Assailants set off bomb outside Christian school in Gaza
May 16, 2008 - 01:17
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Unknown assailants have detonated a bomb outside a Christian school in Gaza City, causing no injuries. Damage from the pre-dawn explosion is visible at the entrance to the Zahwa Rosary School. The school is run by nuns but caters mainly to Muslim students. Friday's ...
Eight people killed in Philippine bank robbery
May 16, 2008 - 00:45
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANILA, Philippines - Police say eight people, most of them bank employees, have been fatally shot in a bank robbery in a town south of Manila. Police Gen. Ricardo Padilla says the victims were found fatally shot when the bank opened at 9 a.m. Friday. He says two security guards were ...
Bin Laden to release new message about Israel and Palestinians, website says
May 15, 2008 - 22:55
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - Osama bin Laden, who has threatened to extend al-Qaida's terror to Israel, will release a new Internet message dealing with Israelis and Palestinians, a terrorism monitoring group said Thursday. The announcement of the impending comments by the head of al-Qaida was posted on ...
Obama picks up heavyweight support, leaves Clinton further behind
May 15, 2008 - 20:48
Beth Gorham, THE CANADIAN PRESS
WASHINGTON - It's the gift that keeps on giving. Barack Obama picked up more heavyweight support Thursday after a key endorsement this week delivered another blow to Hillary Clinton's longshot campaign for the Democratic nomination. Obama drew at least five delegates from former candidate ...
Landlord charged with trying to kill Brooklyn tenant
May 15, 2008 - 20:23
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - A landlord has been indicted after prosecutors say he planted a homemade bomb to try to kill a tenant he wanted to evict from a commercial building in Brooklyn. The tenant lost a leg in the blast. Prosecutors say 38-year-old Yung Tang placed the bomb in a bag next to ...
McCain predicts victory in Iraq, bin Laden removed by 2013 if he's president
May 15, 2008 - 20:11
Glen Johnson, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Republican John McCain declared for the first time Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, but he rejected suggestions his talk of a timetable put him on the same side as Democrats clamouring for fullscale troop withdrawals. The Republican presidential ...
Obama attacks Bush for linking him to Nazi appeasers; White House denies it
May 15, 2008 - 20:08
Beth Gorham, THE CANADIAN PRESS
WASHINGTON - Democratic front-runner Barack Obama accused President George W. Bush of launching a "sad" and "false" political attack on him Thursday by saying those in favour of negotiating with terrorists and radicals are like Nazi appeasers. The White House denied Bush's words in a ...
China quake toll could reach 50,000; daunting recovery for millions affected
May 15, 2008 - 20:02
William Foreman, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LUOSHUI TOWN, China - Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere as priorities began shifting Thursday in China from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final death toll could more than double to ...
Feuding Lebanese factions reach deal to elect army chief as president
May 15, 2008 - 19:39
Katarina Kratovac, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIRUT - The Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government reached a deal Thursday to end Lebanon's worst violence since the 1975-90 civil war, now that the cabinet has reversed measures aimed at reining in the Iranian-backed militants. The feuding factions agreed to hold political ...
Man appears in Florida court, concedes he may have accidentally sparked fire
May 15, 2008 - 19:29
Travis Reed, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PALM BAY, Fla. - A man accused of lobbing a Molotov cocktail into one small part of a large area of woods that burned along Florida's Atlantic coast conceded Thursday that he may have accidentally sparked a fire. But Brian Crowder, 31, said he tossed a cigarette, not a bottle full of ...
Storms kill 1 in southern United States, damage Texas state capitol
May 15, 2008 - 18:56
Mary Foster, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS - Severe storms with damaging winds and possible tornadoes pounded the South, killing at least one person in Louisiana and shattering windows at the Texas state capitol. In the southern Louisiana town of Grosse Tete, a pecan tree fell onto a camper Thursday, killing a ...
Bush leaves it to Israeli prime minister to push Mideast peace
May 15, 2008 - 18:50
Terence Hunt, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JERUSALEM - U.S. President George W. Bush gently urged Mideast leaders to "make the hard choices necessary for peace," leaving it to embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand before a divided parliament Thursday and forcefully declare that this war-weary country is ready for a ...
Iran calls UN sanctions illegal, offers a proposal for talks
May 15, 2008 - 18:41
George Jahn, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VIENNA, Austria - Iran's new offer for international talks touches on a broad range of topics, but fails to address UN Security Council calls for Tehran to give up uranium enrichment, according to a copy of the offer obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. The Islamic Republic also sent ...
California's top court overturns state ban, legalizes gay marriage
May 15, 2008 - 18:28
Lisa Leff, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO - California's Supreme Court declared gay couples in the biggest U.S. state can marry, a monumental but perhaps short-lived victory for the gay rights movement Thursday that was greeted with tears, hugs, kisses and at least one instant proposal of matrimony. Same-sex couples ...
Clashes lead UN to pull its civilian staff from Sudan oil area
May 15, 2008 - 18:24
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KHARTOUM, Sudan - The United Nations said Thursday it had evacuated 250 civilian staff from the town of Abyei following three days of clashes in the oil-rich region between Sudan's army and former southern rebels. Abyei lies just north of the disputed boundary line between north and south ...
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