http://www.wlox.com/category/13533/international-news Click through for today's continuously updated top international news stories. en-us Copyright 2000 - 2013 WorldNow and WLOX News - AP-National 15 international-news http://www.wlox.com/story/22287626/activists-rebel-groups-kidnap-in-syrias-aleppo http://www.wlox.com/story/22287626/activists-rebel-groups-kidnap-in-syrias-aleppo?t=2013-05-18T08:42:46Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 08:42:00 EDT A wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings between rival Islamic militant groups in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo risks sparking large-scale internal fighting between rebels after clashes killed at least four militants earlier... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22287762/merkel-and-francis-talk-about-a-strong-europe http://www.wlox.com/story/22287762/merkel-and-francis-talk-about-a-strong-europe?t=2013-05-18T08:42:47Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 08:42:00 EDT German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, has discussed with Pope Francis how Europe's economy should better serve people. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22287614/hard-line-afghan-mps-block-law-protecting-women http://www.wlox.com/story/22287614/hard-line-afghan-mps-block-law-protecting-women?t=2013-05-18T08:12:45Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 08:12:00 EDT Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked a law on Saturday that aims to protect women's freedoms, with some arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles or encourage women to have sex outside of... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22287567/gunmen-raid-home-in-iraq-kill-5-people http://www.wlox.com/story/22287567/gunmen-raid-home-in-iraq-kill-5-people?t=2013-05-18T07:02:39Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 07:02:00 EDT Gunmen killed the entire family of an anti-terrorist policeman in Baghdad and a Sunni cleric in the Shiite-majority south on Saturday, part of a wave of attacks across Iraq that left eight dead, said officials. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22287446/skorea-says-nkorea-fires-3-short-range-missiles http://www.wlox.com/story/22287446/skorea-says-nkorea-fires-3-short-range-missiles?t=2013-05-18T06:22:37Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:00 EDT North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22287527/french-president-signs-gay-marriage-into-law http://www.wlox.com/story/22287527/french-president-signs-gay-marriage-into-law?t=2013-05-18T04:22:30Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 04:22:00 EDT French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22282747/blinking-skirts-fake-tans-it-must-be-eurovision http://www.wlox.com/story/22282747/blinking-skirts-fake-tans-it-must-be-eurovision?t=2013-05-18T03:53:24Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 03:53:00 EDT Flashy skirts, fake tans, fur and feathers: It's the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22287411/afghan-police-chief-shot-dead-outside-home http://www.wlox.com/story/22287411/afghan-police-chief-shot-dead-outside-home?t=2013-05-18T03:53:09Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 03:53:00 EDT Motorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan, an official said Saturday. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22287365/egyptians-targeted-with-blasphemy-charges http://www.wlox.com/story/22287365/egyptians-targeted-with-blasphemy-charges?t=2013-05-18T02:42:44Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 02:42:00 EDT The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22282372/oas-drug-study-eyes-decriminalization http://www.wlox.com/story/22282372/oas-drug-study-eyes-decriminalization?t=2013-05-17T20:02:52Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 20:02:00 EDT An Organization of American States study released Friday is calling for a serious discussion on legalizing marijuana. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278151/caribbean-talks-conservation-on-bransons-island http://www.wlox.com/story/22278151/caribbean-talks-conservation-on-bransons-island?t=2013-05-17T19:32:43Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:00 EDT Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22282549/bomb-kills-9-inside-elite-afghan-housing-complex http://www.wlox.com/story/22282549/bomb-kills-9-inside-elite-afghan-housing-complex?t=2013-05-17T17:44:40Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 17:44:00 EDT Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday evening, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 near the... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22283656/weinstein-showcases-grace-kelly-mandela-flicks http://www.wlox.com/story/22283656/weinstein-showcases-grace-kelly-mandela-flicks?t=2013-05-17T17:02:08Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:00 EDT The Weinstein Company's fall slate of awards contenders will feature a glamorous Grace Kelly, a brawny Nelson Mandela and a mysterious J.D. Salinger. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22284564/egypt-security-forces-clash-with-cairo-protesters http://www.wlox.com/story/22284564/egypt-security-forces-clash-with-cairo-protesters?t=2013-05-17T16:52:58Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:00 EDT Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas at protesters hurling firebombs at them in central Cairo, hours after hundreds of opponents of Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi rallied peacefully in the streets denouncing... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22284444/ap-photos-cubas-lgbt-community-celebrates http://www.wlox.com/story/22284444/ap-photos-cubas-lgbt-community-celebrates?t=2013-05-17T16:43:04Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 16:43:00 EDT A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278448/iraqis-mourn-2-shiite-fighters-killed-in-syria http://www.wlox.com/story/22278448/iraqis-mourn-2-shiite-fighters-killed-in-syria?t=2013-05-17T16:42:46Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:00 EDT Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22281947/canada-abuzz-over-purported-crack-video-of-mayor http://www.wlox.com/story/22281947/canada-abuzz-over-purported-crack-video-of-mayor?t=2013-05-17T16:42:45Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:00 EDT A video purportedly of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack has caused an uproar in Canada. Ford on Friday called the allegations "ridiculous." News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22280637/argentine-ex-dictator-jorge-videla-dies-in-prison http://www.wlox.com/story/22280637/argentine-ex-dictator-jorge-videla-dies-in-prison?t=2013-05-17T16:42:36Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:00 EDT Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so-called "subversives," died quietly in his... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278876/official-nigeria-military-shells-camps-kills-21 http://www.wlox.com/story/22278876/official-nigeria-military-shells-camps-kills-21?t=2013-05-17T16:32:15Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 16:32:00 EDT Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22283653/irans-farhadi-and-chinas-jia-make-cannes-splash http://www.wlox.com/story/22283653/irans-farhadi-and-chinas-jia-make-cannes-splash?t=2013-05-17T16:22:14Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:00 EDT Two directors from countries with tough film censorship brought bold and probing movies to the Cannes Film Festival on Friday - one exploring China's social problems, the other delving into the mysteries of the human... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22281855/venezuelas-military-enters-high-crime-slums http://www.wlox.com/story/22281855/venezuelas-military-enters-high-crime-slums?t=2013-05-17T16:12:48Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:00 EDT Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278870/egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap http://www.wlox.com/story/22278870/egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap?t=2013-05-17T15:42:26Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 15:42:00 EDT Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their colleagues by suspected militants, underscoring the lawlessness and... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22283725/uk-police-announce-new-leads-in-missing-girl-case http://www.wlox.com/story/22283725/uk-police-announce-new-leads-in-missing-girl-case?t=2013-05-17T15:32:38Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:00 EDT British police say they are investigating new leads in the case of Madeleine McCann, the Briton who disappeared six years ago in Portugal at the age of three. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22236962/ap-impact-honduran-criminals-missing-after-arrest http://www.wlox.com/story/22236962/ap-impact-honduran-criminals-missing-after-arrest?t=2013-05-17T15:12:42Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 15:12:00 EDT In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22283441/hagel-names-general-to-lead-us-troops-in-skorea http://www.wlox.com/story/22283441/hagel-names-general-to-lead-us-troops-in-skorea?t=2013-05-17T14:52:06Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 14:52:00 EDT An Army general who served as a top official on U.S. joint military staffs in Afghanistan and at the Pentagon is the choice to command U.S. troops in South Korea. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22279852/ruby-testifies-about-berlusconi-bunga-bunga-fest http://www.wlox.com/story/22279852/ruby-testifies-about-berlusconi-bunga-bunga-fest?t=2013-05-17T14:42:38Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 14:42:00 EDT Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278000/report-torture-evidence-found-in-syrian-prisons http://www.wlox.com/story/22278000/report-torture-evidence-found-in-syrian-prisons?t=2013-05-17T14:32:25Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 14:32:00 EDT Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22280558/1-million-in-jewels-stolen-near-cannes-film-fest http://www.wlox.com/story/22280558/1-million-in-jewels-stolen-near-cannes-film-fest?t=2013-05-17T14:22:07Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 14:22:00 EDT Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours after the screening of a film about break-ins... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22282938/retirement-tests-if-beckham-built-lasting-brand http://www.wlox.com/story/22282938/retirement-tests-if-beckham-built-lasting-brand?t=2013-05-17T13:52:58Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 13:52:00 EDT David Beckham's pecs are at least as much a part of his brand as his kick; his brand of shoes ultimately more lucrative than the game he's giving up. Listed as the world's highest-earning athlete for 2013,... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278760/bieber-will-have-to-pay-for-german-monkey-business http://www.wlox.com/story/22278760/bieber-will-have-to-pay-for-german-monkey-business?t=2013-05-17T12:22:10Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 12:22:00 EDT Justin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of euros (dollars) for his pet monkey's two-month stay at an animal shelter since it was seized by German customs, officials said Friday as a deadline expired for him to... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22281405/zimbabwe-pm-we-are-new-broom-set-to-win-polls http://www.wlox.com/story/22281405/zimbabwe-pm-we-are-new-broom-set-to-win-polls?t=2013-05-17T12:12:04Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 12:12:00 EDT Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday he is poised to sweep to victory in upcoming presidential elections and return the nation to the world community after years of isolation. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278872/bombs-at-mosques-in-northwest-pakistan-kill-10 http://www.wlox.com/story/22278872/bombs-at-mosques-in-northwest-pakistan-kill-10?t=2013-05-17T12:12:01Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 12:12:00 EDT Bombs that exploded outside two mosques in a village in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 15 people Friday, underlining the challenge of militant violence facing a new government set to take power under the leadership of... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22281862/french-gay-marriage-law-ruled-constitutional http://www.wlox.com/story/22281862/french-gay-marriage-law-ruled-constitutional?t=2013-05-17T12:03:28Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 12:03:00 EDT France's constitutional council has rejected a challenge by conservative lawmakers to the country's new gay marriage law, saying the law was constitutional. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22281776/official-10-killed-in-explosion-in-turkey http://www.wlox.com/story/22281776/official-10-killed-in-explosion-in-turkey?t=2013-05-17T11:52:29Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:00 EDT Officials say a container of fuel being smuggled into Turkey from Syria has exploded, killing 10 people. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278910/death-toll-rises-in-mpumalanga-initiation-deaths http://www.wlox.com/story/22278910/death-toll-rises-in-mpumalanga-initiation-deaths?t=2013-05-17T11:52:11Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:00 EDT Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22281771/rights-groups-syria-holds-thousands-incommunicado http://www.wlox.com/story/22281771/rights-groups-syria-holds-thousands-incommunicado?t=2013-05-17T11:52:05Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:00 EDT About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old university student and drove off. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22281769/a-look-at-enforced-disappearances-worldwide http://www.wlox.com/story/22281769/a-look-at-enforced-disappearances-worldwide?t=2013-05-17T11:52:00Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:00 EDT By The Associated Press The U.N. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is pressing governments to provide information about open cases. Over the past two decades, it received nearly... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22280377/george-michael-treated-for-minor-injuries http://www.wlox.com/story/22280377/george-michael-treated-for-minor-injuries?t=2013-05-17T11:21:53Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 11:21:00 EDT George Michael was being treated at a hospital Friday for what his publicist called minor injuries after being a passenger in a car crash near London. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22281275/hints-of-political-change-on-horizon-in-algeria http://www.wlox.com/story/22281275/hints-of-political-change-on-horizon-in-algeria?t=2013-05-17T11:02:22Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 11:02:00 EDT The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22280994/imf-says-cyprus-at-risk-of-even-deeper-recession http://www.wlox.com/story/22280994/imf-says-cyprus-at-risk-of-even-deeper-recession?t=2013-05-17T10:51:52Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 10:51:00 EDT The International Monetary Fund said Friday that substantial risks still loom for the Cypriot economy even after a multi-billion dollar international bailout aimed at averting a debt default. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22280639/czech-us-cooperate-in-developing-new-reactors http://www.wlox.com/story/22280639/czech-us-cooperate-in-developing-new-reactors?t=2013-05-17T09:51:54Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 09:51:00 EDT The United States says it has completed a transfer of 75 kilograms (165 pounds) of salt coolant material to the Czech Republic as part of cooperation between the two countries in developing new nuclear reactors. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278208/eu-survey-reveals-many-gays-live-in-fear http://www.wlox.com/story/22278208/eu-survey-reveals-many-gays-live-in-fear?t=2013-05-17T09:42:53Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 09:42:00 EDT Across Europe, gay couples are scared of publicly engaging in even the most basic expression of their affection: Holding hands. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22280561/bulgarian-parliament-convenes-tuesday http://www.wlox.com/story/22280561/bulgarian-parliament-convenes-tuesday?t=2013-05-17T09:42:13Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 09:42:00 EDT Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said Friday that he will convene the nation's newly elected Parliament next week to begin trying to form a government, a task complicated by the refusal of three parties to enter a... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22280379/uk-undercover-officers-used-ids-of-dead-children http://www.wlox.com/story/22280379/uk-undercover-officers-used-ids-of-dead-children?t=2013-05-17T09:31:53Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 09:31:00 EDT A senior U.K. policeman says that British undercover officers often used the identities of dead children as aliases, confirming a recent newspaper report which first exposed the ghoulish practice. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22280181/cultural-attitudes-impede-organ-donations-in-china http://www.wlox.com/story/22280181/cultural-attitudes-impede-organ-donations-in-china?t=2013-05-17T09:01:54Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 09:01:00 EDT China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but an architect of the country's transplant system said Friday that ingrained cultural attitudes are impeding the rise of donations among the... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22267809/seen-and-heard-in-cannes http://www.wlox.com/story/22267809/seen-and-heard-in-cannes?t=2013-05-17T09:01:51Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 09:01:00 EDT Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22279846/gay-pride-rally-derailed-in-georgia http://www.wlox.com/story/22279846/gay-pride-rally-derailed-in-georgia?t=2013-05-17T09:01:46Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 09:01:00 EDT Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with stinging nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22279784/iran-may-ban-candidates-who-seek-ties-with-us http://www.wlox.com/story/22279784/iran-may-ban-candidates-who-seek-ties-with-us?t=2013-05-17T08:11:47Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 08:11:00 EDT The head of Iran's constitutional watchdog says it may disqualify candidates in June presidential elections who seek full relations with the United States. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278994/s-sudan-doctors-without-borders-hospital-ruined http://www.wlox.com/story/22278994/s-sudan-doctors-without-borders-hospital-ruined?t=2013-05-17T06:21:43Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 06:21:00 EDT The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ransacked and destroyed. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278905/report-bahrain-police-search-home-of-top-cleric http://www.wlox.com/story/22278905/report-bahrain-police-search-home-of-top-cleric?t=2013-05-17T06:03:02Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 06:03:00 EDT A main opposition group in Bahrain says police have searched the home of the Gulf nation's most senior Shiite cleric, who has strongly sided with anti-government protesters. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278782/cia-chief-makes-unannounced-israel-visit http://www.wlox.com/story/22278782/cia-chief-makes-unannounced-israel-visit?t=2013-05-17T05:21:43Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 05:21:00 EDT An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278018/indian-circuses-struggle-to-adapt-after-court-bans http://www.wlox.com/story/22278018/indian-circuses-struggle-to-adapt-after-court-bans?t=2013-05-17T05:11:38Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 05:11:00 EDT In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws. A Colombian daredevil shouts to his colleagues scrambling atop a giant set of... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278002/coptic-cleric-says-he-will-sue-israeli-police http://www.wlox.com/story/22278002/coptic-cleric-says-he-will-sue-israeli-police?t=2013-05-17T02:53:21Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 02:53:00 EDT An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22277942/syria-ex-minister-leads-rebuilding-plan http://www.wlox.com/story/22277942/syria-ex-minister-leads-rebuilding-plan?t=2013-05-17T02:22:19Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 02:22:00 EDT A six-member U.N. team led by a former Syrian planning minister is drawing up a comprehensive postwar reconstruction plan even as the country's civil war rages on with no apparent end in sight. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22266606/cyclone-mahasen-batters-bangladesh-1-million-flee http://www.wlox.com/story/22266606/cyclone-mahasen-batters-bangladesh-1-million-flee?t=2013-05-16T22:41:33Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 22:41:00 EDT A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22275693/syrian-troops-flush-out-rebels-from-prison http://www.wlox.com/story/22275693/syrian-troops-flush-out-rebels-from-prison?t=2013-05-16T18:31:38Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 18:31:00 EDT Syrian government troops on Thursday flushed out rebels who had stormed a prison compound in the northern city of Aleppo in a bid to free hundreds of political prisoners inside. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22274863/us-turkey-project-united-front-on-syria http://www.wlox.com/story/22274863/us-turkey-project-united-front-on-syria?t=2013-05-16T17:51:28Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 17:51:00 EDT President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the U.S. should intervene behind closed doors as they looked to... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22270316/un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-from-iraq-to-albania http://www.wlox.com/story/22270316/un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-from-iraq-to-albania?t=2013-05-16T16:51:25Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 16:51:00 EDT The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22266528/now-venezuela-is-running-out-of-toilet-paper http://www.wlox.com/story/22266528/now-venezuela-is-running-out-of-toilet-paper?t=2013-05-16T16:41:41Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 16:41:00 EDT Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government's promise to import 50 million rolls. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22266130/explosion-in-afghan-capital-shakes-buildings http://www.wlox.com/story/22266130/explosion-in-afghan-capital-shakes-buildings?t=2013-05-16T16:31:22Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 16:31:00 EDT A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital. U.S. soldiers rushed to help,... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22267367/gunmen-kidnap-7-egyptian-security-men-in-sinai http://www.wlox.com/story/22267367/gunmen-kidnap-7-egyptian-security-men-in-sinai?t=2013-05-16T16:21:21Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 16:21:00 EDT Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said. It was the first such kidnapping of security forces in the lawless... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22274102/puerto-rico-faces-lowest-coffee-production-ever http://www.wlox.com/story/22274102/puerto-rico-faces-lowest-coffee-production-ever?t=2013-05-16T16:11:18Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 16:11:00 EDT Coffee production in Puerto Rico has hit the lowest level ever in the island's history, leaving farmers and government officials worried about how to revive a once burgeoning industry amid a deep economic crisis. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22273808/puerto-rico-faces-lowest-coffee-production-ever http://www.wlox.com/story/22273808/puerto-rico-faces-lowest-coffee-production-ever?t=2013-05-16T15:51:36Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 15:51:00 EDT Coffee production in Puerto Rico has hit the lowest level ever in the island's history, leaving farmers and government officials worried about how to revive a once burgeoning industry. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22268300/israel-police-ban-jews-from-jerusalem-holy-site http://www.wlox.com/story/22268300/israel-police-ban-jews-from-jerusalem-holy-site?t=2013-05-16T15:31:26Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 15:31:00 EDT An Israeli watchdog group on Thursday accused the government of taking steps to legalize four unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank, days before the U.S. secretary of state is set to arrive on a new peace mission. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22273011/afghans-tell-of-us-soldiers-killing-rampage http://www.wlox.com/story/22273011/afghans-tell-of-us-soldiers-killing-rampage?t=2013-05-16T14:31:27Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 14:31:00 EDT Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told her side of what happened to her family sometime... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22271136/mobile-phone-service-off-in-northeast-nigeria http://www.wlox.com/story/22271136/mobile-phone-service-off-in-northeast-nigeria?t=2013-05-16T14:22:16Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 14:22:00 EDT Mobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight Islamic extremists waging a brutal insurgency. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22270483/merkel-europe-must-agree-how-to-achieve-growth http://www.wlox.com/story/22270483/merkel-europe-must-agree-how-to-achieve-growth?t=2013-05-16T14:01:38Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 14:01:00 EDT Germany and France recognize that their cooperation is key to overcoming Europe's persistent economic crisis, but comments Thursday by the leaders of the continent's No. 1 and 2 economies suggested they still have... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22266608/officials-car-bombing-kills-5-wounds-19-in-iraq http://www.wlox.com/story/22266608/officials-car-bombing-kills-5-wounds-19-in-iraq?t=2013-05-16T13:41:21Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 13:41:00 EDT Car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital for the second day in a row on Thursday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 21 people dead and raised concerns over a return to sectarian... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22272430/coetzee-tells-spain-drop-pro-bullfighting-law http://www.wlox.com/story/22272430/coetzee-tells-spain-drop-pro-bullfighting-law?t=2013-05-16T13:31:36Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 13:31:00 EDT Nobel Literature laureate J.M. Coetzee has called on Spain to abandon plans to protect bullfighting, making a rare public appeal against what he called "an archaic form of entertainment." News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22271313/at-cannes-watson-revels-in-post-potter-freedom http://www.wlox.com/story/22271313/at-cannes-watson-revels-in-post-potter-freedom?t=2013-05-16T13:01:03Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 13:01:00 EDT Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival, relishing a Valley Girl role far from her wise-beyond-her-years Hermione. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22271706/danish-teenager-makes-rare-viking-find http://www.wlox.com/story/22271706/danish-teenager-makes-rare-viking-find?t=2013-05-16T12:31:56Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 12:31:00 EDT Danish museum officials say that an archaeological dig last year has revealed 365 items from the Viking era, including 60 rare coins. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22268874/pope-blasts-cult-of-money-that-tyrannizes-poor http://www.wlox.com/story/22268874/pope-blasts-cult-of-money-that-tyrannizes-poor?t=2013-05-16T12:31:38Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 12:31:00 EDT Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the "cult of money" that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22271407/10-things-to-see-a-week-of-top-ap-photos http://www.wlox.com/story/22271407/10-things-to-see-a-week-of-top-ap-photos?t=2013-05-16T12:01:08Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 12:01:00 EDT By The Associated Press Associated Press Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22271133/mystical-branch-of-islam-has-resurgence-in-somalia http://www.wlox.com/story/22271133/mystical-branch-of-islam-has-resurgence-in-somalia?t=2013-05-16T11:41:41Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 11:41:00 EDT Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else's News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22267871/syrian-troops-repel-rebel-attack-on-aleppo-prison http://www.wlox.com/story/22267871/syrian-troops-repel-rebel-attack-on-aleppo-prison?t=2013-05-16T11:01:05Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 11:01:00 EDT Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its tally of deaths from sectarian killings in a... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22270411/julianne-moore-bad-mom-role-is-her-antithesis http://www.wlox.com/story/22270411/julianne-moore-bad-mom-role-is-her-antithesis?t=2013-05-16T10:41:13Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 10:41:00 EDT Julianne Moore sometimes identifies with the characters she plays but when it came to playing a bad mother in "What Maisie Knew," she couldn't relate. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22270407/saudi-officials-expand-labs-to-track-deadly-virus http://www.wlox.com/story/22270407/saudi-officials-expand-labs-to-track-deadly-virus?t=2013-05-16T10:41:05Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 10:41:00 EDT Saudi Arabia says it has dedicated nine additional laboratories to help investigators track a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS that appears to be centered in the kingdom. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22268233/iranian-cleric-women-cant-be-president-in-iran http://www.wlox.com/story/22268233/iranian-cleric-women-cant-be-president-in-iran?t=2013-05-16T10:21:10Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 10:21:00 EDT A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the largely symbolic bids by about 30 women seeking to run in the June 14... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22267806/bp-challenges-fictitious-claims-from-oil-spill http://www.wlox.com/story/22267806/bp-challenges-fictitious-claims-from-oil-spill?t=2013-05-16T10:10:57Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 10:10:00 EDT British government officials said Thursday that BP has not sought Prime Minister David Cameron's help in reducing compensation claims for its role in the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22269914/argentina-brokers-24-pct-wage-hikes-for-millions http://www.wlox.com/story/22269914/argentina-brokers-24-pct-wage-hikes-for-millions?t=2013-05-16T10:01:09Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 10:01:00 EDT Two million Argentines will get wage hikes of 24 percent under a deal President Cristina Fernandez brokered with six allied labor unions. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22269361/tale-of-mexican-drug-violence-rattles-cannes http://www.wlox.com/story/22269361/tale-of-mexican-drug-violence-rattles-cannes?t=2013-05-16T09:51:02Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 09:51:00 EDT The Cannes Film Festival has had its first shock to the system, in the shape of Mexican director Amat Escalante's unsparingly violent drug war drama "Heli." News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22269824/man-shoots-himself-in-head-at-paris-school http://www.wlox.com/story/22269824/man-shoots-himself-in-head-at-paris-school?t=2013-05-16T09:51:01Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 09:51:00 EDT A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe said. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22268352/south-african-army-prepares-for-congo http://www.wlox.com/story/22268352/south-african-army-prepares-for-congo?t=2013-05-16T09:10:59Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 09:10:00 EDT South African soldiers who are training for a United Nations military mission in Congo will be adequately prepared even though the South African army as a whole is overstretched and underfunded, the army chief said Thursday. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22265881/cambodian-shoe-factory-accident-kills-2-injures-6 http://www.wlox.com/story/22265881/cambodian-shoe-factory-accident-kills-2-injures-6?t=2013-05-16T09:10:55Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 09:10:00 EDT The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest accident spotlighting the often lethal safety conditions faced by those... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22268719/jordan-jet-crashes-near-syrian-border-2-killed http://www.wlox.com/story/22268719/jordan-jet-crashes-near-syrian-border-2-killed?t=2013-05-16T08:20:52Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 08:20:00 EDT Jordan's military says a trainer jet has crashed near the Syrian border, killing its two Jordanian pilots. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22268416/iran-world-powers-to-resume-nuclear-talks http://www.wlox.com/story/22268416/iran-world-powers-to-resume-nuclear-talks?t=2013-05-16T08:01:12Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 08:01:00 EDT Iran's chief nuclear negotiator says Tehran and the six world powers will resume talks on its nuclear program "in the near future." News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22268414/residents-shout-protest-over-refinery-in-china http://www.wlox.com/story/22268414/residents-shout-protest-over-refinery-in-china?t=2013-05-16T08:01:07Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 08:01:00 EDT More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a large environmental rally that local authorities allowed to go forward in... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22268354/claims-of-pakistan-vote-rigging-affect-8-seats http://www.wlox.com/story/22268354/claims-of-pakistan-vote-rigging-affect-8-seats?t=2013-05-16T07:51:05Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 07:51:00 EDT Pakistan says it will conduct a recount or re-do the vote for eight national assembly seats following allegations of vote rigging in the recent election. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22268356/bulgarias-center-right-party-wants-vote-canceled http://www.wlox.com/story/22268356/bulgarias-center-right-party-wants-vote-canceled?t=2013-05-16T07:51:01Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 07:51:00 EDT Bulgaria's ex-prime minister says the results of last weekend's parliamentary election should be canceled due to "gross violations" of voting law. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22267873/yemen-3-red-cross-workers-2-egyptians-released http://www.wlox.com/story/22267873/yemen-3-red-cross-workers-2-egyptians-released?t=2013-05-16T07:00:52Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 07:00:00 EDT Three Red Cross workers and two Egyptian technicians who were abducted by armed men in Yemen's southern province of Abyan have all been released, Yemeni security officials said Thursday. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22267451/bahrain-demonstrator-jailed-for-flag-insult http://www.wlox.com/story/22267451/bahrain-demonstrator-jailed-for-flag-insult?t=2013-05-16T06:40:45Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 06:40:00 EDT A Bahrain demonstrator was sentenced to three months in prison Thursday for hanging a Bahrain flag from his truck during a 2011 rally, a defense lawyer said, in one of the first cases based on tougher codes for alleged... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22266061/plane-with-foreign-tourists-crashes-in-nepal http://www.wlox.com/story/22266061/plane-with-foreign-tourists-crashes-in-nepal?t=2013-05-16T04:50:44Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 04:50:00 EDT A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, and all 21 people on board, including eight Japanese tourists, survived with injuries, police said. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22266491/polish-exports-of-meat-for-jews-muslims-in-limbo http://www.wlox.com/story/22266491/polish-exports-of-meat-for-jews-muslims-in-limbo?t=2013-05-16T04:01:20Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 04:01:00 EDT For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254496/distrustful-rohingya-resist-cyclone-evacuation http://www.wlox.com/story/22254496/distrustful-rohingya-resist-cyclone-evacuation?t=2013-05-16T00:40:32Z WLOX Thu, 16 May 2013 00:40:00 EDT A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254870/arctic-states-open-council-to-china-india-korea http://www.wlox.com/story/22254870/arctic-states-open-council-to-china-india-korea?t=2013-05-15T22:20:29Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 22:20:00 EDT Arctic states agreed Wednesday to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council, boosting rising economic powers China, India and South Korea, which are... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254655/cannes-opens-with-dicaprio-spielberg http://www.wlox.com/story/22254655/cannes-opens-with-dicaprio-spielberg?t=2013-05-15T22:00:46Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:00 EDT The Cannes Film Festival got off to a blockbuster, if stormy start, as Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" opened on a soggy French Riviera. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22265176/woman-china-police-ask-to-ax-white-house-petition http://www.wlox.com/story/22265176/woman-china-police-ask-to-ax-white-house-petition?t=2013-05-15T21:20:33Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 21:20:00 EDT Upset about plans for a petrochemical plant near her hometown in China, a woman turned to a new method that Chinese are using to air their complaints: she posted a petition on the White House's website. Then, Chinese... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254502/un-assembly-expected-to-approve-syria-resolution http://www.wlox.com/story/22254502/un-assembly-expected-to-approve-syria-resolution?t=2013-05-15T19:20:22Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 19:20:00 EDT The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries refused to vote "yes" because of its support for the main opposition group and... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254748/syrian-rebels-battle-assads-troops-near-damascus http://www.wlox.com/story/22254748/syrian-rebels-battle-assads-troops-near-damascus?t=2013-05-15T19:00:19Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:00 EDT Rebel fighters battled regime troops inside the walls of the sprawling central prison compound in Syria's largest city Wednesday, hours after blowing open the gate with twin car bombs in an attempted jailbreak, activists... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22261943/protesters-close-libyan-oil-terminal-halt-exports http://www.wlox.com/story/22261943/protesters-close-libyan-oil-terminal-halt-exports?t=2013-05-15T17:50:59Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 17:50:00 EDT Protesters and disgruntled job seekers forced the closure of an eastern Libyan oil terminal on Wednesday for the second time in six months, disrupting exports, said an oil ministry official. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22256332/scottish-cardinal-to-atone-for-sex-misconduct http://www.wlox.com/story/22256332/scottish-cardinal-to-atone-for-sex-misconduct?t=2013-05-15T17:31:11Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 17:31:00 EDT The Vatican on Wednesday ordered a disgraced Scottish cardinal to leave Scotland for several months to pray and atone for sexual misconduct, issuing a rare public sanction against a "prince of the church" and the first such... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22256264/geneva-auction-sells-nearly-5m-of-actress-jewels http://www.wlox.com/story/22256264/geneva-auction-sells-nearly-5m-of-actress-jewels?t=2013-05-15T17:20:40Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:00 EDT A huge diamond unearthed in Botswana commanded an unearthly price of $26.7 million from Christie's auction house Wednesday amid the spring ritual of well-heeled bidders flocking or phoning in to Geneva's luxury sales. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22262922/el-salvador-court-hears-arguments-in-abortion-case http://www.wlox.com/story/22262922/el-salvador-court-hears-arguments-in-abortion-case?t=2013-05-15T17:10:43Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 17:10:00 EDT El Salvador's Supreme Court heard opening arguments Wednesday in a landmark abortion case in which a woman suffering from kidney failure and lupus has not been allowed to terminate a pregnancy in which the fetus is given... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22255741/egypt-judges-suspend-talks-with-president http://www.wlox.com/story/22255741/egypt-judges-suspend-talks-with-president?t=2013-05-15T17:10:41Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 17:10:00 EDT In the judiciary's latest face-off with Egypt's Islamist rulers, the country's top council of judges decided Wednesday to suspend its participation in a government-backed judicial reform conference following a... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22257974/students-in-ghana-aim-to-launch-mini-satellite http://www.wlox.com/story/22257974/students-in-ghana-aim-to-launch-mini-satellite?t=2013-05-15T16:30:57Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 16:30:00 EDT Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22253898/twin-bombs-kill-1-wound-9-at-afghan-checkpoint http://www.wlox.com/story/22253898/twin-bombs-kill-1-wound-9-at-afghan-checkpoint?t=2013-05-15T16:30:55Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 16:30:00 EDT Two bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one police officer, an official said. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254508/us-ambassador-summoned-by-russian-foreign-ministry http://www.wlox.com/story/22254508/us-ambassador-summoned-by-russian-foreign-ministry?t=2013-05-15T16:20:21Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 16:20:00 EDT A Russian security services operative - his features bathed in shadows - went on state television Wednesday to claim that the U.S. diplomat who was ordered out of the country was the second American expelled this year over... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22261941/bahrain-convicts-6-of-twitter-insults http://www.wlox.com/story/22261941/bahrain-convicts-6-of-twitter-insults?t=2013-05-15T16:10:40Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 16:10:00 EDT A lawyer says Bahraini courts have sentenced six people to a year in prison on charges of making Twitter posts deemed offensive to the Gulf nation's king. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22258146/bombings-kill-at-least-9-in-iraq http://www.wlox.com/story/22258146/bombings-kill-at-least-9-in-iraq?t=2013-05-15T16:10:37Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 16:10:00 EDT A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions that killed at least 33 people nationwide, officials said. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22261504/buenos-aires-launches-tours-for-argentine-pope http://www.wlox.com/story/22261504/buenos-aires-launches-tours-for-argentine-pope?t=2013-05-15T15:30:24Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:00 EDT You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254619/eurozone-recession-extends-into-6th-quarter http://www.wlox.com/story/22254619/eurozone-recession-extends-into-6th-quarter?t=2013-05-15T15:20:49Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 15:20:00 EDT The eurozone is now in its longest ever recession - a stubborn slump that has surpassed even the calamity that hit the region in the financial crisis of 2008-2009. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22257977/apnewsbreak-uk-to-pledge-195-million-to-sahel http://www.wlox.com/story/22257977/apnewsbreak-uk-to-pledge-195-million-to-sahel?t=2013-05-15T14:30:26Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 14:30:00 EDT A plan to turn Mali into a stable democracy rather than a terrorist haven drew massive support Wednesday as various nations and international organizations pledged 3.25 billion euros ($4.22 billion) to help reconstruct the... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22260237/amnesty-for-undeclared-dollars-divides-argentina http://www.wlox.com/story/22260237/amnesty-for-undeclared-dollars-divides-argentina?t=2013-05-15T14:10:38Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 14:10:00 EDT A plan to get Argentines to pull their undeclared U.S. dollars from under their mattresses and out of illegal tax havens, and deposit them in the banking system is eliciting warnings that it will turn the country into a... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22259473/nigeria-deploys-army-to-northeast-to-fight-rebels http://www.wlox.com/story/22259473/nigeria-deploys-army-to-northeast-to-fight-rebels?t=2013-05-15T14:10:30Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 14:10:00 EDT Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign against Islamic extremists waging a bloody insurgency. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22260137/eurozones-struggling-economies-mired-in-recession http://www.wlox.com/story/22260137/eurozones-struggling-economies-mired-in-recession?t=2013-05-15T14:10:29Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 14:10:00 EDT By The Associated Press The eurozone is stuck in recession - its longest since the euro was founded in 1999. The latest figures from the European Union's statistics office show that the economy of the... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22256267/uk-casino-accuses-us-poker-star-ivey-of-cheating http://www.wlox.com/story/22256267/uk-casino-accuses-us-poker-star-ivey-of-cheating?t=2013-05-15T14:00:50Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 EDT A major casino operator is accusing Phil Ivey, an American who is one of the world's top professional poker players, of amassing millions of dollars in winnings by cheating at baccarat. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22259753/education-woes-seen-as-achilles-heel-of-brazil http://www.wlox.com/story/22259753/education-woes-seen-as-achilles-heel-of-brazil?t=2013-05-15T13:10:33Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 13:10:00 EDT There's a storage room just off a university lab that gives students more experience than many can handle: Skinned pigs and cats, disembodied cow livers, intestines, brains and the other unidentifiable detritus of... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22259751/sharifs-win-sparks-hope-for-pakistan-india-ties http://www.wlox.com/story/22259751/sharifs-win-sparks-hope-for-pakistan-india-ties?t=2013-05-15T13:10:27Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 13:10:00 EDT Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan's next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a "friendship" bus service connecting the two countries as cheering supporters... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22259659/cyprus-may-get-its-moon-rock-after-40-years http://www.wlox.com/story/22259659/cyprus-may-get-its-moon-rock-after-40-years?t=2013-05-15T13:00:10Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:00 EDT Cyprus may finally get its piece of the moon. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254743/palestinians-mark-their-1948-displacement http://www.wlox.com/story/22254743/palestinians-mark-their-1948-displacement?t=2013-05-15T12:30:42Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 12:30:00 EDT Tens of thousands of Palestinians marked the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, marching in the streets and in some parts of the West Bank clashing with Israeli... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22259063/wigs-a-map-strange-stuff-in-alleged-us-spy-kit http://www.wlox.com/story/22259063/wigs-a-map-strange-stuff-in-alleged-us-spy-kit?t=2013-05-15T12:20:31Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 12:20:00 EDT A couple of wigs, sunglasses and a compass? Really? News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22258983/congo-32-die-in-clash-between-army-and-militia http://www.wlox.com/story/22258983/congo-32-die-in-clash-between-army-and-militia?t=2013-05-15T12:00:15Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT The Congolese army says that 32 were killed in fighting between soldiers and Mai Mai militiamen. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254504/russians-attempt-to-topple-google-in-vietnam http://www.wlox.com/story/22254504/russians-attempt-to-topple-google-in-vietnam?t=2013-05-15T11:50:05Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 11:50:00 EDT Vietnam's booming Internet scene is littered with failed startups that tried to take on Google and other entrenched U.S web companies. That's not deterring a newly launched Russian-Vietnamese outfit which believes it... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22256120/south-africa-winnie-items-for-sale http://www.wlox.com/story/22256120/south-africa-winnie-items-for-sale?t=2013-05-15T11:20:35Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 11:20:00 EDT Dozens of paintings, a silver tea set and other items belonging to Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie will be auctioned next week to pay off debts she owes to a South African school. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254512/teams-dig-for-miners-trapped-in-indonesia-cave-in http://www.wlox.com/story/22254512/teams-dig-for-miners-trapped-in-indonesia-cave-in?t=2013-05-15T11:10:05Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 11:10:00 EDT Mining activities at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia were halted Wednesday as rescuers using jacks, saws and wheelbarrows dug through a caved-in mine tunnel looking for about 25 trapped workers, the mine... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254522/iran-hard-liners-urge-election-ban-on-2-candidates http://www.wlox.com/story/22254522/iran-hard-liners-urge-election-ban-on-2-candidates?t=2013-05-15T10:50:09Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 10:50:00 EDT Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two prominent presidential contenders - a moderate former president and a protege of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - from running in next month's... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22257868/us-explores-new-ways-to-press-iran-on-nuke-program http://www.wlox.com/story/22257868/us-explores-new-ways-to-press-iran-on-nuke-program?t=2013-05-15T10:19:59Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 10:19:00 EDT The Obama administration is looking at new ways to pressure Iran over its nuclear program. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22257521/russian-boy-stabbed-while-on-vacation-in-crete http://www.wlox.com/story/22257521/russian-boy-stabbed-while-on-vacation-in-crete?t=2013-05-15T10:00:36Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:00 EDT A 12-year-old Russian boy was stabbed nearly two dozen times while on vacation on the island of Crete, allegedly by a Dutchman working as an entertainer at the child's hotel, Greek authorities said. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22256924/dutch-sociologist-given-spains-asturias-prize http://www.wlox.com/story/22256924/dutch-sociologist-given-spains-asturias-prize?t=2013-05-15T09:19:56Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 09:19:00 EDT A Dutch sociologist has been awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias social sciences prize for her work in the field of globalization and urban sociology. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22255854/battles-in-pakistan-tribal-area-displace-thousands http://www.wlox.com/story/22255854/battles-in-pakistan-tribal-area-displace-thousands?t=2013-05-15T08:59:56Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 08:59:00 EDT A new offensive by the Pakistani military against militants in a northwestern tribal area has displaced thousands of people in the past week, an official said Wednesday. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22256598/photo-essay-czech-taxidermist-success http://www.wlox.com/story/22256598/photo-essay-czech-taxidermist-success?t=2013-05-15T08:50:03Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 08:50:00 EDT At just 13, Radomir Franz already knew he wanted to be a taxidermist. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254745/pope-frees-doves-from-cage-in-st-peters-square http://www.wlox.com/story/22254745/pope-frees-doves-from-cage-in-st-peters-square?t=2013-05-15T08:39:58Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 08:39:00 EDT Two doves celebrated their freedom with a soaring flight over St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, all thanks to Pope Francis. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254524/rwanda-building-collapse-kills-6-injures-30 http://www.wlox.com/story/22254524/rwanda-building-collapse-kills-6-injures-30?t=2013-05-15T08:09:54Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 08:09:00 EDT Six people were killed and dozens more injured when a four-story building under construction collapsed in eastern Rwanda, police said Wednesday as the rescue effort ended. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22255644/swiss-to-crack-down-on-business-sports-bribery http://www.wlox.com/story/22255644/swiss-to-crack-down-on-business-sports-bribery?t=2013-05-15T07:19:52Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 07:19:00 EDT The Swiss government wants to broaden its anti-corruption laws to make bribery a criminal offense in almost all cases. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254499/china-questions-japan-rule-over-okinawa http://www.wlox.com/story/22254499/china-questions-japan-rule-over-okinawa?t=2013-05-15T07:09:54Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 07:09:00 EDT China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22255200/confrontation-looms-as-tunisia-moves-on-salafis http://www.wlox.com/story/22255200/confrontation-looms-as-tunisia-moves-on-salafis?t=2013-05-15T06:49:59Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 06:49:00 EDT Tunisia is taking a harder line on preaching by ultraconservative Muslim groups, a crackdown that has sparked demonstrations by rock-throwing protesters and ominous warnings of terrorist attacks to come. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22255016/romanian-artist-takes-his-art-on-the-street http://www.wlox.com/story/22255016/romanian-artist-takes-his-art-on-the-street?t=2013-05-15T06:39:53Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 06:39:00 EDT Romanian artist Vasile Muresan, known as Murivale, thinks art belongs on the street. The white-bearded painter can often be seen sitting on the colorful canvases that he displays in the street, while he is followed by the... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254874/prezs-fired-aide-highlights-skorean-gender-divide http://www.wlox.com/story/22254874/prezs-fired-aide-highlights-skorean-gender-divide?t=2013-05-15T05:59:50Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 05:59:00 EDT A South Korean presidential spokesman who was fired after inappropriately touching a woman during a U.S. trip blames a "cultural difference" with America. Other South Koreans say the fault for such incidents truly lies with... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22253851/german-economy-returns-to-modest-growth http://www.wlox.com/story/22253851/german-economy-returns-to-modest-growth?t=2013-05-15T05:05:45Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 05:05:00 EDT The German economy managed to avoid sinking into recession during an unusually cold first quarter, but only just, official figures showed Wednesday. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254510/un-assembly-expected-to-approve-syria-resolution http://www.wlox.com/story/22254510/un-assembly-expected-to-approve-syria-resolution?t=2013-05-15T05:05:09Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 05:05:00 EDT Diplomats say the U.N. General Assembly is expected to approve an Arab-backed resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and strongly condemning President Bashar Assad's regime for escalating the use of heavy... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22253849/nkorea-american-starts-life-at-special-prison http://www.wlox.com/story/22253849/nkorea-american-starts-life-at-special-prison?t=2013-05-15T05:04:57Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 05:04:00 EDT An American citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for what Pyongyang has described as hostile acts against the state has started life at a "special prison," state media said Wednesday. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22254506/israel-mortar-shells-from-syria-hit-mt-hermon http://www.wlox.com/story/22254506/israel-mortar-shells-from-syria-hit-mt-hermon?t=2013-05-15T05:04:55Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 05:04:00 EDT Israel's military says stray mortar shells from the fighting in Syria have struck a popular tourist site, Mt. Hermon in the Golan Heights. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22253847/critics-assail-israeli-silence-on-arab-peace-plan http://www.wlox.com/story/22253847/critics-assail-israeli-silence-on-arab-peace-plan?t=2013-05-15T02:19:49Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 02:19:00 EDT On the surface, the Arab League's improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of - normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22245930/boats-carrying-fleeing-rohingya-muslims-capsize http://www.wlox.com/story/22245930/boats-carrying-fleeing-rohingya-muslims-capsize?t=2013-05-15T01:29:37Z WLOX Wed, 15 May 2013 01:29:00 EDT An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority group into the sea. Eight bodies were found and more than 50 people were... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22243400/russian-fsb-detains-us-diplomat-accused-of-spying http://www.wlox.com/story/22243400/russian-fsb-detains-us-diplomat-accused-of-spying?t=2013-05-15T10:56:14Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 22:19:00 EDT A U.S. diplomat was ordered Tuesday to leave the country after the Kremlin's security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent, and they displayed tradecraft tools that seemed straight from a cheap spy thriller:... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22244803/benetton-agrees-to-sign-bangladesh-safety-pact http://www.wlox.com/story/22244803/benetton-agrees-to-sign-bangladesh-safety-pact?t=2013-05-14T19:09:22Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 19:09:00 EDT While several more global clothing chains on Tuesday were announcing that they agreed to a historic pact to improve factory conditions in Bangladesh, U.S. retailers were scrambling to come up with their own safety plans. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22248346/icc-prosecutor-receives-israel-complaint http://www.wlox.com/story/22248346/icc-prosecutor-receives-israel-complaint?t=2013-05-14T17:09:52Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 17:09:00 EDT The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court - the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands - says she has received a complaint about Israel's 2010 raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza,... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22248337/a-look-at-how-russia-us-still-spy-on-each-other http://www.wlox.com/story/22248337/a-look-at-how-russia-us-still-spy-on-each-other?t=2013-05-15T10:56:14Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 17:09:00 EDT By SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press The Cold War is long over, but espionage is forever. Russian spies still operate in the U.S. and American ones in Russia. On Tuesday, Russia's security services said... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22249000/senate-panel-approves-us-ambassador-to-libya http://www.wlox.com/story/22249000/senate-panel-approves-us-ambassador-to-libya?t=2013-05-14T16:49:28Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 16:49:00 EDT The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Libya, a post that has been vacant since insurgents attacked the diplomatic mission in Benghazi last... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22242169/us-russia-and-iran-to-wrestle-in-new-york http://www.wlox.com/story/22242169/us-russia-and-iran-to-wrestle-in-new-york?t=2013-05-14T16:19:30Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 16:19:00 EDT In Iran, Olympic wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs felt like Justin Bieber, LeBron James and Tom Brady all rolled into one. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22248204/at-least-23-killed-in-central-nigeria-violence http://www.wlox.com/story/22248204/at-least-23-killed-in-central-nigeria-violence?t=2013-05-14T16:19:28Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 16:19:00 EDT Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the country's troubled northeast, promising to send more troops... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22249791/attacks-against-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears http://www.wlox.com/story/22249791/attacks-against-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears?t=2013-05-14T16:09:58Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 16:09:00 EDT Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22241875/final-pakistan-vote-count-confirms-big-sharif-win http://www.wlox.com/story/22241875/final-pakistan-vote-count-confirms-big-sharif-win?t=2013-05-14T15:59:38Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 15:59:00 EDT The vote count from last weekend's nationwide elections in Pakistan on Tuesday indicates a big win for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22244081/israeli-leader-under-fire-for-costly-lifestyle http://www.wlox.com/story/22244081/israeli-leader-under-fire-for-costly-lifestyle?t=2013-05-14T14:59:29Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 14:59:00 EDT For years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been saddled with an image of a cigar-smoking, cognac-drinking socialite. Now a new disclosure about his soaring spending on housekeeping, furniture, clothing and... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22242172/1st-kurdish-fighters-enter-iraq-from-turkey http://www.wlox.com/story/22242172/1st-kurdish-fighters-enter-iraq-from-turkey?t=2013-05-14T14:59:28Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 14:59:00 EDT A convoy of gunmen opened fire on a row of liquor stores in eastern Baghdad immediately after sunset on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding five others, officials said. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22248691/brazilian-must-register-gay-unions-as-marriages http://www.wlox.com/story/22248691/brazilian-must-register-gay-unions-as-marriages?t=2013-05-14T14:59:26Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 14:59:00 EDT Brazilian notary publics must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said Tuesday. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22247979/uk-7-men-convicted-of-sex-crimes-against-girls http://www.wlox.com/story/22247979/uk-7-men-convicted-of-sex-crimes-against-girls?t=2013-05-14T14:49:39Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 14:49:00 EDT Seven men were convicted in London on Tuesday for sexually abusing underage girls, including one who was just 11, by plying them with alcohol and drugs before forcing them to commit sex acts. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22243143/13-detained-in-turkish-bombings-death-toll-to-51 http://www.wlox.com/story/22243143/13-detained-in-turkish-bombings-death-toll-to-51?t=2013-05-14T14:49:36Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 14:49:00 EDT Four more people have been detained in connection with two car bomb attacks that killed dozens in a Turkish town near the Syrian border, bringing the number of suspects in custody to 13, Turkey's prime minister said... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22246636/for-baz-luhrmann-cannes-is-a-birthplace http://www.wlox.com/story/22246636/for-baz-luhrmann-cannes-is-a-birthplace?t=2013-05-14T14:29:32Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 14:29:00 EDT Baz Luhrmann might never have gone on to direct "The Great Gatsby" - or anything else, for that matter - if not for the Cannes Film Festival. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22248588/palestinian-rivals-promise-unity-government http://www.wlox.com/story/22248588/palestinian-rivals-promise-unity-government?t=2013-05-14T14:09:31Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 14:09:00 EDT A leading Palestinian official says rival groups Fatah and Hamas have agreed to form a national unity government in three months. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22245268/uk-the-suns-politics-editor-charged-over-bribery http://www.wlox.com/story/22245268/uk-the-suns-politics-editor-charged-over-bribery?t=2013-05-14T13:50:12Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 13:50:00 EDT Britain's prosecutors say that a politics and government editor with The Sun tabloid has been charged over a conspiracy to pay thousands of pounds (dollars) worth of bribes to a press officer working in the British... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22243408/eu-court-finds-swiss-assisted-suicide-laws-vague http://www.wlox.com/story/22243408/eu-court-finds-swiss-assisted-suicide-laws-vague?t=2013-05-14T13:49:41Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 13:49:00 EDT An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the Swiss to clarify their laws on so-called passive... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22191159/kenya-co-turns-old-sandals-into-colorful-objects http://www.wlox.com/story/22191159/kenya-co-turns-old-sandals-into-colorful-objects?t=2013-05-14T13:49:23Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 13:49:00 EDT In a story May 8 about artisans in Kenya who turn old sandals into art objects, The Associated Press included two paragraphs that closely paralleled the wording of an earlier story on the subject by the Voice of America.... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22246637/eu-pledges-675-billion-toward-mali-reconstruction http://www.wlox.com/story/22246637/eu-pledges-675-billion-toward-mali-reconstruction?t=2013-05-14T13:40:17Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 13:40:00 EDT On the eve of a major international donors' conference, the European Union announced Tuesday it was pledging 520 million euros ($674.8 million) over the next two years to help rebuild the west African country of Mali as... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22242675/vatican-brings-genesis-to-venice-biennale-art-show http://www.wlox.com/story/22242675/vatican-brings-genesis-to-venice-biennale-art-show?t=2013-05-14T13:40:06Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 13:40:00 EDT The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22247915/safrica-thieves-stage-heist-after-bieber-concert http://www.wlox.com/story/22247915/safrica-thieves-stage-heist-after-bieber-concert?t=2013-05-14T13:19:34Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 13:19:00 EDT South African police say thieves stole several hundred thousand dollars from a safe at a Johannesburg stadium where Justin Bieber and Jon Bon Jovi performed over the weekend. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22227859/rapes-on-rise-in-somaliland-say-medical-officials http://www.wlox.com/story/22227859/rapes-on-rise-in-somaliland-say-medical-officials?t=2013-05-14T13:19:33Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 13:19:00 EDT In a story May 12 about rapes in a region of Somalia known as Somaliland, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Somaliland declared independence from the rest of Somalia in 1960. Somaliland declared independence in... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22246639/jerusalem-family-tattoos-pilgrims-for-centuries http://www.wlox.com/story/22246639/jerusalem-family-tattoos-pilgrims-for-centuries?t=2013-05-14T12:59:47Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 12:59:00 EDT Orthodox Christians visiting the Holy Land often return home with more than just spiritual memories. Many drop by a centuries-old tattoo parlor in Jerusalem's Old City, inking themselves with a permanent reminder not... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22247658/no-plea-bargain-for-captain-in-italian-shipwreck http://www.wlox.com/story/22247658/no-plea-bargain-for-captain-in-italian-shipwreck?t=2013-05-14T12:59:43Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 12:59:00 EDT Italian prosecutors on Tuesday rejected a plea bargain bid by the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off Italy last year, killing 32 people, defense lawyers said. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22241842/bangladesh-honors-the-dead-from-building-collapse http://www.wlox.com/story/22241842/bangladesh-honors-the-dead-from-building-collapse?t=2013-05-14T12:49:28Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 12:49:00 EDT Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure's collapse last month, the worst tragedy in... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22247292/eviction-fears-haunt-haiti-camp-after-arson-death http://www.wlox.com/story/22247292/eviction-fears-haunt-haiti-camp-after-arson-death?t=2013-05-14T12:39:27Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 12:39:00 EDT Attorney Reynold Georges showed up with a judge and a police officer on a recent afternoon at Camp Acra, a cluster of tents and plywood shelters scattered across rocky hills dotted with trees in the heart of the Haitian... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22247480/mali-leader-presidential-election-set-for-july-28 http://www.wlox.com/story/22247480/mali-leader-presidential-election-set-for-july-28?t=2013-05-14T12:39:26Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 12:39:00 EDT Mali's interim leader says the country's presidential vote will take place on July 28 after months of speculation about the date. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22246022/kenyan-protesters-release-pigs-over-parliament-pay http://www.wlox.com/story/22246022/kenyan-protesters-release-pigs-over-parliament-pay?t=2013-05-14T12:39:24Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 12:39:00 EDT Nearly three dozen piglets were released and animal blood spilled Tuesday at an entrance to Kenya's parliament as civil society activists protested what they called parliament's greedy salary demands. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22247202/congo-to-create-city-in-honor-of-patrice-lumumba http://www.wlox.com/story/22247202/congo-to-create-city-in-honor-of-patrice-lumumba?t=2013-05-14T12:19:17Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 12:19:00 EDT The Congolese government is naming a town after Patrice Lumumba, the country's first prime minister whose assassination more than 50 years ago made him a liberation symbol worldwide. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22241531/afghan-official-motorcycle-bomb-at-market-kills-3 http://www.wlox.com/story/22241531/afghan-official-motorcycle-bomb-at-market-kills-3?t=2013-05-14T12:09:16Z WLOX Tue, 14 May 2013 12:09:00 EDT A roadside bomb struck a U.S. convoy in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, killing three American troops, while a motorcycle bomb in a crowded village market killed at least three Afghan civilians, officials said. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22287410/probe-begins-after-conn-commuter-trains-crash http://www.wlox.com/story/22287410/probe-begins-after-conn-commuter-trains-crash?t=2013-05-18T08:32:40Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 08:32:00 EDT Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22287694/conn-ntsb-officials-to-tour-train-crash-site http://www.wlox.com/story/22287694/conn-ntsb-officials-to-tour-train-crash-site?t=2013-05-18T08:02:38Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 08:02:00 EDT Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22287540/powerball-jackpot-closing-in-on-another-record http://www.wlox.com/story/22287540/powerball-jackpot-closing-in-on-another-record?t=2013-05-18T04:52:58Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 04:52:00 EDT Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory once again. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22287438/2-fires-north-of-la-persist-after-long-fire-week http://www.wlox.com/story/22287438/2-fires-north-of-la-persist-after-long-fire-week?t=2013-05-18T03:52:34Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 03:52:00 EDT A pair of tamed but persistent wildfires still burned in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 after a wild week of burning brush in the area north of Los Angeles. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22277990/hatchet-hitchhiker-arrested-in-nj-homicide http://www.wlox.com/story/22277990/hatchet-hitchhiker-arrested-in-nj-homicide?t=2013-05-18T00:45:21Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 00:45:00 EDT Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22286004/injuries-reported-as-conn-commuter-trains-collide http://www.wlox.com/story/22286004/injuries-reported-as-conn-commuter-trains-collide?t=2013-05-18T00:05:28Z WLOX Sat, 18 May 2013 00:05:00 EDT Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278182/ex-oj-lawyer-to-testify-in-bid-for-new-vegas-trial http://www.wlox.com/story/22278182/ex-oj-lawyer-to-testify-in-bid-for-new-vegas-trial?t=2013-05-17T21:32:13Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 21:32:00 EDT O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22284430/navy-pilot-earns-degree-in-combat-zone http://www.wlox.com/story/22284430/navy-pilot-earns-degree-in-combat-zone?t=2013-05-17T20:02:15Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 20:02:00 EDT Finals week was dangerous for Thomas Saenz. News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22284987/spin-meter-gop-raps-dems-for-irs-union-cash http://www.wlox.com/story/22284987/spin-meter-gop-raps-dems-for-irs-union-cash?t=2013-05-17T19:52:36Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 19:52:00 EDT Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal... News - AP-National http://www.wlox.com/story/22278084/some-lost-everything-to-north-texas-tornado http://www.wlox.com/story/22278084/some-lost-everything-to-north-texas-tornado?t=2013-05-17T19:32:10Z WLOX Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:00 EDT Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said Friday. News - AP-National