Archive By Section - World
HANFORD, Calif. - A non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny now that mad cow disease has been discovered in a dead dairy cow.
April 25, 2012
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By GOSIA WOZNIACKA and TRACIE CONE
Associated Press
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World
WASHINGTON - A group of high-tech tycoons wants to mine nearby asteroids, hoping to turn science fiction into real profits.
April 24, 2012
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
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World
OSLO, Norway - In testimony too graphic for any parent to hear, Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik shocked an Oslo courtroom Friday as he calmly described hunting down teenagers on an island summer camp.
April 20, 2012
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By KARL RITTER
Associated Press
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World
WASHINGTON - A top lawmaker briefed on the investigation into a Secret Service prostitution scandal predicted more firings would follow the forced ouster of three agency employees.
April 19, 2012
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By ALICIA A. CALDWELL
Associated Press
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World
SPRING, Texas - A nurse has admitted to fatally shooting a young mother in a town near Houston and abducting the dying woman's newborn son whom she apparently intended to adopt, authorities said Wednesday.
April 18, 2012
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By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK
Associated Press
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World
WASHINGTON - In another embarrassment to the Pentagon, newly published photographs purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan.
April 18, 2012
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By PAULINE JELINEK
Associated Press
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World
ATLANTA - A kindergartner who threw a tantrum at her small-town Georgia school was taken away in handcuffs, her arms behind her back, in an episode that is firing up the debate over whether teachers and police around the country are overreacting all too often when dealing with disruptive students.
April 17, 2012
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By JEFF MARTIN and JERI CLAUSING
Associated Press
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World
CHICAGO - Getting news from a big trial once took days, moving at the speed of a carrier pigeon or an express pony. The telegraph and telephone cut that time dramatically, as did live television broadcasts.
April 17, 2012
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By MICHAEL TARM
Associated Press
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World
PYONGYANG, North Korea - A satellite launch North Korea had hailed as a moment of national pride ended in failure Friday when the rocket disintegrated over the Yellow Sea, earning Pyongyang embarrassment as well as condemnation from a host of nations that deemed it a covert test of missile technology.
April 13, 2012
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By JEAN H. LEE
Associated Press
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World
WASHINGTON - Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals it's not a word. Correct. Next comes, ITCS. Again, not a word. Finally KITE comes up.
April 12, 2012
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
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World
SANFORD, Fla. - Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman made his first court appearance Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, as a court document provided new details on the prosecution's case.
April 12, 2012
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By GREG BLUESTEIN and TAMARA LUSH
Associated Press
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World
SANFORD, Fla. - Prosecutors face steep hurdles to win a second-degree murder conviction against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, experts say.
April 12, 2012
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By GREG BLUESTEIN and TAMARA LUSH
Associated Press
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World
SANFORD, Fla. - George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, will be charged in the 17-year-old's death, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.
April 11, 2012
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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and KYLE HIGHTOWER
Associated Press
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World
MENDENHALL, Pa. - The 2012 presidential general election has begun. It won't be pretty.
April 11, 2012
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By CHARLES BABINGTON
Associated Press
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World
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Bowing to the inevitable after an improbably resilient run for the White House, Rick Santorum quit the presidential race on Tuesday, clearing the way for Mitt Romney to claim the Republican nomination.
April 10, 2012
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By MARC LEVY
Associated Press
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World
