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U.S. offers condolences to India after fatal ship shooting

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 04:18 PM PDT

India has called for an investigation after a Navy vessel fired on a fishing boat in the Persian Gulf. One Indian fisherman was killed and three others injured.

NEW DELHI — The U.S. Embassy in India expressed its condolences Tuesday after an American refueling ship in the Persian Gulf opened fire on a fishing boat, killing one Indian and wounding three others. India has called for an investigation by the United Arab Emirates, in whose waters the shooting took place.

Israeli Premier Netanyahu's coalition crumbles with Kadima exit

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 03:36 PM PDT

Kadima party leader Shaul Mofaz blames Benjamin Netanyahu for the split, which weakens the prime minster's majority in the Knesset and may bring early elections.

JERUSALEM — Israel'smuch-touted ruling grand coalition broke apart Tuesday after the centrist Kadima party quit less than three months after it surprised the nation by joining Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government.

In Mexico state, violence against women has surged

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

A brutal attack on a church group points to the growing dangers in the state, which until last fall was governed by Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico's next president.

MEXICO CITY — For hours, gunmen held captive a church group camping on a spiritual retreat.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un seems to tighten grip

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 09:16 PM PDT

At the same time the young new leader appears to be sending signals of his strength, however, he allows Mickey Mouse to make an appearance.

BEIJING — North Korea's tough-minded military chief is out. Disney characters are in.

Syria fighting intensifies in Assad stronghold Damascus

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 09:30 PM PDT

The clashes are fierce, the opposition says, but they probably do not mean that the Syrian president, whose soldiers are better armed, will be ousted soon.

ANTAKYA, Turkey — Armored vehicles patrolled the streets of the Syrian capital's historic Midan quarter. Shelling and gunfire rattled the southern neighborhood of Tadamon. Protesters burned tires to block major roads.