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Egyptian soccer fans watching television react as their team lose 1-0 to Algeria in a World Cup qualifier match played in Khartoum, Sudan, outside on a street in the Zamalek area of Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultations as part of a growing diplomatic row caused by a bitter...

Army limits media access at Palin event at NC base

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Army will allow the media limited coverage of Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, but will bar reporters from interviewing her or her supporters on the...

Egypt, Algeria soccer tiff grows

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultations as part of a...

Argentina: Diputados dan media sanción a ley de reforma política

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — La Cámara de Diputados dio media sanción a un proyecto de ley de reforma política que establece elecciones internas partidarias simultáneas, abiertas y obligatorias...

NBC anchor Williams gets ASU Cronkite School award

PHOENIX (AP) — NBC newsman Brian Williams received the first Walter Cronkite Award for his work in journalism Wednesday since the veteran anchorman's death this summer.

Williams was...

Report: Kimi Raikkonen out of F1 next season

HELSINKI (AP) — Kimi Raikkonen will sit out of Formula One next season after failing to secure a move back to McLaren, Finnish media reported Wednesday.

"The options in F1 were with...

Egypt-Algeria: when fair play died

PARIS (AP) — The first rock was thrown with such force that it traveled through the bus, smashing windows on its way in and out, Michel Gaillaud, a...

YouTube tries to help media find more free video

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls.

The assist comes in the form of "YouTube Direct," a...

YouTube tries to help media find more free video

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls.

The assist comes in the form of "YouTube Direct," a...

The semifinals are on! 4 compete on 'Dancing'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mya is tops among semifinalists on "Dancing with the Stars."

The singer topped the judges' leaderboard on Monday with 87 points out of a possible 90 for the three...

Canada Supreme Court hears media appeal

OTTAWA (AP) — News blackouts unjustifiably prevented the public from learning why charges were dropped or suspended for some terror suspects, media lawyers told Canada's Supreme Court on...

Heidi, Spencer Pratt shopping own reality TV show

NEW YORK (AP) — Reality TV personalities Heidi and Spencer Pratt said Monday they want to branch out from MTV's "The Hills" and star in their own reality show to give viewers a...

Key dates in the history of Comcast Corp.

Key events in Comcast Corp.'s history:

1963 — Ralph Roberts buys American Cable Systems, a 1,200-subscriber cable TV operator in Tupelo, Miss., for $500,000.

1969 — Company...

Nation's largest gay newspaper publisher closes

ATLANTA (AP) — The nation's largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down and plans to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Employees arrived...

Chinese censors block Obama's call to free the Web

BEIJING (AP) — President Barack Obama prodded China about Internet censorship and free speech, but the message was not widely heard in China where his words were...

Univision to make shows available on YouTube

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Univision, the biggest Hispanic broadcaster in the U.S., said Monday its shows will be coming to YouTube in the new year.

Videos to be made available include the...

Louisiana seeing busy fall filming season

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With hurricane season ending, film and TV production in south Louisiana is picking up, and New Orleans is on track to break last year's filming record.

David...

Jackson's sister blames doctor for Michael's death

NEW YORK (AP) — Janet Jackson blames Dr. Conrad Murray for her brother Michael's death.

She told ABC News in an interview to air Wednesday that Murray should no longer be...

Motorola buys broadband TV company BitBand

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) — Motorola Inc. said Monday it has agreed to acquire BitBand Technologies Ltd., a company that makes equipment for delivering television over broadband...

Broadcast pioneer NBC prepares for cable takeover

NEW YORK (AP) — Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's...

Dobbs says his departure from CNN was 'amicable'

NEW YORK (AP) — Lou Dobbs says he doesn't feel like he was pushed out of CNN, the news organization where he worked for all but two years of its existence until last...

Iran media plans stir talk of elite force at helm

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The portfolio of Iran's Revolutionary Guard keeps on growing.

Its troops watch over nuclear facilities, its rocket scientists enlarge...

AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EST

Walking a fine line: Obama seeks Chinese help on global problems while supporting human rights

SHANGHAI (AP) — President Barack Obama is walking a tightrope on his first trip to...


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