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- Former Ukraine PM's health failing in prison
- Italian fugitive arrested outside Scotland Yard
- Germany: loner terrorists are greatest threat
- Suicide bombing in Syrian capital kills 10
- Dutch ban takes aim at foreigners buying pot
- Group: Blind Chinese activist under US protection
- Study: Warm water melting Antarctic ice shelf
| Former Ukraine PM's health failing in prison Posted: 27 Apr 2012 05:13 PM PDT KIEV, Ukraine -- Yulia Tymoshenko, the braided darling of Ukraine's Orange Revolution who went on to be prime minister, is wasting away in prison -- weakened from a hunger strike, bruised from prison beatings and afraid she will be force-fed by her ... |
| Italian fugitive arrested outside Scotland Yard Posted: 28 Apr 2012 01:58 AM PDT LONDON -- When British police finally snared an Italian fugitive wanted for the last 30 years, the task couldn't have been easier: he was arrested across the street from Scotland Yard's London headquarters, officials said Friday.Authorities said 49-y ... |
| Germany: loner terrorists are greatest threat Posted: 28 Apr 2012 01:58 AM PDT BERLIN -- Germany's top security official said Friday the greatest terror threat to the country no longer stems from big networks like al-Qaida but from small, independent terrorist cells or "lone wolf" perpetrators.Interior Minister Hans-Peter Fried ... |
| Suicide bombing in Syrian capital kills 10 Posted: 28 Apr 2012 01:55 AM PDT BEIRUT -- Two weeks into a cease-fire agreement, there still was no peace in Syria: Security agents in Damascus collected the remains of 10 people killed in a suicide bombing. Activists reported troops firing on protesters. Video showed a crowd carry ... |
| Dutch ban takes aim at foreigners buying pot Posted: 28 Apr 2012 01:55 AM PDT AMSTERDAM -- This country of canals and tulips is also famous for "coffee shops" where joints and cappuccinos share the menu. Now, the Netherlands' famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke.A judge on Friday upheld a government plan to ban ... |
| Group: Blind Chinese activist under US protection Posted: 28 Apr 2012 01:43 AM PDT BEIJING -- A blind legal activist who fled house arrest in his Chinese village is under the protection of American officials, overseas activists said Saturday, putting the U.S. in a difficult position days ahead of a visit by Secretary of State Hilla ... |
| Study: Warm water melting Antarctic ice shelf Posted: 27 Apr 2012 05:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Antarctica's massive ice shelves are shrinking because they are being eaten away from below by warm water, a new study finds. That suggests that future sea levels could rise faster than many scientists have been predicting. The weste ... |
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