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Former Italian president Scalfaro dies at 93

By: The Associated Press 01/29/12 4:52 AM
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, a past president of Italy and a founding member of the former Christian Democrats, has died. He was 93. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano paid tribute to his predecessor as "a protagonist in the democratic political life" and called him an example of "moral integrity." Scalfaro died in Rome on Sunday. No cause of death was immediately reported. Read More

Egypt says it has ended US lobbyists' contract

By: MAGGIE MICHAEL 01/29/12 4:50 AM
Egypt's Foreign Ministry said Sunday it has ended a contract with three Washington lobbying firms to cut expenses, denying reports that the Americans were the ones to sever the contract. Read More

Cuba Communist Party eyes term limits at gathering

By: PETER ORSI 01/28/12 8:07 AM
Cuba's Communist Party closed the first day of its national conference Saturday with declarations of support for the burgeoning private-sector class, tough talk on corruption and vows to be attentive to islanders' complaints. Read More

US weapons for future include key relics of past

By: ROBERT BURNS 01/28/12 7:18 AM
Leon Panetta
The lineup of weapons the Pentagon has picked to fit President Barack Obama's new forward-looking defense strategy, called "Priorities for 21st Century Defense," features relics of the past. Read More

British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe

By: JILL LAWLESS 01/28/12 3:01 AM
The criminal investigation into British tabloid skullduggery turned full force on a second Rupert Murdoch publication Saturday, with the arrest of four current and former journalists from The Sun on suspicion of bribing police. A serving police officer was also held, and authorities searched the newspaper's offices as part an investigation into illegal payments for information. Read More

Former Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82

By: SYLVIA WINGFIELD 01/27/12 7:49 PM
Former Mayor Kevin H. White, who led the city for 16 years including racially turbulent times in the 1970s, died Friday, a family spokesman said. He was 82. White, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2003, died peacefully at his Boston home surrounded by his family, spokesman and friend George Regan said. "He was a man who built Boston into the world-class city it is today," said Regan, who called his loss "devastating." Read More

Lawmakers want reversal in CPUC San Bruno probe

By: The Associated Press 01/27/12 4:27 PM
Two legislators are urging Gov. Jerry Brown to reverse the president of the California Public Utilities Commission's decision to put himself in charge of a probe into whether Pacific Gas & Electric Co. should be fined for the San Bruno pipeline explosion. Read More

Actress' claim to be gay by choice riles activists

By: LISA LEFF 01/27/12 1:16 PM
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. Very political. Read More

Former close ally of Bolivian president sentenced

By: CARLOS VALDEZ 01/27/12 11:04 AM
A former close ally of Bolivian President Evo Morales was convicted of corruption for taking bribes while running the state-run YPFB oil company and sentenced to 12 years in prison. The court also handed a six-year sentence in absentia to an Argentine businessman convicted of paying the bribes in a case that might never have come to light if not for an armed robbery that turned fatal. Read More

Group: Chinese police clash with Tibetans, 1 dead

By: The Associated Press 01/27/12 4:46 AM
Chinese security forces fired at Tibetans, killing one and wounding several others, an activist group said Friday, in the third reported deadly clash in a politically sensitive Tibetan region in a week. The Tibetans were trying to stop security forces in southwest China from detaining a youth who posted a leaflet saying that self-immolations wouldn't stop until Tibet is free, the International Campaign for Tibet said. Read More
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