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Israel believes Iran can build nuclear weapons

By The Associated Press
March 8, 2009

JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran is now capable of producing atomic weapons, Israel's top militaryintelligence officer said Sunday, sounding the highest-level warning that Israel's arch-enemy has achieved independent...

Former Israeli president to be charged with rape, assault

By The Associated Press
March 8, 2009

JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav will be charged with raping a woman who once worked for him and other sex crimes against former female employees, the Justice Ministry said...

AP Interview: Gorbachev criticizes Putin’s party

By The Associated Press
March 5, 2009

MOSCOW (AP) — In some of his strongest criticism of his successors, Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday likened Vladimir Putin's United Russia party to the worst of the communists he once led and helped...

Dye another gray: UK spies getting older

By The Associated Press
March 5, 2009

LONDON (AP) — When 007 hits 65, should he be deep-sixed?No, say British intelligence chiefs, who want their older officers to keep working, even if it means Her Majesty's secret service has spies...

Jindal to use $2.4 billion from stimulus

By The Associated Press
March 4, 2009

 Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration intends to tap into at least $2.4 billion of Louisiana's share of the federal stimulus package, most of it to help balance the state's budget over the next two...

Wanted for war crimes in Darfur: Sudan’s president

By The Associated Press
March 4, 2009

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The president of Sudan became a wanted man Wednesday when the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur —...

Rove, Miers to testify in prosecutor firings

By The Associated Press
March 4, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former top Bush aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers agreed Wednesday to testify before Congress under oath about the firings of U.S. attorneys, a controversy involving allegations...

Clinton accuses Iran leaders of seeking to intimidate

By The Associated Press
March 4, 2009

BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton swiped hard at Iran on Wednesday, accusing its hardline leaders of fomenting divisions in the Arab world, promoting terrorism, posing...

Jindal proposes touger drunk driving law

By The Associated Press
March 3, 2009

(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal wants to toughen the penalty for drivers who refuse to take a Breathalyzer test when they are suspected of drunken driving. Jindal says the current law seems to encourage...

Swiss mountain rescue plays out over Web site Twitter

By The Associated Press
March 3, 2009

LONDON (AP) — An Alpine rescue in the Swiss Alps played out over the blogging Web site Twitter ended in tragedy after a snowboarder was found dead, British media and Swiss authorities said Tuesday....

Gunmen in rickshaws attack cricket team

By The Associated Press
March 3, 2009

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A team of heavily armed gunmen, some traveling in rickshaws, ambushed Sri Lanka's national cricket team Tuesday as it arrived for a match, killing six police guards and wounding...

Evangelist sues school over speech policy

By The Associated Press
March 3, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge made an initial ruling Tuesday in favor of a Louisiana university being sued by a Christian evangelist who claims he was threatened with arrest if he didn't stop...