Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears
LONDON (AP) -- Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime - shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into custody....
05/22/2013 09:16:28pm
Mexico cartel dominates, torches western state
LA RUANA, Mexico (AP) -- The farm state of Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of terror....
05/22/2013 07:05:02pm
Building materials blamed in Bangladesh disaster
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A government investigation found that "extremely" poor quality construction materials and a series of violations caused the collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh that has been called the worst garment-industry disaster in history, the committee head said Thursday....
05/23/2013 01:18:17am
Malaysian charged with sedition, 2 more arrested
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysian authorities detained two anti-government figures and charged a student activist with sedition Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections triggered claims of fraud....
05/23/2013 02:41:30am
2011 jail breaks become political issue in Egypt
CAIRO (AP) -- It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 inmates while police were tied down with the massive popular protests that swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power....
05/23/2013 02:38:09am
Police: Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police said....
05/23/2013 02:02:01am
Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest on Thursday - although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week....
05/23/2013 01:48:38am
Submerged structure stumps Israeli archaeologists
TIBERIAS, Israel (AP) -- The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is just waiting to be excavated....
05/23/2013 02:28:30am
Lawyer: Malaysian accused of rape married the girl
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Prosecutors in Malaysia are pursuing rape charges against a 40-year-old man who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then married her....
05/23/2013 01:24:27am
Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant....
05/22/2013 11:10:25pm
