids in Turkey

    06/18/13 04:01 AM

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish news reports say police are carrying out raids and detaining people suspected of involvement in violence against police during a wave of anti-government protests. NTV television says the raids in Ankara and Istanbul are targeting left-wing groups. Turkey's...

  • Seeking a Syria consensus despite US-Russia divide

    06/18/13 04:01 AM

    ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Hunting for a glimmer of common ground, the leaders of major economic powers are declaring themselves dedicated to a political solution to Syria's bloody civil war, even as President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin stake out diametrically...

  • Ukraine kids at risk from low vaccination rates

    06/18/13 04:01 AM

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — When the time came to vaccinate her 4-year-old daughter, Yelena Hlushko hesitated, spooked by widespread fears in Ukraine about vaccines and by a boil her older child developed after an immunization shot. Eventually she decided to follow the government's recommendation —...

  • Russia to close paper mill on Lake Baikal

    06/18/13 04:00 AM

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says authorities will shut down a paper mill on the shores of Lake Baikal, which environmentalists say is a major pollutant threatening the world's largest fresh water lake. Authorities first closed the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill in 2008...

  • 100K protesters flood Brazilian streets in protest

    06/18/13 03:34 AM

    SAO PAULO (AP) — In some of the biggest protests since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship, demonstrations have spread across this continent-sized country and united people from all walks of life behind frustrations over poor transportation, health services, education and security despite...

  • AP Interview: Peres, at 90, still going strong

    06/18/13 03:16 AM

    JERUSALEM (AP) — As Shimon Peres turns 90, the indefatigable Israeli president is doing what he has always done: looking ahead, preparing for the next challenge and believing that he will see Middle East peace in his lifetime. Old age has hardly slowed him down. If anything, it seems to have...

  • Singapore fumes after pollution hits 16-year high

    06/18/13 02:16 AM

    SINGAPORE (AP) — Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work Tuesday after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16...

  • Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country

    06/18/13 02:16 AM

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country.

  • Dreams turn bitter for Bangladeshi garment workers

    06/18/13 01:46 AM

    TEKANI, Bangladesh (AP) — Moushumi's family now has one of the largest homes in their village — two bedrooms plus a living area with walls made of sturdy brick. Her father and brother will soon have a small business out front, selling furniture her dad will make. There will be money to pay...


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