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Scotland Yard deploys mobile fingerprint devices
LONDON (AP) -- Scotland Yard says it's equipping its police officers with handheld fingerprint devices, something the force says will help identify suspects in a matter of seconds....
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UK minister: Press to blame for crowded prisons
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's justice secretary says that the press is in part to blame for Britain's crowded prisons and that he wishes authorities would push back against media pressure to keep locking people up....
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UK minister: Press to blame for crowded prisons
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's justice secretary says that the press is in part to blame for Britain's crowded prisons and that he wishes authorities would push back against media pressure to keep locking people up....
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Voices of Egypt's voters in presidential elections
Egyptians cast their ballots Wednesday in the first free presidential election in the country's history. The winner will replace longtime authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in an 18-day uprising last year. Voters in Egypt offered some of their thoughts on the candidates and the el...
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Iranians seek return of singer from Germany
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's official news agency says protesters in front of the German Embassy in Tehran are seeking return of an Iranian-born singer who went into hiding after receiving death threats....
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French govt minister convicted of public insult
PARIS (AP) -- A Paris court has convicted a member of new French President Francois Hollande's government for publicly insulting the management of a ferry company, but only fined him 4 euros ($5)....
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Officials: Injured Mali president heads to France
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- An adviser to Mali's interim president says the leader is heading to France for medical treatment after suffering injuries in an attack by protesters....
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Report: Iran holds military maneuvers
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's official news agency says Iran's military has wound up a one-day exercise in the center of the country....
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Medvedev chats with US cowboys working in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's prime minister has visited a cattle farm where some American cowboys are working to help Russians develop their struggling meat industry....
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Egyptians picking new president in free election
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian voters of many ages, occupations and beliefs stood in line for hours Wednesday to cast their ballots for a new president. The winner would replace Hosni Mubarak, deposed in a popular uprising last year. He was voted in several times, but those elections were generally rega...
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Magnitude-6.1 earthquake shakes northeastern Japan
TOKYO (AP) -- A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of northeastern Japan, but no tsunami is expected....
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Magnitude-6.1 earthquake shakes northeastern Japan
TOKYO (AP) -- A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of northeastern Japan, but no tsunami is expected....
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Mexico catches suspect in death of a journalist
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Prosecutors in southern Mexico say they have captured a man suspected in the killing of a U.S. journalist during protests against the Oaxaca state government in 2006....
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Turkey proposes charges against Israeli military
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A Turkish court was asked Wednesday to approve murder charges against members of Israel's military for the killing of nine people aboard a Turkish ship trying to break an Israeli blockade of Gaza in 2010, Turkey's state-run news agency reported....
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5,000 elephants killed in Republic of Congo
BOMASSA, Republic of Congo (AP) -- A wildlife official says that about 5,000 elephants have been killed by poachers over the past five years around the Nouabale Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo....
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UN global health agency chief wins 2nd term
GENEVA (AP) -- Dr. Margaret Chan, who has steered the World Health Organization through crises over bird flu and the respiratory SARS bug, has won a second five-year term as its director-general....
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Brazil subway workers go on strike in Sao Paulo
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Subway workers are on strike in Brazil's biggest city, almost completely halting a system used daily by more than 4 million people....
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Rio issues land titles to slum residents
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The home Jose Nazare Braga built in the Rocinha shantytown is his life's work, an investment that grew from a shack to a three-story building over 30 years. A restaurant and a paper-goods store on the ground floor provide income, and his children, grandchildren and great-g...
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UN: Bahrain to mull ways to improve rights record
GENEVA (AP) -- Bahrain has agreed to consider recommendations to release political prisoners, outlaw torture and join the International Criminal Court, a move that could open it to international prosecutions of alleged abuses, the U.N.'s top human rights body said Wednesday....
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Mogadishu's Bakara market clean-up upsets some
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Like many other residents of Mogadishu, Ali Osman, who sells wares at the Bakara market, had longed for an end to lawlessness and violence that plagued the capital for two decades....
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Loach's whiskey expert brings Scotland to Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) -- Charles MacLean is out of his element in Cannes, a town consumed by cinema and celebrity. His element is Scotch whisky - "uisge beatha," he says, giving it its Gaelic name. The water of life....
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Tunisia sets terms for extradition of ex-Libyan PM
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Libya's former prime minister will only be extradited to his country if his life isn't in danger there and he can be guaranteed a fair trial, Tunisia's presidential spokesman said Wednesday....
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Turkey says Syria is helping Kurdish rebels
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Syria is allowing Kurdish rebels who are fighting Turkish forces to establish bases in Syrian territory, as ties between the two neighboring countries deteriorate, a Turkish minister said Wednesday....
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Angolan elections set for Aug. 31
LUANDA, Angola (AP) -- Angola's president says national parliamentary elections will be held Aug. 31....
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Power cut protests continue in Myanmar's main city
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Protesters have taken to the streets of Myanmar's biggest city for the second straight night to air their complaints about chronic power cuts....
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