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Mexico's former ruling party suspends ex-governor

Published May 26th, 2012 - 5:24PM

Mexico's former ruling party on Saturday suspended the membership of a former governor accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from a drug cartel.

Egypt's revolutionaries wonder: Why did a Mubarak holdover like Shafik do so well?

Published May 26th, 2012 - 3:05PM

The battle scars of the revolution that led to the end of Hosni Mubarak's regime continue to define the Egyptian landscape.

Egyptians ask why a Mubarak holdover like Shafik did so well

Published May 26th, 2012 - 2:44PM

There had long been clues that a rift between revolutionaries and ordinary Egyptians had always existed and had been fermenting since Mubarak left office. State media, the main source of information for most Egyptians, routinely blamed the state’s growing instability on the revolutionaries. In a nation where many voters had never met a revolutionary, they trusted state media more.

Rebel groups merge in Mali, agree on Islamic state

Published May 26th, 2012 - 2:29PM

The two rebel groups that seized control of the northern half of Mali announced Saturday that they have agreed to fuse their movements and work together to create an independent Islamic state on the territory they occupy, a signatory to the agreement said.

Egyptians support candidates who want to reinstate discarded system why?

Published May 26th, 2012 - 2:04PM

The battle scars of the revolution that led to the end of Hosni Mubarak's regime continue to define the Egyptian landscape. The sides of buildings are adorned with graffiti mourning the nearly 1,000 civilians killed during the uprising. Protesters keep a stockpile of rocks in Tahrir Square, just in case they have to defend themselves while encamped there. The dated pictures of the 30-year ruler that once peppered the capital have been replaced with campaign posters for what was Egypt's first democratic election.

Palestinian shot, wounded in settler attack

Published May 26th, 2012 - 1:24PM

Palestinians say dozens of Israeli settlers set Palestinian-owned fields on fire in an attack that left a farmer wounded by a gunshot.

Carter says minor violations in Egypt's vote

Published May 26th, 2012 - 12:24PM

Former President Jimmy Carter said Saturday that monitors noted violations during Egypt's presidential elections but that the vote was generally acceptable and the irregularities won't impact the final results.

In Cairo's City of the Dead, election brings hope

Published May 26th, 2012 - 12:04PM

As Egyptians took part in the country's first free presidential election, residents of one of Cairo's poorest quarters expressed hope that a new leader would help them with a simple request - finding a new home.

Peru taxi explodes in Chile minefield near border

Published May 26th, 2012 - 12:04PM

Chilean army bomb specialists on Saturday pulled what was left of a Peruvian taxi out of a minefield where at least one person was killed in an explosion the night before.

Funeral held for Muslim Bosniaks killed long ago

Published May 26th, 2012 - 11:44AM

Several thousand people held a mass funeral on Saturday for 66 Muslim Bosnians who were killed by Bosnian Serb forces during the country's 1992-1995 war.

Hardline Islamists seed terror in Tunisian town

Published May 26th, 2012 - 11:44AM

Hundreds of hardline Islamists terrorized a Tunisian town on Saturday, attacking a police station and stores selling alcohol.

Havana sees US invasion at key art festival

Published May 26th, 2012 - 11:29AM

Ruben Alpizar never met the American collector who fell in love with his painting of a plummeting Icarus against a starry background, hanging on the wall of a Spanish colonial-era fortress across the bay from Havana. Nor did he get a name or a hometown, or even learn whether the buyer was a man or a woman.

UN: 32 children, 60 adults killed in Syria attack

Published May 26th, 2012 - 11:04AM

The head of the U.N. observer team in Syria says at least 32 children under 10 years of age and more than 60 adults were killed in fighting in the center of the country Friday.

Heavy winds, rain damage Bahamas islands

Published May 26th, 2012 - 9:59AM

Heavy winds in the Bahamas have toppled cars, felled trees and damaged roofs as thunderstorms roll through the Caribbean archipelago.

Georgia opens new parliament far from Tbilisi

Published May 26th, 2012 - 9:04AM

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has inaugurated the country's new parliament building in the city of Kutaisi, some 220 kilometers (150 miles) from the capital Tbilisi.

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