JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – It appeared Bono and arachnids didn’t mix when his “Spider-Man” musical had a rough Broadway run, but that didn’t keep a biologist from naming an actual spider species after the U2 singer.
Federer's game too much for Tomic in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- The bravado he built by holding serve for 76 games dissolved in six points. It was Roger Federer on the other side of the net this time, in a major, and he gave 20-year-old Bernard Tomic an instant reality check -- a kind of 'Welcome to my place, Mate.' Lebanese protest French delay in release of leftist militant
TYRE, Lebanon (Reuters) – More than 150 people protested outside the base of French peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon on Saturday, demanding the release of a Lebanese leftist militant imprisoned in France for almost 30 years. No one appeared to have been hurt, but a week of small protests around the country, including the vandalisation of a French cultural center, could raise tensions between the two countries. Protests were sparked by a French court’s postponement of a decision on the release of 61-year-old George Abdallah until January 28. …
Ukrainian ex-PM suspected in murder case
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian authorities have formally notified jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko that she is a suspect in the murder of a businessman and lawmaker in 1996.
Syria troops, rebels fight near bases in northeast
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian troops fought intense battles on Saturday against rebels who are trying to capture two military bases in the northwest and step up their attacks on army compounds elsewhere in the nation torn by civil war, activists said. 
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