South African police kill 2 more in crackdown on mine strikes: councillor shot, miner run over(2)

RUSTENBURG, South Africa - Days after soldiers were deployed, South African President Jacob Zuma's office announced Thursday that he has ordered military forces to assist police trying to control labour unrest in the nation's crucial mining sector. ...

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US space shuttle Endeavour to honour Giffords with flyover at astronaut husband's request

Space shuttle Endeavour flies over Ellington Field atop the shuttle aircraft carrier Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour is making a final trek across the country to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be permanently...

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Syrian TV says military helicopter has crashed near Damascus

BEIRUT - A Syrian military helicopter crashed in a rebellious suburb of Damascus on Thursday, state-run TV said, but the circumstances in which the aircraft went down were not immediately clear. The brief Syrian TV report said the helicopter crashed...

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Who are the 47 per cent? The 3 groups Mitt Romney called out in his controversial remarks

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at a rally at Darwin Fuchs Pavilion in Miami, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) WASHINGTON - Just which 47 per cent of Americans...

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US seeks $1 billion fine, long prison terms in LCD price-fixing case

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding that a Taiwanese company pay a $1 billion fine, and two former top executives each serve 10 years in prison for their role in what government officials call the most serious price-fixing cartel...

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Strikers block trains, but protests against Indian gov't reforms only moderately successful

Samajwadi Party activists hold an effigy representing Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his cabinet colleagues before burning it during a protest along railway tracks in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Angry opposition workers...

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Syrian TV says a military helicopter has crashed near Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria - A Syrian military helicopter crashed Thursday near the capital, Damascus, state-run TV said. The report said the helicopter went down southeast of Douma, a Damascus suburb. There were no further details. The government increasingly...

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Space shuttle Endeavour makes pit stop in Houston en route to California for permanent display

Space shuttle Endeavour flies over Ellington Field atop the shuttle aircraft carrier Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour is making a final trek across the country to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be permanently...

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South African police kill 2 more in crackdown on mine strikes: councillor shot, miner run over

Miners sing and dance after accepting a pay rise in Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Striking miners have accepted a company offer of a 22% overall pay increase to end more than five weeks of crippling...

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Calif. prison riot leaves 13 wounded, with 1 shot by guards and 12 others stabbed or slashed

FOLSOM, Calif. - The injury toll in a California prison riot has risen to 13. The riot occurred Wednesday at the California State Prison, Sacramento in Folsom. Authorities say one of the injured was shot by correctional officers. Corrections spokesman...

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South African police kill 2 more in mine strikes: councillor shot, miner run over

Miners sing and dance after accepting a pay rise in Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Striking miners have accepted a company offer of a 22% overall pay increase to end more than five weeks of crippling...

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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom back in court as US appeals against releasing millions of emails

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is back in court as the United States appeals against releasing millions of emails in its case against him. The founder of the file-sharing website watched Thursday from the public benches of...

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South African activist shot by police at mine strike dies, unions condemn police brutality

Miners sing and dance after accepting a pay rise in Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Striking miners have accepted a company offer of a 22% overall pay increase to end more than five weeks of crippling...

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North Korea uses "Gangnam Style" to mock conservative SKorean presidential candidate

SEOUL, South Korea - Even North Korea is paying attention to PSY's globally popular "Gangnam Style" song and the South Korean rapper's memorable horse-riding dance. The North has posted a video on its official Uriminzokkiri website of a horse-dancing...

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Letterman tells Romney he doesn't hate him for appearing on Leno - then adds dig at old rival

President Barack Obama talks with David Letterman on the set of the "Late Show With David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) NEW YORK, N.Y. - David Letterman is reassuring...

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China investigates protest around US ambassador's car as anti-Japan demonstrations fade

A small group of Chinese protesters march with national flags and an anti-Japan banner that reads "Chinese have guts, won't buy Japanese goods forever." in front of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, China, Wednesday Sept. 19, 2012. (AP...

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Italy court upholds convictions of 23 Americans in Egyptian terror suspect abduction

ROME - Italy's highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, paving the way to possible extradition...

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Seattle police launch campaign to generate tips, help solve killings

SEATTLE - The Seattle Police Department launched a new advertising campaign on buses and billboards Tuesday in hopes of generating tips about unsolved killings. Eight of the 23 homicides in the city this year remain unsolved, and there are about 60...

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Congressional Republicans fear Romney's gaffes are hurting their Nov. 6 prospects

WASHINGTON - Republicans are in apparent panic mode in the wake of Mitt Romney's very bad summer, particularly over the latest firestorm engulfing his campaign after he was secretly filmed deriding almost half of Americans as government mooches. Several...

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France ramps up embassy security after magazine caricatures Prophet Muhammad amid new protests(2)

PARIS - France stepped up security Wednesday at its embassies across the Muslim world after a French satirical weekly revived a formula that it has already used to capture attention: Publishing crude, lewd caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Wednesday's...

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Syrian rebels seize Turkey border crossing; Assad says fighting targets axis of 'resistance'

AKCAKALE, Turkey - Syrian rebels seized control of a border crossing on the frontier with Turkey on Wednesday, ripping down the Syrian flag as the rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Assad expand their control of the country's north. Assad, meanwhile,...

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Italy high court upholds convictions of 23 Americans in Egyptian terror suspect abduction

ROME - Italy's highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, paving the way to possible extradition...

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US home sales jump to highest level in more than 2 years, builders start work on more homes

This Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, photo, shows an exterior view of a home sold in Palo Alto, Calif. U.S. sales of previously occupied homes jumped in August to the highest level in more than two years, adding momentum to the housing recovery. The National...

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US identifies 117 Iranian aircraft it says are involved in arming Syria's Assad regime

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has identified 117 Iranian aircraft it says are ferrying weapons to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. The Treasury Department says the planes operated by Iran Air, Mahan Air and Yas Air are delivering weapons...

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