Topless protesters detained at Davos forum

Saturday, January 28, 2012

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Three topless Ukrainian protesters were detained Saturday while trying to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and political leaders to call attention to the needs of the world's poor. Separately, demonstrators...

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Yemeni president heads to US for medical treatment

Saturday, January 28, 2012

SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh headed to the United States on Saturday for medical treatment, his spokesman said, the latest stage in an effort to distance him from his country's policies to help ease a transition from his rule. Ahmed...

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Brazilian bikinis burgeon to fit the fat

Saturday, January 28, 2012

RIO DE JANEIRO – Tall and tan and young and ... chunky? The Girl From Ipanema has put on a few pounds, and for many sunbathers on Brazil's beaches the country's iconic itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny bikini just doesn't suffice anymore. A growing number of bikini...

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Embolden Taliban try to sell softer image

Saturday, January 28, 2012

KABUL, Afghanistan – When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s, Maulvi Qalamuddin headed the Committee to Protect Virtue and Prevent Vice, the religious police that shut down girls' schools, beat up men with insufficiently long beards and arrested...

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French tourist killed in shooting in Egypt

Saturday, January 28, 2012

EL-ARISH, Egypt -- A French tourist was killed in a shooting in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday after a group of Bedouins opened fire while trying to rob a currency exchange, police said Saturday. Two police officials said the 42-year-old man died immediately from gunshot wounds...

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Fire at rehabilitation center in Peru kills 26

Saturday, January 28, 2012

LIMA, Peru – A fire swept through a two-story private rehabilitation center for addicts in a poor part of Peru's capital on Saturday, killing at least 26 people as firefighters punched holes through walls to rescue residents locked inside. The "Christ...

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Iran moves step closer to banning oil sales to Europe

Saturday, January 28, 2012

TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian lawmakers have finalized a draft bill requiring the government to immediately halt crude oil sales to Europe in response to the bloc's decision to ban the purchase of Iranian oil, a member of parliament said Saturday. Nasser Soudani said the legislature's energy committee completed...

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