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Move over Dracula, tourists flock to see Bulgarian 'vampire'
World NowThe discovery last week of a 700-year-old skeleton with metal stakes where his heart had been has stirred a bout of vampire-mania in Europe and attracted flocks of tourists to the churchyard grave site in Bulgaria's Black Sea port of Sozopol. So keen is... -
Suu Kyi falls ill on first day of European tour [Video]
World NowOn the first day of a whirlwind trip through Europe, famed Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi fell ill, throwing up in the middle of a news conference in Switzerland.... -
Aung San Suu Kyi gives Nobel acceptance speech 21 years later
World NowAung San Suu Kyi makes her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech Saturday, 21 years after she won the award. The Burmese democracy activist, who spent most of the last two decades under house arrest, was unable to accept the award in 1991.... -
Suu Kyi to accept her Nobel in person; others didn't [Video]
World NowAung San Suu Kyi was to give her Nobel Peace Prize lecture on Saturday in Oslo, 21 years after she got the award. Suu Kyi had long feared leaving Myanmar because she didn’t know if its military junta would let her return. The video above shows her... -
Leaders of the Group of 20 nations gather in Mexico
World NowLOS CABOS, Mexico –- With the pro-bailout New Democracy party’s victory in Greece, leaders of the world’s biggest economies averted the worst of possible scenarios heading into their annual summit Monday. The heads of the Group of 20... -
Pro-Eurozone conservatives take first place in Greece
World NowThe conservative New Democracy party won a narrow first-place finish in Greece's parliamentary election over Syriza, the radical-left group that had vowed to dismantle multibillion-dollar economic rescue accords and harsh austerity measures demanded by... -
Muslim Brotherhood candidate eyeing history in Egypt
World NowMohamed Morsi’s car stopped in front of his campaign headquarters. It was hours past dark, but the building was alive with chatter. Its florescent lights illuminated an entire block on Mounsour Street, which 16-months ago was a bloody battleground... -
French vote in election that could cement power for the left
World NowVoters in France went to the polls Sunday to elect members of the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly. The runoff election could see the French left and newly elected President Francois Hollande cement their power.... -
Israel watches Egyptian elections as rockets hit its south
World NowAs voting in Egypt is underway, Israel remains watchful and official speakers mostly quiet, waiting for results before commenting but rockets launched at southern Israel over the weekend as voting began are a reminder of the sensitive situation.... -
Initial exit polls in Greece show a dead heat
World NowThe first exit polls in Greece's election show a dead heat between the conservative New Democracy party and the far-left group Syriza. The election could determine Greece's fate in the Eurozone.... -
Myanmar's new ties with U.S. may come at a cost
World NowThe Obama administration’s decision this week to ease financial sanctions imposed on Myanmar, encourage American investment there and appoint a U.S. ambassador for the first time in 22 years should further the long-isolated nation’s reform... -
News briefs for Wednesday, May 2
Hours after Obama visit, Taliban attack on compound for foreigners in Afghan capital kills 7 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban insurgents attacked a compound housing foreigners in the Afghan capital Wednesday, killing seven people, hours after...
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