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China gives 5 years to activist who probed quake
A Chinese activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of children crushed in their schools during the Sichuan earthquake was sentenced Tuesday to five years, underscoring the government's determination to suppress questions about why the buildings fell.
updated: 8 minutes ago

Russian military calls US missile defense a threat
U.S. missile defense plans are a threat to Russian national security and have slowed down progress on a new arms control treaty with Washington, Russia's top military officer said Tuesday.
updated: 13 minutes ago

US Army closes in on targeted southern Afghan town
U.S. Army soldiers launched a preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.
updated: 14 minutes ago

Dubai tower shut after visitors stuck in elevator
Visitors on the observation deck of the world's tallest tower heard what sounded like a small explosion, then saw dust that looked like smoke seeping through a crack in an elevator door 124 floors above the ground. The 15 people inside were trapped for 45 frightening minutes until rescuers managed to pry open the doors.
updated: 27 minutes ago

Protesters burn library in southeastern S.Africa
Protesters have torched a library in an impoverished area of South Africa in what began as a march to call for more jobs.
updated: 35 minutes ago

Witness: Demjanjuk's statements inconsistent
A top German investigator testified Tuesday that John Demjanjuk has given conflicting stories about where he spent the rest of World War II after being captured by the Germans in 1942.
updated: 42 minutes ago

Iranians protest at Rome's Tehran embassy
About 100 Iranians protested Tuesday in front of the Italian embassy in Tehran, shouting "Death to Italy, Death to Berlusconi, " Italy's foreign minister said. Protests were also held outside the French and Dutch embassies.
updated: 44 minutes ago

Sri Lankan parliament dissolved ahead of new vote
Sri Lanka's president dissolved the parliament Tuesday, setting the stage for new elections a day after authorities arrested the leader of the opposition _ a move analysts said was meant to prevent him from contesting the vote.
updated: 47 minutes ago

64 feared dead, 400 hurt in Afghan avalanches
Massive avalanches roaring down a mountain pass north of Kabul may have killed more than 60 people Tuesday, Afghan officials said, as rescuers evacuated about 400 injured victims.
updated: 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

Palestinian force makes gains in West Bank
The security men brandished their weapons and ordered the suspicious car to halt, forcing the occupants to get out and put their hands in their air. The suspects were quickly handcuffed, frisked and made to kneel on the ground as the vehicle was swept for explosives.
updated: 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

Tymoshenko camp vows to challenge Ukraine vote
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won, her campaign said Tuesday.
updated: 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

Greece leads European stocks higher on rescue hope
Greek stocks led European and U.S. markets higher on Tuesday on hopes that EU officials will provide the region's most heavily indebted economies with some form of support to keep the market crisis at bay.
updated: 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

Life imitates art in Oscar-nominated Israeli film
There's a reason for the gritty feel of reality in "Ajami," an Oscar-nominated Israeli film about the lives of Arabs and Jews in the impoverished, crime-ridden neighborhoods of this Mediterranean city: Its amateur actors' lives eerily mirror their art.
updated: 2 hours, 0 minutes ago

Netanyahu's government tries to save settler house
The Israeli government has stepped in to save a house built illegally by Jewish settlers in a volatile Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem, complicating already troubled U.S. efforts to renew Mideast peacemaking.
updated: 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

Palestinian refugee agency warns of funding gap
The head of the U.N. agency aiding Palestinian refugees is warning of a looming funding shortfall and appealing for another $100 million.
updated: 2 hours, 36 minutes ago

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