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Extremist Israeli Cabinet minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site

By TIA GOLDENBERG and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A far-right Israeli Cabinet minister visited Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site on Sunday, declaring that "we are in charge," while the Israeli Cabinet held a rare meeting in Jerusalem's Old City to celebrate its ...

Animal rights activists protest octopus farm plans in Spain

MADRID (AP) — Animal rights activists gathered Sunday in Madrid to protest plans for the construction of an octopus farm in Spain, saying there are no respective laws in the country and the European Union to guarantee the welfare of the animals in captivity. The proposed farm, which aims to ...

Hezbollah stages wargames for media, asserts readiness to confront Israel

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press AARAMTA, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah put on a show of force Sunday, extending a rare media invitation to one of its training sites in southern Lebanon, where its forces staged a simulated military exercise. Masked fighters jumped ...

East Timor votes in parliamentary election aiming to break political impasse

By GANTRY MEILANA Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — Vote counting was underway in East Timor's parliamentary election Sunday with two former independence fighters considered for the post of prime minister. Two main political parties — the incumbent Revolutionary Front for an ...

At least 9 dead in stampede at soccer stadium in El Salvador

By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured when stampeding soccer fans pushed through one of the access gates at a quarterfinal match in the Salvadoran league Saturday. The National Civil Police said in a ...

Volcanic ash from Popocatepetl temporarily shuts down Mexico City airports

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City's two main airports temporarily shut down operations on Saturday due to ash spewing from Popocatepetl volcano, located 45 miles (72 kilometers) southeast of the country's capital. The city's Benito Juarez International airport suspended operations at 4:25 a.m. ...

F-18 fighter jet accident at Zaragoza airbase as pilot ejects successfully

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — An F-18 fighter jet crashed at an airbase in the Spanish city of Zaragoza but the pilot ejected successfully, the Spanish defense ministry said Saturday. The aircraft landed within the perimeter of the base, the defense ministry ...

Israeli crowds chant racist slogans, taunt Palestinians during Jerusalem march

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Jewish nationalists, some of them chanting "Death to Arabs" and other racist slogans, paraded on Thursday through the main Palestinian thoroughfare of Jerusalem's Old City, in an annual display that caused new friction between ...