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• Mexico Road Project Sets up Fight Over Ruins

  MEXICO CITY When neighbors in the hills east of Mexico City saw backhoes ripping up pre-Hispanic relics for a highway, they did something unexpected in a country where building projects often bulldoze through ruins: They launched protests to stop the

  02/08/2012 3:42 PM

• New Discoveries Raise Dominican Migrant Toll to 41

  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) Authorities in the Dominican Republic say the death toll from the sinking of a boat carrying migrants has risen to 41. The intelligence director of the Dominican Republic's navy says 20 bodies were found late

  02/08/2012 3:24 PM

• Swiss Nuclear Reactor Safely Shut Down

  BERN, Switzerland (AP) Swiss authorities say one of the nation's four nuclear plants has been safely shut down after routine maintenance work caused a feedwater cooling system to stop working. The operator of the Muehleberg plant, BKW FMB Energie AG,

  02/08/2012 12:03 PM

• Germany: Belarus Blocks Rights Official'S Visit

  BERLIN (AP) Germany's human rights commissioner says Belarus has blocked his plans to visit the country and meet with a jailed human rights activist. Markus Loening said he also wanted to give authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko a letter from Germany's

  02/08/2012 10:48 AM

• UN Rights Chief: World Must End Syria Killing Now

  GENEVA (AP) The U.N.'s top human rights official is urging nations to immediately prevent more Syrian deaths and to relentlessly pursue justice for victims. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay say she is "appalled" by Syrian government attacks

  02/08/2012 10:29 AM

• 6-Week-Old Lone Elephant Calf Dies in Zimbabwe

  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) Conservationists in Zimbabwe said Wednesday round-the-clock efforts to save a baby elephant, separated from his mother on a busy highway, have failed. The six-week-old calf who has been hand fed for three weeks has died, apparently from

  02/08/2012 10:15 AM

• Soldiers Sweep Ice For Dutch Skating Race

  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) Dutch troops joined a race against time Wednesday to prepare ice for a legendary 125-mile (200 kilometer) race across frozen waterways in the northern Netherlands that could be staged for the first time in 15 years.

  02/08/2012 8:57 AM

• Soldiers Sweep Ice on 11 Cities Tour Route

  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) Dutch troops joined a race against time Wednesday to prepare ice for a legendary 125-mile (200 kilometer) race across frozen waterways in the northern Netherlands that could be staged for the first time in 15 years.

  02/08/2012 8:57 AM

• Ice Not Thick Enough For Dutch Skating Marathon

  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) Organizers of the near-mythical Eleven Cities Tour dealt 16,000 skaters and the nation at large a crushing blow Wednesday when they decided the ice was too thin to hold the 125-mile (200-kilometer) skating marathon for the

  02/08/2012 8:57 AM

• Israel'S President Sends Message of Peace to Iran

  JERUSALEM (AP) Israel's president reached out to the Iranian people with a message of peace Wednesday, as the West tightened sanctions over Iran's nuclear program, and a former Israeli spymaster said Israel is not in mortal danger. Shimon Peres, an

  02/08/2012 8:16 AM

• Russia Reaches Lake Under Antarctica

  MOSCOW (AP) Russian researchers say they have reached Antarctica's largest icebound freshwater lake hidden for millions of years under miles of ice. Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute said in Wednesday's statement that its team reached Lake Vostok on Sunday

  02/08/2012 7:56 AM

• In Scientific Coup, Russians Reach Antarctic Lake

  MOSCOW (AP) After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years a pristine body of water that may hold life from the

  02/08/2012 7:56 AM

• Russian Scientists Reach Lake Under Antarctica

  MOSCOW (AP) After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years a lake that may hold life from the

  02/08/2012 7:56 AM

• Canada, China Sign Investment, Energy Agreements

  BEIJING (AP) Canada and China expanded cooperation Wednesday with agreements to boost bilateral investment and promote energy exports to China as Ottawa seeks to diversify its oil sales. The agreements were signed during the first full day of a visit

  02/08/2012 7:19 AM

• Vatican Sex Crimes Prosecutor Warns Bishops

  ROME (AP) Bishops must follow the Catholic church's laws and standards when dealing with priests who sexually abuse children or face possible church sanctions for negligence, the Vatican's sex crimes prosecutor said Wednesday. Monsignor Charles Scicluna spoke to reporters on

  02/08/2012 6:55 AM