INTERNATIONAL   13 nations sign declaration aimed at saving tigers from extinction   ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Officials from the 13 countries where tigers live in the wild signed a...

Robot breakdown delays rescue of 29 trapped New Zealand miners GREYMOUTH, New Zealand (AP) — The bid to rescue 29 New Zealand coal miners trapped underground by a massive gas explosion for nearly...

INTERNATIONAL In important breakthrough, scientists trap antimatter atoms GENEVA (AP) — Scientists may have been able to capture elusive atoms of antimatter, but don't expect that to lead to interstellar...

INTERNATIONAL   Captains of both vessels to blame in whaler-protest boat crash   WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Investigators looking into a collision between a Japanese whaler and a protest...

Archaeologists unearth 12 more sphinx statues in Egypt CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's antiquities department says archaeologists have unearthed 12 more sphinx statues along the ancient avenue connecting Luxor...

INTERNATIONAL   Bomb blasts and insurgent attacks kill 11 in Afghanistan on Sunday   KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A series of bomb blasts and insurgents attacks killed 11 people across Afghanistan...

INTERNATIONAL $120 million of US rebuilding money finally headed to Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The first portion of U.S. reconstruction money for Haiti is on its way more than seven months...

INTERNATIONAL   Thousands of UK students protest tuition fees hike   LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of students marched through London on Wednesday against plans to triple university tuition...

Nuclear waste shipment's path blocked by sheep, other protesters GORLEBEN, Germany (AP) — A shepherdess hoping to block the transport of nuclear waste to a storage site in northern Germany herded...

INTERNATIONAL   20 killed in drug-gang violence over weekend in Mexican city   CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — At least 20 people were killed in drug-gang violence over the weekend in this...