Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:10:08 GMT
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Two strongly felt earthquakes have rocked central Chile as dignitaries arrive for the inauguration of President-elect Sebastian Pinera....
Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:59:45 GMT
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BAGHDAD (AP) -- Early results from Iraq's key election began coming in Thursday, showing a coalition led by the prime minister ahead in two southern Shiite provinces where he was opposed by hard-line religious parties with close ties to Iran....
Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:32:03 GMT
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Serious street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as some 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures....
Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:04:38 GMT
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- A U.N. body best known for protecting tigers and elephants will focus on the world's overfished oceans beginning this week with proposals to regulate the shark trade and ban the export of a tuna species prized by sushi lovers....
Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:55:07 GMT
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GENEVA (AP) -- Information on 24,000 HSBC customers with Swiss accounts has been stolen, the British bank said Thursday, potentially exposing large numbers of international clients to prosecution by tax authorities in their home countries....
Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:11:47 GMT
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday implored Israelis and Palestinians to move beyond a diplomatic spat that has marred his trip to the region, urging the sides to waste no time in resolving their decades-old conflict despite daunting obstacles....
Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:24:45 GMT
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is barred from running in upcoming elections and won't even be allowed to vote, according to laws published Thursday....
Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:08:09 GMT
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JOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Christians and Muslims once shared their lives together in Nigeria's fertile central belt, buying each other's goods in mixed neighborhoods and cultivating each other's farms across a sun-baked plateau....
Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:36:15 GMT
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MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the first man from a developing nation to become the world's richest person - a shift that underlines the loosening of America and Europe's stranglehold on the top spots in the billionaires' club....
Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:19:38 GMT
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STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A Swedish court ruled Thursday that a former neo-Nazi leader arrested in Sweden can be extradited to Poland, where he is suspected of being involved in the theft of the infamous Auschwitz sign....
