MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine....
22 min ago By MARK STEVENSON |
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strikes for human rights....
1 hr ago By MARCO SIBAJA |
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's military regime took yet another step to expunge Aung San Suu Kyi from the political scene Wednesday by effectively barring her from the first elections in 20 years and pressuring her opposition party to expel her from its ranks....
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal....
36 min ago By KARIN LAUB and STEVEN GUTKIN |
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- President Michelle Bachelet leaves office Thursday with a chunk of her country in ruins - and her popularity in the clouds....
4 hrs ago By MICHAEL WARREN |
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself....
2 hr ago By VICTOR L. SIMPSON |
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LONDON (AP) -- Government debt is growing, as is the deficit. The economy is struggling to get out of recession and there is talk of spending cuts or higher taxes. The unions are on edge. And the currency is plummeting....
4 hrs ago By JANE WARDELL |
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- They kept the books, had the training and fixed the computers. They were the educated few of Haiti, an up-and-coming generation of nurses, technicians, office managers and college students....
6 hrs ago By JONATHAN M. KATZ |
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CAIRO (AP) -- The Arab League recommended on Wednesday to withdraw its support for indirect talks between Palestinians and Israelis due to recent announcements of new settlement building in east Jerusalem....
6 hrs ago By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF |
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STOCKHOLM (AP) -- The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions, including the most sacred symbols of Islam, the Swedish artist who created it said Wednesday....
4 hrs ago By KARL RITTER |
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