http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.headlines.intl News Sun, 26 May 2013 17:46:34 -0400 Sun, 26 May 2013 15:16:50 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/26/ML--Syria/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_ML--Syria c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-667d BEIRUT (AP) — Two rockets hit Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut on Sunday, tearing through an apartment and peppering cars with shrapnel, a day after the Lebanese group's leader pledged to lift President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's civil war. Sun, 26 May 2013 16:31:25 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/26/EU--Britain-Attack/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_EU--Britain-Attack c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-669c NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A suspect in last week's savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 while apparently preparing to train and fight with al-Qaida-linked Somali militants, an anti-terrorism police official said Sunday. Sun, 26 May 2013 12:59:29 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/25/EU--France-Soldier.Stabbed/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_EU--France-Soldier.Stabbed c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6958 PARIS (AP) — French anti-terrorism investigators were combing video surveillance tapes Sunday as they continued their manhunt for a suspect who stabbed a soldier in the throat in the commercial district of La Defense outside Paris. Sun, 26 May 2013 15:19:32 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/26/ML--US-Mideast/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_ML--US-Mideast c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-65e6 SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry declared Sunday he believes a potential $4 billion plan is emerging that could expand the Palestinian economy by up to 50 percent in the next three years. Sun, 26 May 2013 17:35:51 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/26/EU--France-Cannes-Awards/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_EU--France-Cannes-Awards c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6642 CANNES, France (AP) — The tender, sensual lesbian romance "Blue is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele" won the hearts of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, taking its top honor, the Palme d'Or. Sun, 26 May 2013 17:25:08 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/26/EU--France-Gay.Marriage/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_EU--France-Gay.Marriage c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-65fd PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people protested against France's new gay marriage law in central Paris on Sunday, and police clashed with right-wing demonstrators. Sun, 26 May 2013 09:35:37 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/26/LT-Argentina-Kirchners_-Decade/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_LT-Argentina-Kirchners_-Decade c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6668 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Cristina Fernandez rallied a huge crowd Saturday night celebrating the 10-year government that she and her late husband Nestor Kirchner began in 2003. Her voice breaking, she called it a victorious decade, "won not by a government but by the people." Sun, 26 May 2013 17:12:21 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/26/ML--Israel-Palestinians/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_ML--Israel-Palestinians c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6688 SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) — Israel's president on Sunday urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to overcome differences and resume peace negotiations, saying the sides could not afford "to lose this opportunity." Sun, 26 May 2013 17:04:26 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/26/ML-Israel-Electric-Car/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_ML-Israel-Electric-Car c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-66bf JERUSALEM (AP) — It was an audacious idea that came to symbolize Israel's self-described status as "Start-Up Nation," a company that believed it could replace most gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles and reduce the world's reliance on oil — and all within a few years. Sun, 26 May 2013 17:11:11 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/26/ML--Egypt/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_ML--Egypt c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-64c0 CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian Islamists and former members of the nation's military voiced concern Sunday about the potential pitfalls stemming from a decision by the country's top constitutional court that would allow members of the armed forces and police to vote in the nation's elections. Fri, 24 May 2013 15:38:43 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/24/ML--Syria/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_ML--Syria c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-709b BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first glance to be a step toward ending the civil war, strong skepticism persists on both sides. Sun, 26 May 2013 06:25:25 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/26/EU-Russia-Suicide-Bombing/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_EU-Russia-Suicide-Bombing c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-66b0 MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — A woman who was among those wounded when a female suicide bomber blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan has died. Thu, 23 May 2013 01:00:53 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/22/AS--Pakistan/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_AS--Pakistan c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:3449 QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A police officer says a car bomb in southwest Pakistan has killed 11 policemen and a civilian. Thu, 23 May 2013 22:57:12 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/24/AS--China-NKorea/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_AS--China-NKorea c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-71cc BEIJING (AP) — A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing's wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state media said. Sun, 26 May 2013 06:45:57 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/26/ML--Lebanon/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_ML--Lebanon c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-66a8 BEIRUT (AP) — A pair of rockets slammed into a car dealership and a residential building in strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia in southern Beirut on Sunday, wounding four people and raising fears that Syria's civil war is increasingly spreading into Lebanon. Sat, 25 May 2013 08:35:36 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/25/AS--Myanmar-Two.Child.Policy/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_AS--Myanmar-Two.Child.Policy c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6a97 YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence. Fri, 24 May 2013 04:46:30 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/24/EU--Russia-Syria/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_EU--Russia-Syria c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-7108 MOSCOW (AP) — The Syrian government has agreed to a conference on the country's future proposed by Russia and the United States, Russia's foreign ministry said Friday Sat, 25 May 2013 17:44:44 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/25/EU--Britain-Attack/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_EU--Britain-Attack c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6aa7 LONDON (AP) — Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slaughter of an off-duty British soldier in a London street, an apparent act of Islamic extremism that has horrified the nation. Sun, 26 May 2013 13:43:32 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/26/EU-Germany-China/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_EU-Germany-China c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-65c9 BERLIN (AP) — Germany's chancellor says she will use her country's economic clout to hinder the European Union from imposing punitive tariffs on some Chinese products to avoid a trade war. Fri, 24 May 2013 18:40:25 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/2013/05/24/LT--Chile.Barrick.Gold/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_LT--Chile.Barrick.Gold c9d8ec1afb93944a:2ab110b1:13ecc8b01aa:-6f83 VALLENAR, Chile (AP) — Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong.