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Merkel risks setback, challenger seeks boost as state vote kicks off Germany's election year

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:33:02 GMT
GEIR MOULSON

BERLIN (AP) — A major state election on Sunday could shake up the campaign for Germany's national election later this year, with the center-left opposition hoping for a morale-boosting victory over Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition.

Islamists leave Malian town of Diabaly after days of French airstrikes

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:05:26 GMT
BABA AHMED

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Video from a Malian town which radical Islamists fled after days of French airstrikes shows the street dotted with burned out vehicles and scattered bullets.

West African leaders gather for Mali summit as French-led military operation enters 2nd week

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:55:29 GMT
BABA AHMED

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — West African leaders headed to a special Mali summit in Ivory Coast on Saturday to discuss how to step up their role as the French-led military intervention to oust Islamic extremists from power entered its second week.

South Africa's poaching epidemic sees rise in wounded rhinos, and vets race to treat them

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:51:50 GMT
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A high-value target survives two attempts on her life. After recovering from multiple gunshot wounds, she is secretly moved to an undisclosed location in hopes that the killers won't track her down again.

With Olympic Games approaching, Rio's love hotels clean up for tourists

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:29:01 GMT
JENNY BARCHFIELD

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — One worker strips mirrored paneling off the ceiling, as another pries up the fiberglass shell of a whirlpool bath. A third man takes a sledgehammer to a life-size statue of Venus de Milo posing topless with a swirl of plaster robes hanging from her waist.

New video game casts players as rebels to explore Syrian civil war

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:25:54 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — A new video game based on Syria's civil war challenges players to make the hard choices facing the country's rebels. Is it better to negotiate peace with the regime of President Bashar Assad, for example, or dispatch jihadist fighters to kill pro-government thugs?

Russian official insists US families approved by courts will be allowed to finalize adoptions

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:22:02 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's ombudsman for children's rights sought on Thursday to reassure American would-be adoptive parents that they will be allowed to take their children back to the United States. But some Americans with court rulings in their favor say they're still in legal limbo.

Syrian activists say regime troops kill more than 100 people in village in central Syria

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:17:02 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — Forces loyal to President Bashar Assad swept through a small farming village in central Syria this week, torching houses and shooting and stabbing residents in an attack that killed up to 106 people, including women and children, activists said Thursday.

Glance: Objects left inside patient after surgery rare, but costly for hospitals

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:56:55 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A lawyer in Germany claims surgeons left up to 16 objects in her client's body after an operation for prostate cancer. She is seeking €80,000 ($106,216) plus costs for the family of the patient, who has since died. Surgical slips such as these are rare, but with millions of operations performed worldwide each year mistakes do sometimes occur.

French airstrikes hit key Malian town of Diabaly held by Islamists, fighting erupts in Konna

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:46:03 GMT

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Fighting erupted between Islamists and Malian soldiers in the city whose capture by militants first prompted French military intervention, while French forces kept up their bombardments of another key town, fleeing residents said Thursday.

Defense chief Panetta tells troops he supports Obama's gun control package

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:45:58 GMT

VICENZA, Italy (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta fired off a strong defense of gun control legislation Thursday, in front of a decidedly skeptical audience.

2 dead, 13 injured after helicopter crashes in central London after hitting crane

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:04:31 GMT

LONDON (AP) — A helicopter crashed into a crane and fell on a crowded street in central London during rush hour Wednesday, sending flames and black plumes of smoke into the air. The pilot and one person on the ground were killed and 13 others injured, officials said.

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