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Wiesenthal Center officials say 'Dr. Death' may be in Chile or Argentina

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:55:50 +0000

SANTIAGO, Chile - The Simon Wiesenthal Center has strong evidence that a former SS member known as "Dr. Death" is in southern Chile or Argentina, a top Nazi hunter for the human rights organization sa...

Iowa patient dies after being trapped in elevator

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:55:49 +0000

DES MOINES, Iowa - A woman being taken from a hospital's emergency room to intensive care was trapped in an elevator for about three hours and later died. The cause of Tamela Sims' death was not im...

Afghanistan blames 'foreign agency' for Kabul bombing, referring to Pakistan

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:55:55 +0000

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan blamed a foreign intelligence agency Tuesday for the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, making a veiled but clear reference to its eastern neighbour, Pakistan. ...

British judge rules woman can sue rapist who won lottery jackpot

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:13:28 +0000

LONDON - A British woman assaulted by a serial rapist has won the right to sue the attacker, who became a millionaire by winning the lottery while in prison. A judge ruled Tuesday that the 78-year-...

Iranian president says no war with U.S., Israel on the horizon

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:13:18 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he sees no possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel. "I assure you that there won't ...

No charges planned in death of woman ignored in L.A. hospital

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:13:25 +0000

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles prosecutors say they won't file criminal charges against the medical staff of a hospital where a woman died after being ignored while screaming in pain. A newly issued rep...

N.Y. man charged after leaving elderly parents in sweltering car; father died

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:13:15 +0000

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Police in New York state say a man is charged with reckless endangerment after leaving his elderly, infirm parents in a sweltering car while he drove a bus route for three hours. ...

Magnitude-6.2 earthquake hits southern Peru; 1 killed, several injured

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:13:23 +0000

LIMA, Peru - Officials in Peru say a magnitude-6.2 earthquake killed a 93-year-old man and injured at least four others. The U.S. Geological Service says the quake occurred around 4:13 a.m. local t...

Bicycles, China's icon, are ubiquitous despite car invasion

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:25:34 +0000

SHANGHAI, China - For a vivid insight into the clash of old and new in China, follow the bicycle. Morning rush hour in Beijing and Shanghai used to be rivers of cyclists flowing in a majestic hush ...

Suicide barrier on San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge would cost up to $50M

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:58:55 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO - A new report says installing a suicide barrier on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge would alter the view and cost as much as $50 million. The latest environmental report was commis...

Series of bombings in Pakistan bring criticism for new government

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:58:47 +0000

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's new government was accused Tuesday of lacking the resolve to stem militant activity after a spate of bombings in the country's capital and its main commercial city. ...

Human rights groups call on Iran to end the execution of juveniles

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:58:53 +0000

CAIRO, Egypt - Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on Iran to fulfil its promise to outlaw the execution of minors, charging it has been sending children as young as 16 to the gallows. The New Yor...

Hurricane Bertha weakens to a Category 1 storm, forecasters report

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:58:56 +0000

MIAMI - Forecasters say hurricane Bertha has weakened to a Category 1 storm. As of 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday, the centre of the storm was about 1,000 kilometres east-northeast of the northern Leeward Isla...

Barack Obama denies shifting positions to reach political centre

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:58:41 +0000

POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. - Asked by a voter about accusations of flip-flopping, Democrat Barack Obama dismissed the notion Tuesday that he has shifted stances on Iraq, guns and the death penalty to break w...

Queen invites 8,000 subjects to tea in her first garden party of the summer

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:58:51 +0000

LONDON - The times they aren't a changing. Not at Buckingham Palace, at least. Tea with the Queen on Tuesday looked much the same as it would have 140 years ago when Queen Victoria started the trad...