Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:10am
| By KATE ZERNIKE The New York Times
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A judge here sentenced Dharun Ravi to 30 days in jail Monday for using a webcam to spy on his Rutgers University roommate having sex with a man, in a case that galvanized concern about suicide among gay teenagers but also... Read More
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:10am
| By ALBERTO ARSIE and COLLEEN BARRY The Associated Press
SANT’AGOSTINO DI FERRARA, Italy — Cheese producer Oriano Caretti woke up to the shaking earth, and then to the roar of some 30,000 39-kilogram wheels of Parmesan cheese crashing to the ground in the warehouse next to his home. Read More
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:11am
| By ROBERT F. WORTH and ALAN COWELL The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Yemen was rocked by its worst terrorist bombing in years Monday when a suicide attacker disguised as a Yemeni soldier blew himself up in the midst of a military parade rehearsal near the presidential palace in Sanaa, the capital.... Read More
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:11am
| By BEN HUBBARD and ELIZAEBTH A. KENNEDY The Associated Press
BIREH, Lebanon — Syria’s war barrelled over the border with an angry, raucous funeral Monday for an anti-Syrian cleric whose killing set off a night of deadly street battles in Beirut and raised fears that Lebanon is getting drawn into... Read More
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:10am
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of the UN nuclear agency pushed Monday for a breakthrough pact with Iran to resume inspections into suspected secret atomic weapons work and possibly set in motion further deal-making when envoys from Tehran and... Read More
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:11am
| By ANGELA K. BROWN The Associated Press
WACO, Texas — A soldier accused of planning to bomb American troops stationed at Fort Hood wore a mask in court for the first time Monday as jury selection began in his federal trial. Read More
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:11am
| By LLAZAR SEMINI The Associated Press
TIRANA, Albania — A bus carrying university students on a pre-graduation trip toppled off a mountain cliff in southern Albania on Monday, killing 12 people and injuring another 21, authorities said. Read More
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:11am
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Demonstrators forced their way into the office of Mali’s interim president on Monday and attacked the elderly leader, who was later brought to a local hospital unconscious, a witness and an associate of the president... Read More
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:11am
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. thanks nations for help, snubs Pakistan
CHICAGO (AP) — In an unmistakable snub, President Barack Obama left Pakistan off a list of nations he thanked Monday for help getting war supplies into Afghanistan. The prolonged slump in U.S.... Read More
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 10:30am
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan’s Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing “ring of fire” eclipse. Read More
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 11:31am
| By NOMAAN MERCHANT and RYAN J. FOLEY The Associated Press CHICAGO
UPDATED 6:06 a.m. Monday
Thousands of demonstrators upset with the war in Afghanistan, climate change and the erosion of union rights marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday, taking their discontent on a wide range of world issues to leaders... Read More
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 10:16am
| By ADEL OMRAN and LEE KEATH The Associated Press
UPDATED 6:08 a.m. Monday
TRIPOLI, Libya — Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died at home in Tripoli Sunday, nearly three years after he was... Read More
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 4:10am
| By FRANCES D’EMILIO and LUCA BRUNO The Associated Press
SANT’AGOSTINO DI FERRARA, Italy — A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook several small towns in northeast Italy Sunday, killing four people, knocking down a clock tower and other centuries-old buildings and causing millions in losses to the... Read More
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 4:10am
| By LEE-ANNE GOODMAN The Canadian Press
CAMP DAVID, Md. — The Group of Eight nations are advocating growth rather than austerity in Europe after spending two days of meetings at storied Camp David aimed at containing an escalating fiscal crisis overseas. Read More
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 4:10am
| By GEORGE JAHN The Associated Press
VIENNA, Austria — The head of the UN nuclear agency flew to Tehran on Sunday on a delicate mission that — if successful — could finally lift the veil on whether Iran is seeking atomic arms while strengthening the Islamic Republic... Read More
