NKorea rocket launch shows young leader as gambler
Associated Press
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - A triumphant North Korea staged a mass rally of soldiers and civilians Friday to glorify the country's young ruler, who took a big gamble this week in sending a satellite into orbit in defiance of international warnings.
Wednesday's rocket launch came just eight
...4 people set afire in attack at Denver home
DENVER (AP) - Denver police say four people were set on fire during an attack at a home in the northwest part of the city.
Police spokesman Sonny Jackson says two men showed up at the front door at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Some words were exchanged, and a woman who answered the door was sprayed with a flammable liquid from a pump bug sprayer and
...Kazakhstan to introduce mayoral elections in 2013
Associated Press
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) - Kazakhstan's president announced a raft of reforms for this energy-rich, authoritarian state Friday, ranging from having more direct local and regional elections to imposing the use of the Latin alphabet for the Kazakh language.
But 72-year-old Nursultan Nazarbayev
...Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to Turkey
AP National Security Writer
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (AP) - The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed a
...Era ends at Guantanamo as last 2 Cubans retire
Associated Press
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - One of the world's most unusual commutes is coming to an end.
For more than a half century, Luis La Rosa and Harry Henry have left their homes before dawn each workday in the communist-run city of Guantanamo, where old American cars rumble
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