Myanmar has sentenced more than 20 Buddhists to prison for their roles in religious riots in March, including a deadly attack on a Muslim boarding school, lawyers and police said Friday. The convictions follow earlier concerns among rights groups that
The toll from a wave of attacks in Iraq mainly targeting security forces and Shiites rose on Friday to 51 killed, 26 of them police and soldiers, security officials and doctors said. Thursday’s attacks came amid a surge in violence
Twitter said Friday it had handed over data to French authorities to help identify the authors of anti-Semitic tweets following a complaint from a Jewish students’ group. A French court in January ordered the company to provide the data after
Torrential rain and landslides in China have left more than 200 people dead or missing in recent days, state media and the government said as the country braced Friday for an approaching typhoon. Landslides and floods in Sichuan province in
(AP) Germany asks Egypt to release MorsiBERLINGermany is calling for the release of Egypt’s ousted president, Mohammed Morsi. The Foreign Ministry issued a statement Friday calling for an end to “all restrictive measures considering Morsi” and insisting that an organization
By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated PressNEW YORKEliot Spitzer has met the deadline to file thousands of petition signatures for his bid to revive his political career by running for New York City comptroller. Spitzer said that “over 27,000 signatures” were submitted to
By MARK STEVENSONAssociated PressMEXICO CITYProsecutors are investigating how a man certified as dead got elected mayor of a village in southern Mexico. Authorities say relatives of Lenin Carballido used a death certificate showing that he died of a diabetic coma
(AP) Column: The real cost of the NFL’s businessBy JIM LITKEAP Sports ColumnistIn the past few months, more than two dozen NFL players and a sprinkling of front-office executives have been arrested for crimes ranging from petty to deadly. No
(AP) Peace out: Lakers waive Metta World PeaceEL SEGUNDO, Calif.It’s Peace out for the Los Angeles Lakers. They waived Metta World Peace on Thursday under the NBA’s amnesty provision, which will save the team about $15 million in luxury tax.
(AP) Freeman, Delabar elected as All-Stars; Puig missesBy JAY COHENAssociated PressSo much for Puig-mania sweeping the country. Give this contest to Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman. Freeman and Toronto reliever Steve Delabar won the fan voting for the final spots
Someone, somewhere made a clever new spot for the upcoming Red 2 using clips of President Barack Obama defending the current NSA domestic spying scandal to promote the new film. The faux trailer to the film, a sequel to the surprise
By CHRIS TALBOTTAP Music WriterNASHVILLE, Tenn.Country music stars and fans joined together to urge prayers for Randy Travis overnight as he recovered from brain surgery following a stroke at a Texas hospital. Travis remained in critical condition after surgery Thursday
Johnny Depp’s latest film may be a flop by summer movie standards, but it’s not stopping him from dropping some serious coin to help Native Americans. The Lone Ranger star is planning to buy Wounded Knee, an historic landmark considered
Audio obtained by Judicial Watch shows that Department of Justice staffer Thomas Battles, regional director of the Community Relations Service tasked with working with Trayvon Martin rallies in March and April 2012, coordinated with community members about ousting Sanford Police
(AP) Saudi princess charged with US human traffickingBy AMY TAXINAssociated PressSANTA ANA, Calif.Arraignment of a Saudi princess on a charge of human trafficking in California has been postponed. Meshael Alayban appeared in Orange County Superior Court Thursday but her attorney
Leah Remini, best known for playing the patient wife on the hit CBS sitcom King of Queens, is leaving the Church of Scientology. And the actress may have more to say on the subject in the days and weeks to come.
Sharknado, The Tornado What’s Filled With Sharks (TM), is the most important cinematic event since the very first French filmmakers’ experiments with the key French cinematic technologies of moving pictures (1903) and boring the viewer with a lot of nonsense
Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said he doesn’t have “any kind of problems with women,” in an interview that aired Wednesday on CNN, two years after the sex scandal that lost him his job and his presidential aspirations. The French politician
An exiled Iranian opposition group claimed on Thursday to have evidence of a hidden nuclear site located in tunnels beneath a mountain near the town of Damavand, 70 kilometres (44 miles) northeast of Tehran. The Paris-based militant group the People’s
Taiwan evacuated more than 2,000 tourists on Thursday as the island braced for super-typhoon Soulik with authorities warning of fierce winds and torrential rains. The typhoon, packing gusts of up to 227 kilometres (140 miles) per hour, was 960 kilometres
A juveniles’ court in New Delhi hearing the case of a teenager suspected of taking part in a gang-rape last December that shocked India has deferred announcing a verdict until July 25, a prosecutor said.
Emerging economies will become the main force in the global oil market next year, driving demand to a record high level, IEA figures showed on Thursday. Raising its demand forecast this year because of unseasonally cold weather, the IEA also
(AP) Egypt’s Brotherhood vows to keep defying ‘coup’CAIROEgypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says it will continue its “peaceful” resistance in defiance of the military’s ouster of the country’s Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi. The Brotherhood also says it’s distancing itself from an attack
(AP) Chen, Reimold carry Orioles past Rangers 6-1By DAVID GINSBURGAP Sports WriterBALTIMOREWei-Yin Chen returned from the disabled list to pitch seven innings of three-hit ball, and the Baltimore Orioles got a three-run homer from Nolan Reimold in a 6-1 victory
Tokyo pledges ‘model’ drug-free Games from AFPJul 10, 2013 7:26:54 PM PT Tokyo Sports Minister Teru Fukui (left in photo) and Governor Naoki Inose (second from right) are leading a effort that promises a model Olympic Games with the world’s
