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US concerned by 'provocative' Russian troop movements: Kerry
In Asia, Obama carefully calibrates China message
Afghan election appears headed for June runoff
Ukraine separatists open to swap for OSCE release
Sanctions loom as observers held in east Ukraine
5 NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash
Joyful pilgrims pour into Rome for saint ceremony
Benedict to join in double sainthood ceremony
School stabbing suspect is under psych evaluation
Diggers find Atari's E.T. games in landfill
NBA probing alleged recording of Clippers owner
Trauma warnings move from Internet to Ivory Tower
G-7 nations agree to more sanctions on Russia

US concerned by 'provocative' Russian troop movements: Kerry

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 01:09 PM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed concern to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Saturday about "provocative" Russian troop movements along Ukraine's border, a US official said. In a morning call with his counterpart, Kerry also urged full Moscow support for efforts to free a mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe held hostage by pro-Moscow militants in the flashpoint eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk. The top US diplomat "expressed continued concern that Russia's provocative troop movements on Ukraine's border, its support for separatists and its inflammatory rhetoric are undermining stability, security and unity in Ukraine," the senior State Department official said.

In Asia, Obama carefully calibrates China message

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 09:02 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Barack Obama is hopscotching through China's neighborhood with a carefully calibrated message for Beijing, trying both to counter and court.

Afghan election appears headed for June runoff

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 10:29 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's presidential elections are headed for a runoff after full preliminary results released Saturday showed the front-runners failed to win to a majority and avoid a second round of voting.

Ukraine separatists open to swap for OSCE release

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 04:25 AM PDT

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — A leader for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine said Saturday that a group of foreign military observers who have been detained as suspected "NATO spies" could be released in exchange for jailed pro-Russian activists.

Sanctions loom as observers held in east Ukraine

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 02:40 PM PDT

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — As Western governments vowed to impose more sanctions against Russia and its supporters in eastern Ukraine, a group of foreign military observers remained in captivity Saturday accused of being NATO spies by a pro-Russian insurgency.

5 NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 11:04 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A British helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing five NATO troops in the single deadliest day this year for foreign forces as they prepare to withdraw from the country, officials said.

Joyful pilgrims pour into Rome for saint ceremony

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 11:56 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — By train, bus, car and on foot, pilgrims and tourists streamed into Rome on Saturday to participate in the ceremony in St. Peter's Square that will see two popes, John XXIII and John Paul II, be proclaimed saints.

Benedict to join in double sainthood ceremony

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 02:23 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Retired pontiff Benedict XVI will help Pope Francis celebrate the sainthood ceremony Sunday for John Paul II and John XXIII, setting the stage for an unprecedented occurrence of two living popes canonizing two of their predecessors. About 1 million pilgrims are expected at the event and many were flooding into Rome on Saturday.

School stabbing suspect is under psych evaluation

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 10:09 AM PDT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A teenager charged with stabbing a fellow high school student to death on the day of their junior prom is being held in a hospital under psychiatric evaluation where he will likely remain for two weeks, one of his attorneys said Saturday.

Diggers find Atari's E.T. games in landfill

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 01:16 PM PDT

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — A documentary film production company has found buried in a New Mexico landfill hundreds of the Atari "E.T." game cartridges that some call the worst video game ever made.

NBA probing alleged recording of Clippers owner

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 03:13 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anger, frustration and calls for action echoed around the NBA on Saturday after an audio recording surfaced of a man identified as Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling telling his girlfriend not to bring black people to games.

Trauma warnings move from Internet to Ivory Tower

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 08:14 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It seemed like a modest proposal, or so thought Bailey Loverin, a literature major at the University of California, Santa Barbara: What if professors were prodded to give students a written or oral heads-up before covering graphic material that could cause flashbacks in those who had been sexually assaulted, survived war or suffered other traumas?