Russian scientists recover meteor fragments
Vladimir Isachenkov/ AP Writer Scientists have found more than 50 tiny fragments of a meteor that exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains, and preliminary tests are…
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China takes control of strategic Pakistani port
Sebastian Abbot/AP Writer China took over operational control of a strategic deep-water Pakistani seaport Monday that could serve as a vital economic hub for Beijing…
Photos of Hugo Chavez shown after 2-month absence
Ian James/ AP Writer The world got its first glimpse of Hugo Chavez since he underwent a fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba more than two months ago,…
Gays in Belarus face reprisals for activism
Yuras Karmanau/ AP Writer Police in Belarus are going after gays, raiding their clubs and locking up clubbers overnight, and summoning gay activists for questioning. One activist accuses police of…
Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,100 injured
Jim Heintz/ AP Writer With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20…
Struggling Caribbean islands selling citizenship
David McFadden/AP Writer Hadi Mezawi has never set foot on the Caribbean island of Dominica, has never seen its rainforests or black-sand beaches. But he’s one of…
Journalist freed but may face charges
Abdi Guled/AP Writer A Somali journalist was freed after being detained without charges for more than a week for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter. Daud…
9/11 lawyers fear gov’t eavesdropping at Gitmo
Ben Fox/ AP Writer Lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks want to know if U.S. government officials have been eavesdropping on…
US ships military equipment out of Afghanistan
Rahim Faiez/ AP Writer The United States began its withdrawal from Afghanistan in earnest, officials said Monday, sending the first of what will be tens of thousands…
Climate change ignored by pres. candidates
From a staggering economy drowning in debt to gay marriage and abortion rights being fiercely debated on, the problems the United States is facing right now are foreboding, controversial and endless.
