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Nigeria military declares 24-hour curfew in city
May 19, 2013 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continue... more »»
Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq
May 18, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. more »»
Venezuela's military enters high-crime slums
May 18, 2013 PETARE, Venezuela (AP) — Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas. more »»
Woman describes Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' parties
May 18, 2013 MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a... more »»
Caribbean talks conservation on Branson's island
May 18, 2013 NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back... more »»
$1 million in jewelry stolen near Cannes film fest
May 18, 2013 PARIS (AP) — Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours after... more »»
Bombs kill 9 inside elite Afghan housing complex
May 18, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday evening, killing at leas... more »» |
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