Ex-Mubarak PM praises 'glorious' Egyptian uprising
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq paid tribute to the "glorious revolution" that toppled Hosni Mubarak on Saturday, a dramatic turn-around for the former regime official who fought his way into the runoff elections by appealing to public disenchantment with last year's uprising.
- State radio: 13 die in Zimbabwe bus crash
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — State radio says 13 people died and six were seriously injured in Zimbabwe when a crowded minibus burst a tire and slammed into a tree.
- Vatican confirms pope's butler arrested in scandal
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has confirmed that the pope's butler was arrested in an embarrassing leaks scandal.
Images vary of man charged in '79 Etan Patz murder
NEW YORK (AP) — The anniversary of the day 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished on his way to school dawned with his suspected killer in police custody, but it ended with a muddled portrait of the man who confessed to strangling the little boy and dumping his body in the trash.
Japan minister visits nuke plant amid safety worry
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's environment and nuclear minister visited the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Saturday to inspect a spent fuel pool at the center of safety concerns and said it appeared to have been properly reinforced.
- 2 British men drown while rafting in south India
NEW DELHI (AP) — A police official says two British men have drowned after their raft overturned and capsized in a river in southern India.
Activists put Syria attack death toll at over 90
BEIRUT (AP) — Activists on Saturday raised the number of those killed in an alleged massacre by Syrian regime forces in a region in the center of the country to more than 90.
- Militants post appeal of kidnapped Saudi diplomat
CAIRO (AP) — Militants have posted online a video in which a man identifying himself as a Saudi diplomat kidnapped by al-Qaida in Yemen appeals to Saudi Arabia's rulers to respond to his captors' demands and save his life.
Pakistan: US missile attack kills 4 in northwest
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — An American drone fired two missiles at a bakery in northwest Pakistan Saturday and killed four suspected militants, officials said, as the U.S. pushed on with its drone campaign despite Pakistani demands to stop. This was the third such strike in the country in less than a week.
Finland gunman who killed 2, wounded 7 is arrested
HELSINKI (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman killed two people and wounded seven others in what appeared to be a random shooting in a southern Finnish town, police said Saturday.
New Mexico wildfire spreads smoke across state
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Firefighters are battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico that has destroyed a dozen cabins and spread smoke across the state, prompting holiday weekend air-quality warnings.
Jenna Jameson arrested for suspected DUI in Calif.
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Former adult film star Jenna Jameson has been arrested in Southern California for investigation of driving under the influence after she struck a light pole with her vehicle.
Govt witness links medical waste to Clemens DNA
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prosecution witness told jurors that Roger Clemens DNA' showed up on two cotton balls and one needle allegedly used for a steroids injection of the famed pitcher. He then spent almost the entire day fielding questions from lawyers for both sides and from jurors.
Judge to Edwards jurors: Don't discuss the case
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Jurors in the John Edwards campaign fraud trial have the long holiday weekend to think over the case — but not talk about it — as the judge sternly warned before sending them home after six days of deliberations.
Weakened storm Bud brushes Mexico's Pacific coast
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Driving rain pelted Mexico's Pacific coast early Saturday as a weakened Tropical Storm Bud moved by a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages south of Puerto Vallarta.
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