June 19, 2013

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  • Fighters in Nigeria attack school, kill 9 pupils

    06/18/13 03:19 PM

    MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants have opened fire on students taking exams at a school in the country's troubled northeast, killing at least nine pupils in the latest violence to wrack the volatile region, witnesses said Tuesday. Bodies of the children in their school...

  • Gadhafi's children likely violated UN travel ban

    06/18/13 03:16 PM

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A son and daughter of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi moved from Algeria to Oman in apparent violation of a U.N. travel ban, the committee monitoring U.N. sanctions against Libya said Tuesday. Rwanda's U.N. Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana, who chairs the committee,...

  • Report: Piracy in West Africa outstrips Somalia

    06/18/13 02:46 PM

    DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — More ships and sailors fell prey to pirates off West Africa last year than off Somalia's coast, long the lair of pirates, according to a new report that highlights the risk posed by the rise in attacks on vessels in the Gulf of Guinea. The report drawing on data from the...

  • Israeli premier: pressure on Iran must continue

    06/18/13 02:17 PM

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister says the international community must not ease pressure on Iran because of the election of a reformist president. Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he believed Iran's president-elect Hasan Rowhani spoke moderately but backs enriching uranium for...

  • Turkey's Erdogan meets top Hamas officials

    06/18/13 02:16 PM

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking a break from his troubles at home to meet top Hamas officials for talks on Palestinian reconciliation. An Erdogan aide says he is holding talks with Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal as well as the Gaza Strip's prime...

  • Bombing at Pakistani funeral kills 29

    06/18/13 02:03 PM

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 29 people. Among the dead was a newly elected lawmaker who may have been the target, authorities said. The blast was the deadliest...

  • Burberry showcases latest menswear in London

    06/18/13 02:02 PM

    LONDON (AP) — Womenswear and accessories like handbags may be the mainstays of the luxury goods market, but right now menswear is where the growth is. That appears to be true, at least, for British luxury brand Burberry, which showcased its latest menswear designs in London on Tuesday after a...

  • Zimbabwe 'Cattle Bank' takes deposits that moo

    06/18/13 01:48 PM

    MARONDERA, Zimbabwe (AP) — William Mukurazita's deposit at the bank has four legs and moos. Zimbabwe's first "Cattle Bank" has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners bring in their animals as collateral against cash loans. For many rural poor in this southern African...

  • German prosecutors probe possible neo-Nazi bombing

    06/18/13 12:48 PM

    BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors said Tuesday they are investigating whether three alleged neo-Nazis suspected of a series of racist killings and bombings were also responsible for an earlier explosives attack not previously linked to the group. If true, the revelation would be embarrassing...

  • Iran's president meets newly elected successor

    06/18/13 12:48 PM

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president has discussed transferring power in a meeting with his newly elected successor, the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday. The report said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated Hasan Rowhani on his victory in the Friday election. Rowhani won...



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