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Yemen arrests US man in al-Qaida sweep, hospital shootout; ex-classmate says he turned radical

Geoff Mulvihill,Wayne Parry, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 12 Mar, 2010 0 0

BUENA, N.J. - He was raised in the state of New Jersey, where he was on the school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a guard in an attempt to break out of a ho

11 rare Siberian tigers die from malnutrition at cash-strapped Chinese zoo, report says

Alexa Olesen, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 12 Mar, 2010 0 0

BEIJING - Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China's frigid northeast, state media said Friday. A manager at the Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo in Liaoning province, however, said the animals had died of

Starving sea lion pups wash up on California beaches, experts blame El Nino ocean currents

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 12 Mar, 2010 0 0

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. - Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centres. Veterinarian Richard Evans said Thursday that the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach has treated 27 s

Australian border officials rescue 2 boats carrying asylum seekers in Indian Ocean

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 12 Mar, 2010 0 0

ADELAIDE, Australia - Australian authorities have rescued 32 asylum-seekers on two boats that were having trouble in the Indian Ocean off northern Australia. Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said in a statement that the two groups were headed for Australia when they were spotted by air pat

Despite strikes, street violence break out in Greece over planned austerity measures

Elena Becatoros, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 Mar, 2010 0 1

ATHENS - Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing, masked youths broke out during a demonstration Thursday in central Athens by tens of thousands of striking workers protesting austerity measures that the Greek government has said it has no choice but to implement. The debt-ridden country i

Press group says 8 journalists kidnapped in Mexican border city; 1 dead, 2 released

Mark Stevenson, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 Mar, 2010 0 0

MEXICO CITY - Eight journalists have been kidnapped in a Mexican border city in a two-week span in a wave of abductions unprecedented in the Western Hemisphere, the Inter-American Press Association said Wednesday. The press group said only three of the journalists kidnapped between Feb. 18 and M

Feds charge sushi chef, US restaurant with serving illegal whale to activists in sting op

Raquel Maria Dillon, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 Mar, 2010 0 0

LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat. Typhoon Restaurant Inc., which owns The Hump restaurant, and sushi chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, were charged with illega

Settlement could pay $657M to WTC rescuers, recovery workers who sued over 9/11 illnesses

David B. Caruso, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 0 0

NEW YORK - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. Th

Germany's top educator criticizes church officals over growing abuse scandal

Juergen Baetz,Verena Schmitt-Roschmann, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 0 0

MUNICH, Germany - German educators sharply criticized Catholic church officials for their handling of a spiraling child abuse scandal even as more alledged victims came forward, including a former member of the all-boys choir led by the pope's brother. The uproar Thursday came a day before Germa

Wife, daughter of US Senate leader Harry Reid hospitalized with injuries from auto accident

Laurie Kellman, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 0 0

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday - the wife with a broken back and neck - after their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck on an Interstate highway in suburban Virginia, authorities said. Reid's wife, Landra, 69, and

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