http://www.live5news.com/category/13533/international-news Click through for today's continuously updated top international news stories. en-us Copyright 2000 - 2013 WorldNow and WCSC News - AP-National 15 international-news http://www.live5news.com/story/22294492/death-sentence-in-chinese-underground-bank-case http://www.live5news.com/story/22294492/death-sentence-in-chinese-underground-bank-case?t=2013-05-20T04:54:41Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 04:54:00 EDT A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294622/turkey-1-killed-24-injured-after-balloon-crashes http://www.live5news.com/story/22294622/turkey-1-killed-24-injured-after-balloon-crashes?t=2013-05-20T04:54:39Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 04:54:00 EDT Two hot air balloons collided mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey on Monday, causing one of them to crash to the ground, officials said. One Brazilian tourist was killed while 24 other... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294584/aid-group-syrian-refugees-face-dire-health-risks http://www.live5news.com/story/22294584/aid-group-syrian-refugees-face-dire-health-risks?t=2013-05-20T04:34:22Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 04:34:00 EDT A Syrian group that tracks the country's civil war says 23 fighters from the militant group Hezbollah have been killed in fierce clashes in a strategic town near the Lebanese border. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294999/skorea-nkorea-fires-5th-projectile-into-waters http://www.live5news.com/story/22294999/skorea-nkorea-fires-5th-projectile-into-waters?t=2013-05-20T04:34:20Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 04:34:00 EDT South Korea says North Korea has fired a short-range projectile into its own eastern waters - for the fifth time in three days. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294680/iraq-car-bombs-in-basra-kill-at-least-10-people http://www.live5news.com/story/22294680/iraq-car-bombs-in-basra-kill-at-least-10-people?t=2013-05-20T04:24:19Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 04:24:00 EDT A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 34 people on Monday, Iraqi officials said. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294932/kerry-to-mideast-to-advance-struggling-syria-plan http://www.live5news.com/story/22294932/kerry-to-mideast-to-advance-struggling-syria-plan?t=2013-05-20T04:14:27Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 04:14:00 EDT Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294845/myanmar-leader-making-landmark-white-house-visit http://www.live5news.com/story/22294845/myanmar-leader-making-landmark-white-house-visit?t=2013-05-20T04:05:11Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 04:05:00 EDT Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294620/afghanistan-suicide-bomber-hits-council-building http://www.live5news.com/story/22294620/afghanistan-suicide-bomber-hits-council-building?t=2013-05-20T04:05:06Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 04:05:00 EDT A suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing the council chief and at least 13 others, authorities said. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294585/chinese-premier-peace-requires-india-china-trust http://www.live5news.com/story/22294585/chinese-premier-peace-requires-india-china-trust?t=2013-05-20T03:34:22Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:00 EDT China's new premier said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world's two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294604/pakistan-gunmen-attack-polio-team-kill-policeman http://www.live5news.com/story/22294604/pakistan-gunmen-attack-polio-team-kill-policeman?t=2013-05-20T02:47:37Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 02:47:00 EDT Officials say gunmen have killed a policeman who was guarding a polio vaccination team in northwestern Pakistan. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294599/who-is-building-what-in-sochi-for-2014-olympics http://www.live5news.com/story/22294599/who-is-building-what-in-sochi-for-2014-olympics?t=2013-05-20T02:46:55Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 02:46:00 EDT The cost of the 2014 Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi now stands at $51 billion, making it the most expensive Olympics in history. More than half of the bill is being footed by Russian state-controlled companies and... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294595/russian-oligarchs-foot-most-of-2014-sochi-olympics http://www.live5news.com/story/22294595/russian-oligarchs-foot-most-of-2014-sochi-olympics?t=2013-05-20T02:45:56Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 02:45:00 EDT The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294416/china-asks-nkorea-to-release-fishing-boat-crew http://www.live5news.com/story/22294416/china-asks-nkorea-to-release-fishing-boat-crew?t=2013-05-20T00:34:17Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 00:34:00 EDT China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291179/north-korea-fires-projectile-into-eastern-waters http://www.live5news.com/story/22291179/north-korea-fires-projectile-into-eastern-waters?t=2013-05-19T23:24:18Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 23:24:00 EDT South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing, officials said Monday. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22293050/top-libyan-official-benghazi-explosion-accident http://www.live5news.com/story/22293050/top-libyan-official-benghazi-explosion-accident?t=2013-05-19T16:54:01Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 16:54:00 EDT Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22292077/ap-ceo-calls-records-seizure-unconstitutional http://www.live5news.com/story/22292077/ap-ceo-calls-records-seizure-unconstitutional?t=2013-05-19T16:53:56Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 16:53:00 EDT The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22292038/video-shows-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers http://www.live5news.com/story/22292038/video-shows-kidnapped-egyptian-security-officers?t=2013-05-19T16:43:56Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 16:43:00 EDT Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291163/syrian-activists-shelling-near-lebanon-kills-16 http://www.live5news.com/story/22291163/syrian-activists-shelling-near-lebanon-kills-16?t=2013-05-19T15:13:58Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 15:13:00 EDT Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291549/tunisia-security-blocks-salafi-conference http://www.live5news.com/story/22291549/tunisia-security-blocks-salafi-conference?t=2013-05-19T14:53:49Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 14:53:00 EDT Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22292523/nigeria-military-17-killed-during-offensive http://www.live5news.com/story/22292523/nigeria-military-17-killed-during-offensive?t=2013-05-19T14:43:50Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 14:43:00 EDT Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22292498/israeli-seeks-interim-deal-with-palestinians http://www.live5news.com/story/22292498/israeli-seeks-interim-deal-with-palestinians?t=2013-05-19T14:34:06Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 14:34:00 EDT Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291145/chinese-premier-heads-to-india-to-boost-ties http://www.live5news.com/story/22291145/chinese-premier-heads-to-india-to-boost-ties?t=2013-05-19T13:53:47Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 13:53:00 EDT Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22292326/slim-broadcasters-take-fight-to-soccer-field http://www.live5news.com/story/22292326/slim-broadcasters-take-fight-to-soccer-field?t=2013-05-19T13:43:53Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 13:43:00 EDT Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22292309/algerian-editor-accuses-government-of-censorship http://www.live5news.com/story/22292309/algerian-editor-accuses-government-of-censorship?t=2013-05-19T13:33:59Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 13:33:00 EDT An editor has accused Algeria's government of censorship after it blocked the publication of his two newspapers. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291963/zimbabwe-pm-we-will-end-police-military-abuse http://www.live5news.com/story/22291963/zimbabwe-pm-we-will-end-police-military-abuse?t=2013-05-19T13:03:48Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 13:03:00 EDT Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday his party will end years of bias and abuse by the police, military and intelligence services and will make sure the services uphold the country's new constitution... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22292003/russian-tv-american-accused-of-spying-flies-out http://www.live5news.com/story/22292003/russian-tv-american-accused-of-spying-flies-out?t=2013-05-19T12:53:52Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 12:53:00 EDT The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22292040/pope-church-should-open-up-but-follow-teaching http://www.live5news.com/story/22292040/pope-church-should-open-up-but-follow-teaching?t=2013-05-19T12:23:59Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 12:23:00 EDT Pope Francis is calling for renewal in the Catholic church as he wrapped up two days of mass gatherings in St. Peter's Square aimed at energizing the faithful. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22292005/cairo-airport-baggage-handlers-end-strike http://www.live5news.com/story/22292005/cairo-airport-baggage-handlers-end-strike?t=2013-05-19T12:13:54Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 12:13:00 EDT Cairo airport officials say baggage handlers have resumed work after a strike that left passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291672/mice-return-from-a-month-in-space http://www.live5news.com/story/22291672/mice-return-from-a-month-in-space?t=2013-05-19T12:13:45Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 12:13:00 EDT A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291785/obama-to-speak-on-legality-of-drone-program http://www.live5news.com/story/22291785/obama-to-speak-on-legality-of-drone-program?t=2013-05-19T12:13:43Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 12:13:00 EDT President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291042/report-iran-hangs-2-men-convicted-of-spying http://www.live5news.com/story/22291042/report-iran-hangs-2-men-convicted-of-spying?t=2013-05-19T10:43:51Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 10:43:00 EDT Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA intelligence agency. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291229/karzai-seeks-indian-military-aid-amid-pakistan-row http://www.live5news.com/story/22291229/karzai-seeks-indian-military-aid-amid-pakistan-row?t=2013-05-19T10:43:46Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 10:43:00 EDT Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291441/britains-obama-urges-ties-with-west-africa http://www.live5news.com/story/22291441/britains-obama-urges-ties-with-west-africa?t=2013-05-19T10:04:16Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 10:04:00 EDT A rising star in Britain's Labour Party, described by some as the "British Barack Obama," Chuka Umunna urged the United Kingdom to more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's fast-growing economies. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291351/tunisia-security-blocks-salafi-conference http://www.live5news.com/story/22291351/tunisia-security-blocks-salafi-conference?t=2013-05-19T08:34:00Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 08:33:00 EDT Massive numbers of Tunisian police and army surrounded Tunisia's religious center of Kairouan to prevent a conference by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks around the country. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291332/kenya-police-kill-terror-couple http://www.live5news.com/story/22291332/kenya-police-kill-terror-couple?t=2013-05-19T08:23:34Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 08:23:00 EDT Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291298/saudi-vegetable-seller-dies-from-self-immolation http://www.live5news.com/story/22291298/saudi-vegetable-seller-dies-from-self-immolation?t=2013-05-19T07:53:33Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 07:53:00 EDT A Saudi newspaper says a vegetable seller who set himself on fire in Riyadh after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorized area has died. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291208/honeybees-trained-in-croatia-to-find-land-mines http://www.live5news.com/story/22291208/honeybees-trained-in-croatia-to-find-land-mines?t=2013-05-19T07:33:32Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 07:33:00 EDT Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291142/irans-guard-warns-against-post-election-turmoil http://www.live5news.com/story/22291142/irans-guard-warns-against-post-election-turmoil?t=2013-05-19T07:03:31Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 07:03:00 EDT A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after next month's presidential election, calling the outcome "unpredictable" and sending the strongest... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291215/un-chief-hopes-for-syria-conference-in-early-june http://www.live5news.com/story/22291215/un-chief-hopes-for-syria-conference-in-early-june?t=2013-05-19T06:43:37Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 06:43:00 EDT U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is holding out hope that an international conference to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war will be held in early June. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22291193/pakistan-holds-re-vote-in-karachi-despite-killing http://www.live5news.com/story/22291193/pakistan-holds-re-vote-in-karachi-despite-killing?t=2013-05-19T06:23:47Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 06:23:00 EDT Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22288627/cannes-helps-actors-bejo-and-rahim-cross-borders http://www.live5news.com/story/22288627/cannes-helps-actors-bejo-and-rahim-cross-borders?t=2013-05-19T03:14:08Z WCSC Sun, 19 May 2013 03:14:00 EDT The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22287762/merkel-and-francis-talk-about-a-strong-europe http://www.live5news.com/story/22287762/merkel-and-francis-talk-about-a-strong-europe?t=2013-05-18T19:33:50Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 19:33:00 EDT Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22289567/20-flights-without-bags-after-egypt-airport-strike http://www.live5news.com/story/22289567/20-flights-without-bags-after-egypt-airport-strike?t=2013-05-18T17:23:08Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:00 EDT Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22289295/reporter-remembers-fear-in-videlas-argentina http://www.live5news.com/story/22289295/reporter-remembers-fear-in-videlas-argentina?t=2013-05-18T17:23:05Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:00 EDT It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22289491/member-of-pakistani-cricket-stars-party-killed http://www.live5news.com/story/22289491/member-of-pakistani-cricket-stars-party-killed?t=2013-05-18T17:03:05Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 17:03:00 EDT Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22287626/activists-rebel-groups-kidnap-in-syrias-aleppo http://www.live5news.com/story/22287626/activists-rebel-groups-kidnap-in-syrias-aleppo?t=2013-05-18T17:03:03Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 17:03:00 EDT Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22289172/suspected-us-drone-in-yemen-kills-4-militants http://www.live5news.com/story/22289172/suspected-us-drone-in-yemen-kills-4-militants?t=2013-05-18T16:22:59Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 16:22:00 EDT A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants Saturday in a southern Yemeni province once overrun by the group, according to security officials. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22287527/french-president-signs-gay-marriage-into-law http://www.live5news.com/story/22287527/french-president-signs-gay-marriage-into-law?t=2013-05-18T15:22:58Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 15:22:00 EDT France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22289012/russias-karjakin-wins-norway-chess-tournament http://www.live5news.com/story/22289012/russias-karjakin-wins-norway-chess-tournament?t=2013-05-18T15:03:09Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 15:03:00 EDT Russia's Sergey Karjakin won the €100,000 ($130,000) Norway chess championship on Saturday after drawing against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22287446/skorea-says-nkorea-fires-3-short-range-missiles http://www.live5news.com/story/22287446/skorea-says-nkorea-fires-3-short-range-missiles?t=2013-05-18T14:42:55Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 14:42:00 EDT North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22288936/blasts-rock-libyas-capital-and-eastern-city http://www.live5news.com/story/22288936/blasts-rock-libyas-capital-and-eastern-city?t=2013-05-18T14:32:55Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 14:32:00 EDT Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22288797/ap-photos-palestinians-in-egypt-exiled-forgotten http://www.live5news.com/story/22288797/ap-photos-palestinians-in-egypt-exiled-forgotten?t=2013-05-18T13:53:19Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 13:53:00 EDT In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. The 28-year-old and his family walked west for several hundred miles, crossing the Sinai Peninsula... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22288757/plane-catches-fire-landing-in-moscow-no-injuries http://www.live5news.com/story/22288757/plane-catches-fire-landing-in-moscow-no-injuries?t=2013-05-18T13:42:57Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 13:42:00 EDT Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of its wings and shooting down an evacuation slide. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22288590/ivory-coast-army-arrests-militia-leader http://www.live5news.com/story/22288590/ivory-coast-army-arrests-militia-leader?t=2013-05-18T13:42:52Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 13:42:00 EDT A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national park where his forces had been illegally occupying in the... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22287567/gunmen-raid-home-in-iraq-kill-5-people http://www.live5news.com/story/22287567/gunmen-raid-home-in-iraq-kill-5-people?t=2013-05-18T13:22:51Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 13:22:00 EDT A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22288190/sea-turtle-comeback-in-a-corner-of-the-caribbean http://www.live5news.com/story/22288190/sea-turtle-comeback-in-a-corner-of-the-caribbean?t=2013-05-18T13:02:58Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 13:02:00 EDT Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22288593/union-leads-march-in-rome-calling-for-job-creation http://www.live5news.com/story/22288593/union-leads-march-in-rome-calling-for-job-creation?t=2013-05-18T12:52:54Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 12:52:00 EDT A union of Italian metal workers has led thousands of people in a march through the heart of Rome to press the new government for measures to spur job creation. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22288554/journalist-found-dead-in-eastern-congo http://www.live5news.com/story/22288554/journalist-found-dead-in-eastern-congo?t=2013-05-18T12:52:52Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 12:52:00 EDT The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor said Saturday. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22288125/24-hour-curfew-in-nigeria-city-in-military-push http://www.live5news.com/story/22288125/24-hour-curfew-in-nigeria-city-in-military-push?t=2013-05-18T12:42:53Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 12:42:00 EDT Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign in... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22287614/hard-line-afghan-mps-block-law-protecting-women http://www.live5news.com/story/22287614/hard-line-afghan-mps-block-law-protecting-women?t=2013-05-18T11:32:51Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 11:32:00 EDT Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22288123/politics-bribery-charges-swirl-around-ugandan-oil http://www.live5news.com/story/22288123/politics-bribery-charges-swirl-around-ugandan-oil?t=2013-05-18T11:22:46Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 11:22:00 EDT Even before the first drops flow, Uganda's oil sector is beset by bribery allegations against officials, tax-related cases abroad that cost the government millions in legal fees, and the alleged interference of a... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22288095/a-native-american-tale-with-international-pedigree http://www.live5news.com/story/22288095/a-native-american-tale-with-international-pedigree?t=2013-05-18T10:32:55Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 10:32:00 EDT It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" to the big screen. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22287845/egypt-muslim-christian-clashes-leave-1-dead http://www.live5news.com/story/22287845/egypt-muslim-christian-clashes-leave-1-dead?t=2013-05-18T09:12:43Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 09:12:00 EDT Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart attack. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22282747/blinking-skirts-fake-tans-it-must-be-eurovision http://www.live5news.com/story/22282747/blinking-skirts-fake-tans-it-must-be-eurovision?t=2013-05-18T03:53:24Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 03:53:00 EDT Flashy skirts, fake tans, fur and feathers: It's the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22287411/afghan-police-chief-shot-dead-outside-home http://www.live5news.com/story/22287411/afghan-police-chief-shot-dead-outside-home?t=2013-05-18T03:53:09Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 03:53:00 EDT Motorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan, an official said Saturday. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22287365/egyptians-targeted-with-blasphemy-charges http://www.live5news.com/story/22287365/egyptians-targeted-with-blasphemy-charges?t=2013-05-18T02:42:44Z WCSC Sat, 18 May 2013 02:42:00 EDT The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22282372/oas-drug-study-eyes-decriminalization http://www.live5news.com/story/22282372/oas-drug-study-eyes-decriminalization?t=2013-05-17T20:02:52Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 20:02:00 EDT An Organization of American States study released Friday is calling for a serious discussion on legalizing marijuana. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278151/caribbean-talks-conservation-on-bransons-island http://www.live5news.com/story/22278151/caribbean-talks-conservation-on-bransons-island?t=2013-05-17T19:32:43Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:00 EDT Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22282549/bomb-kills-9-inside-elite-afghan-housing-complex http://www.live5news.com/story/22282549/bomb-kills-9-inside-elite-afghan-housing-complex?t=2013-05-17T17:44:40Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 17:44:00 EDT Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday evening, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 near the... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22283656/weinstein-showcases-grace-kelly-mandela-flicks http://www.live5news.com/story/22283656/weinstein-showcases-grace-kelly-mandela-flicks?t=2013-05-17T17:02:08Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:00 EDT The Weinstein Company's fall slate of awards contenders will feature a glamorous Grace Kelly, a brawny Nelson Mandela and a mysterious J.D. Salinger. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22284564/egypt-security-forces-clash-with-cairo-protesters http://www.live5news.com/story/22284564/egypt-security-forces-clash-with-cairo-protesters?t=2013-05-17T16:52:58Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:00 EDT Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas at protesters hurling firebombs at them in central Cairo, hours after hundreds of opponents of Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi rallied peacefully in the streets denouncing... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22284444/ap-photos-cubas-lgbt-community-celebrates http://www.live5news.com/story/22284444/ap-photos-cubas-lgbt-community-celebrates?t=2013-05-17T16:43:04Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 16:43:00 EDT A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278448/iraqis-mourn-2-shiite-fighters-killed-in-syria http://www.live5news.com/story/22278448/iraqis-mourn-2-shiite-fighters-killed-in-syria?t=2013-05-17T16:42:46Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:00 EDT Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22281947/canada-abuzz-over-purported-crack-video-of-mayor http://www.live5news.com/story/22281947/canada-abuzz-over-purported-crack-video-of-mayor?t=2013-05-17T16:42:45Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:00 EDT A video purportedly of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack has caused an uproar in Canada. Ford on Friday called the allegations "ridiculous." News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22280637/argentine-ex-dictator-jorge-videla-dies-in-prison http://www.live5news.com/story/22280637/argentine-ex-dictator-jorge-videla-dies-in-prison?t=2013-05-17T16:42:36Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:00 EDT Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so-called "subversives," died quietly in his... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278876/official-nigeria-military-shells-camps-kills-21 http://www.live5news.com/story/22278876/official-nigeria-military-shells-camps-kills-21?t=2013-05-17T16:32:15Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 16:32:00 EDT Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22283653/irans-farhadi-and-chinas-jia-make-cannes-splash http://www.live5news.com/story/22283653/irans-farhadi-and-chinas-jia-make-cannes-splash?t=2013-05-17T16:22:14Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:00 EDT Two directors from countries with tough film censorship brought bold and probing movies to the Cannes Film Festival on Friday - one exploring China's social problems, the other delving into the mysteries of the human... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22281855/venezuelas-military-enters-high-crime-slums http://www.live5news.com/story/22281855/venezuelas-military-enters-high-crime-slums?t=2013-05-17T16:12:48Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:00 EDT Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278870/egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap http://www.live5news.com/story/22278870/egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap?t=2013-05-17T15:42:26Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 15:42:00 EDT Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their colleagues by suspected militants, underscoring the lawlessness and... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22283725/uk-police-announce-new-leads-in-missing-girl-case http://www.live5news.com/story/22283725/uk-police-announce-new-leads-in-missing-girl-case?t=2013-05-17T15:32:38Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:00 EDT British police say they are investigating new leads in the case of Madeleine McCann, the Briton who disappeared six years ago in Portugal at the age of three. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22236962/ap-impact-honduran-criminals-missing-after-arrest http://www.live5news.com/story/22236962/ap-impact-honduran-criminals-missing-after-arrest?t=2013-05-17T15:12:42Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 15:12:00 EDT In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22283441/hagel-names-general-to-lead-us-troops-in-skorea http://www.live5news.com/story/22283441/hagel-names-general-to-lead-us-troops-in-skorea?t=2013-05-17T14:52:06Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 14:52:00 EDT An Army general who served as a top official on U.S. joint military staffs in Afghanistan and at the Pentagon is the choice to command U.S. troops in South Korea. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22279852/ruby-testifies-about-berlusconi-bunga-bunga-fest http://www.live5news.com/story/22279852/ruby-testifies-about-berlusconi-bunga-bunga-fest?t=2013-05-17T14:42:38Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 14:42:00 EDT Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278000/report-torture-evidence-found-in-syrian-prisons http://www.live5news.com/story/22278000/report-torture-evidence-found-in-syrian-prisons?t=2013-05-17T14:32:25Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 14:32:00 EDT Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22280558/1-million-in-jewels-stolen-near-cannes-film-fest http://www.live5news.com/story/22280558/1-million-in-jewels-stolen-near-cannes-film-fest?t=2013-05-17T14:22:07Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 14:22:00 EDT Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours after the screening of a film about break-ins... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22282938/retirement-tests-if-beckham-built-lasting-brand http://www.live5news.com/story/22282938/retirement-tests-if-beckham-built-lasting-brand?t=2013-05-17T13:52:58Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 13:52:00 EDT David Beckham's pecs are at least as much a part of his brand as his kick; his brand of shoes ultimately more lucrative than the game he's giving up. Listed as the world's highest-earning athlete for 2013,... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278760/bieber-will-have-to-pay-for-german-monkey-business http://www.live5news.com/story/22278760/bieber-will-have-to-pay-for-german-monkey-business?t=2013-05-17T12:22:10Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 12:22:00 EDT Justin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of euros (dollars) for his pet monkey's two-month stay at an animal shelter since it was seized by German customs, officials said Friday as a deadline expired for him to... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22281405/zimbabwe-pm-we-are-new-broom-set-to-win-polls http://www.live5news.com/story/22281405/zimbabwe-pm-we-are-new-broom-set-to-win-polls?t=2013-05-17T12:12:04Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 12:12:00 EDT Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday he is poised to sweep to victory in upcoming presidential elections and return the nation to the world community after years of isolation. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278872/bombs-at-mosques-in-northwest-pakistan-kill-10 http://www.live5news.com/story/22278872/bombs-at-mosques-in-northwest-pakistan-kill-10?t=2013-05-17T12:12:01Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 12:12:00 EDT Bombs that exploded outside two mosques in a village in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 15 people Friday, underlining the challenge of militant violence facing a new government set to take power under the leadership of... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22281862/french-gay-marriage-law-ruled-constitutional http://www.live5news.com/story/22281862/french-gay-marriage-law-ruled-constitutional?t=2013-05-17T12:03:28Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 12:03:00 EDT France's constitutional council has rejected a challenge by conservative lawmakers to the country's new gay marriage law, saying the law was constitutional. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22281776/official-10-killed-in-explosion-in-turkey http://www.live5news.com/story/22281776/official-10-killed-in-explosion-in-turkey?t=2013-05-17T11:52:29Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:00 EDT Officials say a container of fuel being smuggled into Turkey from Syria has exploded, killing 10 people. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278910/death-toll-rises-in-mpumalanga-initiation-deaths http://www.live5news.com/story/22278910/death-toll-rises-in-mpumalanga-initiation-deaths?t=2013-05-17T11:52:11Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:00 EDT Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22281771/rights-groups-syria-holds-thousands-incommunicado http://www.live5news.com/story/22281771/rights-groups-syria-holds-thousands-incommunicado?t=2013-05-17T11:52:05Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:00 EDT About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old university student and drove off. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22281769/a-look-at-enforced-disappearances-worldwide http://www.live5news.com/story/22281769/a-look-at-enforced-disappearances-worldwide?t=2013-05-17T11:52:00Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:00 EDT By The Associated Press The U.N. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is pressing governments to provide information about open cases. Over the past two decades, it received nearly... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22280377/george-michael-treated-for-minor-injuries http://www.live5news.com/story/22280377/george-michael-treated-for-minor-injuries?t=2013-05-17T11:21:53Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 11:21:00 EDT George Michael was being treated at a hospital Friday for what his publicist called minor injuries after being a passenger in a car crash near London. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22281275/hints-of-political-change-on-horizon-in-algeria http://www.live5news.com/story/22281275/hints-of-political-change-on-horizon-in-algeria?t=2013-05-17T11:02:22Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 11:02:00 EDT The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22280994/imf-says-cyprus-at-risk-of-even-deeper-recession http://www.live5news.com/story/22280994/imf-says-cyprus-at-risk-of-even-deeper-recession?t=2013-05-17T10:51:52Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 10:51:00 EDT The International Monetary Fund said Friday that substantial risks still loom for the Cypriot economy even after a multi-billion dollar international bailout aimed at averting a debt default. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22280639/czech-us-cooperate-in-developing-new-reactors http://www.live5news.com/story/22280639/czech-us-cooperate-in-developing-new-reactors?t=2013-05-17T09:51:54Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 09:51:00 EDT The United States says it has completed a transfer of 75 kilograms (165 pounds) of salt coolant material to the Czech Republic as part of cooperation between the two countries in developing new nuclear reactors. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278208/eu-survey-reveals-many-gays-live-in-fear http://www.live5news.com/story/22278208/eu-survey-reveals-many-gays-live-in-fear?t=2013-05-17T09:42:53Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 09:42:00 EDT Across Europe, gay couples are scared of publicly engaging in even the most basic expression of their affection: Holding hands. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22280561/bulgarian-parliament-convenes-tuesday http://www.live5news.com/story/22280561/bulgarian-parliament-convenes-tuesday?t=2013-05-17T09:42:13Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 09:42:00 EDT Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said Friday that he will convene the nation's newly elected Parliament next week to begin trying to form a government, a task complicated by the refusal of three parties to enter a... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22280379/uk-undercover-officers-used-ids-of-dead-children http://www.live5news.com/story/22280379/uk-undercover-officers-used-ids-of-dead-children?t=2013-05-17T09:31:53Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 09:31:00 EDT A senior U.K. policeman says that British undercover officers often used the identities of dead children as aliases, confirming a recent newspaper report which first exposed the ghoulish practice. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22280181/cultural-attitudes-impede-organ-donations-in-china http://www.live5news.com/story/22280181/cultural-attitudes-impede-organ-donations-in-china?t=2013-05-17T09:01:54Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 09:01:00 EDT China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but an architect of the country's transplant system said Friday that ingrained cultural attitudes are impeding the rise of donations among the... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22267809/seen-and-heard-in-cannes http://www.live5news.com/story/22267809/seen-and-heard-in-cannes?t=2013-05-17T09:01:51Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 09:01:00 EDT Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22279846/gay-pride-rally-derailed-in-georgia http://www.live5news.com/story/22279846/gay-pride-rally-derailed-in-georgia?t=2013-05-17T09:01:46Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 09:01:00 EDT Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with stinging nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22279784/iran-may-ban-candidates-who-seek-ties-with-us http://www.live5news.com/story/22279784/iran-may-ban-candidates-who-seek-ties-with-us?t=2013-05-17T08:11:47Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 08:11:00 EDT The head of Iran's constitutional watchdog says it may disqualify candidates in June presidential elections who seek full relations with the United States. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278994/s-sudan-doctors-without-borders-hospital-ruined http://www.live5news.com/story/22278994/s-sudan-doctors-without-borders-hospital-ruined?t=2013-05-17T06:21:43Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 06:21:00 EDT The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ransacked and destroyed. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278905/report-bahrain-police-search-home-of-top-cleric http://www.live5news.com/story/22278905/report-bahrain-police-search-home-of-top-cleric?t=2013-05-17T06:03:02Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 06:03:00 EDT A main opposition group in Bahrain says police have searched the home of the Gulf nation's most senior Shiite cleric, who has strongly sided with anti-government protesters. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278782/cia-chief-makes-unannounced-israel-visit http://www.live5news.com/story/22278782/cia-chief-makes-unannounced-israel-visit?t=2013-05-17T05:21:43Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 05:21:00 EDT An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278018/indian-circuses-struggle-to-adapt-after-court-bans http://www.live5news.com/story/22278018/indian-circuses-struggle-to-adapt-after-court-bans?t=2013-05-17T05:11:38Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 05:11:00 EDT In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws. A Colombian daredevil shouts to his colleagues scrambling atop a giant set of... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22278002/coptic-cleric-says-he-will-sue-israeli-police http://www.live5news.com/story/22278002/coptic-cleric-says-he-will-sue-israeli-police?t=2013-05-17T02:53:21Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 02:53:00 EDT An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22277942/syria-ex-minister-leads-rebuilding-plan http://www.live5news.com/story/22277942/syria-ex-minister-leads-rebuilding-plan?t=2013-05-17T02:22:19Z WCSC Fri, 17 May 2013 02:22:00 EDT A six-member U.N. team led by a former Syrian planning minister is drawing up a comprehensive postwar reconstruction plan even as the country's civil war rages on with no apparent end in sight. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22266606/cyclone-mahasen-batters-bangladesh-1-million-flee http://www.live5news.com/story/22266606/cyclone-mahasen-batters-bangladesh-1-million-flee?t=2013-05-16T22:41:33Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 22:41:00 EDT A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22275693/syrian-troops-flush-out-rebels-from-prison http://www.live5news.com/story/22275693/syrian-troops-flush-out-rebels-from-prison?t=2013-05-16T18:31:38Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 18:31:00 EDT Syrian government troops on Thursday flushed out rebels who had stormed a prison compound in the northern city of Aleppo in a bid to free hundreds of political prisoners inside. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22274863/us-turkey-project-united-front-on-syria http://www.live5news.com/story/22274863/us-turkey-project-united-front-on-syria?t=2013-05-16T17:51:28Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 17:51:00 EDT President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the U.S. should intervene behind closed doors as they looked to... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22270316/un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-from-iraq-to-albania http://www.live5news.com/story/22270316/un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-from-iraq-to-albania?t=2013-05-16T16:51:25Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 16:51:00 EDT The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22266528/now-venezuela-is-running-out-of-toilet-paper http://www.live5news.com/story/22266528/now-venezuela-is-running-out-of-toilet-paper?t=2013-05-16T16:41:41Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 16:41:00 EDT Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government's promise to import 50 million rolls. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22266130/explosion-in-afghan-capital-shakes-buildings http://www.live5news.com/story/22266130/explosion-in-afghan-capital-shakes-buildings?t=2013-05-16T16:31:22Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 16:31:00 EDT A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital. U.S. soldiers rushed to help,... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22267367/gunmen-kidnap-7-egyptian-security-men-in-sinai http://www.live5news.com/story/22267367/gunmen-kidnap-7-egyptian-security-men-in-sinai?t=2013-05-16T16:21:21Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 16:21:00 EDT Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said. It was the first such kidnapping of security forces in the lawless... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22274102/puerto-rico-faces-lowest-coffee-production-ever http://www.live5news.com/story/22274102/puerto-rico-faces-lowest-coffee-production-ever?t=2013-05-16T16:11:18Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 16:11:00 EDT Coffee production in Puerto Rico has hit the lowest level ever in the island's history, leaving farmers and government officials worried about how to revive a once burgeoning industry amid a deep economic crisis. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22273808/puerto-rico-faces-lowest-coffee-production-ever http://www.live5news.com/story/22273808/puerto-rico-faces-lowest-coffee-production-ever?t=2013-05-16T15:51:36Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 15:51:00 EDT Coffee production in Puerto Rico has hit the lowest level ever in the island's history, leaving farmers and government officials worried about how to revive a once burgeoning industry. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22268300/israel-police-ban-jews-from-jerusalem-holy-site http://www.live5news.com/story/22268300/israel-police-ban-jews-from-jerusalem-holy-site?t=2013-05-16T15:31:26Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 15:31:00 EDT An Israeli watchdog group on Thursday accused the government of taking steps to legalize four unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank, days before the U.S. secretary of state is set to arrive on a new peace mission. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22273011/afghans-tell-of-us-soldiers-killing-rampage http://www.live5news.com/story/22273011/afghans-tell-of-us-soldiers-killing-rampage?t=2013-05-16T14:31:27Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 14:31:00 EDT Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told her side of what happened to her family sometime... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22271136/mobile-phone-service-off-in-northeast-nigeria http://www.live5news.com/story/22271136/mobile-phone-service-off-in-northeast-nigeria?t=2013-05-16T14:22:16Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 14:22:00 EDT Mobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight Islamic extremists waging a brutal insurgency. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22270483/merkel-europe-must-agree-how-to-achieve-growth http://www.live5news.com/story/22270483/merkel-europe-must-agree-how-to-achieve-growth?t=2013-05-16T14:01:38Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 14:01:00 EDT Germany and France recognize that their cooperation is key to overcoming Europe's persistent economic crisis, but comments Thursday by the leaders of the continent's No. 1 and 2 economies suggested they still have... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22266608/officials-car-bombing-kills-5-wounds-19-in-iraq http://www.live5news.com/story/22266608/officials-car-bombing-kills-5-wounds-19-in-iraq?t=2013-05-16T13:41:21Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 13:41:00 EDT Car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital for the second day in a row on Thursday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 21 people dead and raised concerns over a return to sectarian... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22272430/coetzee-tells-spain-drop-pro-bullfighting-law http://www.live5news.com/story/22272430/coetzee-tells-spain-drop-pro-bullfighting-law?t=2013-05-16T13:31:36Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 13:31:00 EDT Nobel Literature laureate J.M. Coetzee has called on Spain to abandon plans to protect bullfighting, making a rare public appeal against what he called "an archaic form of entertainment." News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22271313/at-cannes-watson-revels-in-post-potter-freedom http://www.live5news.com/story/22271313/at-cannes-watson-revels-in-post-potter-freedom?t=2013-05-16T13:01:03Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 13:01:00 EDT Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival, relishing a Valley Girl role far from her wise-beyond-her-years Hermione. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22271706/danish-teenager-makes-rare-viking-find http://www.live5news.com/story/22271706/danish-teenager-makes-rare-viking-find?t=2013-05-16T12:31:56Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 12:31:00 EDT Danish museum officials say that an archaeological dig last year has revealed 365 items from the Viking era, including 60 rare coins. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22268874/pope-blasts-cult-of-money-that-tyrannizes-poor http://www.live5news.com/story/22268874/pope-blasts-cult-of-money-that-tyrannizes-poor?t=2013-05-16T12:31:38Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 12:31:00 EDT Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the "cult of money" that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22271407/10-things-to-see-a-week-of-top-ap-photos http://www.live5news.com/story/22271407/10-things-to-see-a-week-of-top-ap-photos?t=2013-05-16T12:01:08Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 12:01:00 EDT By The Associated Press Associated Press Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22271133/mystical-branch-of-islam-has-resurgence-in-somalia http://www.live5news.com/story/22271133/mystical-branch-of-islam-has-resurgence-in-somalia?t=2013-05-16T11:41:41Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 11:41:00 EDT Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else's News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22267871/syrian-troops-repel-rebel-attack-on-aleppo-prison http://www.live5news.com/story/22267871/syrian-troops-repel-rebel-attack-on-aleppo-prison?t=2013-05-16T11:01:05Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 11:01:00 EDT Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its tally of deaths from sectarian killings in a... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22270411/julianne-moore-bad-mom-role-is-her-antithesis http://www.live5news.com/story/22270411/julianne-moore-bad-mom-role-is-her-antithesis?t=2013-05-16T10:41:13Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 10:41:00 EDT Julianne Moore sometimes identifies with the characters she plays but when it came to playing a bad mother in "What Maisie Knew," she couldn't relate. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22270407/saudi-officials-expand-labs-to-track-deadly-virus http://www.live5news.com/story/22270407/saudi-officials-expand-labs-to-track-deadly-virus?t=2013-05-16T10:41:05Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 10:41:00 EDT Saudi Arabia says it has dedicated nine additional laboratories to help investigators track a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS that appears to be centered in the kingdom. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22268233/iranian-cleric-women-cant-be-president-in-iran http://www.live5news.com/story/22268233/iranian-cleric-women-cant-be-president-in-iran?t=2013-05-16T10:21:10Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 10:21:00 EDT A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the largely symbolic bids by about 30 women seeking to run in the June 14... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22267806/bp-challenges-fictitious-claims-from-oil-spill http://www.live5news.com/story/22267806/bp-challenges-fictitious-claims-from-oil-spill?t=2013-05-16T10:10:57Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 10:10:00 EDT British government officials said Thursday that BP has not sought Prime Minister David Cameron's help in reducing compensation claims for its role in the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22269914/argentina-brokers-24-pct-wage-hikes-for-millions http://www.live5news.com/story/22269914/argentina-brokers-24-pct-wage-hikes-for-millions?t=2013-05-16T10:01:09Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 10:01:00 EDT Two million Argentines will get wage hikes of 24 percent under a deal President Cristina Fernandez brokered with six allied labor unions. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22269361/tale-of-mexican-drug-violence-rattles-cannes http://www.live5news.com/story/22269361/tale-of-mexican-drug-violence-rattles-cannes?t=2013-05-16T09:51:02Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 09:51:00 EDT The Cannes Film Festival has had its first shock to the system, in the shape of Mexican director Amat Escalante's unsparingly violent drug war drama "Heli." News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22269824/man-shoots-himself-in-head-at-paris-school http://www.live5news.com/story/22269824/man-shoots-himself-in-head-at-paris-school?t=2013-05-16T09:51:01Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 09:51:00 EDT A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe said. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22268352/south-african-army-prepares-for-congo http://www.live5news.com/story/22268352/south-african-army-prepares-for-congo?t=2013-05-16T09:10:59Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 09:10:00 EDT South African soldiers who are training for a United Nations military mission in Congo will be adequately prepared even though the South African army as a whole is overstretched and underfunded, the army chief said Thursday. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22265881/cambodian-shoe-factory-accident-kills-2-injures-6 http://www.live5news.com/story/22265881/cambodian-shoe-factory-accident-kills-2-injures-6?t=2013-05-16T09:10:55Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 09:10:00 EDT The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest accident spotlighting the often lethal safety conditions faced by those... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22268719/jordan-jet-crashes-near-syrian-border-2-killed http://www.live5news.com/story/22268719/jordan-jet-crashes-near-syrian-border-2-killed?t=2013-05-16T08:20:52Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 08:20:00 EDT Jordan's military says a trainer jet has crashed near the Syrian border, killing its two Jordanian pilots. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22268416/iran-world-powers-to-resume-nuclear-talks http://www.live5news.com/story/22268416/iran-world-powers-to-resume-nuclear-talks?t=2013-05-16T08:01:12Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 08:01:00 EDT Iran's chief nuclear negotiator says Tehran and the six world powers will resume talks on its nuclear program "in the near future." News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22268414/residents-shout-protest-over-refinery-in-china http://www.live5news.com/story/22268414/residents-shout-protest-over-refinery-in-china?t=2013-05-16T08:01:07Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 08:01:00 EDT More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a large environmental rally that local authorities allowed to go forward in... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22268354/claims-of-pakistan-vote-rigging-affect-8-seats http://www.live5news.com/story/22268354/claims-of-pakistan-vote-rigging-affect-8-seats?t=2013-05-16T07:51:05Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 07:51:00 EDT Pakistan says it will conduct a recount or re-do the vote for eight national assembly seats following allegations of vote rigging in the recent election. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22268356/bulgarias-center-right-party-wants-vote-canceled http://www.live5news.com/story/22268356/bulgarias-center-right-party-wants-vote-canceled?t=2013-05-16T07:51:01Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 07:51:00 EDT Bulgaria's ex-prime minister says the results of last weekend's parliamentary election should be canceled due to "gross violations" of voting law. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22267873/yemen-3-red-cross-workers-2-egyptians-released http://www.live5news.com/story/22267873/yemen-3-red-cross-workers-2-egyptians-released?t=2013-05-16T07:00:52Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 07:00:00 EDT Three Red Cross workers and two Egyptian technicians who were abducted by armed men in Yemen's southern province of Abyan have all been released, Yemeni security officials said Thursday. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22267451/bahrain-demonstrator-jailed-for-flag-insult http://www.live5news.com/story/22267451/bahrain-demonstrator-jailed-for-flag-insult?t=2013-05-16T06:40:45Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 06:40:00 EDT A Bahrain demonstrator was sentenced to three months in prison Thursday for hanging a Bahrain flag from his truck during a 2011 rally, a defense lawyer said, in one of the first cases based on tougher codes for alleged... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22266061/plane-with-foreign-tourists-crashes-in-nepal http://www.live5news.com/story/22266061/plane-with-foreign-tourists-crashes-in-nepal?t=2013-05-16T04:50:44Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 04:50:00 EDT A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, and all 21 people on board, including eight Japanese tourists, survived with injuries, police said. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22266491/polish-exports-of-meat-for-jews-muslims-in-limbo http://www.live5news.com/story/22266491/polish-exports-of-meat-for-jews-muslims-in-limbo?t=2013-05-16T04:01:20Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 04:01:00 EDT For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22254496/distrustful-rohingya-resist-cyclone-evacuation http://www.live5news.com/story/22254496/distrustful-rohingya-resist-cyclone-evacuation?t=2013-05-16T00:40:32Z WCSC Thu, 16 May 2013 00:40:00 EDT A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22254870/arctic-states-open-council-to-china-india-korea http://www.live5news.com/story/22254870/arctic-states-open-council-to-china-india-korea?t=2013-05-15T22:20:29Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 22:20:00 EDT Arctic states agreed Wednesday to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council, boosting rising economic powers China, India and South Korea, which are... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22254655/cannes-opens-with-dicaprio-spielberg http://www.live5news.com/story/22254655/cannes-opens-with-dicaprio-spielberg?t=2013-05-15T22:00:46Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:00 EDT The Cannes Film Festival got off to a blockbuster, if stormy start, as Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" opened on a soggy French Riviera. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22265176/woman-china-police-ask-to-ax-white-house-petition http://www.live5news.com/story/22265176/woman-china-police-ask-to-ax-white-house-petition?t=2013-05-15T21:20:33Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 21:20:00 EDT Upset about plans for a petrochemical plant near her hometown in China, a woman turned to a new method that Chinese are using to air their complaints: she posted a petition on the White House's website. Then, Chinese... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22254502/un-assembly-expected-to-approve-syria-resolution http://www.live5news.com/story/22254502/un-assembly-expected-to-approve-syria-resolution?t=2013-05-15T19:20:22Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 19:20:00 EDT The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries refused to vote "yes" because of its support for the main opposition group and... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22254748/syrian-rebels-battle-assads-troops-near-damascus http://www.live5news.com/story/22254748/syrian-rebels-battle-assads-troops-near-damascus?t=2013-05-15T19:00:19Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:00 EDT Rebel fighters battled regime troops inside the walls of the sprawling central prison compound in Syria's largest city Wednesday, hours after blowing open the gate with twin car bombs in an attempted jailbreak, activists... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22261943/protesters-close-libyan-oil-terminal-halt-exports http://www.live5news.com/story/22261943/protesters-close-libyan-oil-terminal-halt-exports?t=2013-05-15T17:50:59Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 17:50:00 EDT Protesters and disgruntled job seekers forced the closure of an eastern Libyan oil terminal on Wednesday for the second time in six months, disrupting exports, said an oil ministry official. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22256332/scottish-cardinal-to-atone-for-sex-misconduct http://www.live5news.com/story/22256332/scottish-cardinal-to-atone-for-sex-misconduct?t=2013-05-15T17:31:11Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 17:31:00 EDT The Vatican on Wednesday ordered a disgraced Scottish cardinal to leave Scotland for several months to pray and atone for sexual misconduct, issuing a rare public sanction against a "prince of the church" and the first such... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22256264/geneva-auction-sells-nearly-5m-of-actress-jewels http://www.live5news.com/story/22256264/geneva-auction-sells-nearly-5m-of-actress-jewels?t=2013-05-15T17:20:40Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:00 EDT A huge diamond unearthed in Botswana commanded an unearthly price of $26.7 million from Christie's auction house Wednesday amid the spring ritual of well-heeled bidders flocking or phoning in to Geneva's luxury sales. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22262922/el-salvador-court-hears-arguments-in-abortion-case http://www.live5news.com/story/22262922/el-salvador-court-hears-arguments-in-abortion-case?t=2013-05-15T17:10:43Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 17:10:00 EDT El Salvador's Supreme Court heard opening arguments Wednesday in a landmark abortion case in which a woman suffering from kidney failure and lupus has not been allowed to terminate a pregnancy in which the fetus is given... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22255741/egypt-judges-suspend-talks-with-president http://www.live5news.com/story/22255741/egypt-judges-suspend-talks-with-president?t=2013-05-15T17:10:41Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 17:10:00 EDT In the judiciary's latest face-off with Egypt's Islamist rulers, the country's top council of judges decided Wednesday to suspend its participation in a government-backed judicial reform conference following a... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22257974/students-in-ghana-aim-to-launch-mini-satellite http://www.live5news.com/story/22257974/students-in-ghana-aim-to-launch-mini-satellite?t=2013-05-15T16:30:57Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 16:30:00 EDT Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22253898/twin-bombs-kill-1-wound-9-at-afghan-checkpoint http://www.live5news.com/story/22253898/twin-bombs-kill-1-wound-9-at-afghan-checkpoint?t=2013-05-15T16:30:55Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 16:30:00 EDT Two bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one police officer, an official said. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22254508/us-ambassador-summoned-by-russian-foreign-ministry http://www.live5news.com/story/22254508/us-ambassador-summoned-by-russian-foreign-ministry?t=2013-05-15T16:20:21Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 16:20:00 EDT A Russian security services operative - his features bathed in shadows - went on state television Wednesday to claim that the U.S. diplomat who was ordered out of the country was the second American expelled this year over... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22261941/bahrain-convicts-6-of-twitter-insults http://www.live5news.com/story/22261941/bahrain-convicts-6-of-twitter-insults?t=2013-05-15T16:10:40Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 16:10:00 EDT A lawyer says Bahraini courts have sentenced six people to a year in prison on charges of making Twitter posts deemed offensive to the Gulf nation's king. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22258146/bombings-kill-at-least-9-in-iraq http://www.live5news.com/story/22258146/bombings-kill-at-least-9-in-iraq?t=2013-05-15T16:10:37Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 16:10:00 EDT A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions that killed at least 33 people nationwide, officials said. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22261504/buenos-aires-launches-tours-for-argentine-pope http://www.live5news.com/story/22261504/buenos-aires-launches-tours-for-argentine-pope?t=2013-05-15T15:30:24Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:00 EDT You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22254619/eurozone-recession-extends-into-6th-quarter http://www.live5news.com/story/22254619/eurozone-recession-extends-into-6th-quarter?t=2013-05-15T15:20:49Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 15:20:00 EDT The eurozone is now in its longest ever recession - a stubborn slump that has surpassed even the calamity that hit the region in the financial crisis of 2008-2009. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22257977/apnewsbreak-uk-to-pledge-195-million-to-sahel http://www.live5news.com/story/22257977/apnewsbreak-uk-to-pledge-195-million-to-sahel?t=2013-05-15T14:30:26Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 14:30:00 EDT A plan to turn Mali into a stable democracy rather than a terrorist haven drew massive support Wednesday as various nations and international organizations pledged 3.25 billion euros ($4.22 billion) to help reconstruct the... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22260237/amnesty-for-undeclared-dollars-divides-argentina http://www.live5news.com/story/22260237/amnesty-for-undeclared-dollars-divides-argentina?t=2013-05-15T14:10:38Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 14:10:00 EDT A plan to get Argentines to pull their undeclared U.S. dollars from under their mattresses and out of illegal tax havens, and deposit them in the banking system is eliciting warnings that it will turn the country into a... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22259473/nigeria-deploys-army-to-northeast-to-fight-rebels http://www.live5news.com/story/22259473/nigeria-deploys-army-to-northeast-to-fight-rebels?t=2013-05-15T14:10:30Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 14:10:00 EDT Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign against Islamic extremists waging a bloody insurgency. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22260137/eurozones-struggling-economies-mired-in-recession http://www.live5news.com/story/22260137/eurozones-struggling-economies-mired-in-recession?t=2013-05-15T14:10:29Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 14:10:00 EDT By The Associated Press The eurozone is stuck in recession - its longest since the euro was founded in 1999. The latest figures from the European Union's statistics office show that the economy of the... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22256267/uk-casino-accuses-us-poker-star-ivey-of-cheating http://www.live5news.com/story/22256267/uk-casino-accuses-us-poker-star-ivey-of-cheating?t=2013-05-15T14:00:50Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 EDT A major casino operator is accusing Phil Ivey, an American who is one of the world's top professional poker players, of amassing millions of dollars in winnings by cheating at baccarat. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22259753/education-woes-seen-as-achilles-heel-of-brazil http://www.live5news.com/story/22259753/education-woes-seen-as-achilles-heel-of-brazil?t=2013-05-15T13:10:33Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 13:10:00 EDT There's a storage room just off a university lab that gives students more experience than many can handle: Skinned pigs and cats, disembodied cow livers, intestines, brains and the other unidentifiable detritus of... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22259751/sharifs-win-sparks-hope-for-pakistan-india-ties http://www.live5news.com/story/22259751/sharifs-win-sparks-hope-for-pakistan-india-ties?t=2013-05-15T13:10:27Z WCSC Wed, 15 May 2013 13:10:00 EDT Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan's next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a "friendship" bus service connecting the two countries as cheering supporters... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22295042/small-fla-city-anxious-to-learn-jackpot-winner http://www.live5news.com/story/22295042/small-fla-city-anxious-to-learn-jackpot-winner?t=2013-05-20T04:54:38Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 04:54:00 EDT It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294771/tornadoes-slam-plains-midwest-1-dead-in-okla http://www.live5news.com/story/22294771/tornadoes-slam-plains-midwest-1-dead-in-okla?t=2013-05-20T03:44:19Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 03:44:00 EDT Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left of... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294705/arias-returns-to-court-for-penalty-phase-of-trial http://www.live5news.com/story/22294705/arias-returns-to-court-for-penalty-phase-of-trial?t=2013-05-20T03:34:20Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:00 EDT Jodi Arias returns to court Monday for the continuation of the penalty phase of her trial after being convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of her one-time lover as jurors consider a sentence of life in prison or... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294576/conn-derailment-to-cause-greatly-slowed-commute http://www.live5news.com/story/22294576/conn-derailment-to-cause-greatly-slowed-commute?t=2013-05-20T03:04:18Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 03:04:00 EDT Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has a suggestion for commuters who manage to make it to work in New York City from southwest Connecticut: You might want to stay put in the Big Apple - all week. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294581/split-second-choice-ended-with-ny-student-dead http://www.live5news.com/story/22294581/split-second-choice-ended-with-ny-student-dead?t=2013-05-20T02:54:18Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 02:54:00 EDT The Long Island college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294574/civil-rights-trial-on-nypd-tactic-closing http://www.live5news.com/story/22294574/civil-rights-trial-on-nypd-tactic-closing?t=2013-05-20T02:44:41Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 02:44:00 EDT The federal civil rights challenge to the contentious New York Police Department tactic of stop, question and frisk is closing after more than nine weeks of testimony from men who say they were wrongly stopped because of... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294572/bc-ceremony-notable-for-who-will-attend-who-wont http://www.live5news.com/story/22294572/bc-ceremony-notable-for-who-will-attend-who-wont?t=2013-05-20T02:44:36Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 02:44:00 EDT This year's commencement at Boston College looks to be notable for who will be there, as well as who won't. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22294547/ny-town-eyes-limit-on-use-of-plum-island http://www.live5news.com/story/22294547/ny-town-eyes-limit-on-use-of-plum-island?t=2013-05-20T02:44:32Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 02:44:00 EDT Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with... News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22293303/tornadoes-hit-kan-okla-no-injuries-reported http://www.live5news.com/story/22293303/tornadoes-hit-kan-okla-no-injuries-reported?t=2013-05-20T01:04:14Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 01:04:00 EDT Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. News - AP-National http://www.live5news.com/story/22292083/trek-does-706m-but-falls-short-of-studio-hopes http://www.live5news.com/story/22292083/trek-does-706m-but-falls-short-of-studio-hopes?t=2013-05-20T00:14:11Z WCSC Mon, 20 May 2013 00:14:00 EDT "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations. News - AP-National