Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India
GORAKHPUR, India -- A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season in what officials worry could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade.
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Australian sentenced for life for migrant's murder
MELBOURNE, Australia -- A serial sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for a rape and murder that outraged Australia's second-largest city.
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Bolivian girl mauled by dog to fly to US for help
LA PAZ, Bolivia -- A 4-year-old Bolivian girl who was unconscious for nearly three weeks after being mauled in the face and body by a Rottweiler is awake and ready to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery, a doctor said Tuesday.
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A year on, Assange stays put in Ecuadorean Embassy
LONDON -- A year ago, Julian Assange skipped out on a date with Swedish justice. Rather than comply with a British order that he go to the Scandinavian country for questioning about sex crimes allegations, the WikiLeaks founder took refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.
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Jamaica eyes expatriates as source of investment
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- In a bid to kick start Jamaica's chronically stagnant economy, the Caribbean country is wooing its citizens living abroad to invest in the island of their birth.
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US, Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police.
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G-8 advances on Syrian peace talks, tax evasion
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland -- President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders took a united stance Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement to forge a "united, inclusive and democratic" government -- but couldn't agree on whether this means President Bashar Assad must go.
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Demonstrators flood Brazilian streets in protest
SAO PAULO -- Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship broke out across this continent-sized country, with more expected Tuesday, protests uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden.
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Russia to ban adoption by same-sex couples
MOSCOW -- Russia is on its way to formally prohibiting all adoption by same-sex couples and also banning the adoption of Russian children by single people or unmarried couples from countries that allow same-sex marriage.
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Mali and Tuareg rebels to sign accord
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- The nation of Mali, which lost half its territory last year to rebels, has agreed to sign an accord with Tuareg separatists who still control the country's northernmost province, officials said Tuesday.
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Hungary indicts Nazi-era suspect for war crimes
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Hungarian prosecutors indicted a 98-year-old former police officer Tuesday for abusing Jews and assisting in their deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II.
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Zimbabwe 'Cattle Bank' takes deposits that moo
MARONDERA, Zimbabwe -- William Mukurazita's deposit at the bank has four legs and moos.
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US to begin meetings with Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan -- American officials say U.S. representatives will begin formal meetings with the Taliban in a few days at the group's new office opening in Qatar.
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Taliban to open office for peace talks
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban's spokesman says the group will open a political office in Qatar to try to find a political solution to the war in Afghanistan.
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Bombing at Pakistani funeral kills 27
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 27 people. Among those killed was a newly-elected lawmaker who may have been the target, authorities said.
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100K protesters flood Brazilian streets in protest
SAO PAULO -- Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship have broken out across this continent-sized country, uniting tens of thousands frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden.
