GPS Cell Phone Apps Challenge Standalone Devices The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go. David Twiddy, AP NEWS - 4 minutes ago
SKorea Fishing Boat Sinks off Uruguay; No One Hurt A South Korean fishing vessel has burned and sunk in the port of Uruguay’s capital. Navy officials say all 38 crew members are safe. Staff, AP NEWS - 6 minutes ago
German Trial Is New Twist in Demjanjuk Saga John Demjanjuk once was the focus of the world’s attention for the bloodcurdling crimes of which he stood accused. Today, he’s attracting notice for being the lowest-ranking person to go on trial for Nazi crimes in World War II. David Rising, AP NEWS - 8 minutes ago
Iranian Lawmaker: Iran Could Leave Nuclear Treaty A hardline Iranian lawmaker warned Saturday his country could withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in response to a U.N. nuclear watchdog resolution censuring Tehran over its nuclear program. Ali Akbar Dareini, AP NEWS - 16 minutes ago
Relative Sought in 4 Fla. Thanksgiving Killings Authorities in Florida were searching Saturday for a man police said opened fire on his family after Thanksgiving dinner and killed four people, including his pregnant sister and a 6-year-old cousin who was sleeping in her bed. Travis Reed, AP NEWS - 17 minutes ago
America Wages New War in Vietnam — on AIDS When her husband fell ill with AIDS, doctors at the hospital turned him away, fearing they would catch the virus. Ben Stocking, AP FEATURES - 20 minutes ago
Dubai Debt Problems Cast Shadow Over Region For years, Dubai seemed unstoppable, an oasis of excess boasting indoor ski slopes and manmade islands, the world’s tallest tower and dreams that reached even higher. Barbara Surk, AP NEWS - 30 minutes ago
Afghanistan, Iraq: Different Wars Veterans of Iraq recall rolling to war along asphalted highways, sweltering in flat scrublands and chatting with city-wise university graduates connected to the wider world. Denis D. Gray, AP NEWS - 37 minutes ago
Hajj Devil Stoning Ritual Biggest Swine Flu Risk Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday — the hajj ritual of highest concern to world health authorities watching for an outbreak of swine flu. Hadeel Al-Shalchi, AP FEATURES - 38 minutes ago
Russia: Bomb Caused Train Crash That Killed 26 Russian officials opened a terrorism investigation Saturday, saying that a homemade bomb planted on the tracks of the high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg route caused a derailment that killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more. Ivan Sekretarev, AP NEWS - 42 minutes ago
Iran ‘Will Make Own Nuclear Fuel’ If IAEA Deal Fails Iran will produce its own enriched uranium for a medical research reactor in Tehran if the UN atomic watchdog fails to provide the nuclear fuel, a senior hardline cleric said on Saturday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 56 minutes ago
Dubai Blackout Over Debt Plans to Hit Gulf Markets A lack of details on how Dubai plans to pay off its 80-billion-dollar debt mountain will hit Gulf stock markets sharply this week when they trade for the first time since news broke of the emirate’s problems, analysts predict. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 56 minutes ago
Iran Will Produce Own Nuclear Fuel If Needs Be: Cleric Iran will produce its own fuel for a medical research reactor in Tehran if it is not made available by the UN atomic watchdog, a senior hardline cleric said on Saturday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 56 minutes ago
Pakistan Graft Amnesty Expires An amnesty on corruption cases protecting President Asif Ali Zardari, key allies and thousands of others formally expires on Saturday, threatening to fling Pakistan into fresh political crisis. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 56 minutes ago
Pakistan’s President Hands Over Nuclear Powers President Asif Ali Zardari gave up control of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal Saturday in a bid to fend off mounting pressures threatening to weaken his rule further and complicate the war on the Taliban. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 56 minutes ago
Hondurans Fearful Ahead of Disputed Polls Fear was palpable in the Honduran capital ahead of Sunday’s post-coup elections, which have divided both the Central American country and the continent. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 56 minutes ago
Russia Agrees French Superjumbo Overfly Russia has given the green light for Air France’s A380 superjumbo to overfly Siberia, opening the way for a projected Paris-Tokyo service, Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau said Saturday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 56 minutes ago
Sudanese Girl Flogged for Wearing ‘Indecent’ Skirt A Sudanese Christian teenager has been lashed 50 times for wearing what a judge considered an “indecent” knee-length skirt, her lawyer said on Saturday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 56 minutes ago
Final Week of Kercher Murder Trial in Italy American student Amanda Knox’s Italian boyfriend had a “romantic approach to the other sex” and was incapable of taking part in the alleged sexual misadventure that led to the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher, a defence lawyer said on Saturday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 56 minutes ago
Obama Challenge: Keep Hispanic Support Barack Obama has erased George W. Bush’s inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House employing an aggressive strategy to keep it that way. Liz Sidoti, AP NEWS - 57 minutes ago
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