Cuban hunger striker hospitalized

HAVANA (AFP) - Cuban dissident hunger striker Guillermo Farinas was hospitalized Thursday after losing consciousness as he began a third week of fasting, a spokesman said.

Published 4 hours, 44 minutes ago

US slams rights abuses in China, NKorea and Iran

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Thursday accused China and Iran of worsening human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination of Muslims in Europe.

Published 6 hours, 42 minutes ago

Kidnappers free two women aid workers in Haiti: MSF

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) - Two European women aid workers were kidnapped in Haiti last week but freed on Thursday, their organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) told AFP.

Published 7 hours, 19 minutes ago

Women in black protest in violence-hit Nigeria state

JOS, Nigeria (AFP) - Dressed in black and wielding wooden crosses, thousands of women marched in a Nigerian city on Thursday to express grief at a new bout of sectarian carnage and anger at the failure to stop it.

Published 7 hours, 35 minutes ago

China rights record worsening in areas: US

WASHINGTON (AFP) - China's human rights record was poor last year and worsened as authorities increased harassment of activists and repression in the Xinjiang region, the US State Department said Thursday.

Published 8 hours, 30 minutes ago

Quake, tsunami alert hit Chile as new leader sworn in

VALPARAISO, Chile (AFP) - A 7.2-magnitude aftershock and four other tremors rocked disaster-hit Chile Thursday, triggering a tsunami alert just minutes before billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president.

Published 8 hours, 49 minutes ago

Maliki leads vote count in two mainly Shiite provinces

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Initial results from Iraq's election released on Thursday put Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bloc ahead in two predominantly Shiite provinces.

Published 9 hours, 13 minutes ago

Pinera sworn in as new Chile president

VALPARAISO, Chile (AFP) - Rightwing billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president of Chile Thursday as three strong aftershocks rocked the quake-hit nation.

Published 9 hours, 31 minutes ago

7.2 magnitude quake rocks Chile

VALPARAISO, Chile (AFP) - A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked central Chile Thursday, including the cities of Santiago and Valparaiso where a new president was to be sworn in, authorities said.

Published 9 hours, 59 minutes ago

Two million need food aid in Zimbabwe: Red Cross

HARARE (AFP) - The Red Cross on Thursday said at least 2.17 million Zimbabweans need food aid and the figures are set to rise because of an expected poor harvest this year.

Published 10 hours, 40 minutes ago

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