Chimpanzee meat could be on sale illegally in restaurants and markets in Britain. So-called “bush meat” -- allegedly found by in a raid by U.K. Trading Standards officials -- is believed to have been traded from market stalls in the Midlands. An investigator from Trading Standards told British tabloid The Sun on Monday:“We’ve found things like rat in the past, but it’s really shocking to find...

U.S. pledges assistance as opposition forms its own leadership ZAWIYA, Libya (AP) ― With residents shouting “Free, free Libya,” anti-government rebels who control this battle-scarred city nearest to the capital deployed tanks and anti-aircraft weapons Sunday to brace for an attack by troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. The Obama administration offered “any type of assistance” to Libyans seeking to ...

TUNIS (AFP) ― Tunisia’s Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi resigned Sunday and was replaced by Beji Caid Essebsi, a former minister, after anti-government protests left five people dead over the weekend. Security forces again clashed with protesters in Tunis demanding the removal of some ministers of Ghannouchi’s interim government before the premier announced his resignation. “The acts of viol...

Security Council imposes arms embargo, urges asset freeze and travel ban UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― The U.N. Security Council moved as a powerful bloc Saturday to try to halt Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s deadly crackdown on protesters, slapping sanctions on him, his children and top associates. Voting 15-0 after daylong discussions interrupted with breaks to consult with capitals back home, the c...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) ― New Zealand’s premier said the Christchurch quake may be the country’s worst disaster ever, as officials raised the toll to 146 dead and more than 200 missing while giving a grim prognosis for the city’s downtown. Residents said prayers for the dead and missing at church services Sunday in Christchurch and across New Zealand. But church leaders canceled a planned...

CAIRO (AP) ― A constitutional reform panel on Saturday recommended opening Egypt’s presidential elections to competition and imposing a two-term limit on future presidents ― a dramatic shift from a system that allowed the ousted Hosni Mubarak to rule for three decades. The changes are among 10 proposed constitutional amendments that are to be put to a popular referendum later this year. The prop...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to impose sanctions on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his five adult children and top associates. Voting after a day of discussions _ interrupted at times for consultations with home capitals _ council members agreed on Saturday to freeze the assets of Gadhafi, his four sons and one daughter, and to ban travel by the whole fam...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) ― Discovery, the world’s most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time Thursday, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey that marks the beginning of the end of the shuttle era. The six astronauts on board, all experienced space fliers, were thrilled to be on their way after a delay of nearly four months for fuel tank repairs. Bu...

Ziona Chana is head of the world’s largest family, British paper the Daily Mail reported last Saturday, with 39 wives, 94 children, 14-daughters-in law and 33 grandchildren living under his roof. The gigantic family lives in a 100 room, four story house in the Indian state of Mizoram. According to the Daily Mail , Chana keeps the youngest women near his bedroom with the older members of the f...

Anna Chapman, 29, one of the Russian spies expelled from the U.S last year, will probably run for the Russian parliament a s a member of Vladimir Putin’s ruling party. According to British paper the Telegraph , Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper reported that the Russian prime minister has already penciled in Chapman as the next MP for the Volgograd region in southern Russia, where she was born and...

BEIJING (AP) ― China filed subversion charges against Internet users who reposted a call for protests as the authoritarian government enforced its crackdown against any Middle East-style democracy movement, activists said. In addition to well-known activists who apparently remained in custody after being taken away ahead of the planned protests on Sunday, at least three people were detained on c...