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Boston bombs raise worries for Olympics, World Cup
From London to Sochi to Rio de Janeiro, the deadly bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon raised new concerns Tuesday over safety at major sports events ...
FIFA: Agents increase cut of transfer deals
Football agents got a lot richer last year. Agents took a bigger cut from international player transfers in 2012, even as trading in the ...
Maduro certified as election winner amid protests
Venezuela's government-friendly electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of Hugo Chavez' hand-picked successor Monday, ...
Students, troops clash in Venezuela over election
National Guard troops are firing tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse students protesting the official results in Venezuela's disputed ...
Chavez heir barely wins; opposition rejects count
Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, won a razor-thin victory in Sunday's special presidential election but the opposition candidate ...
Maduro barely wins Venezuela presidential vote
Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, won a razor-thin victory in Sunday's special presidential election, edging the opposition's ...
Pope taps cardinals to advise on governing, reform
Pope Francis named eight cardinals from around the globe Saturday to advise him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, ...
A list of papal advisers on Curia reform
Pope Francis on Saturday named eight cardinals to a panel that will help advise him running the church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, or Curia
After Chavez, Venezuela votes
Just over a month after Hugo Chavez succumbed to cancer, Venezuelans vote Sunday to replace the firebrand socialist president who built a ...
The well-greased vote machine Chavez left
Socialist party activist Rodolfo Sanchez is all nervous energy as he mounts the impossibly steep streets of his impoverished hillside neighborhood.
Barrick suffering big setbacks in Latin America
A Chilean court's halt to construction of Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8 billion, border-straddling mine on the high spine of the Andes is only the latest ...
Maduro takes narrowing lead into Sunday vote
Red-shirted backers of Hugo Chavez's chosen heir transformed downtown Caracas into a raucous festival on the final day of campaigning for the weekend ...
Bitcoin bursts: Hacker currency gets wild ride
It's a promising form of electronic cash free from central bankers and beloved by hackers. It — Bitcoin — may also be in trouble, registering ...
Croatia 4th in FIFA rankings; Brazil down to 19
Croatia made a big move to No. 4 in the FIFA rankings after two World Cup qualifying wins, and tournament host Brazil dropped to No. 19 on Thursday.
Bitcoin hacker currency bursts into mainstream
With $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink recently struck the kind of deal that's feeding the rise of a new ...
Chirp, Chirp! Chavez heir turns digs into imagery
As Sunday's presidential election draws near, Nicholas Maduro is turning the insults of those who belittle him into campaign props. In fact, Maduro's ...
Pope launched sainthood case for Argentine priests
It was time for Mass, but no one opened the church door. When a teenager climbed through a window to investigate, he found five bloodied bodies, ...
Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87
Love her or loathe her, one thing's beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady, who ruled for 11 remarkable years, imposed ...
Thatcher, even in death, divides world opinion
Combative and determined to get her way, Margaret Thatcher divided opinion down the middle in life — and in death. Many leaders lauded Thatcher for ...
Thatcher had troubled relations with UK sports
Margaret Thatcher barely concealed her distaste for sports while serving as prime minister of Britain. Instead, she tried to use the athletic arena ...
IOC mulls requests for new events at 2016 Olympics
Three years out from the Rio Games, 3-on-3 basketball and BMX freestyle are competing in an alternative Olympic contest — trying to win selection to ...