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Reports: 3 dead in quake near Bologna
A magnitude-5.9 earthquake shook northern Italy early Sunday, killing at least three people and toppling some buildings, emergency services and news reports said.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T06:31:07Z
Blind Chinese dissident begins life in US

Chen Guangcheng and his wife were greeted with cheers at their new home

Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was to spend his first full day in the United States Sunday after praising Beijing's "restraint and calm" as he sought to draw a line under a month-long tussle that tested China-US ties.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T09:46:21Z
Sri Lanka set to release jailed ex-army chief

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2011 file photo, defeated presidential candidate and former army chief Sarath Fonseka attempts to give a sound bite to television reporters as he is forcibly escorted by prison guards out of a court room in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A presidential spokesman says Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa signed papers ordering the release of Sarath Fonseka on Saturday, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne, File)

Sri Lanka's president has ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country's long civil war but who later was imprisoned after challenging the president in elections.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T06:23:39Z
Men accused of plotting attacks around NATO summit

This combo made from undated photos released Saturday, May 19, 2012 by the Chicago Police Department shows from left, Brent Vincent Betterly, 24, of Oakland Park, Fla., Jared Chase, 24, of Keene, N.H., and Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The three men arrested Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Chicago, accused of making Molotov cocktails with plans to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets during this weekend's NATO summit, according to prosecutors at a court hearing Saturday. The three were arrested in a nighttime raid of an apartment in the city's South Side Bridgeport neighborhood ahead of the two-day meeting. (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department)

Three activists who traveled to Chicago for a NATO summit were accused Saturday of manufacturing Molotov cocktails in a plot to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T06:39:11Z
Powerful quake kills at least 4 in northern Italy

A volunteer ropes off the area surrounding a collapsed building in Finale Emilia, northern Italy after a quake hit northern Italy early Sunday, May 20, 2012. One of the strongest earthquakes to shake northern Italy rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least four people, toppled buildings and sent residents running into the streets, emergency services and news reports said. (AP Photo/Marco Vasini)

One of the strongest earthquakes to shake northern Italy rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least four people, toppled buildings and sent residents running into the streets, emergency services and news reports said.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T10:04:57Z
Ex-president seeks comeback in Dominican Republic

In this combo of two photographs, Danilo Medina, left, presidential candidate of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party, speaks during an interview on May 15, 2012, and Hipolito Mejia, former president and candidate of the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party, listens to a question on May 17, 2012, both in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Medina and Mejia are the two leading candidates for the Sunday presidential elections. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz)

A former president whose term ended with the worst economic crisis in the modern history of the Dominican Republic will seek to make a comeback Sunday as he faces an old rival in a race to lead the Caribbean's top tourist destination.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T09:48:20Z
Tropical storm Alberto churns off Southeast coast

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 19, 2012, shows tropical storm Alberto 140 miles (225 km) east of Charleston, S.C. Alberto is the first tropical storm of the season and formed Saturday off the coast of South Carolina with top winds of 45 mph (75 kph). (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

Tropical Storm Alberto churned off South Carolina's coastline Sunday, the first storm of its kind to form in a hurricane season that doesn't officially begin until June 1, forecasters said.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T09:40:00Z
Afghan attack kills two NATO soldiers, two children

The attack targeted a NATO convoy in Uruzgan province

Two NATO soldiers were killed in an attack in Afghanistan Sunday, ISAF said, while police said at least two children were also killed.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T10:14:42Z

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