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Greece’s weakened workforce starts to crack
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Looking out across a room full of reporters gathered to welcome French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday, Greece’s President Karolos Papoulias gave a stark warning about the...
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Little audience for ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan stars in “Zero Dark Thirty,” from early scenes at a detention site to the dramatic closing minutes as Navy SEALs assault the hideout of Osama bin Laden. But the Academy...
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China rejects status as world’s biggest trader
BEIJING (AP) — China has a new status its government doesn’t want — world’s biggest trader. Official Chinese and American trade data indicate China passed the United States last year in total imports...
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Pistorius representatives name substance found
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius’ representatives have named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum, and say it is an herbal remedy used...
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Lions, bears removed from gangster’s property
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A notorious gangster known as Nutzu the Pawnbroker has been indicted for heading a gang charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, blackmail and illegally possessing weapons,...
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NKorea criticizes SKorea prez’s ‘swish of skirt’
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s first public, senior-level mention of South Korea’s first female president ended up being a sexist jab. The body that controls North Korea’s military complained...
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More black smoke: Cardinals don’t agree on pope
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals remained divided over who should be pope on Wednesday after three rounds of voting, an indication that disagreements remain about the direction of the Catholic church...
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Cardinals elect Argentine as new pope
Pope Francis was elected today. Nick Todaro, n...@ennisdailynews.com The Catholic world saw the election of a new leader today with the ascension of Pope Francis, formerly the Cardinal from Argentina...
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Alberta premier: US pipeline rejection would hurt
TORONTO (AP) — If the Obama administration rejects the Keystone XL pipeline, it would be a significant thorn in Canadian-U.S. relations, Alberta’s premier said Wednesday. Premier Alison Redford was in...
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No panic in NKorea despite talk of missile test
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — As the world braced for a provocative missile launch by North Korea, with newscasts worldwide playing up tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the center of the storm was...
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Big brands rejected Bangladesh factory safety plan
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — As Bangladesh reels from the deaths of hundreds of garment workers in a building collapse, the refusal of global retailers to pay for strict nationwide factory inspections is...
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38 die in mental hospital fire outside Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — A fire swept quickly through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow early Friday, killing 38 people, some of them sedated and in their beds, officials said. The one-story brick-and-wood...
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Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on...
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London terror attack leaves 1 dead near barracks
LONDON (AP) — In a brutal daylight attack which raised fears that terrorism had returned to London, two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks Wednesday before...
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Syria: US chemical weapons charges ‘full of lies’
BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government on Friday dismissed U.S. charges that it used chemical weapons as “full of lies,” accusing President Barack Obama of resorting to fabrications to justify his...
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Obama: Northern Ireland peace will be tested
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Barack Obama declared peace in Northern Ireland a “blueprint” for those living amid conflict around the world, while acknowledging that the calm between...
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Turkish police unleash water cannon on protests
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police used water cannon to disperse thousands gathered in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Saturday to observe a memorial for four people killed during recent anti-government...
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South Africa: Mandela in critical condition
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s president on Monday said a critically ill Nelson Mandela was “asleep” when he visited the 94-year-old in a hospital, and he urged the country to pray for Mandela,...
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Egypt army ousts Morsi, who decries ‘coup’
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s first democratically elected president was ousted Wednesday by the military after barely a year in office, felled by the same kind of popular revolt that first brought him to power...
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Experts: Cuba arms shipment explanation troubling
HAVANA (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday repeated Cuba’s assertion that the antiquated weapons systems found on a cargo ship in Panama were headed to the Asian county for repair. But while the...
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