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Palestinian whistleblower creates a stir, keeps public debate focused on corruption
After getting a top Palestinian official suspended over an embarrassing sex tape, self-styled anti-corruption campaigner Fahmi Shabaneh feels unstoppable. The former Palestinian intelligence agent ...
Iraq's already long, contentious vote count meets another obstacle: demands for a recount
BAGHDAD - Iraq's president on Sunday demanded a recount in this month's historic parliamentary elections, intensifying the political conflict over the not-yet-completed tally and increasing the chance...
Alitalia cancels flights during 4-hour strike planned for Monday at Italian airports
ROME - National carrier Alitalia has cancelled or delayed flights across Italy because of a four-hour strike by pilots, flight attendants and baggage handlers. Unions say Monday's noon-to-4 p.m. st...
Bush, Clinton to visit rubble-filled Haitian capital on mission to raise aid and investment
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are travelling to Haiti's rubble-filled capital Monday as part of their effort to raise aid and investment for a country still...
American doctor charged in Australian patient deaths faces 1st day of trial, pleads not guilty
BRISBANE, Australia - An American doctor accused of repeatedly botching operations and performing surgeries he was not capable of handling pleaded not guilty in an Australian court Monday to three man...
CNN war zone photojournalist Margaret Moth dies from cancer; shot in face in Sarajevo in 92
ATLANTA - CNN photojournalist Margaret Moth, who survived a near-fatal gunshot wound to the face while filming in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the wars there in the early 1990s, has died. She was 59. ...
Tanzania, Zambia want UN ivory ban weakened to sell off tusk stocks
DOHA, Qatar - Tanzania and Zambia on Monday requested a U.N. conservation meeting to weaken the ban on African ivory so they can sell off their own stocks, despite criticism that they are failing to c...
Malaysia Muslim activists seek court order to stop women's group from using 'Islam' in name
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Muslim activists filed a lawsuit Monday against a Malaysian women's group, asking it to remove the word "Islam" from its name on the ground that it misleads people to believe ...
Spring sandstorms whip across China, prompting authorities to issue health warnings
BEIJING - Sandstorms whipped across a wide swath of China on Monday, forcing residents to don masks and scarves to protect themselves from the unhealthy grit. It was the latest sign of the effects ...
Official: Bystanders not gunmen killed in clash in Mexico between soldiers and gunmen
MONTERREY, Mexico - Two men killed in a shootout between soldiers and gunmen near a prestigious university in this northern Mexican city were graduate students, not suspected drug traffickers, officia...
Nose jobs, tummy tucks: After years of war, Iraqis join the cosmetic surgery craze
BAGHDAD - Dr. Abbas al-Sahan's patient wasn't a war victim. She didn't have a scar that needed cosmetic surgery. All she wanted was a cute nose. And she got it. Speaking after the surgery, bandages...
Voters say 'no thanks'to Sarkozy's economic plans, hand leftists big victory in regional vote
PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is meeting first thing Monday with his prime minister to work out a response to their conservative party's crushing defeat in regional elections, a vote that i...
American doctor charged in Australian patient deaths pleads not guilty to all charges
BRISBANE, Australia - An American doctor was accused Monday of scheduling unnecessary and dangerous operations that prosecutors said resulted in the deaths of three patients and the serious harm of an...
Obama's historic health-care reform to become law
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has achieved what's proven impossible for so many U.S. presidents before him - he's ensured millions of uninsured Americans will soon get health care following a monumental v...
Australian coroner investigates deadly crocodile attack as 2 new encounters grab attention
DARWIN, Australia - An Australian coroner started an investigation Monday into the death of an 11-year-old girl who was killed by a crocodile last year, as two fresh attacks refocused public scrutiny ...
Architect Frank Gehry says he likes what he sees in new stainless steel Las Vegas building
LAS VEGAS - Architect Frank Gehry says he wanted a swirling stainless steel structure he designed for Las Vegas to be unique - to stand out from what he called "the cacophony" of high-rise casinos and...
Congress clear historic health care bill, sends it to Obama for his signature
WASHINGTON - Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured America...
US doctor charged in Australian patient deaths pleads not guilty to all charges
BRISBANE, Australia - An American doctor accused of repeatedly botching operations and performing surgeries he was not capable of handling has pleaded not guilty to three manslaughter charges and one ...
Suspected US missiles fired from unmanned drones kill 4 in northwestern Pakistan
MIR ALI, Pakistan - Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at a house and car in a militant-dominated tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least four people. The Sunday attack occurred in...
White House compromise with anti-abortion Democrats doesn't satisfy Republicans, activists
WASHINGTON - A last-minute compromise that swung a half-dozen anti-abortion Democrats behind President Barack Obama's health care bill - virtually ensuring its passage - failed to placate outside acti...
Militant group brings draft of peace plan to Afghan capital; 13 civilians killed across nation
KABUL, Afghanistan - Thirteen Afghan civilians died in violence as the nation's hard-line vice-president expressed hope for reconciliation and representatives of a militant group with ties to the Tali...
Tens of thousands rally in US for immigration changes; say frustrated with lack of action
WASHINGTON - Frustrated with the lack of action to overhaul the country's immigration system, tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied on the National Mall and marched through the streets of the cap...
UN: 3 killed when small earthquake collapses building in northern Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A small earthquake struck northern Haiti early Sunday, collapsing an apartment building and killing at least three people, a U.N. spokesman said. Residents said the tremor s...
Clinton, Bush to visit Haiti together as frustrations rise over uneven quake relief response
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - One restored a Haitian president to power; the other flew him back out again. Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are visiting Haiti on Monday, reminding the...
Venezuela's Chavez denies plans to control Internet, says gov't working to increase access
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denied that the government plans to impose controls on the Internet, saying Sunday that his administration aims to increase Web access rather than...
Pope urges faithful to beg forgiveness for their sins; German bishop admits church coverups
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has urged Catholics to refrain from judging sinners a day after he rebuked Irish bishops for their handling of a half-century of sexual abuse of minors by clergy. W...
Residents of Argentine town torch city hall to protest deahts of teens in police chase
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Hundreds of angry residents in an Argentine town have torched the city hall to protest the death of two teenagers in a police chase. Television footage shows residents att...
Press group says Latin American leaders silencing critics, worst abuses in Venezuela and Cuba
CARACAS, Venezuela - Press freedoms in countries throughout the Western Hemisphere are facing serious threats from authoritarian governments, especially in Venezuela and communist-led Cuba, a group re...
Thousands rally in US for immigration system changes, voice frustrated with lack of action
WASHINGTON - Frustrated with the lack of action to overhaul the country's immigration system, thousands of demonstrators rallied on the National Mall and marched through the streets of the capital Sun...
Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds evacuated; scientists wary of larger eruption
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a vola...
