SAO PAULO (AP) — More than 100,000 people took to the streets in largely peaceful protests in at least eight cities Monday, demonstrations that voiced the deep frustrations Brazilians feel about carrying heavy tax burdens but receiving woeful returns in public education, health, security and transportation.
In Sao Paulo, Brazil's economic hub, at least 65,000 protesters gathered at a small, treeless plaza then broke into three directions in a Carnival atmosphere, with...
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — An official in Kenya says that police shot and killed two men labeled by police as terror suspects.
The provincial police chief on Kenya's coast, Aggrey Adoli, said Monday that one of the suspects, Kassim Otieno Amollo, was a bomb expert with the Somali militant group al-Shabab.
Adoli said that police had information that Amollo and his accomplice crossed into Kenya from Somalia and planned to carry out terror attacks....
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — If President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin want some extra quality time together at the Group of 8 meeting, they don't have to go far.
The U.S. cottage at the Lough Erne resort where the summit is being held is just a few yards from the Russian cottage, the closest U.S. neighbor of all the G-8 delegations.
Upon arrival, Obama stepped out of his limousine and wandered over toward a cottage...
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — President Barack Obama has appointed a new envoy to lead a renewed effort to close the detention center at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Here's a look at where things stand:
— CURRENT POPULATION: The U.S. holds 166 men at the prison, down from a peak of about 680 in June 2003.
— GETTING OUT OF GUANTANAMO: Nearly 90 prisoners have been approved for release or transfer, which in some cases will mean...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian militant group Hamas on Monday urged Lebanon's Hezbollah militia to withdraw its fighters from Syria and accused it of stoking sectarian tensions, leveling unprecedented public criticism against a former ally.
The Hamas statement came as the region's Sunni and Shiite Muslims are lining up on opposite sides of Syria's civil war. Most of those trying to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad are Sunnis, as are their regional backers...
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli committee has chosen a consortium led by Swedish company ViaEuropa to build a nationwide high-speed broadband network.
The committee, which includes representatives from the government and the state-owned Israel Electric Corp., announced its decision Monday. It said the consortium includes Israeli company Rapac, BATM, Zisapel Properties and private equity firm Tamares Holdings. International networking giant Cisco Systems will provide...
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — About 300 people have protested over a delay on whether former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo will be put on trial at the International Criminal Court.
Gbagbo has been charged with four counts of crimes against humanity in connection with Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence.
The unrest erupted after Gbagbo refused to cede defeat despite losing the November 2010 election to current President Alassane Ouattara...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Entertainer Barbra Streisand waded into one of Israel's touchiest issues Monday on the first major stop of her tour of the country — Jewish religious practices that separate men and women.
Speaking at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Monday, where she received an honorary doctorate, she took aim at cases of ultra-Orthodox Jews targeting women, even as she warmly praised the country.
"I realize it's not easy to fully grasp the...
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — A top European Union official says talks on a sweeping new free trade agreement between the EU and the US will begin next month.
Jose Manuel Barroso, head of the EU's executive arm the Commission, said Monday at the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland that the deal could offer "huge economic benefits" for both sides of the Atlantic.
U.S. President Barack Obama added a deal would be "a priority of mine" and that he was...
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. will host the first round of negotiations toward a broad trade deal with the European Union next month in Washington.
Obama says there will be sensitivities to overcome by parties on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. He says while leaders will be giving strong mandates to their negotiators, he suspects the leaders themselves will have to intervene at certain points to work through hang-ups....
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