Yemen Police Academy Bomb Kills At Least 22

Gibraltar accepted as full European soccer member UEFA President Michel Platini said Spain would be kept apart from the territory during qualifying to ease political tension. The world governing body delegated the decision to UEFA.

Gilbert turns out to honor veteran Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:39 am, Friday, May 24, 2013 PHOENIX (AP) — Tossed like a rag doll by an exploding 500-pound bomb, U.S. Army Ranger Cory Remsburg landed face down in a canal. Gunshots rang out, and the company took cover in a fresh crater formed by the improvised explosive device that killed one soldier and critically wounded others, including Cory. On that deadly October morning in 2009, Afghan insurgents ended Cory's eight-year run as an elite combat infantryman, but an unconquerable spirit has guided the Gilbert man through years of recovery. About 250 people packed the Gilbert Town Hall on Wednesday to support the 30-year-old Ranger at the town's latest Operation Welcome Home ceremony, which honors returning military personnel. The crowd rose in enthusiastic ovations for a man who refuses to be called a hero. [] blind in one eye and bearing a titanium plate for a skull, Cory is working through speech therapy and toward the goal of walking under his own power. Within nine months, Cory completed basic training, finished jump school and passed the Ranger Indoctrination Program. During his training, Cory and millions of Americans watched in horror as al-Qaida terrorists carried out devastating attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Cory's company was put in charge of clearing a landing zone for transport helicopters. On the way to the field, one of the Rangers stepped on an IED, triggering an explosion and killing the soldier. Cory said he wants to find ways to give back by "inspiring the uninspired" and at some point might like to start a new career, perhaps in a government agency such as the CIA. Charitable organizations, including Lead the Way Fund and the Joshua Chamberlain Society, have provided much-needed help to Cory and his family during the recovery Craig said.

W.Va. joins fight to EPA greenhouse gas rules The rules would allow the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources. Tomblin says proposed EPA rules on greenhouse gases threaten coal mining jobs in West Virginia and weaken the nation's efforts toward energy independence.

The lawyer for ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo says he is being extradited to the United States to face money-laundering and embezzlement charges.

Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong.