US & WORLD


U.S. helps direct Yemen raid on militants

2012-05-16 00:26:42

Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault Tuesday against al-Qaida militants' strongholds.


FBI opens inquiry into JPMorgan

2012-05-16 00:26:09

Investors and federal investigators turned up the heat on JPMorgan Chase on Tuesday.


Murdoch's trusted aid charged in hacking case

2012-05-16 00:25:58

One of Rupert Murdoch's most trusted lieutenants and five people close to her were charged Tuesday with conspiring to hide evidence.


French president sworn in; Greeks need new election

2012-05-16 00:23:39

The financially besieged European Union embarked on an uncertain path, with a new president in France and a call for new elections in Greece


National briefs: 5/16/12

2012-05-16 00:22:57

A Florida mother fatally shot her four children before killing herself Tuesday.


Boehner flexing muscle on debt issue

2012-05-16 00:22:34

The capital braced Tuesday for a replay of last summer's tense battle over the burgeoning national debt.


Advocacy groups dealt court setback

2012-05-16 00:21:38

Advocacy groups spending millions of dollars in the 2012 campaign are now faced with the prospect of having to reveal the donors.


Pakistan seeks $1M per day to supply Afghan war

2012-05-16 00:17:19

The cost of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan is about to rise by $365 million annually under an agreement.


World briefs: 5/16/12

2012-05-16 00:14:24

European Union naval forces in attack helicopters on Tuesday conducted their first onshore raid on a suspected pirate lair in Somalia.


JPMorgan dealings ignored red flags?

2012-05-15 14:40:28

In the years leading up to JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion trading loss, risk managers and some senior investment bankers raised concerns.


President of France to Open New Term by Getting to Know a Neighbor Better

2012-05-15 13:05:57

PARIS -- It is a measure of the importance to France of the relationship with Germany that François Hollande, after taking office on


Bo Xilai Scandal Not Affecting China's Political Calendar

2012-05-15 13:05:47

BEIJING -- Despite a spectacular political scandal and swirling rumors of high-level infighting, signs are that China's once-in-a-decade lea


Iran Sees Success in Stalling on Nuclear Issue

2012-05-15 13:05:36

TEHRAN -- As Iran starts a critical round of talks over its nuclear program, its negotiating team may be less interested in reaching a compr


In Marriage, the Unseen Bottom Line

2012-05-15 13:05:25

LONDON -- When Rachel revealed that her husband was happy for her to buy shoes with their joint credit card, two questions popped into my he


Iran Executes Accused Israeli Spy

2012-05-15 13:05:14

LONDON -- Iran said on Tuesday that it had executed a man accused of being an Israeli intelligence agent responsible for the assassination o


Syrians Defy Leaders to Aid Those in Need

2012-05-15 13:05:03

DAMASCUS, Syria -- For 48 hours, the two Damascus residents struggled to reach the besieged city of Homs by car, trying to deliver boxes of


Key Murdoch Aide to Be Prosecuted in Hacking Case

2012-05-15 13:04:53

LONDON -- Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper empire and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, f


Crime Boss's Tomb Is Exhumed for Clues in Missing Girl's Case

2012-05-15 13:04:41

ROME -- Since 1983, when 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanished on a street here on her way home from a music lesson, investigators have stru


Beyond the Sandbags and Steel, 12 Lanes to Another Afghanistan

2012-05-15 13:04:29

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Behind the black door in downtown Kabul is a place unlike any other in this city, even in the whole country.


European Forces Strike Pirate Base in Somalia

2012-05-15 13:04:19

NAIROBI, Kenya -- The European Union, which had vowed to take a tougher stand against the scourge of Somali piracy, took the fight to the pi


Rapper Faces Death Threats in Iran Over Song

2012-05-15 13:04:06

Correction Appended


Hollande Assumes the Presidency in France

2012-05-15 13:03:55

PARIS -- In a dignified ceremony in a red and gold hall in the Élysée Palace, François Hollande, 57, was inaugurated Tu


Greek Coalition Talks Fail, Forcing New Election

2012-05-15 13:03:45

ATHENS -- Greek political leaders said Tuesday that they had failed to find consensus to form a government, pushing the rudderless country t


Judge Blocks Testimony for Edwards on Finance Law

2012-05-15 13:03:33

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- In a setback for the defense, the judge in John Edwards's corruption trial on Monday barred the testimony of a former fe


Band in Fatal Hazing to Stay Off Field

2012-05-15 13:03:23

MIAMI -- Florida A&M University's celebrated band, the Marching 100, will remain on suspension until the university can put in place str


Deadliest Danger Isn't at the Rig but on the Road

2012-05-15 13:03:12

After working 17 hours straight at a natural gas well in Ohio, Timothy Roth and three other crew members climbed into their company truck ar


A Ticket, 3 Taser Jolts and, Perhaps, a Trip to the Supreme Court

2012-05-15 13:03:00

WASHINGTON -- There have been many hundreds of varied rulings in the lower courts on when the use of Taser stun guns by the police amounts t


49 found beheaded in Mexico

2012-05-15 00:27:45

Authorities struggled Monday to identify 49 bodies without heads, hands or feet to gain clues into the latest in a series of massacres.


Foreign minister suggests Pakistan reopen Afghan border for NATO supplies

2012-05-15 00:27:34

Pakistan's foreign minister suggested Monday that the country should reopen its Afghan border to NATO troop supplies.


Colleges rethinking the way to do business

2012-05-15 00:27:23

Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee says that public colleges and universities need to devise a new business model to pay for the costs.


23 Syrian soldiers reported killed by rebels in Rastan

2012-05-15 00:27:11

Nearly two dozen Syrian government soldiers were killed in clashes with the opposition over control of the rebel-held city of Rastan.


Greece political crisis becoming a war of wills

2012-05-15 00:22:29

Greece's deepening political crisis is fast turning into a war of wills in which Europe's economy potentially hangs in the balance.


Paul campaign shifts state-level party conventions for delegates

2012-05-15 00:21:27

Rep. Ron Paul made clear that the last act of his presidential bid would be as unorthodox as all the rest of it.


National briefs: 5/15/12

2012-05-15 00:19:20

California's sputtering economic recovery is putting a heavier-than-expected drag on state tax revenue.


1,600 Palestinian prisoners agree to end hunger strike

2012-05-15 00:17:34

Israeli and Palestinian officials announced that more than 1,600 Palestinian prisoners had agreed to end a nearly monthlong hunger strike.


World briefs: 5/15/12

2012-05-15 00:15:18

An Agni Air passenger plane carrying Indian and Danish tourists crashed into a hill near a mountain airport in Nepal on Monday.


Local Afghan police fall short, study finds

2012-05-15 00:12:37

A U.S.-backed program to recruit police in rural Afghanistan has failed to significantly stem the insurgency.


'Fight for seat at head of table,' Obama tells women

2012-05-15 00:05:59

President Barack Obama urged young women Monday to strive for leadership positions and become politically involved.


More employers providing benefits for domestic partners

2012-05-15 00:04:26

President Barack Obama's stand last week in favor of same-sex marriage has no legal effect on employers' decisions on benefits.


The Next Page / Back in the U.S.S.R.: the satires of Mikhail Bulgakov

The Next Page / Back in the U.S.S.R.: the satires of Mikhail Bulgakov

2012-05-14 13:29:40

The great Russian writer first became famous for making wicked fun of Soviet foibles in the 1920s. He's still fresh as a daisy.


Exploring the Role of Mobile Technology as a Health Care Helper

2012-05-14 13:06:49

Two decades ago, a woman having a difficult birth in a Ugandan village would have had few options to get life-saving treatment if there was


Drug Surge Clouds Myanmar Reform Effort

2012-05-14 13:06:37

MAE SAI, THAILAND -- The news coming out of Myanmar these days is of hope and reconciliation as the country moves from military dictatorship


Blast in Afghan Market Kills 9

2012-05-14 13:06:26

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Nine civilians were killed on Monday when a bomb exploded in a crowded bazaar in northern Afghanistan, Afghan official


Hands-On Medical Education in Rwanda

2012-05-14 13:06:15

The success of Rwanda in providing health care to its poor has drawn the attention of the international community and has inspired a new pro


Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in 80 Spanish Cities

2012-05-14 13:06:04

MADRID -- Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets during the weekend to protest austerity budget cuts and commemorate the anniver


Deal to End Hunger Strike Awaits Palestinian Prisoners' Approval

2012-05-14 13:05:29

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials said Monday that an Egyptian-brokered deal with Israel to end a hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinian


In Rebuke to Merkel's Party, Social Democrats Win German Vote

2012-05-14 13:05:18

BERLIN -- Chancellor Angela Merkel's party suffered a stinging defeat in elections in Germany's most populous state on Sunday, one likely to


Ex-Leader's Detention Tests Mongolia's Budding Democracy

2012-05-14 13:05:07

BEIJING -- Mongolia's previous president has spent more than a week on a hunger strike, protesting a detention that he says is aimed at prev


15 Die in Nepal Plane Crash

2012-05-14 13:04:55

KATMANDU, Nepal -- An Agni Air plane carrying Indian and Danish tourists crashed into a hill near a mountain airport in Nepal on Monday, kil


In Germany, Divide on Left Is Transparent

2012-05-14 13:04:44

BERLIN -- It is an enduring image of Angela Merkel: her cellphone held tightly in her hands, just above her lap, sending text messages at im


'Pursuit of Terrorists Is Irreversible,' Yemen's President Says

2012-05-14 13:04:33

President Obama's counterterrorism adviser, John O. Brennan, met with Yemen's president, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, on Sunday, a day after a s


Police Find 49 Bodies by a Highway in Mexico

2012-05-14 13:04:21

MEXICO CITY -- Forty-nine mutilated bodies were found dumped along a highway on Sunday near Monterrey, Mexico's third-largest city, accordin


A Dozen Writers Put Down Their Pens to Prove the Might of a March

2012-05-14 13:04:10

MOSCOW -- There were no opposition leaders at the head of the vast column of people that peacefully wound its way through central Moscow on


China's Obsession With Stability Can Come at the Cost of Laws

2012-05-14 13:03:59

LINYI, China -- China's central government says that the activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng is a free man, and has promised him an investigatio


So Eager for Grandchildren, They're Paying the Egg-Freezing Clinic

2012-05-14 13:03:48

At the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, a popular destination for women hoping to preserve their fertility by freezing their eggs,


After Obama's Decision on Marriage, a Call to Pastors

2012-05-14 13:03:37

WASHINGTON -- About two hours after declaring his support for same-sex marriage last week, President Obama gathered eight or so African-Amer


Unions That Divide: Churches Split Over Gay Marriage

2012-05-14 13:03:25

At a black Pentecostal church in Raleigh, N.C., the Rev. Patrick Wooden entered the sanctuary on Sunday to a standing ovation, exulting that


Idahoan's Unlikely Journey to Life as a Taliban Prisoner

2012-05-14 13:03:12

HAILEY, Idaho -- Off a gravel road in a horse pasture in the crystalline air of the Northern Rockies, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl grew up skiing, fen


Greek coalition talks collapsing

2012-05-14 00:22:38

Talks to form a new Greek government appeared near collapse Sunday after the leader of a left-wing party refused to join a unity coalition


Merkel's party loses state election

Merkel's party loses state election

2012-05-14 00:22:24

Chancellor Angela Merkel's party suffered a stinging defeat in Germany's most populous state.


Afghan negotiator slain in ambush

2012-05-14 00:21:22

A former Taliban leader-turned peace negotiator was assassinated Sunday by three unidentified gunmen in an attack in the Afghan capital.


Pensions face new accounting rules

2012-05-14 00:19:53

The endless task of funding U.S. state and local-government retirement plans will get even more daunting under proposed new accounting rules


Jobs outlook improves for 2012 college graduates

2012-05-14 00:17:57

The class of 2012 is leaving college with something that many graduates since the start of the Great Recession have lacked: jobs.


Violence in Syrian village bleeds into Lebanon

2012-05-14 00:16:40

Syrian forces killed at least five people when they raided a Sunni farming village on Sunday, torching homes and looting shops.


Yahoo's CEO resigns under pressure for his resume

2012-05-14 00:15:29

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson left the company four months into the job Sunday after more than a week of scrutiny into inaccuracies on his resume


JPMorgan to lose 3 top executives

2012-05-14 00:13:41

Three high-ranking executives at JPMorgan Chase are expected to leave their jobs this week after a trading blunder cost the bank $2 billion.


Obama, Romney may have to justify actions by Congress

2012-05-14 00:13:10

Obama's and Romney's allies and adversaries in Congress are pursuing agendas that do not always make things easy on the campaign trail.


Everyday baby items can cause serious injury

2012-05-14 00:12:47

A new study indicates that even benign, kid-friendly items are the cause of numerous childhood injuries, mostly when children fall.


Astronomers spot at least one hidden planet

2012-05-14 00:10:24

A team of astronomers reports that they have unexpectedly detected a hidden planet -- and probably two.


Irish pose next test for EU austerity

2012-05-14 00:09:17

The Irish could be next to give the European Union's austerity plans a black eye, after Greece and France.


A New Amenity May Show Up on Some London Roofs for the Olympics: Missiles

2012-05-13 13:05:01

LONDON -- "It looked like one of those things where you get free pizzas through the post," Hilal Bozkurt said, describing the innocuous-look


Mexican Violence Leaves Behind Trail of Doubts

2012-05-13 13:04:50

COLIMA, Mexico -- After her son Alfredo was killed last year at his auto parts shop, Carmen Plascencia de Carrillo noticed that two half sis


Man Arrested In Shooting In West Bank

2012-05-13 13:04:39

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian Authority officials said Saturday that they had arrested the man they believed was responsible for the Ma


West Bank Leader Says Security Forces Can't Get Guns

2012-05-13 13:04:28

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority said Saturday that his security forces were struggling because I


Candidate in Egypt Makes an Insider's Run for President

2012-05-13 13:04:16

SHIRBEEN, Egypt -- At a recent campaign rally here, Ala'a Zinhom said he had no interest in voting for Amr Moussa, a former Egyptian foreign


Horst Faas, Photographer Who Showed Horrors of War, Dies at 79

2012-05-13 13:04:05

Horst Faas, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning war photographer who later was editor of the Associated Press staff in Saigon that produced th


Gunmen in Afghan Police Uniforms Kill 2 NATO Soldiers

2012-05-13 13:03:54

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A day after an assailant wearing an Afghan Army uniform killed an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan, two insurge


U.S. May Scrap Costly Efforts to Train Iraqi Police

2012-05-13 13:03:43

BAGHDAD -- In the face of spiraling costs and Iraqi officials who say they never wanted it in the first place, the State Department has slas


Talks on Greek Coalition Collapse, Threatening Deal

2012-05-13 13:03:32

ATHENS -- Talks to form a new Greek government collapsed on Sunday, when the leader of a left-wing party that favors rejecting Greece's loan


Member of Afghan Peace Council Is Assassinated

2012-05-13 13:03:20

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Mullah Arsala Rahmani, a former Taliban minister who was an important go-between in potential peace talks, was shot an


Shortfall in California's Budget Swells to $16 Billion

2012-05-13 13:03:09

LOS ANGELES -- The state budget shortfall in California has increased dramatically in the last six months, forcing state officials to assemb


New District in Texas Promises a Scramble for Congress

2012-05-13 13:02:57

Want to guarantee a campaign throwdown? Toss 2 major American cities, 2 large minority populations and 15 candidates into one newly drawn Co


Echoing Out of Texas, Chinese Voice of Dissent for Religious Freedom

2012-05-13 13:02:46

MIDLAND, Tex. -- When the Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng stole the show at an emergency Congressional hearing this month by calling into t


For Tea Party, Focus Turns to Senate and Shake-Up

2012-05-13 13:02:35

WASHINGTON -- The primary victory of a Tea Party-blessed candidate in Indiana illustrates how closely Republican hopes for a majority in the


U.S. may scrap billion-dollar effort to train Iraqi police units

2012-05-13 00:31:52

The State Department has slashed a multibillion-dollar police training program that was to have been the centerpiece of a civilian mission.


Aggressive ads for Obama, at the ready

2012-05-13 00:31:41

Barack Obama's media team has prepared an aggressive strategy to portray Mitt Romney as insensitive to the plight of working people.


College loan debt hobbles a generation of students

2012-05-13 00:31:18

With more than $1 trillion in student loans outstanding in this country, crippling debt is no longer confined to dropouts or grad students.


Modest gains mark Haitian leader's 1st year

2012-05-13 00:31:05

Many people in Haiti look at the past year under a musician-turned-president with guarded surprise.


Europe's way of life threatened in crisis

2012-05-13 00:30:54

France and Greece's elections reflect the anger and disillusionment surfacing across Europe as an entire way of life is challenged.


London wary of rooftop missiles plan

2012-05-13 00:30:40

Buildings have been selected as a possible front line against terrorist attacks during the Olympics.


National briefs: 5/13/12

2012-05-13 00:26:59

California's budget deficit has swelled to a projected $16 billion.


Myanmar: ending the world's longest-running civil war

2012-05-13 00:08:49

Anti-colonial revolutions, communist takeovers and other conflicts have come and gone in Southeast Asia. But one has outlasted them all.


Syrian conflict sends ripples across Israel frontier

2012-05-13 00:07:57

The increasingly bloody tumult in Syrian cities is sending forceful ripples through mountain villages on the Israeli side.


World briefs: 5/13/12

2012-05-13 00:07:35

Greece's president will meet with political party leaders today in a last-ditch effort to broker a deal for a coalition government.


Romney courts evangelicals in speech at Liberty Univ.

2012-05-13 00:05:22

Mitt Romney told a polite audience Saturday at Liberty University that he shares and deeply respects their values.


Leftist Party's Rise Upends Greek Political Order

2012-05-12 13:05:45

ATHENS -- The collapse of Greece's dominant parties in Sunday's elections swept a new political force onto the scene here: the Coalition of


Filipinos Rally Against China's Claim to Shoal

2012-05-12 13:05:34

MANILA -- With the 1970s pop song "Kung Fu Fighting" playing in the background, several hundred people gathered in front of a Chinese consul


Syria: A Suicide Bomber Is Foiled in Aleppo, the State News Agency Says

2012-05-12 13:05:23

Security forces in Aleppo killed a suicide bomber driving a stolen minibus crammed with five large canisters of explosives before he could d


Nuclear Negotiator Seeks 'Beginnings of the End' of Iran Dispute

2012-05-12 13:05:12

The lead negotiator for the six-nation group bargaining with Iran over its contentious uranium enrichment program said Friday that she hoped


Spy Balloons Become Part of the Afghanistan Landscape, Stirring Unease

2012-05-12 13:05:01

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The traders crouched beneath the walls of an old fort, hunkered down with the sheep and goats as they talked, eyes ner


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