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Merkel presses for progress on power grid revamp
BERLIN (AP) Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing for faster progress on revamping Germany's electricity network to support the country's transition to renewable energy sources as it switches off its nuclear plants. Merkel's government decided last year to accelerate the shutdown
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Morocco hosts world's artists, imprisons its own
RABAT, Morocco (AP) Morocco's glittering Mawazine international music festival wraps up this weekend with performances by Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz, after nine days of showcasing the North African kingdom's cool factor even as dissident Moroccan musicians are imprisoned for
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Myanmar power protests put government to the test
BANGKOK (AP) Protests this past week in Myanmar over persistent power shortages have provided a test of how the country's elected but military-backed government will respond to rising expectations sparked by democratic reforms. Small demonstrations in Myanmar's two largest cities
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Egypt results point to deeply divisive runoff race
CAIRO (AP) The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate and a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's autocratic regime will face each other in a runoff election for Egypt's president, according to first-round results. The divisive showdown dismayed many Egyptians who fear either
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Today In History
Today is Saturday, June 2, the 154th day of 2012. There are 212 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 637 - Arab Muslim army vanquishes Persians at battle of Al-Qadisiyya, opening Persia to Arab conquest.
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Brazil's leader vetoes portions of new forest law
SAO PAULO (AP) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used a line-item veto Friday to send back parts of a congressional bill that loosened the nation's benchmark law protecting the Amazon rainforest a veto the government said would prevent increased deforestation. Environmentalists
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2 female Army officers sue to reverse combat ban
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Two female Army Reserve officers have sued the U.S. Department of Defense and the Army in a bid to reverse military policies banning women from serving in combat roles. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for
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Is China poor? Key question at climate talks
BONN, Germany (AP) The latest round of U.N. climate talks has failed to resolve how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor. China wants to
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UN agency finds higher enrichment at Iranian site
VIENNA (AP) Inspectors have located radioactive traces at an Iranian underground bunker, the U.N. atomic agency said Friday in a finding that could mean Iran has moved closer to reaching the uranium threshold needed to arm nuclear missiles. In a
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UN chief heads to Turkey, Saudi Arabia next week
UNITED NATIONS (AP) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading to Turkey and Saudi Arabia next week to tackle issues ranging from the future of Somalia to combatting terrorism and cultural divisions. U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said Friday that Ban will arrive
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Italian automaker Fiat halts sales to Iran
MILAN (AP) Italian automaker Fiat SpA, which controls Chrysler, said Friday that it and subsidiaries will immediately halt sales to Iran, following similar moves by other carmakers under pressure to cut ties to Tehran over its disputed nuclear program. The
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2 female US Army officers sue to end combat ban
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) Two female Army Reserve officers have sued the U.S. Department of Defense and the Army in an effort to reverse military policies banning women from serving in combat roles. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court
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Fla. quake aid is lifeline for Haitian dance group
MIAMI (AP) A Haitian contemporary dance company is returning to Miami to show how fundraising facilitated by a South Florida performing arts center has helped it survive during earthquake recovery efforts. Choreographer Jeanguy Saintus kept his company Ayikodans (EYE-koh-dans) going
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Regulators: Oil leak in Alberta not all contained
RAINBOW LAKE, Alberta (AP) Regulators in Canada are investigating a substantial leak of oil and water from a feeder pipeline in the western province of Alberta and say the leak is not yet completely contained. Alberta's Energy Resources Conservation Board
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Gunman misses Colombia union leader, kills brother
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) Colombian police say a gunman opened fire on a labor leader in Cali and killed the man's brother and wounded two other people, including a 4-year-old girl. National police director Oscar Naranjo says the 21-year-old gunman was
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AU, Somali forces capture town outside Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) African Union and Somali troops seized a town on the outskirts of Mogadishu from Islamist militants after three days of fighting, marking the biggest victory over al-Shabab since the pro-government forces took control of the capital last
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UN says refugees flocking to South Sudan camp
GENEVA (AP) The U.N. refugee agency says it is stepping up operations in South Sudan after the number of people arriving at a camp there has dramatically increased. The Geneva-based agency says an average of 430 people have arrived daily
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Egypt vote: Brotherhood advances to second round
CAIRO (AP) The candidate of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a runoff election, likely against a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's regime in what would be a deeply divisive battle to become the new president of Egypt,
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South Korean forced laborers win 1st legal victory
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Korea's Supreme Court has ruled in favor of nine South Koreans who demanded Japanese firms pay them for forced labor during Japan's colonial rule of Korea. The Supreme Court says it repealed lower court decisions
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India mulls sending chemical waste to Germany
NEW DELHI (AP) Indian government ministers are considering a plan to have a German company dispose of toxic waste dumped from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, where a chemical gas leak killed thousands in 1984. The 350 metric tons of
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Backlash against African migrants in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) Recent rapes blamed on African migrants have ignited a political and emotional backlash against their ballooning numbers, with Israelis and their leaders stridently and in an alarming new development, violently calling for their expulsion. Israel, bound by an
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Investors plan soccer stadium for Haiti shantytown
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to revive the seaside shantytown known throughout the hemisphere
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Oil rises above $91 as global stocks rally
SINGAPORE (AP) Oil rose above $91 a barrel Friday in Asia as a global stock market rally boosted oil trader confidence. Benchmark oil for July delivery was up 60 cents to $91.26 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in
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Venezuela steps up security along Colombia border
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) About 3,000 Venezuelan soldiers have been sent to bolster security along the border with Colombia after the neighboring country's main rebel group carried out a deadly attack on a Colombian army patrol in the frontier region, Venezuela's
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World stocks up tepidly as traders brush off woes
BANGKOK (AP) Asian stocks struggled for firm footing Friday as investor nerves were tested by fizzling economic growth in China, but European markets headed higher as traders kept fingers crossed that Greece would avoid financial chaos. Italian Premier Mario Monti's
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