Sunday, May 29, 2011

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Singer Sean Kingston, passenger injured in Florida Jet Ski crash

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:59 PM PDT

Singer Sean Kingston and a female passenger were injured in a Jet Ski accident near Miami and taken to a trauma center Sunday evening, a Florida official said.

Minister: Germany to go nuke free by 2022

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:50 PM PDT

Germany's ruling coalition has agreed to shut down all of the nation's nuclear power plants by 2022.

Opposition: 8 dead in Syrian violence

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:44 PM PDT

Eight people, including two children, were killed Sunday when Syrian government forces, in tanks and armored personnel carriers, entered several towns in the Homs province in an attempt to quash protests, according to human rights activists.

Clashes break out as Serbian nationalists protest arrest of Mladic

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:34 PM PDT

Clashes between Serbian police and protesters broke out Sunday in Belgrade after an ultranationalist party demonstrated against the arrest of genocide suspect Ratko Mladic.

Storms blast southern Michigan, leave many without power

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:16 PM PDT

Severe storms pounded south-central Michigan Sunday, knocking out power to more than 100,000 customers and cutting a path of destruction through the city of Battle Creek, officials said.

Egypt accuses Iranian diplomat of spying

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:10 PM PDT

An Iranian diplomat will be deported within two days after his arrest on suspicion of espionage, Egyptian authorities said Sunday.

Inner Mongolia official disputes report of martial law in region

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:40 PM PDT

An official in Inner Mongolia is disputing an Amnesty International report that parts of the region are under martial law.

Malta votes to allow divorce

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:06 PM PDT

Voters in the overwhelmingly Catholic country of Malta have elected to allow divorce, the prime minister said.

Wildfire prompts evacuation of hundreds in Amarillo, Texas

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:49 PM PDT

A menacing wildfire prompted the voluntary evacuation Sunday of "a few hundred people" in neighborhoods in Amarillo, Texas, police said.

Report: Arab League to seek U.N. membership for a Palestinian state

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:47 PM PDT

The Arab League plans to ask the United Nations to grant full membership to a Palestinian state based on borders with Israel that existed before the 1967 Middle East war, according to the state-run Qatar News Agency.

Official: Bomb blast rocks northern Nigerian city

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:42 PM PDT

Hours after the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan, a bomb blast rocked the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi, a government spokesman said.

NATO apologizes for Afghan airstrike that it says killed 9 civilians

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:19 PM PDT

A coalition commander offered his alliance's "sincere apologies" Sunday for an airstrike that he said killed nine civilians in southern Afghanistan.

William Clements, first Texas GOP governor since 1870s, dead at 94

Posted: 29 May 2011 06:55 PM PDT

William Clements, the first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction, died Sunday at the age of 94.

Miami-area poet Will Bell gunned down

Posted: 29 May 2011 05:44 PM PDT

Police in North Miami, Florida, are investigating the weekend slaying of a local poet and cafe owner who was gunned down in front of his business, a police spokesman said Sunday.

Mubarak denies ordering Egyptian protesters shot, lawyer says

Posted: 29 May 2011 05:29 PM PDT

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is "very sad and sorry" that he is accused of ordering that live ammunition be fired on protesters, but he has no regrets, his lawyer told CNN Sunday.

FIFA suspends 2 officials, but clears president after ethics hearing

Posted: 29 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT

FIFA's ethics committee Sunday suspended two men, one of whom had been the sole challenger to the association's president until earlier in the day.

Saudi prince calls for lower oil prices

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:58 PM PDT

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal said Sunday that he wants oil prices to drop so that the United States and Europe don't accelerate efforts to wean themselves off his country's supply.

Explosion wounds Iraqi defense minister candidate

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:55 PM PDT

A roadside bomb explosion ripped through a car in eastern Mosul Sunday, wounding an Iraqi defense minister candidate and his driver, police said.

At memorial for tornado victims, Joplin vows to heal, rebuild

Posted: 29 May 2011 03:59 PM PDT

Those who have survived a devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri, should do their utmost to live up to the example set by those who died while helping others escape the storm, President Barack Obama said Sunday at a memorial service for the victims.

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