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SAfrica: Joy, sadness as Mandela's party turns 100
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) -- Tens of thousands of chanting and dancing revelers waved the green and gold colors of the African National Congress as Africa's oldest liberation movement celebrated its 100th anniversary Sunday, though many South Africans say the party hasn't delivered on its promises since taking power in 1994....
AP Top Stories - 26 days ago
AP source: Mogul gives $5M to pro-Gingrich group
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- A Las Vegas billionaire has contributed $5 million to an independent group backing Newt Gingrich, bolstering the former House speaker's efforts to revive his presidential campaign and drawing renewed attention to the role of such groups in the 2012 contest....
AP Top Stories - 26 days ago
NKorean TV shows young Kim threatening war in 2009
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's new leader vowed in 2009 to wage war if the country's enemies shot down its long-range rocket, footage aired on state television showed Sunday in the first official word of his role in military operations before his father's death....
AP Top Stories - 26 days ago
UK police identify body found on queen's estate
LONDON (AP) -- The remains of a woman found on one of Queen Elizabeth's vast estates belong to a 17-year-old missing girl, British detectives investigating the murder said Sunday....
AP Top Stories - 26 days ago
FACT CHECK: Miscues with numbers in GOP debates
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ron Paul cited a staggering number in the Republican presidential debate Sunday - $15 trillion supposedly spent by the Fed "bailing out their friends." Like Mitt Romney and his claims about creating jobs in the private sector, Paul came up with that shocker by presenting an unbalanced look at balance sheets....
AP Top Stories - 26 days ago
Arab League committee wants more monitors in Syria
CAIRO (AP) -- Arab League ministers responsible for monitoring the Syrian crisis say they need more observers and greater independence on the ground....
AP Top Stories - 26 days ago
Pakistan's Musharraf to return this month
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Former President Pervez Musharraf announced Sunday he would return to Pakistan later this month and prepare for elections, something that could add to political turbulence in an already tense atmosphere in the country....
AP Top Stories - 26 days ago
Take that: Gingrich, Romney tangle in NH debate
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A combative Newt Gingrich accused Mitt Romney of "pious baloney" Sunday and charged him with hiding behind inaccurate attack ads aired by allies in the increasingly rancorous race for the Republican presidential nomination....
AP Top Stories - 26 days ago
Giffords, Tucson mark 1 year since deadly rampage
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Bells rang out across Tucson on Sunday to mark exactly one year since a bloody morning when a gunman's deadly rampage shook a community and shocked a nation....
AP Top Stories - 26 days ago
Iran reported to enrich uranium at underground lab
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site built to withstand possible airstrikes, a leading hard-line newspaper reported Sunday in another show of defiance against Western pressure to rein in Tehran's nuclear program....
AP Top Stories - 26 days ago
Nets 90, Wizards 84: Nets Begin Rebuilding Project With Win Over Wizards
Deron Williams had 23 points and Kris Humphries 21 as the Nets rallied past the Wizards after trailing by 30-13 early in the season opener.

NY Times Top Stories - 38 days ago
Arizona Bombing Range Recreates Battle Zone, With Occasional Interlopers
The military training exercises at an Arizona bombing range are as realistic as can be, but migrants, animals and smugglers can sometimes halt operations.

NY Times Top Stories - 38 days ago
N.F.L. Roundup: Brees Breaks Marino’s Single-Season Passing Mark
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees set a single-season passing record on Monday night, surpassing Dan Marino’s mark from 1984.

NY Times Top Stories - 38 days ago
Law to Find Tax Evaders Denounced
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is causing alarm among businesses outside the United States that fear they will have to spend billions of dollars a year to meet increased reporting burdens.

NY Times Top Stories - 38 days ago
U.S. Report Faults NATO Delays on Pakistan Strike
The delays raise questions about whether a faster response by NATO could have spared some Pakistani soldiers’ lives.

NY Times Top Stories - 38 days ago
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