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Israel's Netanyahu hits snags in building team

Israel's Netanyahu hits snags in building team

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to take office for a third time, his attempts to form a new coalition government have gotten off to a rocky start. Netanyahu is vowing to form a broad-based government to tackle the country's challenges in the coming years, but that won't be eas

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Obama to Kenya: Reject violence during election

Obama to Kenya: Reject violence during election

Wading gently into the politics of his father's homeland, United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Kenya to reject violence in next month's election, adding the voice of America's first black president to those hoping the country can avoid the descent into bloodshed that stained its la

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Rubio to deliver State of Union GOP response

Rubio to deliver State of Union GOP response

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will give the Republican rebuttal to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, providing a direct message to a growing Hispanic electorate that shunned the GOP in last year's election. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Republican leader Mi

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AP sources: House Dems offer own gun control plan

AP sources: House Dems offer own gun control plan

House Democrats will unveil 15 proposals for curbing gun violence that resemble President Barack Obama's plan and will include a call for banning assault weapons, people familiar with the package said Wednesday. The Democrats' recommendations will also include barring high-capacity magazines carryi

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Brazil: What's behind Carnival masks and disguises

Brazil: What's behind Carnival masks and disguises

The wall of Olga Valles' office is a vast tableau of famous faces past and present: Barack Obama smiles warmly, while Yasser Arafat poses in his trademark black-and-white keffiyeh. Next to him is George W. Bush, practically cheek-to-cheek with a fierce Saddam Hussein, teeth bared in a snarl under h

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For Mali amputee, Islamic extremist legacy lingers

For Mali amputee, Islamic extremist legacy lingers

The Islamic extremists in Mali came to Issa Alzouma's cell and brought him out to the public square they had renamed Place de Shariah. They laid him out, tying down his arms and legs before amputating his right hand and forearm with a knife. "I passed out from the pain," the 39-year-old father of t

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Timbuktu mausoleums: Rebuilding takes money, mud

Timbuktu mausoleums: Rebuilding takes money, mud

Mud, money and more security: The U.N.'s cultural agency said Friday that not much more is needed to help rebuild 11 mausoleums that Islamic extremists "totally devastated" in the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said she plans to send experts to Mali to assess t

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AP Interview: Egypt's pope criticizes Islamists

AP Interview: Egypt's pope criticizes Islamists

Egypt's Coptic patriarch delivered a cautious but unusually sharp criticism of the nation's Islamist leadership in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, dismissing the new constitution as discriminatory and rounds of national dialogues sponsored by the president as meaningless. Pope Ta

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Somali court: Jail for rape victim, reporter

Somali court: Jail for rape victim, reporter

A Mogadishu court on Tuesday handed down one-year prison sentences to a woman who said she was raped by security forces and a reporter who interviewed her. The judges decided the woman falsely claimed she was raped and had insulted the government. The judges based their decision on medical evidence

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Iran president visits Egypt in warming of ties

Iran president visits Egypt in warming of ties

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussed the crisis in Syria with his Egyptian counterpart Tuesday in the first visit by an Iranian leader to Cairo in more than three decades, marking a historic departure from years of frigid ties between the regional heavyweights. Ahmadinejad's three-day vi

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AP Interview: Morocco Islamists warn of unrest

AP Interview: Morocco Islamists warn of unrest

Morocco likes to project itself as unique in the Middle East in finding a third way between revolution and repression amid the uprisings of the Arab Spring. The nation's largest opposition Islamist group is challenging that view. In an interview with The Associated Press, Fathallah Arsalane, politi

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Totals of number of Hispanics in House differ

Totals of number of Hispanics in House differ

How many Hispanic members are there in Congress? Turns out narrowing it down to one number is not easy. There is no dispute about the Senate, which has three Hispanic senators. The House, however, is another matter. The House Press Gallery, an administrative office of Congress that helps media and

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Judo abuse scandal hits Tokyo Olympic bid

Judo abuse scandal hits Tokyo Olympic bid

Just when Tokyo was getting a boost in its campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, an ugly scandal has surfaced within the Japanese sporting culture and threatens to undermine the bid. Tokyo bid officials were thrilled last month when a poll showed that public support had risen to 73 percent, given tha

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College credit recommended for free online courses

College credit recommended for free online courses

Students may soon be able to receive college credit for the free online courses that are reshaping higher education. The American Council on Education planned to announce Thursday that it is recommending degree credit for five undergraduate courses offered by Coursera, a Palo Alto-based company tha

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Falling enrollment weighs on DeVry revenue

Falling enrollment weighs on DeVry revenue

DeVry Inc.'s revenue dropped for the sixth straight quarter as fewer students enrolled in its classes. But the decline wasn't as bad as analysts had expected and there were signs of improvement in some student trends. Shares jumped nearly 12 percent after-hours on the report, rising $3.08 to $29.20

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Murder conviction in Drummond union leader slaying

Murder conviction in Drummond union leader slaying

A former contractor for the U.S.-based coal company Drummond Co. has been convicted of murder and sentenced to nearly 38 years in prison as the mastermind of the 2001 killing of two union leaders. The trial judge also ordered prosecutors to investigate Drummond's U.S.-based president and three form

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Tension mounts over Indigenous land transfer

Tension mounts over Indigenous land transfer

A Torres Strait leader in far north Queensland says there has been conflict in the community after a land transfer in December.

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People of Timbuktu save manuscripts from invaders

People of Timbuktu save manuscripts from invaders

For eight days after the Islamists set fire to one of the world's most precious collections of ancient manuscripts, the alarm inside the building blared. It was an eerie, repetitive beeping, a cry from the innards of the injured library that echoed around the world. The al-Qaida-linked extremists w

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Education secretary, college chiefs urge gun laws

Education secretary, college chiefs urge gun laws

The nation's schools chief says more needs to be done to make sure children live long enough to attend college. He is joining more than 350 university presidents in urging Congress to take action to protect students from gun violence. Education Secretary Arne (AR'-nee) Duncan told reporters Monday

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SKorean cabin crew fight skirt-only dress code

SKorean cabin crew fight skirt-only dress code

South Korea's human rights commission has recommended that the country's second-largest airline allow its female cabin crew to wear trousers, adding weight to a union campaign to ease strict dress rules. The commission's ruling made Monday is non-binding but represents a small victory for the 3,400

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