Updated: Ex-UK PM Blair says he urged Gaddafi to quit Libya in 2011
Friday, 11 December 2015, 13:18
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he telephoned Muammar Gaddafi and tried to persuade him to leave Libya as the Arab Spring erupted in 2011. Blair said Friday he was not trying to...
1956 Ferrari fetches $28 million at New York car auction
Friday, 11 December 2015, 06:54
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
A 1956 Ferrari sold for $28 million at an auction that also featured top bidding for Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche, a 1963 Pontiac owned by Roy Rogers decorated with silver dollars and guns and a...
Geneva police hunt suspects as part of Paris attacks probe
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 13:43
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Geneva police were "actively searching" for suspects in connection with an investigation into the Paris attacks last month, Swiss security officials said Thursday. Geneva's security department...
Germany: Korean woman dies in apparent exorcism; five arrested
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 10:57
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
German police have arrested five South Koreans on suspicion of murder following the death of a relative in an exorcism ritual in the city of Frankfurt, prosecutors said Thursday. Officers...
Seven half-pound mutts become first test-tube puppies in world
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 06:47
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
A team of veterinarians, scientists and lab workers gathered around a surrogate hound and watched her give birth to seven half-pound puppies, the first dogs ever conceived in a test tube. "We...
After California shooting, fears of Muslim harassment rises
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 06:42
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
A severed pig's head was left outside a mosque in Philadelphia. An Islamic center in Florida was defaced. A Sikh temple in California was vandalized by someone who mistook it for a mosque and left...