Demise of coral, salamander show impact of Web
By MICHAEL CASEY
AP Environmental Writer
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- The Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from ...
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
|
Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds evacuated
By GUDJON HELGASON and PAISLEY DODDS
Associated Press Writers
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- A volcano erupted near a glacier in southern Iceland, shooting ash and molten lava into the air and forcing the evacuation Sunday of hundreds of people from n ...
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
|
Iraqi president demands recount in tight election
By SAAD ABDUL-KADIR
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's president on Sunday called for a recount in this month's parliamentary elections, which have turned into a tight race between the prime minister and a secular rival amid accusa ...
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
|
Pope does not mention rebuke to Irish bishops
By FRANCES D'EMILIO
Associated Press Writer
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged Catholics to refrain from judging sinners a day after he rebuked Irish bishops for their handling of a half-century of sexual abuse of minors by cle ...
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
|
An up close look at the military life in Marjah
EDITOR'S NOTE -- Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder was embedded with U.S. forces during the offensive in Marjah, Afghanistan. Here is his account of some of the photos he made of the soldiers' daily lives.
By DAVID GUTTENFELDER
As ...
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
|
Pope's Irish letter faces critical Catholic world
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK
Associated Press Writer
DUBLIN (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex abuse scandal here -- a message being watched closely by Catholics from Boston to Berlin to see if i ...
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
|
