http://www.ajc.com/news/international-news-82109.html en-us Copyright 2012 Mon, 28 May 2012 11:10:06 GMT 2012-05-28T11:10:06Z en-us Copyright 2012 http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/explosion-hits-downtown-nairobi-1447944.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 NAIROBI, Kenya - An apparent explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on Monday, wounding an unknown number of people. Mon, 28 May 2012 11:06:04 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/explosion-hits-downtown-nairobi-1447944.html TOM ODULA 2012-05-28T11:06:04Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/annan-horrified-over-weekend-1447735.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 BEIRUT - Special envoy Kofi Annan said Monday he was horrified by a gruesome weekend massacre that killed more than 100 people in Syria, and called on "every individual with a gun" to lay down arms and stop the killing. Mon, 28 May 2012 11:06:03 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/annan-horrified-over-weekend-1447735.html BASSEM MROUE 2012-05-28T11:06:03Z 06/26/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/bahrain-grants-bail-for-1447963.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 MANAMA, Bahrain - A prominent rights activist has been released on bail in Bahrain more than three weeks after his arrest on charges linked to anti-government protests in the Gulf kingdom. Mon, 28 May 2012 10:56:04 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/bahrain-grants-bail-for-1447963.html 2012-05-28T10:56:04Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/nkorean-farmers-cite-grave-1447941.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 NAMPHO, North Korea - North Korea is reporting a serious drought that could worsen already critical food shortages, but help is unlikely to come from the United States and South Korea following Pyongyang's widely criticized rocket launch. Mon, 28 May 2012 10:56:02 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/nkorean-farmers-cite-grave-1447941.html 2012-05-28T10:56:02Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/reports-italian-cardinal-linked-1447910.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 VATICAN CITY - One of the Vatican's biggest scandals in decades appears to be widening with reports that an Italian cardinal may be involved in a power struggle involving leaked documents, corruption and intrigue. Mon, 28 May 2012 10:31:08 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/reports-italian-cardinal-linked-1447910.html VICTOR L. SIMPSON 2012-05-28T10:31:08Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/un-says-special-envoy-1447909.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 BEIRUT - UN says special envoy Kofi Annan has arrived in Damascus for talks with Syrian president. Mon, 28 May 2012 10:31:07 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/un-says-special-envoy-1447909.html 2012-05-28T10:31:07Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/nato-coalition-member-dies-1447921.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 KABUL, Afghanistan - An insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan killed a NATO service member on Monday, the U.S.-led coalition said. Mon, 28 May 2012 10:26:09 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/nato-coalition-member-dies-1447921.html 2012-05-28T10:26:09Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/russian-fm-both-sides-1447939.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 MOSCOW - Russia's foreign minister said Monday that both sides in the Syrian conflict "had a hand" in the deaths of more than 100 civilians in the town of Houla and called for a full investigation. Mon, 28 May 2012 10:26:07 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/russian-fm-both-sides-1447939.html LYNN BERRY 2012-05-28T10:26:07Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/bangladesh-indicts-islamic-leaders-1447904.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 DHAKA, Bangladesh - The chief of Bangladesh's largest Islamic party and one of his deputies were indicted Monday for alleged crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan. Mon, 28 May 2012 10:26:05 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/bangladesh-indicts-islamic-leaders-1447904.html JULHAS ALAM 2012-05-28T10:26:05Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/china-ruling-party-expels-1447942.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 BEIJING - The ruling Communist Party says it expelled China's former railways minister and blamed him for major corruption throughout the railway system. Mon, 28 May 2012 10:26:04 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/china-ruling-party-expels-1447942.html 2012-05-28T10:26:04Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/turkish-court-charges-israeli-1447923.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 ANKARA, Turkey - A Turkish court has formally pressed charges against members of Israel's military for the killing of nine people aboard a Turkish ship trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza in 2010. Mon, 28 May 2012 10:21:06 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/turkish-court-charges-israeli-1447923.html 2012-05-28T10:21:06Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/2-tibetans-set-selves-1447841.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 BEIJING - Two men engulfed themselves in towering flames outside a temple that is a popular tourist site in Lhasa, marking the first time a recent wave of self-immolations to protest Chinese rule has reached the tightly guarded Tibetan capital. Mon, 28 May 2012 10:21:03 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/2-tibetans-set-selves-1447841.html ALEXA OLESEN 2012-05-28T10:21:03Z APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/yemen-army-retakes-most-1447960.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni military officials say government troops have retaken most of a southern provincial capital from al-Qaida fighters, and are advancing on another militant bastion. Mon, 28 May 2012 10:01:01 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/yemen-army-retakes-most-1447960.html AHMED AL-HAJ 2012-05-28T10:01:01Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/attempts-to-revive-language-1447838.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 JISH, Israel - Two villages in the Holy Land's tiny Christian community are teaching Aramaic in an ambitious effort to revive the language that Jesus spoke, centuries after it all but disappeared from the Middle East. Mon, 28 May 2012 09:46:08 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/attempts-to-revive-language-1447838.html DIAA HADID 2012-05-28T09:46:08Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/palestinian-electoral-officials-in-1447858.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian election officials from the West Bank have arrived in the Gaza Strip to prepare the way for long-overdue elections, a key step toward repairing a five-year rift between the two territories. Mon, 28 May 2012 09:41:00 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/palestinian-electoral-officials-in-1447858.html 2012-05-28T09:41:00Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/reports-italian-cardinal-linked-1447908.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 VATICAN CITY - One of the Vatican's biggest scandals in decades appears to be widening with reports that an Italian cardinal may be involved in a power struggle involving leaked documents, corruption and intrigue. Mon, 28 May 2012 09:26:01 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/reports-italian-cardinal-linked-1447908.html VICTOR L. SIMPSON 2012-05-28T09:26:01Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/father-of-slain-tiananmen-1447844.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 BEIJING - The father of a man killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has hanged himself in protest after two decades of failed attempts to seek government redress, a support group said Monday. Mon, 28 May 2012 09:16:05 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/father-of-slain-tiananmen-1447844.html GILLIAN WONG 2012-05-28T09:16:05Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/fallen-marines-letter-marks-1447871.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. Marine Sgt. William Stacey was killed earlier this year by a homemade bomb in southern Afghanistan, a tragedy for which he prepared by writing a letter to his family explaining why he was fighting that was to be read in the event of his death. Mon, 28 May 2012 09:11:04 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/fallen-marines-letter-marks-1447871.html SEBASTIAN ABBOT 2012-05-28T09:11:04Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/us-new-zealand-mending-1447919.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 WELLINGTON, New Zealand - U.S. servicemen, veterans and a Marine band are visiting their New Zealand counterparts over the coming weeks as part of an effort by the two countries to forge closer military ties, a quarter-century after a rift developed when New Zealand banned nuclear warships from its shores. Mon, 28 May 2012 09:11:01 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/us-new-zealand-mending-1447919.html NICK PERRY 2012-05-28T09:11:01Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/uk-judge-to-hear-1447884.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 LONDON - A U.K. immigration judge is to decide whether radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada should be granted bail. Mon, 28 May 2012 08:41:01 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/uk-judge-to-hear-1447884.html 2012-05-28T08:41:01Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/nepal-fails-to-adopt-1447549.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 KATMANDU, Nepal - Nepal sank into political turmoil Monday after lawmakers failed to agree on a new constitution, leaving the country with no legal government. Mon, 28 May 2012 08:16:20 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/nepal-fails-to-adopt-1447549.html BINAJ GURUBACHARYA 2012-05-28T08:16:20Z 06/26/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/australia-bandits-seek-cash-1447851.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 SYDNEY - Two masked bandits robbed the wrong Australian home hours after a teenager posted a photo on Facebook of a large pile of her grandmother's savings. Mon, 28 May 2012 08:11:00 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/australia-bandits-seek-cash-1447851.html 2012-05-28T08:11:00Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/pakistan-us-missiles-kill-1447835.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 PESHAWAR Pakistan - American missiles killed five suspected Islamist militants close to the Afghan border, the latest in a barrage of attacks that show Washington is ignoring Islamabad's demands it halt the strikes, Pakistani officials said Monday. Mon, 28 May 2012 07:51:06 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/pakistan-us-missiles-kill-1447835.html BY RASOOL DAWAR 2012-05-28T07:51:06Z 06/27/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/watching-dissidents-is-a-1447616.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 BEIJING - Every workday at 7:20 a.m., colleagues pick up Yao Lifa from his second-floor apartment and drive him to the elementary school where he taught for years. Mon, 28 May 2012 07:46:06 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/watching-dissidents-is-a-1447616.html CHARLES HUTZLER 2012-05-28T07:46:06Z 06/26/2012 APXchange http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/27-people-crushed-to-1447903.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 NEW DELHI - Police say 27 people were crushed to death and several more were injured when they were pinned between two minibuses involved in a multiple vehicle collision in western India. Mon, 28 May 2012 07:41:06 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/27-people-crushed-to-1447903.html 2012-05-28T07:41:06Z 06/27/2012 APXchange