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In this photo taken Tuesday, May 21, 2013, Hawa Begum holds a photograph of her two daughters outside the family home in Tekani village in far northwestern Bangladesh. She and her eldest daughter, 18-year-old Moushimi, were working inside the Tazreen garment factory near Dhaka when it caught fire last November. Hawa escaped by jumping out of a window on the fifth floor. Moushimi, trapped behind the factory’s locked gates, was killed along with 111 others. "I pray every day for my daughter and for Allah saving me," Hawa said. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)

Dreams turn bitter for Bangladeshi garment workers

Moushumi's family now has one of the largest homes in their village — two bedrooms plus a living area with walls made of sturdy brick. Her father and brother will soon have a small business out front, selling furniture her dad will make. There will be money to pay for ...

  • Updated: 12:35 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Chinese supercomputer named as world's fastest

A Chinese university has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost doubling the speed of the U.S. machine that previously claimed the top spot and underlining China's rise as a science and technology powerhouse. The semiannual TOP500 listing of the world's fastest supercomputers released Monday says the Tianhe-2 developed by the ...

  • Updated: 11:39 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2013
Policemen stand guard next to protesters placed on the road in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 16, 2013. Brazilian police have dispersed a small protest against a public transport fare hike that broke out in front of Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium ahead of the Mexico-Italy soccer match during the Confederations Cup. (AP Photo/Bruno Magalhaes)

Protesters back in streets of Brazilian cities

More than 100,000 people took to the streets in largely peaceful protests in at least eight cities Monday, demonstrations that voiced the deep frustrations Brazilians feel about carrying heavy tax burdens but receiving woeful returns in public education, health, security and transportation. In Sao Paulo, Brazil's economic hub, at least ...

  • Updated: 11:29 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2013

Obama: Iranian people want a 'different direction'

President Barack Obama said Monday that Iran's election of a relative moderate shows that the country's people want to change course. But he stressed that Tehran still needs to show the international community that it's not pursuing a nuclear weapon. Obama said in an interview with PBS' Charlie Rose airing ...

  • Updated: 11:02 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2013

Thai Buddhist monks criticized for lavish behavior

Thailand's Buddhism body said it is monitoring monks nationwide for any inappropriate behavior after a video showed monks using luxurious personal items while flying on a private jet. The YouTube video showed one of the monks was wearing stylish aviator sunglasses, carrying a luxury brand travel bag and sporting a ...

  • Updated: 10:10 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2013
FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2012 file photo, female soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division train on a firing range while testing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky., in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan. Women may be able to begin training as Army Rangers by mid-2015, and as Navy SEALs a year later under broad plans Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is approving that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in the country’s elite special operations forces, according to details of the plans submitted to Hagel that were obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Military plans would put women in most combat jobs

Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces. Details of the plans were ...

  • Updated: 8:35 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2013
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan salutes supporters during a party rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 16, 2013.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Unions give lift to Turkish protest movement

Turkish labor groups fanned a wave of defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authority, leading rallies and a one-day strike to support activists whose two-week standoff with the government has shaken the country's secular democracy. Riot police again deployed in Turkey's two main cities, and authorities kept up their ...

  • Updated: 8:26 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2013
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, English food writer, journalist and broadcaster, Nigella Lawson poses during the 28th MIPCOM (International Film and Programme Market for Tv, Video,Cable and Satellite) in Cannes, southeastern France. British police say they are investigating after a newspaper published photos of Nigella Lawson's husband Charles Saatchi with his hands around the celebrity chef's throat. The Sunday People newspaper ran pictures of what it said was the couple's violent argument at a London restaurant on June 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

UK report: Saatchi cautioned over assault on wife

Art collector Charles Saatchi has been cautioned over a dramatic assault on his TV presenter wife Nigella Lawson captured by a tabloid photographer just outside a fancy London restaurant. The Daily Mirror said late Monday that Saatchi, 70, had accepted the official warning after a five-hour grilling over dramatic photographs ...

  • Updated: 7:43 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2013
British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, stands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Sunday June 16, 2013. Cameron had talks with Russian President Putin on the Syrian crisis amid fears that differences between Moscow and the West are pushing the two sides towards a new Cold War. (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin)

G8 exposes rift among leaders on Syria

Deep differences over Syria's fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting calls from the U.S., Britain and France to halt his political and military support for Syrian leader Bashar Assad's regime. But there were also fissures among the three Western ...

  • Updated: 7:44 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2013
FILE - In this May 31, 2012 file photo, Chen Guangcheng speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Chen, a Chinese dissident who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping from house arrest said in a statement Monday, June 17, 2013, that New York University is forcing him and his family to leave at the end of this month because of pressure from the Chinese government. NYU rejected Chen's allegations about Beijing's influence on his fellowship at the university. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Chinese activist says he's being forced out by NYU

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping from house arrest, said Monday that New York University is forcing him and his family to leave at the end of this month because of pressure from the Chinese government. The university on Monday again denied ...

  • Updated: 6:44 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2013
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