Yemen deports 2 American, 2 British journalists as country is roiled by unrest

Yemen deports 2 American, 2 British journalists as country is roiled by unrest


Yemen deports 2 American, 2 British journalists as country is roiled by unrest

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:29 PM PDT

CAIRO - Armed Yemeni security forces raided an apartment shared by four Western journalists Monday and deported them because of their coverage of a growing uprising against the country's longtime ruler, one of the reporters said.


Gadhafi's government controls the skies by day; sundown brings rebels out in oil-rich east

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:24 PM PDT

TOBRUK, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's warplanes, artillery and mortar shells can control huge swaths of territory by day, including oil ports, rebel supply routes and even hostile towns. Rebels say anti-government forces can still return in darkness to take advantage of Gadhafi's own thin supply lines a


Armed men, checkpoints _ a section of Ivorian city slips out of Gbagbo's grasp

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:22 PM PDT

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - On a road that curves around a swath of vegetation at the far north of this commercial capital, cars leave territory controlled by strongman Laurent Gbagbo at a checkpoint consisting of a pile of logs. Beyond it is the first barricade manned by gunmen loyal to the country's in


Soldiers kill 4 alleged kidnappers in shootout at hacienda in northern Mexico

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:13 PM PDT

MONTERREY, Mexico - The Mexican army says soldiers have killed four presumed kidnappers during a gunfight at a ranch in northeast Mexico.


Egypt gets a crash course in constitutional confusion

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:07 PM PDT

CAIRO - If it's true that Egypt pulled off a so-called Facebook revolution, then the nation is about to confront a status change in its relationship with democracy: "It's complicated." Very.


Obama administration prepares for possibility of new post-revolt Islamist regimes

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:05 PM PDT

The White House is acknowledging popular revolutions might bring a more religious cast to politics.


Hundreds of bodies wash ashore in northeastern Japan after earthquake and tsunami

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:04 PM PDT

TAGAJO, Japan - There are just too many bodies.


UN wrangles over Libya no-fly zone

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:28 PM PDT

Britain France and Arab League call for UN resolution but Russia says fundamental questions remain unanswered.


Renault apologises over spy claims

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:04 PM PDT

Carmaker pledges compensation to executives accused in espionage case as prosecutor says company may be victim of fraud.


Man charged with woman's murder

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:11 PM PDT

A man is charged with murdering Marion Millican, who was shot dead in Portstewart, in County Londonderry, on Friday.


Far-right leader visits Lampedusa

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:54 PM PDT

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says migrants fleeing North Africa by boat should be turned back.


US sued over syphilis experiments

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:44 PM PDT

Lawyers representing Guatemalans deliberately infected with syphilis sue the US government for compensation.


Yemen Expels Four Foreign Journalists

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:18 PM PDT

Armed security forces in Yemen burst into an apartment shared by four Western journalists early Monday morning and expelled them from the country, the journalists said.


City Room: Toll in Weekend Bus Crash Reaches 15

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 09:33 AM PDT

A 70-year-old man becomes the 15th person to die in Saturday's crash of a tour bus heading to Manhattan from the Mohegan Sun casino.


ArtsBeat: Video Interview With Josh Lucas

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:19 PM PDT

The actor Josh Lucas discusses his role in "A Year in Mooring," a competition film at SXSW.


The Caucus: Obama Calls for Remaking of No Child Left Behind

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 11:23 AM PDT

President Obama called on Congress on Monday to revamp the "No Child Left Behind" education law by the time students start a new school year in September.


Green: Testing Your Environmental Principles

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 11:26 AM PDT

Why do people who say they care about the environment sometimes act as though they don't when it comes to a specific change?


Well: Does Your Pet Keep You Healthy?

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:17 AM PDT

How do dogs, cats and other pets improve your health? Send us your videos.


Taliban Bombing Campaign Hits Afghan North

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:29 PM PDT

U.S.-led efforts to curtail Taliban gains in northern Afghanistan have been buffeted by a concerted bombing campaign that has killed more than 80 people in the past three weeks including at least 35 who died Monday when a suicide bomber struck an Afghan army recruitment center.


Life sentences for Somali pirates

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:01 PM PDT

Five Somali men convicted of attacking a US Navy ship they mistook for a merchant vessel are sentenced to life in prison.


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