MiamiHerald.com: World Wires http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/index.html MiamiHerald.com: World Wires http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2013 MiamiHerald.com World Wires 60 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:54:02 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[Asia markets up after US delivers positive data]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3406299/asia-markets-up-after-us-delivers.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3406299/asia-markets-up-after-us-delivers.html Mon, 20 May 2013 00:02 EDT Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday.

]]> <![CDATA[Death sentence in Chinese underground bank case]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3406245/death-sentence-in-chinese-underground.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3406245/death-sentence-in-chinese-underground.html Sun, 19 May 2013 23:31 EDT A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death in the government's latest crackdown on underground lending that is widely used by entrepreneurs.

]]> <![CDATA[Tons of New Zealand meat stranded on Chinese docks]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3406213/china-halts-imports-of-new-zealand.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3406213/china-halts-imports-of-new-zealand.html Sun, 19 May 2013 22:31 EDT Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted certain imports from the country due to a certification dispute.

]]> <![CDATA[Top Libyan official: Benghazi explosion accident]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405751/top-libyan-official-benghazi-explosion.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405751/top-libyan-official-benghazi-explosion.html Sun, 19 May 2013 16:51 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.

]]> <![CDATA[Drug charge for Virgin Islands environment officer]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405730/drug-charge-for-virgin-islands.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405730/drug-charge-for-virgin-islands.html Sun, 19 May 2013 16:32 EDT Federal agents have arrested the top enforcement officer for the U.S. Virgin Islands environment agency on drug trafficking charges after he was allegedly caught with a cache of cocaine on a government patrol boat.

]]> <![CDATA[Nigeria military: 17 killed during offensive]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405595/nigeria-military-17-killed-during.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405595/nigeria-military-17-killed-during.html Sun, 19 May 2013 14:41 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.

]]> <![CDATA[Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405593/israeli-seeks-interim-deal-with.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405593/israeli-seeks-interim-deal-with.html Sun, 19 May 2013 14:41 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.

]]> <![CDATA[Algerian editor accuses government of censorship]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405542/algerian-editor-accuses-government.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405542/algerian-editor-accuses-government.html Sun, 19 May 2013 13:31 EDT An editor has accused Algeria's government of censorship after it blocked the publication of his two newspapers.

]]> <![CDATA[Video shows kidnapped Egyptian security officers]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405490/video-shows-kidnapped-egyptian.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405490/video-shows-kidnapped-egyptian.html Sun, 19 May 2013 12:21 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 captors' demands.

]]> <![CDATA[Pope: church should open up but follow teaching]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405497/pope-church-should-open-up-but.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405497/pope-church-should-open-up-but.html Sun, 19 May 2013 12:21 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.

]]> <![CDATA[Russian TV: American accused of spying flies out]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405488/russian-tv-american-accused-of.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405488/russian-tv-american-accused-of.html Sun, 19 May 2013 12:11 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.

]]> <![CDATA[Zimbabwe PM: We will end police, military abuse]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405487/zimbabwe-pm-we-will-end-police.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405487/zimbabwe-pm-we-will-end-police.html Sun, 19 May 2013 12:11 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 which demands impartiality in their duties.

]]> <![CDATA[Israel disputes French TV claim on boy's death]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405480/israel-disputes-french-tv-claim.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405480/israel-disputes-french-tv-claim.html Sun, 19 May 2013 12:01 EDT Israel on Sunday completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel.

]]> <![CDATA[More bodies recovered in collapsed Indonesia mine]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405428/death-toll-in-collapsed-indonesia.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405428/death-toll-in-collapsed-indonesia.html Sun, 19 May 2013 11:46 EDT

Rescuers recovered five more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 14, police said Monday. Fourteen other workers were still missing and feared dead.

]]> <![CDATA[Mice return from a month in space]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405382/mice-return-from-a-month-in-space.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405382/mice-return-from-a-month-in-space.html Sun, 19 May 2013 10:46 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.

]]> <![CDATA['Britain's Obama' urges ties with West Africa]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405276/britains-obama-urges-ties-with.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405276/britains-obama-urges-ties-with.html Sun, 19 May 2013 09:11 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.

]]> <![CDATA[Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405272/syrian-army-pushes-assault-on.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405272/syrian-army-pushes-assault-on.html Sun, 19 May 2013 08:51 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 from the capital to the Mediterranean coast.

]]> <![CDATA[Kenya police kill "terror couple"]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405266/kenya-police-kill-terror-couple.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405266/kenya-police-kill-terror-couple.html Sun, 19 May 2013 08:31 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.

]]> <![CDATA[Factory owner barred from leaving Bangladesh]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405263/bangladesh-factory-owner-barred.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405263/bangladesh-factory-owner-barred.html Sun, 19 May 2013 08:12 EDT The High Court in Bangladesh's capital asked authorities Sunday to prevent the owner of a garment factory where 112 people died in a fire last year from leaving the country, a lawyer said.

]]> <![CDATA[Saudi vegetable seller dies from self-immolation]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405258/saudi-vegetable-seller-dies-from.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405258/saudi-vegetable-seller-dies-from.html Sun, 19 May 2013 08:01 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.

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