http://www.kgw.com/news/world RSS Feed for KGW - News - World en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 04:06:29 GMT 2013-05-21T04:06:29Z en-us http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208099831.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next door. Tue, 21 May 2013 03:35:06 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208099831.html 2013-05-21T03:35:06Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208098601.html BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah was pulled more deeply into Syria's civil war as 28 guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite militant group were killed and dozens more wounded while fighting rebels, Syria activists said Monday. Mon, 20 May 2013 22:05:14 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208098601.html 2013-05-20T22:05:14Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208138711.html PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic's controversy-courting new president is under fire for refusing to grant a university professorship to one of his critics and hinting that it is because the man is a gay rights activist. Mon, 20 May 2013 20:06:37 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208138711.html 2013-05-20T20:06:37Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208252941.html BEIJING (AP) — China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. Tue, 21 May 2013 03:36:42 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208252941.html 2013-05-21T03:36:42Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208111871.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunman stormed into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba Monday, killing four people in a gunfight and taking a hostage before killing himself, police said. Mon, 20 May 2013 19:07:43 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208111871.html 2013-05-20T19:07:43Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208114501.html TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered another four bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 21, mine officials said Tuesday. Seven others were believed buried under the rubble. Tue, 21 May 2013 03:07:02 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208114501.html 2013-05-21T03:07:02Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208250361.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's top court overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and ordered on Monday that his trial restart, throwing into disarray proceedings that had been hailed as historic for delivering the first such guilty verdict for a Latin American leader. Tue, 21 May 2013 03:36:36 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208250361.html 2013-05-21T03:36:36Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208250351.html LA RUANA, Mexico (AP) — Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldiers Monday. Tue, 21 May 2013 04:06:29 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208250351.html 2013-05-21T04:06:29Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208178861.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians have done all the legal work necessary to join 63 U.N. agencies, conventions and treaties but haven't applied yet mainly to give the latest U.S. peace effort a chance to succeed, the chief Palestinian negotiator said Monday. Tue, 21 May 2013 02:36:45 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208178861.html 2013-05-21T02:36:45Z http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208220221.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Preliminary autopsy results say former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla died from fractures and a hemorrhage suffered in a fall in the shower while he was serving a life sentence for human rights violations. Tue, 21 May 2013 03:34:03 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/world/208220221.html 2013-05-21T03:34:03Z