AP - Seven historic Aboriginal paintings were stolen Tuesday from an Australian museum then recovered hours later after the thief apparently changed his mind and dumped them in a park, police said.
Original post by Yahoo! News: Top Stories
Reuters - Violent civilian deaths in Iraq climbed
to their highest level since mid-2007, Iraqi government figures
showed on Tuesday, due to a spike in violence between Iraq
security forces and Mehdi Army militia fighters.
Original post by Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AP - India’s soccer captain has refused to carry the Olympic torch through the New Delhi later this month to protest China’s crackdown on recent demonstrations in Tibet, a sports official said Tuesday.
Original post by Yahoo! News: Top Stories
Reuters - Finland will replace foreign minister
Ilkka Kanerva after newspapers and magazines published
suggestive text messages he sent to an erotic dancer, his party
said on Tuesday.
Original post by Yahoo! News: Top Stories
Reuters - South Africa hold the psychological edge going into the second test on Thursday against an India team weighed down by major fitness issues.
Original post by Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AFP - The Olympic torch headed for Kazakhstan Tuesday on the first leg of an epic world tour designed to drum up enthusiasm for the Beijing Games, but also certain to draw anti-China protests.
Original post by Yahoo! News: Top Stories
Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain’s is on a nostalgic tour this week of
some of the places he has known, featuring a lot of straight
talk about what a difficult young man he was.
Original post by Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AP - Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, according to a report released Tuesday.
Original post by Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AFP - A Vietnam Airlines pilot was charged in an Australian court Tuesday with smuggling millions of dollars in drug profits out of the country.
Original post by Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AP - A British spy who helped lead the French Resistance during World War II outfoxed the Nazis by concealing secret messages in the hem of her skirt, according to records unsealed Monday.
Original post by Yahoo! News: Top Stories