Site Map May 28, 2015

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• Journalist who denounced drug trafficking murdered in northeastern Brazil
• FIFA provisionally bans 11 people from all soccer-related activities over corruption cases
• Criminal probe arrives at door of Blatter's FIFA but president is soccer's great survivor
• A day after accepting $117.3M Hot Topic offer, Geeknet gets new offer worth $134.6M
• Tony Blair steps down from Mideast envoy post
• Falling museum visitor grabs at, smashes ancient Greek vase
• Rare honor for 4 figures of French Resistance, inducted into Pantheon mausoleum in Paris
• Report: Spain seeks revamp of EU monetary system, new mandate for European Central Bank
• World War II bomb forces evacuation of 20,000 in Cologne
• Finland picks populist EU-skeptic as foreign minister in new center-right coalition
• Flooding in northwest Romania leaves at least 1 dead; dozens evacuated
• Official says North Korean couple abducted near Islamic State group's stronghold in Libya
• Bomb blast kills senior police officer in Egypt's Sinai, home to an Islamic State affiliate
• Amnesty says researcher refused entry to United Arab Emirates to speak on migrant labor
• Moldova police find Molotov cocktails, detonators and masks at 2 sites in capital
• Saudi Arabia sanctions senior Hezbollah members, accusing them of leading terrorist operations
• France calls for tougher global mobilization against IS ahead of Iraq conference in Paris
• Hezbollah says it struck militants in Syria with the help of a drone for the 1st time
• Video leaked on social media exposes divisions among Iran lawmakers on nuclear talks with West
• Tunisian truth commission begins hearings into rights abuses by ex-dictator Ben Ali
• Spanish air controllers call partial strikes in June over penalties for 2010 strike chaos
• Dutch police detain motorcycle gang members in coordinated raids in 3 countries
• Jack Warner statement on FIFA corruption indictment
• Germany starts paying additional financial assistance to child survivors of Holocaust
• Top Hamas official Abu Marzouk settling in Gaza, signaling shift in group's power base
• Singapore Airlines investigates how jet suffered power loss in both engines
• Moldova police detain alleged IS followers planning to travel to Syria
• UN food agency to hire mountain guides and porters to carry relief supplies to remote villages
• French authorities investigating Air France flight's near miss with giant volcano in Cameroon
• Chinese president and wife to make UK state visit in October; will stay at Buckingham Palace
• Senior US official joins Iran nuclear talks with world powers ahead of June deadline
• 7 civilians, fighters killed in new Ukraine unrest as cease-fire continues to crumble
• Thailand revokes ex-premier Thaksin's passports over comments it says affect national security
• Prosecutors seek reform training for Singapore teen over blog, video posts deemed offensive
• Danish prime minister expected to call parliamentary election
• Eastern China court fines pesticide company $12 million for polluting streams, jails employees
• In a first, transgender appointed principal of West Bengal college in eastern India
• Pakistan detains owner of company accused of running a global network in selling fake degrees
• Test of Swiss prosecutors' statement on FIFA
• China touts success of crackdown in restive Muslim region, says over 180 terror plots foiled
• Officials say crew have abandoned freighter off German coast amid risk of explosion
• Dismissing criticism, Turkey's Erdogan promises private jet to top Muslim cleric
• Prankster who released ladybugs at school wants to fly _ or at least walk _ at graduation
• 20,000 residents evacuated in German city of Cologne due to deactivation of WWII bomb
• Israeli defense minister blames a smaller militant group in Gaza for latest escalation
• The list of 20 locations receiving MacArthur Foundation funding to reduce numbers in US jails
• Report: Israel's Netanyahu offers Palestinians peace talks based on current settlement blocs
• Police catch 175 looters in China's biggest recovery of stolen artifacts
• Settlement reached to clean up the K West Basin on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
• Puerto Rico lawmakers approve sales tax increase; gov expected to sign bill
• 1 of 2 girls charged in Slender Man case called model inmate
• AP NewsBreak: Officials say Russia, US bridging differences over Iran 'snap-back' sanctions
• Mexican rights agency condemns violence, investigates shootout that killed 42 suspects
• Gretchen's Take: Do private companies actually know more about you than the NSA?
• UN chief orders Yemen peace talks postponed after government, others seek more time
• Police: Drunk man at concert hits 4 people with SUV, killing 1
• LVMH luxury group in talks to buy French newspaper, 8 years after buying financial daily
• Egypt president to respond to emails from citizens via new address during monthly speeches
• Austrian court finds 14-year-old guilty of planning to blow up Vienna's main railway station
• 12 people shot and killed, more than 40 injured during bloody Memorial Day weekend in Chicago
• Death toll in Mexico tornado rises to 14, search continues for missing family of 4
• Oh, brother: Man and his twin hurt hurling bricks at each other during argument, police say
• Honeymoon in the 'New York' of the caliphate points to Islamic State's welfare for fighters
• A guide to what Greece's debt crisis is about and what is at stake
• Danish radio station harshly criticized after allegedly killing rabbit live on morning show
• Report: German man loses legs, arm after being pinned between 2 streetcar wagons, dragged
• Rough surf off Florida: At least 3 missing in waters while 1 missing off Mississippi
• Grave of assassinated Burkina Faso leader exhumed nearly 30 years after his death
• Nadal wins French opener
• Advocacy group says court ruling confirms president Erdogan's mega-palace is illegal
• Poland to offer safe haven to 60 Syrian Christian families, more may be welcomed later
• How to beat ISIS in Iraq despite Obama's feckless foreign policy
• Macedonia: US must intervene in growing crisis or suffer the dangerous consequences
• Cause of death of child in park swing undetermined after autopsy; mother still hospitalized
• Trial session for former Auschwitz guard cancelled due to 93-year-old defendant's poor health
• Hillary Clinton's fake Southern accent gets lost in translation
• Al Shabaab militants injure 5 Kenyan police officers in attack
• French farmer goes on trial accused of gunning down man suspected of stealing truffles
• Pope Francis says he hasn't watched TV in more than 25 years
• Improper training by instructor invalidates 170 concealed weapons licenses in northern Ohio
• Spain's top court overturns regional law that allowed for empty houses to be seized from banks
• Fire at home for elderly in central China kills at least 38 people
• Armed men attack United Nations vehicle in Mali's capital, killing 1, wounding another
• Russia: No delivery date set yet for S-300 air-defense missiles to Iran but work goes on
• Charter Communications announces $55B acquisition of Time Warner Cable
• Portuguese transport unions hold out against privatization as Lisbon subway shuts again
• UN food agency urges humanitarian pause in Syria fighting so farmers can harvest crops
• Houston Rockets fans stay in arena to ride out storm after playoff game
• Roller coaster fan notches 5,000th ride on historic western Pennsylvania coaster
• A head scratcher: 9 brains found on street; vet says they likely are from dog or sheep
• Remains found in California confirmed as those of Swedish student missing since 1982
• In rare opening of border crossing, Egypt allows Gazans to return home
• Turkish opposition candidate shot in knee while campaigning; officials say no political motive
• Greek, EU officials discuss migrant flows as Aegean Sea arrivals approach 1,200 in 2 days
• Report: Iran summons Saudi envoy over strike near Yemen embassy
• Australia rejects 46 Vietnamese refugee claims at sea in as little as 40 minutes
• Official: New Jersey man with Lassa fever, which is rare in US, dies after return from Liberia
• Roller coaster fan notches 5,000th ride on historic coaster
• Ellis Island museum reopening marks culmination of several years' work by New Jersey company
• Brazil prison riot leaves at least 7 dead; 70 hostages have been freed
• 7 suspects face charges in senior prank that released swarm of ladybugs in high school
• Russia plans to use prison labor to cut costs for the 2018 World Cup
• Hundreds of taxi drivers march in Mexico against Uber, say unfair competition
• UN chief says nations must make more safe options for refugees, recalls losing own home as boy
• Tens of thousands march in funeral for Shiite victims of Saudi attack, denouncing sectarianism
• At least 26 Afghan police, soldiers killed in Taliban siege
• 3 kids injured when waterspout uproots bounce house, police say
• Veterans History Project nears milestone of 100,000 oral histories at Library of Congress
• Turkey, US to provide air protection to Syrian rebels fighting IS group
• Indonesian police kill 2 suspected terrorists, arrest 7 others in series of raids
• Sudanese government denies supporting rebels in South Sudan now targeting its oil fields
• Bangladesh bans radical Islamist group accused of killing atheist bloggers, writers
• Germany labels Russia's decision to deny entry to lawmaker and Merkel ally 'unacceptable'
• Egypt official says extremists in northern Sinai kill soldier in shootout, wound officer
• 10 dead in tornado in Mexican border city Ciudad Acuna
• China cuts import tax on clothes, other goods to spur consumer spending
• Russia launches massive air force maneuvers with 250 aircraft, 12,000 servicemen;
• Tunisia Defense Ministry: Soldier killed after opening fire on fellow troops at Tunis barracks
• Earthquake rattles Tokyo, surrounding area
• Turkey says Kurdish rebels fired mortar rounds at military base; no one hurt
• Nigeria's leading cell phone provider urgently needs diesel to prevent countrywide shut-down
• NATO fighters join Nordics in major Arctic air exercise amid regional military tensions
• Vatican bank profits soar as it recovers from trading loss and continues Francis' reform
• German police: 14 Indonesian students rescued by helicopter after being stranded on Alps hike
• Aquino says Philippines to fly usual routes over South China Sea despite China's challenges
• Russian embassy in Ukraine says it has no access to Russians detained fighting with rebels
• Army chiefs of staff draw plan for proposed joint Arab force in Mideast amid internal division
• Northern Ireland power-sharing leader Peter Robinson hospitalized over suspected heart attack
• Report: Iran to cut another portion of its gasoline subsidies, raising prices by 40 percent
• Explosion at cement factory in Turkey kills 3 near Ankara; blast cause under investigation
• Turkish finance minister slammed for defending state money spent on luxury cars as 'peanuts'
• Donald Trump for president? Why billionaire's candidacy is no joke
• Australia will bring home the bodies of 25 soldiers killed in the Vietnam War 50 years ago
• Greece's ruling Syriza party narrowly rejects call to stop paying IMF debt, nationalize banks
• Climate change: Mr. Obama, 97 percent of experts is a bogus number
• 170 kids on their own among migrants to arrive in Indonesia
• Retiring NY teacher's prom role: Sewing-kit ace who fixes wardrobe malfunctions, and fast
• Nine brains found next to New York train tracks
• In Appalachia, groups tackle coal's legacy of rural blight to make way for new development
• New Orleans housing authority cop shot, killed in patrol car
• Dutch prime minister thanks Americans who gave their lives liberating the Netherlands
• Burundi opposition figures go into hiding following the killing of a politician
• Iraqi lawmaker slams US Defense Secretary's charge that Iraq troops lacked 'will to fight'
• Mali: Rebels claim to have captured 19 soldiers after fighting in north
• Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader launches hunger strike, calls for protest in video
• Iranian negotiator says Islamic Republic agrees to 'managed access' to nuclear sites for deal
• Local media: Burundi opposition figure killed in drive-by shooting in the capital amid unrest
• UK's Labour Party says it won't try to block referendum on whether Britain should stay in EU
• Official says Israel thanked US for blocking UN nuclear document amid strained relations
• Australia plans to revoke citizenship of Australian-born jihadis with immigrant parentage
• Mormon LGBT group denied bid to join Utah parades for second time
• Officials say at least 10 Afghan police officers killed in ongoing Taliban assault in south
• Israeli police say Palestinian stabs teens on Jewish holiday as they walked to holy site
• At least 10 Afghan police officers killed in Taliban assault
• Thousands evacuated in Nepal after landslide blocks mountain river
• New Mexico recognizes Harvey Girls for role in American West
• Nigerian troops report killing scores of extremists as Boko Haram slits throats of villagers
• Rebel commander and 6 others reported killed in car bombing in eastern Ukraine
• Fake killer whale being employed to scare away sea lions around Oregon docks
• Somalia: 18 killed as suspected Islamic extremists attack rural towns in Somalia
• Gretchen's Take: Pres. Obama's legacy may not be a sure thing
• US NATO commander in Afghanistan says IS growing but not yet operational
• Alitalia: 24-hour strike Monday is 'disrespectful' of passengers in wake of Rome airport fire
• Official says roadside bomb kills 2, including a district chief, in southern Afghanistan
• Congo's electoral commission updates voter list ahead of regional elections
• Dodgers shoot for series win over Padres
• Former Guantanamo prisoner released in December dies in Kazakhstan
• 19 long-dead Oregon hospital patients receive military honors
• Ga. high school graduate reunites with soldier who saved her life in Iraq
• China contributing experts, troops to Southeast Asian disaster relief drills in Malaysia
• Woman found pushing dead 3-year-old son in Maryland park swing; may have been there all night
• Drug cartel's surveillance cameras tapped electricity, Internet in Mexican border city
• 2 dead as grenades explode in Burundi market as political turmoil persists
• New trial expected for man convicted in death of Chandra Levy
• Man pronounced dead, about to be moved to morgue when his limbs move; recovering in hospital
• Man convicted in death of Chandra Levy expected to get new trial after year of legal wrangling
• Saudi-led airstrikes pound Shiite rebel camps, weapons depots in Yemen
• Series of stabbings near Rio de Janeiro's tourist and Olympic areas has city on edge
• Texan who paid $350,000 kills endangered black rhino in Africa, for herd culling, conservation
• Hundreds gather for peace rally after chunks of raw pork dumped at Holocaust memorial
• Mexico reports large-scale firefight in cartel stronghold
• Mali separatists say soldiers publicly executed 9 Tuaregs in north village; army investigating
• UN agency passes new standards on prisoner treatment, General Assembly approval expected
• Romanian ex-mayor sentenced to 8 years in prison for selling real estate below market value
• EU chief Juncker calls Hungarian leader Viktor Orban 'dictator' _ seemingly in jest
• Lufthansa to propose unannounced drug checks for pilots in wake of Germanwings crash
• Suspect in Tunisia Bardo attack insists on innocence, refuses to voluntarily go to Tunis
• Hundreds of Muslims riot, set Shariah court ablaze over alleged insult to prophet Muhammad
• NATO announces the US-led military alliance's next summit will be July 2016 in Warsaw
• Dutch government to sell off nationalized bank ABN Amro in phases starting later this year
• Demilitarizing the cops: States overhaul police training to improve trust, reduce use of force
• Dutch government seeks limited ban on 'face-covering clothing,' a move seen as outlawing burqa
• EU, Ukraine sign $2 billion loan deal at Eastern Partnership summit
• Bronze Age priestess found in 1921 traveled a great distance
• UN 'shocked' by Hungarian government's questionnaire linking migration and terrorism
• While other nations offer help, aspiring Asia leader China takes no role in Rohingya crisis
• Kenya says attack by Somali militants thwarted near Garissa, scene of recent college attack
• Nine preserved brains mysteriously turn up on upstate NY street
• Putin spokesman says Russia aims to free 2 held in Ukraine, won't comment if they're soldiers
• A look at jobless rates among European countries, which ECB says should reform labor rules
• Court frees Korean Air "but rage" executive, reduces and suspends prison sentence
• As fighting escalates, South Sudan alleges Khartoum hand in rebel offensive to take oil hub
• British man sentenced to life for making bomb that killed US soldier in Iraq
• French parliament cracks down on supermarket waste, encourages donations to charities
• 2 trapped in landslide at dam construction site in northeast Turkey; 2 others rescued
• Spanish opposition parties challenge legality of new 'gag law' before Constitutional Court
• Syrian troops withdraw from military compound in northwest after monthlong militant siege
• Turkey detains businessmen, police in new raids against followers of US-based Muslim cleric
• Erdogan to provide Mercedes to top Turkish cleric who returned his following uproar
• Albania hosts security summit on extremist recruitment for Iraq, Syria
• World Bank report says Gaza economy nearing collapse, blames war, blockades and bad governance
• 3 dismembered bodies found near southern Mexico city that was briefly occupied by vigilantes
• Armed elderly woman holds off deputies in hours-long standoff at California trailer park
• Ex-jail guard convicted in inmate's death says he got poor legal help; sentencing delayed
• Cambodia accepts first asylum-seekers after agreeing to resettle people rejected by Australia
• US presses Israel on talks for Middle East nuclear-free zone as Russia proposes tight deadline
• Puerto Rico's House narrowly approves sales tax increase to 11.25 percent; bill goes to Senate
• Salmonella outbreak linked to raw tuna sickens 53 in nine states, officials say
• Woman held in box for months found dead, man sought, police say
• Honduran government says son of former president arrested in Haiti in anti-drug operation
• A look at Palmyra, the Syrian archaeological gem captured by IS extremists
• Ukraine's parliament tears up military cooperation agreement with Russia
• Terror suspect wanted in US wins Irish case, walks free
• Popular webcam streaming images of Pacific walruses from remote Alaska island returns
• Government plane carrying Macedonian prime minister makes safe emergency landing in Zurich
• Report: Iranian ship with Yemen aid has arrived in Djibouti, will dock 'within hours'
• The naked truth: Man gets angry about overbooked flight and strips off clothes at airport gate
• Amnesty: South Sudan government troops burning villages, abducting women amid fighting
• Indicted Minneapolis police officer pleads not guilty in federal court
• Rights group says defamation case has been dropped against prominent Angolan journalist
• Permanent Michael Brown memorial installed in Ferguson
• French high school student threatened over school newspaper issue about Charlie Hebdo attack
• Man in scuba gear gets warning after causing restaurant stir
• North Charleston officer shoots, wounds suspect who cut deputy serving a warrant, police say
• Germany charges 2 alleged members of ISIS
• Germany charges 2 alleged members of Islamic State group who had traveled to Syria
• A look at what's at stake for 6 nations currently at the center of an EU-Russia tug-of-war
• British man found guilty of killing US soldier with roadside bomb in Iraq
• Ukrainian officer faces 3rd charge in mortar attack that killed Russian journalists
• Lawyer says father thought son was to be brought into Spain legally, not smuggled in suitcase
• Paris: Crime in tourist zones drop after police reinforcements, increased video surveillance
• Sweden scrambles fighter jets to intercept Russian bomber aircraft near territorial airspace
• Spain judge orders ex-IMF chief Rato to pay $20M to unfreeze accounts blocked in fraud cause
• EU lawmakers call on Myanmar to end Rohingya persecution, Thailand to investigate mass graves
• Bigger bangs: World's biggest atom smasher sets new energy record ahead of summer run
• Turkish premier says suspect behind Kurdish party attacks has links to banned leftist group
• Islamic State affiliate in Egypt vows attacks against judges after execution of 6 convicts
• Rwandan convicted in massacre could face more prison time after German court decision
• Japanese town 'will not quit' dolphin hunting even though aquariums will stop buying animals
• 60 Tunisians freed in Libya but more than 100 still detained, Tunisian government says
• Kyrgyzstan joins Eurasian Economic Union, nascent Russia-led trade bloc
• UK jewel heist suspects charged with conspiracy to burgle, set for 1st court appearance
• Flooding kills at least 15, displaces thousands in southern, central China, more rain expected
• UN climate fund passes financing threshold with $1.5 billion contribution from Japan
• Head of Airbus' UK operation joins other businesses in warning against Britain leaving the EU
• Germany adds 2 Jews to commission on anti-Semitism in response to criticism there weren't any
• Survey shows China manufacturing shrank for 3rd month in a row in May
• German train drivers end strike after agreeing with rail operator to arbitrate labor dispute
• After 24 years and changing fortunes, the exodus of New Zealanders to Australia reverses
• Indian forces try to block march by separatists to honor their leaders in Kashmir
• Navy gunner whose crew fired first US shots of World War II laid to rest
• Plane from Venezuela carrying more than a ton of cocaine crashes off Colombia's coast
• Man accused of killing California family hires lawyers, won't represent himself
• Survey: Cost of running jails extends far beyond corrections budgets, can be more expensive
• French ministry says raid in north Mali kills leader of al-Qaida-linked group
• 5 killed, 8 wounded in gunbattle between armed bands in remote area of southern Mexico
• Family astonished by woman's transformation to Islamic State bride, online recruiter
• Vatican finance minister denies allegation that he offered bribe to Australian abuse victim
• 500,000-acre Waggoner ranch in Texas for sale for $725 million
• Puerto Rico governor submits $9.8 billion proposed budget that calls for deep spending cuts
• Murder investigation under way after woman’s remains found in Minnesota park
• University of Mich. Coach Harbaugh, Muslim students mum after private ‘American Sniper’ meeting
• Argentine judges also face criticism for earlier ruling easing sentence on sex abuser
• 5 Minnesota men accused of conspiring to join the Islamic State group plead not guilty
• Four-month suspension, $50,000 fine recommended for judge accused of punching attorney
• Boy found in Detroit basement after 11-day search to testify again against dad, stepmom
• Exxon Mobil: Previously disclosed oil discovery in disputed area off Guyana is 'significant'
• Ohio leaders unveil bronze statue of inventor Thomas Edison to be displayed in US Capitol
• Jurors silent after choosing death for Boston Marathon bomber; judge hasn't released names
• CareFirst says data breach affects about 1.1M people
• Syrian activists say ISIS extremists have seized almost full control of Palmyra
• French Minster: In nuclear talks, Iran seeks 24 days before IAEA could visit suspect sites
• Libyan militias clash with Islamic State extremists near coastal city of Sirte
• Macedonia: Main political rivals start talks on solving crisis under EU meditation
• Police find decapitated body of murdered journalist in southeast Brazil
• Seattle lawyer: Jailed vigilante leader in Mexico to be moved, will have better medical access
• Hundreds saved from Boko Haram now in military custody
• The migrant crises in Europe and Asia; what they have in common and how they differ
• Popes No. 2 says new model to end global warming must marry economic growth, sustainability
• Pope's No. 2 offers new insights into climate encyclical
• South Sudan: Casualties as UN compound is bombed
• Pakistan arrests suspects in attack that killed 47 Shiites
• Okinawa's outspoken governor hoping US will heed objections to air base relocation plan
• German black market art probe finds 2 Hitler horse statues
• Corrections official: Arkansas officers fatally shoot handcuffed man inside patrol car
• Turkey pledges $1 million to help Asia migrant crisis, trying to reach stranded migrants
• German lawmakers agree to symbolic payments to former Soviet soldiers imprisoned by Nazis
• UN says Iranian ship with Yemen aid is heading to Djibouti where UN is arranging distribution
• Survivors stunned by loss in Colombian town hit by flood
• Indonesia sinks 41 foreign boats to warn against poaching
• Mexico files complaint against Mayan duck-killing ceremony
• Iranian official says UN will inspect Yemen-bound Iranian aid ship in Djibouti
• French say their special forces kill 2 top Islamic extremist chiefs in northern Mali battle
• Algerian army continues operations against militants, toll rises to 25 in past 2 days
• Turkish leader's economics adviser says he has guns and bullets, will use to protect Erdogan
• Ohio man finds 21-year-old message in bottle while looking for mushrooms in western Michigan
• Lithuanian man arrested in Moscow on espionage accusations
• Recent anti-immigrant attack on the agenda as South African and Mozambican presidents meet
• More than 14,00 suspects investigated in UK police probe of past child sex abuse
• Session in German Auschwitz trial canceled due to defendant's ill health; resuming next week
• German prosecutors: No evidence of plan to attack parade that was canceled after warning
• Strongly anti-Brotherhood judge named as new justice minister in Egypt
• UN chief says North Korea has cancelled invitation to visit factory park in the country
• Boston Public Library in desperate search for artwork worth hundreds of thousands
• As more jails turn to video visits for inmates, advocates worry about end to in-person visits
• Official: Police arrest 10 youth at Montreal airport for wanting to join Islamic State group