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November 20, 2009
Midday shooting in central Paris kills 1, wounds 2
PARIS (AP) - Police say a man with an automatic rifle opened fire on a car near a Paris train station, killing one man and wounding two others.
UK man cleared of wife’s murder during nightmare
LONDON (AP) - A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found not guilty in her death.
British air force rescues 200 from floodwaters
LONDON (AP) - Britain’s air force has helped rescue around 200 people stranded by rising floodwaters caused by torrential rainfall in a tourist region of northern England.
Gunman opens fire on Saipan; 5 dead
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) - Officials say a gunman opened fire on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, killing four people before fatally shooting himself.
Russian ship frees itself from ice in Antarctic
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian shipping company says that its icebreaker carrying more than 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on an Antarctic cruise has freed itself from ice and reached clear water.
Formerly conjoined twins to need years of care
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A humanitarian group says formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins separated this week will remain in the group’s care for at least two years.
Top South Korean model found dead in Paris
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - An official says one of South Korea’s top fashion models has been found dead at her home in Paris.
November 19, 2009
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Otter Stuck Behind Fridge Rescued
A spectacular rescue of a otter stuck behind some decommissioned refrigerators of a grocery store in the Black Sea resort of Mamaia.
Lions kill white tiger in Czech zoo
PRAGUE (AP) - A zoo official says a rare white tiger has been killed by two lions in a zoo in northern Czech Republic.
Plane misses runway in east Congo, landing in lava
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A U.N.-run radio station says a passenger plane overshot a runway in eastern Congo and landed in lava, injuring 20 people.
Ethiopian court convicts 26 in alleged coup plot
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - An Ethiopian court has convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in a coup plot.
November 18, 2009
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Thief Gets Stuck in Window
A Romanian man got stuck as he apparently tried to break into a supermarket through a small window in the town of Almancil in southern Portugal during the early hours of Sunday (November 15).
Iran FM rejects sending away uranium
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran’s foreign minister has ruled out sending enriched uranium out of the country, rejecting the U.N.‘s plan to resolve the crisis.
School bus crash kills girl, 8, in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities in Puerto Rico say a school bus has fallen off an overpass, killing an 8-year-old girl near the capital of the U.S. Caribbean territory.
Cruise ship breaks Antarctic ice, nears open water
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian news reports say a cruise ship carrying over 100 tourists and scientists to see emperor penguins in Antarctica has begun moving through packed sea ice and will soon reach clear water.
November 17, 2009
Magnitude 6.6 quake off Canada’s pacific coast
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Seismologists say a earthquake struck off Canada’s pacific coast province of British Columbia.
Big Bang machine nears restart after repairs
GENEVA (AP) - The European Organization for Nuclear Research says it expects to restart the world’s largest atom smasher by this weekend after more than a year of repairs.
Cruise ship with 100 tourists stuck in Antarctica
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian shipping company says one of its cruise ships carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists is stuck in the ice around Antarctica.
Czechs celebrate fall of communism 20 years ago
PRAGUE (AP) - Residents of the Czech Republic are commemorating the 20th anniversary of the end of communist rule.
90-year-old charged in Germany for Nazi-era crimes
BERLIN (AP) - German authorities say a 90-year-old former member of the Nazi’s SS has been charged with 58 counts of murder for the 1945 killings of Jewish forced laborers in Austria.
Mozambique opposition claims election fraud
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - Mozambique’s main opposition party says the ruling party stuffed ballot boxes and expelled opposition monitors from polling stations to help it win the country’s Oct. 28 presidential election.
Obama, Hu show cooperation - and differences
BEIJING (AP) - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao are sounding a theme of cooperation on major issues.
November 16, 2009
SAfrican woman survives after thrown from bridge
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Police say a South African woman has survived after carjackers threw her off a nearly 200-foot (60-meter)-tall bridge.
UN says once-secret Iran facility to start in 2011
VIENNA (AP) - A senior official says the U.N nuclear agency believes Iran plans to start enriching uranium at a previously secret facility in 2011.
Judge frees Rwandan, overturns genocide conviction
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) - A United Nations court has overturned a 20-year sentence faced by the former Rwandan president’s brother-in-law for organizing a massacre during the country’s 1994 genocide.
Zimbabwe: Tourists return as economy recovers
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Zimbabwe’s tourism chief says hotels have seen occupancy rates double in the past year as the country begins to enjoy the political and economic stability brought about by a unity government.
Brazil leader blames blackouts on short-circuit
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil’s president says last week’s massive blackouts in Latin America’s largest nation were caused by a short-circuit in a transmission tower.
NKorea cargo ship arrives in SKorea after skirmish
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Trade between North and South Korea apparently continues despite their bloody naval skirmish last week.
Czech, US officials discuss missile defense
PRAGUE (AP) - Senior U.S. and Czech Foreign Ministry officials are holding talks to discuss ways for the Czech Republic to participate in a reworked U.S. missile defense plan.
Drilling for Scotch whiskey on frozen continent
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Explorers have drilled into Antarctica’s ice for many samples over the years but they could soon be digging for whiskey.
