Year: 2012

By MIKE CORDER AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch Queen Beatrix took on the fiery leader of her country’s anti-Muslim party on Thursday by dismissing as “nonsense” his criticism of her decision to wear a head scarf during...

From Chris Murphy, CNN It takes a lot of heart to succeed as a professional golfer — for some more than others. Erik Compton is 32, and on his third. After two heart transplants, the American has finally earned the chance...

By MICHIKO KAKUTANI THE ORPHAN MASTER’S SON By Adam Johnson North Korea, the Stalinist “hermit kingdom” and one of the world’s most backward and isolated countries, is also a realm where fiction making — state-sponsored...

PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Soon after an Islamist opposition leader became Morocco’s prime minister as the result of landmark elections, his archrival was named a top adviser to the king. Powerful...