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China cracks down on instant messaging services 05/28/2014 09:45am • LOUISE WATT Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- China is targeting popular smartphone-based instant messaging services in a monthlong campaign to crack down on the spreading of rumors and what it calls infiltration of hostile forces, in the latest move restricting online freedom of expression.Such serv Facebook helps find abducted newborn in Quebec 05/28/2014 12:10am • MONTREAL (AP) -- The mother of a day-old infant snatched from a Quebec hospital says she's grateful to everyone who helped bring home her baby -- especially the group of people who hunted down the alleged kidnapper thanks to a Facebook post.Police issued an Amber Alert on Monday night after the newb Man held in Iranian's death in court in fraud case 05/27/2014 06:30pm • MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) -- A Jordanian-born man facing state murder charges in the shooting death of an Iranian student and women's rights activist was denied bond Tuesday on federal fraud charges for what authorities say was his involvement in a welfare and Social Security ben Experts: Mass murderers are hard to predict 05/27/2014 05:30pm • CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press GOLETA, Calif. (AP) -- Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes. Sandy Hook school attacker Adam Lanza. And now Elliot Rodger.All were young loners with no criminal history who went on shooting sprees, leaving devastated families in their wake.Mass murderers ten China hits activists with common-crime charges 05/27/2014 04:24pm • DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- In prosecuting the country's political and social activists, an image-conscious Beijing is shifting its tactics.Beijing is increasingly using public disorder charges to lock up those it considers as nuisances or threats to its rule, rather than filing charg A look at Egypt's 2 presidential candidates 05/27/2014 10:55am • LAURA DEAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- The two candidates in Egypt's presidential election as voters decide on the nation's next leader in two-day elections that end Tuesday.ABDEL-FATTAH EL-SISSIThe 59-year-old former military leader hails from a family of furniture makers. He grew up in the hist Japan pop group AKB48 cancels events after attack 05/27/2014 08:57am • MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's hugely popular female pop group AKB48 canceled fan events Monday after a saw-wielding man attacked two members and a staffer, shocking the nation and raising questions over security.The two group members, Anna Iriyama, 18, and Rina Kawaei, 19, su Big insurance rate hikes in the future? 05/27/2014 03:38am • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer The wild hikes in health insurance rates that blindsided many Americans in recent years may become less frequent because of the health care overhaul.Final rates for 2015 won't be out for months, but early filings from insurers suggest price increases of 10 percent or mo Thai coup leader: Don't protest, it's no use 05/27/2014 03:06am • TODD PITMAN Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) -- Bolstered by an endorsement from Thailand's king, the nation's new military ruler issued a stark warning Monday to anyone opposed to last week's coup: don't cause trouble, don't criticize, don't protest -- or else the nation could revert to the "old days" Experts: Mass murderers are hard to predict 05/27/2014 02:56am • CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press GOLETA, Calif. (AP) -- Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes. Sandy Hook school attacker Adam Lanza. And now Elliot Rodger.All were young loners with no criminal history who went on shooting sprees, leaving devastated families in their wake.Mass murderers ten AP PHOTOS: Brazil in countdown for World Cup start 05/26/2014 04:54pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- About 300,000 visitors from around the world are expected to attend World Cup matches across Brazil, from the steamy Amazon region in the north to the chillier pampa climes in the south to Rio de Janeiro, where the Christ the Redeemer statue spreads his arms high above the Mar Pistorius starts psychiatric evaluation 05/26/2014 12:40pm • CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius' murder trial began a new phase Monday when the Olympic athlete arrived at a state psychiatric hospital for a monthlong evaluation whose terms have been described by some as favorable to the double-amputee runner.Pistorius, wh Doubts cast on China's counter-terrorism abilities 05/26/2014 08:00am • DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- China announced Monday that it has arrested more than 200 terror suspects over the past month in the restive Xinjiang region, highlighting its commitment to a security crackdown even as a bloody attack last week raised questions about its effectiveness.Sinc China: 23 terror, extremist groups busted in May 05/26/2014 03:17am • LOUISE WATT Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- So far this month, police in China's restive western region of Xinjiang have broken up 23 terror and religious extremism groups and caught over 200 suspects, state media reported Monday.It was the first announcement of a large number of arrests since an a China launches anti-terror drive after bombing 05/24/2014 07:20am • LOUISE WATT Associated Press URUMQI, China (AP) -- Authorities announced a security crackdown Saturday in China's Muslim northwest after a deadly bombing raised questions about whether tightening Beijing's grip might be feeding anti-Chinese anger and a rise of organized terrorism.Thursday's bombing