Category Archives: CP_World
Nebraska's Keystone XL vote may not be a clear yes or no
LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska regulators are set to decide Monday whether to approve or deny an in-state route for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. It’s the last major regulatory hurdle facing proj...
Nov 20, 2017
Egyptian singer detained over racy video clip
CAIRO - Security officials say prosecutors have ordered an Egyptian female pop singer detained for a week on accusations of promoting debauchery in a racy video clip. Shaimaa Ahmed, a 25-year-old sing...
Nov 20, 2017
Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip celebrate 70th anniversary
LONDON - Britain marked the 70th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip on Monday with a peal of bells, a set of portraits and some commemorative stamps. The then-Prin...
Nov 20, 2017
Teen idol David Cassidy remains in Florida hospital
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Television and music star David Cassidy remains in a Florida hospital where he is dealing with multiple organ failure. Publicist JoAnn Geffen said Sunday in an email that there...
Nov 20, 2017
Germany: police arrest man over stolen John Lennon objects
BERLIN - German police say they have arrested a man suspected of handling stolen objects from the estate of John Lennon, including diaries. Berlin police said the 58-year-old suspect, whom they didn&#...
Nov 20, 2017
France wrestles with the line between seduction, harassment
PARIS - France is in a bind over where seduction ends and sexual harassment begins. Since the allegations of rape and sexual harassment emerged against Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein, the co...
Nov 20, 2017
Senator Al Franken cut from PBS David Letterman tribute
LOS ANGELES - PBS and WETA say Minnesota U.S. Senator Al Franken will not appear substantially in David Letterman’s Mark Twain Prize special airing Monday night. Representatives said Sunday that...
Nov 20, 2017
Kenya top court upholds Kenyatta's win in repeat election
NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election in a repeat vote that the opposition boycotted while saying electoral reforms had not been ma...
Nov 20, 2017
Suu Kyi blames world conflicts partly on illegal immigration
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Monday that the world is facing instability and conflict in part because illegal immigration spreads terrorism, as her country faces accusatio...
Nov 20, 2017
Iraqi court opens way for Kurds to annul independence vote
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s top court has paved the way for the self-ruled northern Kurdish region to step back from its controversial independence referendum and annul the vote’s results that overwh...
Nov 20, 2017