Monday, May 21, 2012 - 11:03am
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KATMANDU, Nepal — Three climbers who scaled Mount Everest died on their descent and two went missing during a crowded weekend on the Himalayan peak, raising concerns Monday about congested trails and poor conditions near the summit. Read More
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 10:30am
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan’s Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing “ring of fire” eclipse. Read More
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 11:31am
| By NOMAAN MERCHANT and RYAN J. FOLEY The Associated Press CHICAGO
UPDATED 6:06 a.m. Monday
Thousands of demonstrators upset with the war in Afghanistan, climate change and the erosion of union rights marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday, taking their discontent on a wide range of world issues to leaders... Read More
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 10:16am
| By ADEL OMRAN and LEE KEATH The Associated Press
UPDATED 6:08 a.m. Monday
TRIPOLI, Libya — Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died at home in Tripoli Sunday, nearly three years after he was... Read More
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 4:10am
| By FRANCES D’EMILIO and LUCA BRUNO The Associated Press
SANT’AGOSTINO DI FERRARA, Italy — A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook several small towns in northeast Italy Sunday, killing four people, knocking down a clock tower and other centuries-old buildings and causing millions in losses to the... Read More
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 4:10am
| By LEE-ANNE GOODMAN The Canadian Press
CAMP DAVID, Md. — The Group of Eight nations are advocating growth rather than austerity in Europe after spending two days of meetings at storied Camp David aimed at containing an escalating fiscal crisis overseas. Read More
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 4:10am
| By GEORGE JAHN The Associated Press
VIENNA, Austria — The head of the UN nuclear agency flew to Tehran on Sunday on a delicate mission that — if successful — could finally lift the veil on whether Iran is seeking atomic arms while strengthening the Islamic Republic... Read More
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 11:14am
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tropical Storm Alberto emerged off South Carolina’s coastline Sunday, the first storm of its kind to form in a hurricane season that doesn’t officially begin until June 1. Read More
Canada’s only killer whale expert axed
VICTORIA (CP) — The country’s only marine-mammal toxicologist says he’s losing his job on Vancouver Island because of federal budget cuts. Read More
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 4:10am
| By The Associated Press
WINDSOR, England — The Queen watched as thousands of Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force troops paraded outside her Windsor Castle home Saturday to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
The parade is part of a series of events to celebrate the Queen... Read More
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 4:10am
| By DIDI TANG and GILLIAN WONG The Associated Press
BEIJING — A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.
Chen Guangcheng, sitting... Read More
Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 4:10am
| By Allen G. Breed,Kyle Hightower,Tamara Lush
ORLANDO, Fla. — Prosecutors in the case of a neighbourhood watch volunteer shooting an unarmed black teenager dumped a mountain of evidence on the public this week. In many criminal cases, that would bring clarity, start answering the basic... Read More
Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 4:10am
| By LEE-ANNE GOODMAN The Canadian Press
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney is vowing to approve TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline on his first day on the job if elected U.S. president in November.
In a campaign ad unveiled on Friday, the presumptive Republican nominee asks voters to... Read More
VIENNA, Austria (AP) — The UN nuclear agency chief will fly to Tehran over the weekend to sign a deal meant to allow his organization to resume a long-stalled search for evidence that Iran worked on developing nuclear arms, the agency and... Read More
