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Argentine police defuse bomb ahead of Uribe talk

Argentine police defuse bomb ahead of Uribe talk

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentine police defused a bomb discovered in the ceiling of a Buenos Aires theater Tuesday, and authorities said it was timed to explode during an appearance...

Posted: Yesterday at 9:00 pm EDT
  • UN nuclear chief : Deal with Iran reached on probe

    UN nuclear chief : Deal with Iran reached on probe

    VIENNA -- Despite some remaining differences, a deal has been reached with Iran that will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a long-stalled probe into suspicions that Tehran has secretly worked on developing nuclear arms, the U.N. nuclear chief said Tuesday.

    Posted: Yesterday at 9:00 pm EDT
  • Cuba's first daughter has gone beyond Castro name

    Cuba's first daughter has gone beyond Castro name

    HAVANA -- She has her uncle's penchant for speaking her mind. From her father, she inherited a disciplined tenacity.

    Posted: Yesterday at 9:05 pm EDT
  • Brazil house passes slave labor amendment

    Brazil house passes slave labor amendment

    BRASILIA, Brazil -- Lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday that strengthens punishments for landowners and others who force people into slave-like working conditions, in which thousands of Brazilians are trapped.

    Posted: Yesterday at 9:50 pm EDT
  • Malaysian opposition's Anwar charged over protest

    Malaysian opposition's Anwar charged over protest

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysian prosecutors have again charged the government's most prominent challenger, alleging that he and two allies broke various laws during a massive street rally to demand electoral fairness.

    Posted: Yesterday at 9:50 pm EDT
  • In Chile, dictatorship's disappeared can now vote

    In Chile, dictatorship's disappeared can now vote

    SANTIAGO, Chile -- Walter Ulises Pizarro Molina is registered to vote in Chile's presidential elections next year, although he disappeared after being arrested 35 years ago during the country's dictatorship.

    Posted: Yesterday at 8:55 pm EDT
  • Tunisia to extradite ex-Libyan prime minister

    Tunisia to extradite ex-Libyan prime minister

    TUNIS, Tunisia -- Tunisia said Tuesday it will soon extradite Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi back to his homeland, after detaining the former Libyan prime minister for eight months.

    Posted: Yesterday at 9:05 pm EDT
  • Amnesty: Jamaica panel should probe alleged abuses

    Amnesty: Jamaica panel should probe alleged abuses

    KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Amnesty International urged Jamaica's government Tuesday to appoint an independent fact-finding panel to investigate human rights violations allegedly committed during a bloody state of emergency to catch gang boss Christopher "Dudus" Coke.

    Posted: Yesterday at 9:00 pm EDT
  • Hunt for trafficker terrorizes Honduran villagers

    Hunt for trafficker terrorizes Honduran villagers

    AHUAS, Honduras -- A fearsome rattle of gunfire from the sky. The roar of helicopters descending on a tiny, Honduran town. And the sound of commandos speaking in English as they battered down doors and detained locals in the hunt for a drug trafficker.

    Posted: Yesterday at 8:55 pm EDT
  • Legion's latest admission revives hypocrisy charge

    Legion's latest admission revives hypocrisy charge

    VATICAN CITY -- The Legion of Christ religious order, already discredited for concealing the crimes of its pedophile founder, suffered another blow to its credibility Tuesday after its superior admitted he knew in 2005 that his most prominent priest had fathered a child, yet allowed him to keep teaching and preaching about morality.

    Posted: Yesterday at 9:00 pm EDT
  • Quebec students mark 100 days of tuition protests

    Quebec students mark 100 days of tuition protests

    MONTREAL -- Tens of thousands of students marched through the streets of Montreal on Tuesday to mark 100 days since the movement against higher tuition fees began. The protest comes after Quebec's provincial government passed emergency legislation to end Canada's most sustained student demonstrations ever.

    Posted: Yesterday at 9:00 pm EDT
  • Philippine justice denies charges, blames Aquino

    Philippine justice denies charges, blames Aquino

    MANILA, Philippines -- The chief justice of the Philippine Supreme Court denied Tuesday that he stole from the country's coffers and said he would open his bank accounts for inspection if the 188 lawmakers behind his impeachment do the same.

    Posted: Yesterday at 9:05 pm EDT
  • Indian passenger train rams freight train; 25 dead

    Indian passenger train rams freight train; 25 dead

    HYDERABAD, India -- A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more.

    Posted: Yesterday at 7:05 am EDT
  • UN nuclear chief : Deal with Iran reached on probe

    UN nuclear chief : Deal with Iran reached on probe

    VIENNA -- Despite some remaining differences, a deal has been reached with Iran that will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a long-stalled probe into suspicions that Tehran has secretly worked on developing nuclear arms, the U.N. nuclear chief said Tuesday.

    Posted: Yesterday at 7:10 am EDT
  • Bomb kills 5 in Syrian capital

    Bomb kills 5 in Syrian capital

    BEIRUT -- A bomb that apparently targeted a restaurant in the Syrian capital killed at least five people, the state-run news agency said Tuesday, as activists reported intense clashes between army defectors and soldiers in the restive north.

    Posted: Yesterday at 7:10 am EDT
  • NKorea vows to push ahead with nuclear program

    NKorea vows to push ahead with nuclear program

    SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Tuesday vowed to push ahead with its nuclear program because of what it called U.S. hostility, as an outside analysis of satellite images suggested it has ramped up work at its nuclear test site over the past month.

    Posted: Yesterday at 7:10 am EDT
  • Everest will be crowded again days after 4 killed

    Everest will be crowded again days after 4 killed

    KATMANDU, Nepal -- Days after four people died amid a traffic jam of climbers scrambling to conquer Mount Everest, Nepal officials said a similar rush up the world's tallest peak will begin soon, and there's little they can do to control it.

    Posted: Yesterday at 7:10 am EDT
  • Pakistan Navy court-martials officers after attack

    Pakistan Navy court-martials officers after attack

    ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani Navy has court-martialed three officers for "negligence" in connection with a dramatic Taliban attack on a naval base in the southern port city of Karachi last year, a spokesman said Tuesday.

    Posted: Yesterday at 7:10 am EDT
  • After bombing, somber Yemen marks National Day

    After bombing, somber Yemen marks National Day

    SANAA, Yemen -- Yemeni leaders led a somber ceremony Tuesday to mark the country's national day, scaling back the celebrations a day after a suicide bombing killed nearly 100 soldiers during a rehearsal for a military parade.

    Posted: Yesterday at 7:15 am EDT
  • Car explosion in eastern Sudan kills 1

    Car explosion in eastern Sudan kills 1

    KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Sudan's official news agency says a car has exploded in a Red Sea port in the country's east, killing one man.

    Posted: Yesterday at 7:15 am EDT
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