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Obama meets with Cambodia's longtime 'strongman'

Obama meets with Cambodia's longtime 'strongman'
By GRANT PECKAssociated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - President Barack Obama arrived in Cambodia on Monday having just won four more years in office, but that is nothing compared to his host, Hun Sen. The 60-year-old Cambodian prime minister has held power since Ronald Reagan was in the

Israel bombing kills militant in Gaza Strip

Israel bombing kills militant in Gaza Strip
By IBRAHIM BARZAK and KARIN LAUBAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 100, as Israel broadened its targets in the

Oil prices rise little as Gaza fighting continues

Oil prices rise little as Gaza fighting continues
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil futures prices rose slightly in electronic trading Sunday night with the market apparently unaffected by fighting between Israel and Hamas. In early trading, January benchmark crude futures rose less than 1 percent, by 60 to 70 cents per barrel, over Friday's close of $86.92

Israel strike kills 11 in Gaza, including children

Israel strike kills 11 in Gaza, including children
By IBRAHIM BARZAK and JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli missile ripped through a two-story home in a residential area of Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 11 civilians, including four young children and an 81-year-old woman, in the single deadliest

Sex offender suspected in 1970 Wis. child murder

Sex offender suspected in 1970 Wis. child murder
By CARRIE ANTLFINGERAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) - Virginia Davis describes says the pain left behind by her 9-year-old sister's 1970 rape and strangulation as being like "a million holes." Only 4 years old at the time, Davis knew little about the crime. The subject remained off-limits

Medics: Israel strike kills 11 civilians in Gaza

Medics: Israel strike kills 11 civilians in Gaza
By IBRAHIM BARZAK and KARIN LAUB GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli missile flattened a two-story house in a residential neighborhood of Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 11 civilians, mostly women and children, Palestinian medical officials said, as Israel expanded a military

No protesters at NM coyote contest

No protesters at NM coyote contest
By Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - No protesters showed up Saturday at a New Mexico gun shop sponsoring a coyote hunting contest this weekend that set off howls of protests from animal activists. In fact, television and radio reporters milling in the shop's parking lot were the

Dolphins found shot, slashed, stabbed with tool

Dolphins found shot, slashed, stabbed with tool
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Authorities are investigating several attacks on dolphins in the northern Gulf of Mexico after some were found with gunshot wounds, cuts and missing jaws. The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/QN0xUt ) that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a "

SC man arrested in deaths of 2 found in barrels

SC man arrested in deaths of 2 found in barrels
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina authorities say they've arrested a man accused of killing two people more than a month ago and stuffing their bodies in barrels before dumping them into a lake. Anderson County Sheriff's spokesman Chad McBride says John Michael Young was arrested early

Egyptian train hits school bus, 51 killed

Egyptian train hits school bus, 51 killed
By AYA BATRAWY and MAMDOUH THABETAssociated Press ASSIUT, Egypt (AP) - A speeding train that crashed into a bus carrying Egyptian children to their kindergarten on Saturday killed 51 and prompted a wave of anger against a government under mounting pressure to rectify the former regime's