Mexico Says Police Shot U.S. Officials

Mexico Says Police Shot U.S. Officials

Mexico Says Police Shot U.S. Officials

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:30 PM PDT

Two U.S. diplomats were wounded in an attack Friday by gunmen that included members of Mexico's Federal Police, an incident likely to raise tensions between Washington and Mexico.


Collision Kills at Least 28 in China

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 07:41 PM PDT

Twenty-eight people were killed when a double-decker sleeper bus collided with a methane-laden tanker in northern China.


France Plans Gay-Marriage Bill

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 10:22 PM PDT

The French government will introduce legislation in October authorizing gay marriage, a move that would bring France in line with a host of European countries.


Norway Killer Deemed Sane, Given 21 Years

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:06 PM PDT

Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in prison for his twin terror attacks in Norway last year that killed 77 people.


U.S. Missile Shield Plan Seen Stoking China Fears

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 10:33 PM PDT

The U.S. decision to expand its missile-defense shield in Asia could feed Chinese fears about containment by the U.S. and encourage Beijing to accelerate its own missile program, analysts say.


India and Iran to Draw Closer

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 07:00 AM PDT

India, Iran and Afghanistan will hold talks on giving India greater access to landlocked Afghanistan, a move that could ease Iran's isolation in the region


Peru Protests Slow Mine Plan, Growth

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:30 PM PDT

Some of the world's biggest gold and copper deposits lie beneath rugged Andean terrain here, but a U.S. firm's plans to mine them face stiff opposition from local farmers, politicians and environmental groups.


Pakistani Taliban Figure Killed

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 03:07 AM PDT

A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed a dozen militants including a senior leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, the international military coalition said.


Death Toll Rises at Venezuela Refinery

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 07:15 PM PDT

A gas leak caused a major explosion at Venezuela's Amuay refinery, the oil-rich country's largest facility, leaving 39 people dead early Saturday in the worst accident to hit the OPEC nation in years.


Spat Drags on as Japan Passes Resolution

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 07:21 PM PDT

Tensions between Japan and South Korea showed no signs of easing on Friday as Japan's parliament passed a resolution denouncing Seoul's recent actions over a territorial dispute.


Before Iran Summit, Treatment of Ill Critic in Spotlight

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 07:20 PM PDT

Iran returned opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to house arrest just a day after he had underwent a three-hour heart operation, opposition websites reported, casting a cloud over Tehran's final preparations to host an international summit of nations.


Chinese Bridge Collapses, Adding to Safety Worries

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 02:59 AM PDT

The ramp of an eight-lane bridge in China's northern city of Harbin collapsed Friday, killing three people and injuring five, as concern about the safety of China's infrastructure mounts.


India's Top Court Rejects Finance Minister Probe

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:00 PM PDT

India's top court dismissed a petition to investigate Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for his alleged role in a 2008 telecom scandal citing lack of evidence.


Mine Strikes Spread Briefly

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:32 AM PDT

Industrial action that has severely disrupted South Africa's mining industry spread briefly to the world's largest platinum producer, after 100 employees at Anglo American Platinum's Thembelani mine refused to go underground.


Officials Pursued Armstrong for Years

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 04:24 PM PDT

The case against Lance Armstrong underlines the difficulties that antidoping authorities faced for years as they tried to build cases based largely on the results of in-competition drug tests.


GOP Delays Start of Convention

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 07:55 PM PDT

With a potential hurricane bearing down on the Gulf of Mexico, the Republican Party canceled the first day of its national convention in Tampa, announcing that the gathering would begin Tuesday instead of Monday.


Germany Tells Athens to Stick to Plan

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 07:00 PM PDT

Angela Merkel said she wants to keep Greece in the euro zone through a regime of painful austerity even as Greece's Samaras pleaded for air to breathe after years of recession.


Hollande: Greece Must Stay in Euro Zone

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 10:23 PM PDT

French President Hollande said Greece "must remain part of the euro zone" as the country struggles to get its finances back in order.


Book Blasts 'Godmother' Merkel's Politics

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 07:04 PM PDT

A new book portraying Angela Merkel as a power-obsessed egomaniac whose authoritarian tactics threaten the foundations of democracy is creating a stir in Germany and focusing attention on opposition to the chancellor inside her party.


Marketers Stick With Cyclist for Now

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:51 PM PDT

Major marketers such as Nike and Anheuser are sticking by Lance Armstrong, the former professional cyclist who ended his fight against doping charges and has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from elite-level sports.


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