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Cruise ship runs aground

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 04:06 PM PST


PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy -- The first course had just been served in the Costa Concordia's dining room when the wine glasses, forks and plates of cuttlefish and mushrooms smashed to the ground. At the magic show in the theater, the trash cans tip ...

At least 53 killed in Iraq bombing

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST

A bomb tore through a procession of Shiite pilgrims heading toward a largely Sunni town in southern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 53 people in the latest sign of a power struggle between rival Muslim sects that has escalated since the American m ...

Scots eager for independence

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


STIRLING, Scotland -- In this green swath of Scotland, you can stay at the King Robert Hotel, eat at Bruce's Bistro and drink in the William Wallace pub -- all named for leaders who fought the English here 700 years ago.
For centuries Scotland was ...

S&P defends lower euro credit ratings

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 04:06 PM PST

PARIS -- Amid a wave of criticism, Standard & Poor's defended its decision to downgrade nine European countries and insisted Saturday that the region's leaders aren't doing enough to solve their debt crises.The prime minister of France, the bigge ...

Nations hunt for information on Italy cruise accident

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy -- Language barriers, overwhelmed local authorities, squads of foreign diplomats with lists of awkward questions -- the international mix of passengers and crew aboard the stricken Costa Concordia cruise liner added to th ...

Military video puts Afghan talks at risk

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


KABUL, Afghanistan -- A 39-second video purporting to show Marines urinating on dead bodies in Afghanistan is straining U.S.-Afghan relations but is not expected to undo months of work aimed at brokering peace with the Taliban.
The images have not ...

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