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UN nuclear chief in Tehran on key mission over allowing watchdog to resume probe of Iran sites

The Associated Press 21 May, 2012 0

TEHRAN, Iran - The head of the U.N. nuclear agency has arrived in Tehran on a key mission that could lead to the resumption of probes on whether Iran has secretly worked on a nuclear weapon. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano and his two aides landed early Monday morning in Iran b

Pakistan blocks Twitter for several hours because of tweets considered offensive to Islam

Zarar Khan, The Associated Press 21 May, 2012 1

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for several hours because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials. The tweets were promoting a competition on Facebook to post images of Islam's Prophet Mu

Beirut gunbattle leaves 1 dead as fears grow of spillover from Syria conflict

Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press 21 May, 2012 0

BEIRUT - Lebanese security officials say overnight clashes in Beirut between Sunni groups that support and oppose the regime in Damascus have killed one person and wounded 10. The clashes in the predominantly Sunni neighbourhood of Tariq Jadidah are Beirut's worst in four years. They erupted hours a

Rights group suspects Israeli troops stood by while settlers fired on Palestinians, wounded 1

The Associated Press 21 May, 2012 0

JERUSALEM - An Israeli human rights group has released a video suggesting Israeli soldiers stood by while Jewish settlers opened fire on Palestinians in the West Bank. The B'tselem organization says a 24-year-old Palestinian man was shot in the head and hospitalized in stable condition. B'tselem say

In one Egyptian orchestra, blind women memorize note by note

Amr Nabil, The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

CAIRO - Just from hearing it, it's like any professional orchestra. But the assembly of white-veiled Egyptian women in matching black gowns has a startling difference. Every woman in the orchestra is blind. The women in Cairo's Egyptian Blind Girls Chamber Orchestra first learn the songs by reading

Child abuse allegations rock Danish town in Thomas Vinterberg's Cannes entry 'The Hunt'

Jill Lawless, The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

CANNES, France - Thomas Vinterberg is aware his new movie, "The Hunt," may touch a raw nerve. Several, in fact. The Danish director's Cannes Film Festival contender, the story of a small-town witch hunt triggered by a child's allegation of abuse, takes in sensitive subjects including masculinity, ma

Tropical Storm Alberto forms off SC; 1st storm in a hurricane season that begins June 1

Tom Foreman Jr., The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

RALEIGH, N.C. - Tropical Storm Alberto emerged off South Carolina's coastline Sunday, the first storm of its kind to form in a hurricane season that doesn't officially begin until June 1. The storm was not expected to approach landfall on the Carolinas' coast, but it prompted a tropical storm watch

Family of slain Hamas operative seeks to prevent release of Israeli movie

Ibrahim Barzak, The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

Relatives of a slain Hamas operative are seeking to block the release of a movie being made in Israel about his 2010 assassination in a Dubai luxury hotel, a family member said Sunday. The killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was widely blamed on Israel's Mossad spy agency, which never confirmed or denied

Spain's PM defends solvency of Spanish banks, downplays upward revision of 2011 budget deficit

The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

MADRID - Spain's prime minister has defended the solvency of Spanish banks and downplayed his French counterpart's suggestion that they could benefit from a recapitalization using European funds. Speaking to journalists on his arrival in Chicago for Sunday's NATO summit, Mariano Rajoy said comments

Sri Lanka's president orders authorities to free jailed ex-army chief turned politician

Bharatha Mallawarachi, The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's president has ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country's long civil war but who later was imprisoned after challenging the president in elections. President Mahinda Rajapaksa signed papers ordering the