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June 18, 2013

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  • 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...

  • Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces

    06/18/13 01:16 AM

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces.

  • Baker named AP chief for Malaysia, Singapore

    06/18/13 12:45 AM

    BANGKOK (AP) — Mark Baker, photographer and acting bureau chief for The Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur, has been promoted to chief of bureau for Malaysia and Singapore. The appointment was announced Tuesday by Brian Carovillano, the AP's Asia-Pacific news director. Baker joined the AP in...

  • Protesters back in streets of Brazilian cities

    06/18/13 12:32 AM

    SAO PAULO (AP) — More than 100,000 people took to the streets in largely peaceful protests in at least eight cities Monday, demonstrations that voiced the deep frustrations Brazilians feel about carrying heavy tax burdens but receiving woeful returns in public education, health, security and...

  • Salvadorans to help with gang truce in Honduras

    06/17/13 11:16 PM

    SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Two Salvadorans who mediated in a gang truce in their country that cut the homicide rate by at least 50 percent met Monday with gang leaders in Honduras, where they will help do the same. El Salvador's chief army and police chaplain, Monsignor Fabio Colindres,...

  • Thai Buddhist monks criticized for lavish behavior

    06/17/13 10:31 PM

    BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's Buddhism body said it is monitoring monks nationwide for any inappropriate behavior after a video showed monks using luxurious personal items while flying on a private jet. The YouTube video showed one of the monks was wearing stylish aviator sunglasses, carrying a...

  • Unions give lift to Turkish protest movement

    06/17/13 09:33 PM

    ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish labor groups fanned a wave of defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authority, leading rallies and a one-day strike to support activists whose two-week standoff with the government has shaken the country's secular democracy. Riot police again deployed...

  • G8 exposes rift among leaders on Syria

    06/17/13 08:48 PM

    ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Deep differences over Syria's fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting calls from the U.S., Britain and France to halt his political and military support for Syrian leader Bashar...

  • US names prisoners slated for indefinite detention

    06/17/13 08:31 PM

    GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A list released by the U.S. government Monday identifies several dozen Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have been designated as too dangerous to release but who can't be prosecuted. Those on the list are prisoners who have been held without charge under the...

  • Chinese activist says he's being forced out by NYU

    06/17/13 07:31 PM

    BEIJING (AP) — Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping from house arrest, said Monday that New York University is forcing him and his family to leave at the end of this month because of pressure from the Chinese government. The university on...


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