(AP) Big Bird wings it to ‘Saturday Night Live’NEW YORKIn a week when Big Bird was in the news, it seemed fitting to find him perched at the parody news report on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” But joining Seth Meyers
(Reuters) – Syrian rebels have seized a government army outpost near the Turkish border province of Hatay and a rebel flag flew over the building on Sunday, while clashes could be heard in the area of a nearby Syrian village,
Iraqi authorities executed 11 more people on Sunday — 10 Iraqis and one Algerian — despite widespread international calls for a moratorium on Baghdad’s use of the death penalty. The latest executions bring to at least 113 the number of
French President Francois Hollande vowed tough anti-terror laws and tightened security as police Sunday pressed on with sweeping raids that saw one man killed and 11 arrested over an attack on a Jewish store. He said Saturday’s raids, in which
(AP) Pakistan blocks anti-US protest in tribal regionBy ISHTIAQ MAHSUDAssociated PressTANK, PakistanThe Pakistani military blocked a convoy carrying thousands of Pakistanis and a small contingent of U.S. anti-war activists from entering a lawless tribal region along the border with Afghanistan
(AP) Panetta: Syria clash with Turkey may escalateBy LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressMONTEVIDEO, UruguayThe continued exchange of artillery fire between Syria and Turkey raises additional concerns that the conflict may escalate and spread to neighboring countries, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said
(AP) Tibetan man self-immolates, dies in latest protestBEIJING A Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire to protest Chinese rule over the Himalayan region, a rights group said, the latest in a line of dozens of Tibetans to
(AP) BERLINA senior European Central Bank official is insisting that the bank can’t help Greece by agreeing to roll over the government bonds it holds or accept lower interest rates. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who wants more time to enact reforms
By BASSEM MROUE and SUZAN FRASERAssociated PressBEIRUTTurkish artillery fired shells into Syria for the fourth day in a row on Saturday, retaliating for mortars that landed on Turkish soil. Rebels clashed with Syrian government troops near the border amid renewed
Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is planning to meet South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak in a bid to mend ties soured by a territorial dispute, according to a report. Relations between Tokyo and Seoul were badly damaged in August
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated PressNEW YORKAn ailing extremist Egyptian-born preacher and four other terrorism suspects arrived in the United States from England early Saturday under tight security to face trial, and two appeared within hours in a Connecticut
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security WriterKABUL, AfghanistanThe Haqqani insurgent network, based in Pakistan and with ties to al-Qaida, is suspected of being a driving force behind a significant number of the “insider” attacks by Afghan forces that have killed or
By ZARAR KHANAssociated PressISLAMABADHundreds of Pakistanis, joined by dozens of American activists, have launched a motorcade “march” against U.S. drone strikes that they hope will reach the militant-riddled Afghan border region. The main faction of the Pakistani Taliban has denounced
The Israeli air force shot down an unarmed and unidentified drone on Saturday after it entered the country’s airspace from the Mediterranean Sea, an army spokesman reported. Soldiers are currently searching the area where the drone was downed, in open
Iran on Saturday sought to reverse a collapse of its currency by imposing a fixed dollar rate, days after protests erupted over the rial’s plunge, according to money changers who were refusing to comply. The order came as ordinary Iranians
By JACQUES BILLEAUD and BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated PressPHOENIXFriendly fire likely was to blame in a shooting near the Arizona-Mexico line that killed one federal agent and wounded another, the FBI said, noting the investigation was still ongoing in the case that
By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressLIMA, PeruDefense Secretary Leon Panetta lashed back at Afghan President Hamid Karzai Friday, saying the Afghan leader should say thank you now and then to the allied forces who are fighting and dying there, rather than
This photo shows Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apparently getting an eyeful of the bountiful bosom of pop star and “The Voice” co-host Christina Aguilera. Both women attended the George McGovern Leadership Award Ceremony in Washington, DC for recognition of
Big Bird has some equally large friends. Mitt Romney’s promise to end federal funding for PBS – the station which carries the “Street” where Big Bird lives – drew the ire of PBS itself via a nameless response. “Governor Romney
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTIAssociated PressHOUSTONActress Daryl Hannah of “Splash” fame was arrested in northeast Texas on Thursday, along with a 78-year-old landowner as the pair protested an oil pipeline designed to bring crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast. Hannah and
(AP) Pro-Muslim ads going up by NYC subway ‘savage’ adsNEW YORKTwo religious groups will hang ads urging tolerance alongside anti-jihad advertisements in New York City subways that equate Muslim radicals with savages. The ads by Rabbis for Human Rights –
(AP) Iran police on watch after currency protestsBy ALI AKBAR DAREINIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIran deployed riot police at key Tehran intersections on Thursday, after tensions flared over the nation’s plunging currency in the most widespread display of anger linked to the
(AP) Christians march in Jerusalem in support of IsraelBy LAUREN E. BOHNAssociated PressJERUSALEMWaving blue and white Israeli flags, thousands of evangelical Christians from around the world filled streets of downtown Jerusalem on Thursday in a show of support for the
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday that Pakistan’s economic situation was worsening and faces a return to double-digit inflation as the government prints money to finance its deficit. In a mission report, the IMF said Islamabad urgently needed to address
(AP) Egypt’s hardline Islamist party unravelsBy MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIROInternal feuds are threatening to unravel the political party of Egypt’s ultraconservative Islamist Salafis, as pragmatists try to shake off the control of hardline clerics who reject any compromise in their stark,
