http://www.kgw.com/news/world RSS Feed for KGW - News - World en-us Fri, 25 May 2012 04:04:00 GMT 2012-05-25T04:04:00Z en-us http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153899795.html CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — A magnitude-4.7 earthquake he rattled the quake-weary New Zealand city of Christchurch. There are no initial reports of serious injuries or damage. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:04:00 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153899795.html 2012-05-25T04:04:00Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153881335.html CAP D'ANTIBES, France (AP) — Hugs, kisses, a massage and a vampire bite - stars were desperate to sell to the highest bidder at the amfAR Gala at the Cap D'Antibes. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:03:47 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153881335.html 2012-05-25T04:03:47Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153872835.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The chief executive officer of the world's biggest copper company is stepping down. Fri, 25 May 2012 03:32:55 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153872835.html 2012-05-25T03:32:55Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153863935.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government has prohibited people from possessing guns in public places in an effort to counter rampant violent crime. Fri, 25 May 2012 03:32:40 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153863935.html 2012-05-25T03:32:40Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153835205.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's science and technology minister says an undersea fiber-optic cable that was laid last year between Venezuela and Cuba is working. Fri, 25 May 2012 02:32:34 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153835205.html 2012-05-25T02:32:34Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153823735.html PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — A reporter who led crime coverage for a Trinidad & Tobago newspaper and a TV news cameraman are being accused of robbing a liquor store and getting in a shootout with police. Fri, 25 May 2012 02:03:31 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153823735.html 2012-05-25T02:03:31Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153812295.html BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A gunman opened fire on a labor leader in the Colombia city of Cali but missed, killing the man's brother and wounding two other people, including a 4-year-old girl, police said Thursday. Fri, 25 May 2012 03:32:29 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153812295.html 2012-05-25T03:32:29Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153781445.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in a Mexico City suburb say they have arrested a mother and several relatives for allegedly gouging out the eyes of her 5-year-old son in what appears to have been a drug-fueled ritual. Fri, 25 May 2012 01:32:41 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153781445.html 2012-05-25T01:32:41Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153769915.html SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Three high-ranking police officials in the Dominican Republic are being accused of providing security to drug traffickers in the latest public corruption case to hit the Caribbean country as it tries to clean up its military and police. Thu, 24 May 2012 23:32:39 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153769915.html 2012-05-24T23:32:39Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153780765.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — About 3,000 Venezuelan soldiers have been sent to bolster security along the border with Colombia after the neighboring country's main rebel group carried out a deadly attack on a Colombian army patrol in the frontier region, Venezuela's defense minister said Thursday. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:03:58 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/153780765.html 2012-05-25T04:03:58Z