ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run television says visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has met with 11 Palestinian prisoners who arrived in Turkey after being freed in a prisoner swap deal with Israel.
The 11 were among 1,027 prisoners released in two phases in exchange for the return of Israeli soldier Gidad Schalit, who was captured by Gaza militants in 2006. The group was …
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When "Lost" actor Matthew Fox attended a press conference inHuntington last week, it was like his television character, Dr. JackShephard, had entered the room.
Sure, Fox was dressed in a warm denim jacket rather than a raggedwhite T-shirt, and it looked like he'd recently had a shave.
But still the aura of the complicated, unofficial leader of theOceanic Flight 815 survivors seeped through.
Fox is currently in Huntington filming scenes for the MarshallUniversity plane crash movie, "We Are...Marshall."
Last week, the 39-year-old actor took a day off from filming tomeet with members of the media at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.
When it came time to ask my …
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Every time Alex Herhuay sets out in his Lima fire brigade's 36-year-old Isuzu hook-and-ladder truck for a rescue, his worries aren't just about the mission ahead.
"We are thinking: 'I sure hope the engine doesn't quit,'" the young firefighter said.
Peru's economy may be booming, but there is scant evidence of the export-driven mineral bonanza in Herhuay's fire company, nor in the other 191 citizens brigades in this rugged Andean country of 29 million people.
Peru's firefighters are so cash-strapped and ill-equipped that vital lifesaving equipment too often fails at a burning building or at a crash scene where people are pretzeled in mangled …
Iranian newspapers are quoting Mojtaba Hashemi Samareh, a top advisor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as saying the country has converted its financial reserves into gold.
The papers did not specify how much of Iran's estimated $120 billion in reserves would actually be converted …
Jeff Goldblum plays a scientist who turns into a 185-pound flyand Geena Davis plays a science reporter who falls in love with him.And they look very much as if their relationship is as closeoff-screen as their characters are in the exciting sci-fi horrorfilm, which was the top box-office draw in its first two weekends.
It is not the first time Goldblum and Davis have appeared in thesame movie. They co-starred in "Transylvania 6-5000" last year. Andalthough they didn't do any scenes together, they did …
MINNEAPOLIS - The NL East-leading New York Mets neatly filled a big hole at second base, acquiring three-time All-Star Luis Castillo from the Minnesota Twins for a pair of prospects Monday.
The 31-year-old Castillo will give the Mets three switch-hitters at the top of their lineup when injured Carlos Beltran returns and brings speed and a .304 average to a batting order already topped by major league stolen base leader Jose Reyes. Castillo twice was the NL steals leader, though bad knees have limited his running in recent seasons.
A three-time Gold Glove winner who still has above-average range, Castillo also should solidify the defense in a standout infield with Reyes at …
