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Profiles of Egypt's main presidential candidates
Profiles of Egypt's main presidential candidates:...
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Australia: No deal was made in Indonesia drug case
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia denied Wednesday that it had agreed to treat young Indonesian people smugglers more leniently in return for Indonesia reducing the prison sentence of a high-profile Australian drug trafficker....
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Ghosts of elections past haunt Egypt's presidential race
Egypt's presidential campaign has been full of startling moments. At one point, ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister rode into a rally on a white horse like a knight, promising to restore Mubarak-era stability and ensure secular rule.
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Campaign finance laws on docket
The District of Columbia and 22 states, including North Carolina, are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.
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Army more selective on recruits, re-upping
Uncle Sam may not want you after all.
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Plane diverted after passenger claims to have implanted device
A US Airways jet traveling from Paris to North Carolina was diverted to Maine on Tuesday after a French passenger handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, raising security concerns, officials said.
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Man in stable condition after Niagara Falls plunge
A man who survived a plunge of at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls — only the third person known to have done so without a safety device — was in stable condition Tuesday, a day after his apparent suicide attempt that led to a dramatic and painstaking rescue.
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National / World Briefs: Air races to be moved away from crowds
Organizers of the national air racing championships secured $100 million in necessary insurance and announced plans Tuesday to change the September race course for the fastest planes to keep them farther from spectators after last year's crash near a grandstand.
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City reflects, rebuilds 1 year after tornado
Carrying small American flags and wearing T-shirts bearing the names of friends and loved ones who died when a massive tornado tore through Joplin one year ago, thousands of people made a somber march Tuesday through some of the town's hardest-hit neighborhoods.
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New space race begins
Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and supplies Tuesday after a spectacular middle-of-the-night blastoff.
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U.N. nuclear chief: Deal with Iran on probe is near
The United Nations' atomic watchdog agency said it was close to a deal giving inspectors access to some of Iran's disputed nuclear sites, providing a dose of optimism as diplomats prepared for new talks with the Islamic Republic.
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Purported Reagan blood sale decried
A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan, a move denounced Tuesday by the late U.S. president's family and foundation.
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APNewsBreak: NKorea upgrading rocket launch site
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Satellite imagery shows North Korea is upgrading its old launch site in the secretive country's northeast to handle larger rockets, like space launch vehicles and intercontinental missiles, a U.S. institute claimed Tuesday....
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Egypt's presidential race is haunted by the past
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's presidential campaign has been full of startling moments. At one point, ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister rode into a rally on a white horse like a knight, promising to restore Mubarak-era stability and ensure secular rule....
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Egypt's presidential race is haunted by the past
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's presidential campaign has been full of startling moments. At one point, ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister rode into a rally on a white horse like a knight, promising to restore Mubarak-era stability and ensure secular rule....
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Taliban, Afghan neighbors could hamper NATO's exit
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The NATO summit's plan to "responsibly wind down" the Afghan war is not entirely in the hands of President Barack Obama and his fellow world leaders....
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Cuba's first daughter has gone beyond Castro name
HAVANA (AP) -- She has her uncle's penchant for speaking her mind. From her father, she inherited a disciplined tenacity....
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Tunisia to extradite ex-Libyan prime minister
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia said Tuesday it will soon extradite Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi back to his homeland, after detaining the former Libyan prime minister for eight months....
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Model Naomi Campbell in Holy Land for birthday
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) -- Supermodel Naomi Campbell celebrated her 42nd birthday on Tuesday with a trip to the birthplace of Jesus, wishing for "good vibrations, not destruction" in the troubled Middle East....
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Egypt's election fever comes to Garbage City
CAIRO (AP) -- Election fever has even come to Cairo's Garbage City, the sprawling neighborhood built on - and living from - the waste of the Egyptian capital....
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Egypt's election fever comes to Garbage City
CAIRO (AP) -- Election fever has even come to Cairo's Garbage City, the sprawling neighborhood built on - and living from - the waste of the Egyptian capital....
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Elephant and pig tapped to predict Euro 2012 games
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Who's going to win the European Championship? Time to ask an elephant - or a pig....
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Greek party leader warns austerity threatens euro
BERLIN (AP) -- The leader of a radical left Greek coalition some see as the front-runner in fresh elections due next month warned the EU Tuesday that austerity measures championed by Germany could ultimately bring down the eurozone as a whole....
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Tunisia to extradite ex-Libyan prime minister
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's Justice Ministry says it will extradite former Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi - currently being held in Tunis - back to Libya....
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Tunisia to extradite ex-Libyan prime minister
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's Justice Ministry says it will extradite former Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi - currently being held in Tunis - back to Libya....
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