Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months on Wednesday, but guards on board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt, the EU's naval force said...
Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials....
Michael Jackson glove among items at music auction
NEW YORK (AP) -- A collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia, including the now iconic rhinestone-studded glove he wore when he performed his first moonwalk dance in 1983, is being sold at auction....
UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts were removed late Friday, bringing the daylong occupation to an end, university officials said....
Warrant: Drug in Jackson case came from Vegas firm
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A powerful anesthetic recovered from Michael Jackson's bedside after he died had been purchased in Nevada by his doctor who had it shipped to California, court documents show....
Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman
d SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) -- The gunman who carried out Saipan's most violent attack in recent memory ended his life on the same rocky cliffs where numerous Japanese leapt to their deaths to avoid capture by U.S. troops during World War II....
Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks
ROME (AP) -- Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of helping fund and providing logistical support for last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, authorities said....
Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees
MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday....
China says 42 dead, 66 trapped in mine explosion
BEIJING (AP) -- A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily to save them....
Iraqi lawmakers seek to end election crisis
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's parliament is discussing ways to end a dispute over an election law after a vice president vetoed the bill, throwing national polls slated for January into question....
Sentence request for US woman in Italy murder case
PERUGIA, Italy (AP) -- Prosecutors on Saturday were expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy....
Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman
d SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) -- The gunman who carried out Saipan's most violent attack in recent memory ended his life on the same rocky cliffs where numerous Japanese leapt to their deaths to avoid capture by U.S. troops during World War II....
Conflicting blast reports reflect fear in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A gas explosion injured one person and damaged a two-story building in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border Saturday. Police initially said it was a bomb but later determined it was an accident....
Afghan police are weak link in security force
KABUL (AP) -- Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home....
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