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AP Top International News At 4:17 p.m. EST
Pope celebrates last public Mass as pontiff
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Beginning a long farewell to his flock, a weary Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his final public Mass as pontiff, presiding over Ash Wednesday services hours after a bittersweet audience that produced the extraordinary scene of the leader of the world's billion Catholics explaining himself directly to the faithful....
Little change in Honduras prison where 362 died
JUTICALPA, Honduras (AP) -- On the 14th day of each month, Jesus Garcia joins other relatives to hoist a cardboard coffin and carry it in a macabre procession down a road to the prison where two cousins died with 360 other inmates in the worst prison fire in at least a century....
Syrian rebels close in on Aleppo airport
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian rebels knocked down army defenses and moved in on the country's second largest airport Wednesday, reportedly killing more than 40 soldiers and bringing them closer to what could be their biggest conquest since the beginning of the civil war....
Horsemeat scandal exposes complex food chain
LONDON (AP) -- First, there was "pink slime." Then horsemeat. Most recently? "Desinewed meat."...
Kerry: Response to NKorea will send Iran a message
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The world must show its resolve in the face of North Korea's nuclear provocations or risk emboldening Iran, which is under scrutiny over its uranium enrichment program, Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday....
Egypt's women fighting back against sex assaults
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian women are growing increasingly angry and militant as they deal with one of the unintended consequences of the Arab Spring: an epidemic of sexual assault that law enforcement has failed to contain....
AP sources: US to back NKorea human rights probe
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. will support an international push at next month's U.N. Human Rights Council to initiate an inquiry into conditions in North Korea, U.S. officials said Wednesday....
Afghan officials welcome drawdown, others dismayed
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- President Barack Obama's decision to bring half of America's 66,000 troops home within a year was welcomed Wednesday by Afghan officials who have long agitated to control their country, but was greeted with dismay by Afghans who think America failed to keep its promise of a better and safer life....
Player regrets getting entangled with match-fixing
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) -- Soccer player Mario Cizmek thought it would just be one match. Ease up and let the other team win, he told himself, then collect the payoff and start paying off your debts....
Brazil's booming beauty market draws investors
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Looking good has always been serious business in Brazil. Now it's big business, too....
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