Activists: Toll from Syrian attack more than 90
BEIRUT (AP) — Government troops and pro-regime thugs killed more than 90 people in a handful of villages in central Syria, activists said Saturday, a death toll that if confirmed would make the attack one of deadliest single events in 15 months of unrest.
Ex-Mubarak PM praises 'glorious' Egyptian uprising
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq paid tribute Saturday to the "glorious revolution" that toppled Hosni Mubarak, 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.
- Yemen: 27 al-Qaida militants killed in south
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni military officials say fighting in two southern flashpoint towns has left 27 al-Qaida fighters and seven soldiers dead, and a top commander says the army is pushing the militants out of the area.
- Officials: Roadside bomb kills 3 Iraqi soldiers
BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a roadside bombing in northern Iraq has killed three soldiers.
Iran: Enriched uranium traces a 'technical issue'
TEHRAN,Iran (AP) — A top Iranian nuclear negotiator said traces of enriched uranium discovered at an underground bunker came from a "routine technical issue," the country's official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
For something so simple, pasta is serious business
ROME (AP) — They twirled, they sniffed, they slurped, they chewed.
IMF chief Lagarde: Little sympathy for Greece
LONDON (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures.
- 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.
Afghan parliament approves US partnership
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Legislators say Afghanistan's parliament has approved a strategic partnership agreement with the United States.
