Month: April 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP)—Thousands of protesters angry over the burning of a Quran by a Florida pastor stormed a U.N. compound Friday in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 12 people, including eight foreigners. The desecration of […] […]

BERLIN—Germany’s human rights commissioner says the country is pushing for the European Union to ban the export of a lethal injection drug used in several U.S. states. Markus Loening said Friday it has to be […] […]

SENDAI, JAPAN — Japanese and U.S. military ships and helicopters trolled Japan’s tsunami-ravaged coastline looking for bodies Friday, part of an all-out search that could be the last chance to find those swept out to […] […]

The sight of a prim, uniformed German flight attendant struggling to lug her impossibly heavy hand luggage through the “nothing to declare” channel at Frankfurt airport convinced Customs officials something was up. When the luckless […] […]

The British Government says it is in urgent talks with up to a further 10 senior figures in Colonel Gaddafi’s creaking regime about possible defection following the dramatic arrival in Britain of the Libyan dictator’s […] […]

He spent 18 years in prison for a murder he did not commit and came within weeks of execution. Yet the United States Supreme Court has thrown out a jury verdict awarding John Thompson US$14 […] […]

New York City police arrested a 12-year-old boy on hate crime charges and accused him of trying to rip the head scarf off a Muslim classmate during recess. The boy was charged Wednesday with assault […] […]