LONDON (AP) -- British Airways cabin crews walked off the job for a second day Sunday, upsetting travel plans for scores of customers, but the airline said its contingency plans were working well and more planes were taking off than expected....
1 hr ago By SYLVIA HUI |
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- A volcano erupted near a glacier in southern Iceland, shooting ash and molten lava into the air and forcing the evacuation Sunday of hundreds of people from a nearby village....
1 hr ago By GUDJON HELGASON and PAISLEY DODDS |
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Sunday that Israel would not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, a step the U.S. has requested - sticking to a tough position hours before he sets off on his first trip to Washington since a diplomatic row erupted between the two allies....
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BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's president on Sunday called for a recount in this month's parliamentary elections, which have turned into a tight race between the prime minister and a secular rival amid accusations of fraud. A new count could further extend political wrangling in the contentious race....
44 min ago By SAAD ABDUL-KADIR |
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PARIS (AP) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party was bracing for a massive setback Sunday as frustrated French voters cast ballots in regional run-off elections likely to favor the opposition left - and to set the stage for the 2012 presidential race....
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Family members of victims raised flowers to the sky and placed them on gravestones Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of the massacre that became a turning point in the anti-apartheid struggle and drew world condemnation....
2 hr ago By NASTASYA TAY |
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's hard-line vice president expressed hope Sunday that an upcoming national conference will lay the foundation for peace with insurgents as a dozen civilians died in separate bombings in front-line provinces....
2 hr ago By DEB RIECHMANN |
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- Grave robbers on Sunday stole the remains of two Cyprus Archbishops who led the island's Greek Orthodox church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, police said....
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PARIS (AP) -- Nearly a year after President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered negotiators to work on a new treaty to reduce their nuclear arsenals, the two countries say they are finally close to completing a deal....
2 hr ago By DEBORAH SEWARD |
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BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's prime minister said Sunday he will send representatives to hold talks with protesters who have been calling for him to step down, but his antagonists want to meet with him personally....
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