Month: January 2011

DISGRUNTLED Afghan soldiers dish out five-dollar dinner plates of fried rice and potatoes to US marines on the frontline in southern Afghanistan. This culinary sideline, which supplements the US forces’ spartan rations, helps the Afghans […] […]

BEEBE, ARK. —New Year’s revelers in a small Arkansas town were enjoying midnight fireworks when they noticed something other than sparks falling from the sky: thousands of dead blackbirds tumbling out of the darkness to […] […]

An Ohio sheriff says a 10-year-old boy is in juvenile custody after telling a neighbour he had shot and killed his mother. Holmes County Sheriff Tim Zimmerly says 46-year-old Deborah McVay was found dead in […] […]

Prosecutors declared a Texas man innocent Monday of a rape and robbery that put him in prison for 30 years, more than any other DNA exoneree in Texas. DNA test results that came back barely […] […]

Iran has invited Russia, China, the European Union and its allies among the Arab and developing world to tour its nuclear sites. The invitation is contained in a letter made available to The Associated Press. […] […]

Israel’s army chief told a US Congress delegation in late 2009 he was preparing for a large war in the Middle East, probably against Hamas or Hezbollah, leaked US diplomatic cables show. “I am preparing […] […]

A 65-year-old woman froze to death after somehow being locked inside the fortress walls of an historic Swedish castle where she had attended a special New Year’s Eve mass, police say. The woman, who had […] […]