By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press Sunday, February 12, 2012 '); Comment(s)RecommendTwitterLinkedinRead LaterEmailPrintText Size: +| -Share JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Black Hebrew community is mourning the loss of Whitney Houston, who famously visited them in 2003. Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, the leader of the 2,500-strong group of vegan polygamists, told Channel 2 TV Sunday that he considered Houston his "spiritual daughter."

By David Stringer - Associated Press Sunday, February 12, 2012 '); Comment(s)RecommendTwitterLinkedinRead LaterEmailPrintText Size: +| -Share LONDON (AP) - Britain's government minister responsible for the media said Sunday the country's press must face tougher penalties for breaches of standards in the wake of the tabloid phone-hacking scandal. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt also said newspapers must change their system

Cairo: Arabs will end their observer mission to Syria and will ask the UN Security Council to send an international peacekeeping force to end the bloodshed there, according to a draft resolution obtained on Sunday. Arab ministers met in Cairo to revive diplomatic efforts after Russia and China vetoed a UN resolution that called for President Bashar al-Assad to step aside.

Bhubaneswar: Holding Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik solely responsible for the recent hooch tragedy, Congress on Sunday demanded his resignation and a CBI probe into the tragedy that claimed at least 34 lives. "A thorough analysis shows the chief minister alone was responsible for the hooch tragedy and nobody else is to be blamed.

Karachi: Thousands of members of hardline and outlawed extremist groups joined a rally in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Sunday, with Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Mohammed Saeed using the occasion to target the US and India. In a fiery speech, Saeed said the 40-odd members of the Defa-e-Pakistan Council would oppose any move by Pakistan to give India Most Favoured Nation-status. "India will not be a favoured nation.

Peshawar: Pakistan's leading militants have called on fighters to honour an agreement not to attack the Pakistani military in the most important sanctuary for the Taliban and al-Qaeda along the Afghan border. Militants have long used the North Waziristan tribal area as a base to attack US-led forces in neighbouring Afghanistan. American officials have accused Pakistan of supporting some militants in

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) Б─" The top U.S. Navy official in the Persian Gulf says he takes Iran's military capabilities seriously but insists his forces are prepared to confront any Iranian aggression in the region. AFP/Getty Images handout image This Jan.

By Jonny Hogg KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila's chief adviser was killed and his finance minister seriously injured in an airplane crash near the eastern town of Bukavu on Sunday, officials said. The accident, the latest in a country with one of the world's worst air safety records, comes as Kabila braces for negotiations to form a new coalition government after his disputed victory in a chaotic election in November.

In this photo released by CBS News, White house Chief of Staff Jacob Lew talks on CBS's Face the Nation in Washington Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. As President Barack Obama prepares to unveil his blueprint for U.S. government spending, White House officials are already defending the document from Republican attack.

By Marwa Awad CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military ruler stressed the importance of good ties with the United States in a meeting with the government on Sunday, a message that could signal an attempt to ease a crisis triggered by an Egyptian probe targeting American democracy activists. Egypt's ruling military council Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi smiles as he meets U.S.