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  • Bandits rob cash-courier boat in Venetian lagoon

    ROME (AP) -- Italian news reports say three armed bandits pulled up alongside a courier boat in a Venice lagoon and robbed it of nearly 1.3 million euros ($1.7 million) in cash.(   07/01/2013 11:36 AM )

  • Russian opposition leader joins Moscow mayor race

    MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's leading opposition figure launched his campaign against the Kremlin's handpicked choice for mayor of Moscow Monday despite being on trial in a case he says is politically motivated.(   07/01/2013 11:20 AM )

  • Putin says that if Snowden wants to stay in Russia he must stop leaking American secrets

    MOSCOW (AP) -- Putin says that if Snowden wants to stay in Russia he must stop leaking American secrets.(   07/01/2013 11:13 AM )

  • Eurozone unemployment at record high in May

    LONDON (AP) -- Unemployment across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro hit another all-time high in May, official data showed Monday.(   07/01/2013 11:07 AM )

  • Saudi prince defends Gadhafi deal in UK court

    LONDON (AP) -- A prominent member of the Saudi royal family is defending his handling of the 2005 sale of a jet to the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in a London court.(   07/01/2013 10:48 AM )

  • Vatican bank director, deputy resign amid scandal

    ROME (AP) -- The director of the embattled Vatican bank and his deputy resigned Monday following the latest developments in a broadening finance scandal that has already landed one Vatican monsignor in prison and added urgency to Pope Francis' reform efforts.(   07/01/2013 2:51 PM )

  • AP Photos: New borders threaten Balkan nomads

    MOUNT VLASIC, Bosnia-Heregovina (AP) -- They're some of Europe's last nomads -- a hardy group of families who roam from their winter habitat in the Bosnian lowlands to the mountains where they make cheese and shelter in austere cabins.(   07/01/2013 9:42 AM )

  • UN chief voices caution on Syria peace talks

    GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N. secretary-general says the participation of Iran and Saudi Arabia in the proposed Syria peace talks in Geneva remains a stumbling block that has not yet been resolved.(   07/01/2013 9:37 AM )

  • Bank of England's new governor starts work

    LONDON (AP) -- Canadian Mark Carney, the first non-Brit to run the Bank of England in its 319-year history, has started work amid hopes that he can help revive the economy.(   07/01/2013 9:13 AM )

  • Hachette Book Group to acquire Disney's Hyperion

    PARIS (AP) -- Hachette Book Group, a division of French publishing giant Hachette Livre, says it's buying Disney's Hyperion, in a deal that will significantly expand HBG's backlist with about 1,000 books and a list of forthcoming titles from authors including actor Ethan Hawke.(   07/01/2013 9:12 AM )

  • Nokia buys network operations from Siemens

    HELSINKI (AP) -- Nokia is turning to the stronger-performing parts of its business to help bolster its struggling smartphone arm, as it offered Siemens 1.7 billion euros ($2.22 billion) for its half of the networks joint venture.(   07/01/2013 12:24 PM )

  • Greek government, creditors to resume talks

    ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's international creditors are to resume talks in Athens for approval of the next installment of rescue loans, after a two-week hiatus which saw the near collapse of the coalition government.(   07/01/2013 8:41 AM )

  • Germany: no charges over German killed by drone

    BERLIN (AP) -- German prosecutors say they won't file charges over the death of a German Islamic militant who was killed in a drone attack in Pakistan because they've decided he was a combatant in an armed conflict.(   07/01/2013 8:16 AM )

  • WHO: Treat people with HIV early to stop spread

    LONDON (AP) -- Young children and certain other people with the AIDS virus should be started on medicines as soon as they are diagnosed, the World Health Organization says in new guidelines that also recommend earlier treatment for adults.(   07/01/2013 8:11 AM )

  • Hachette Book Group to acquire Disney's Hyperion

    PARIS (AP) -- Hachette Book Group, a division of French publishing giant Hachette Livre, says it's buying Disney's Hyperion, in a deal that will significantly expand HBG's backlist with about 1,000 books and a list of forthcoming titles from authors including actor Ethan Hawke.(   07/01/2013 8:02 AM )

  • New EU member Croatia pledges regional ties

    ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) -- In its first day as a European Union member, Croatia on Monday pledged to help other Balkan countries move closer to the bloc and to help bring lasting stability to a region which was engulfed in conflict 20 years ago.(   07/01/2013 7:35 AM )

  • UN urging nations to accelerate anti-poverty work

    GENEVA (AP) -- Some of the world's key anti-poverty targets set for 2015 will not be met unless nations do more to achieve them, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday at the outset of a monthlong session of the organization's main economic arm.(   07/01/2013 7:31 AM )

  • Paper lantern starts fire at UK recycling plant

    LONDON (AP) -- A very large fire started by a paper lantern has consumed more than 100,000 tons of plastic materials at a recycling facility in central England.(   07/01/2013 7:18 AM )

  • EU: investment banks appear to have colluded

    BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Commission says many of the world's largest investment banks appear to have colluded to block attempts by exchanges to trade and offer more transparent prices for financial products known as credit derivatives.(   07/01/2013 7:03 AM )

  • Pope's 1st encyclical: 'Light of Faith' due Friday

    VATICAN CITY (AP) -- So much for vacation: Pope Francis on Friday will issue his first encyclical and then will travel to Sicily to meet with recently arrived African migrants.(   07/01/2013 6:27 AM )

  • Germany wants 'trust restored' after US spy report

    BERLIN (AP) -- The German government wants "trust restored" with the United States following reports that American intelligence agencies bugged European Union offices, and has invited the U.S. ambassador in Berlin to the Foreign Ministry for a meeting on Monday.(   07/01/2013 6:05 AM )

  • Publishers Random House, Penguin complete merger

    BERLIN (AP) -- Random House Inc. and Penguin Group have completed a planned merger that creates the world's largest publisher of consumer books.(   07/01/2013 3:22 AM )

  • WHO urges treating people with HIV early

    LONDON-- Young children and certain other people with the AIDS virus should be started on medicines as soon as they are diagnosed, the World Health Organization says in new guidelines that also recommend earlier treatment for adults. The advice will have the most impact in Africa, where nearly 70 percent of people with HIV live. Many rich countries already advocate early treatment. WHO's new guidelines were released Sunday at the International AIDS Society meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. About 34 million people worldwide have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. HIV attacks key infection-fighting cells known as T-cells. When that count drops to 200, people are considered to have AIDS. The new recommendation is to treat people when their T-cell count hits 500.(   07/01/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Summer menswear in Paris a relaxed affair

    PARIS (AP) -- Menswear season in Paris brought the lofty catwalks back to the people, with a series of shows that twinned the glamor and energy of high fashion with genuine wearability.(   06/30/2013 7:19 PM )

  • Rockabilly Saint Laurent sees Slimane more at ease

    PARIS (AP) -- Hedi Slimane delivered an ode to the rockabilly styles of the 1950s with a twist of glam rock in an energetic Saint Laurent Paris menswear show Sunday.(   06/30/2013 7:14 PM )