http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news en-gb Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:30:28 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/another-big-protest-as-brazilians-lament-high-cost-of-living-lack-of-good-public-services-212101001.html SAO PAULO - Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament — people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:30:11 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/obamas-berlin-speech-expectations-big-shoes-to-fill-including-his-own-212100901.html BERLIN - Five years and 50 years. As President Barack Obama revisits Berlin, he can't escape those anniversaries and the inevitable comparisons to history and personal achievement. His 26-hour whirlwind visit to the German capital caps three days of international summitry for the president and Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:26:09 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/afghan-taliban-claim-they-killed-4-us-troops-in-attack-just-hours-after-peace-talks-announced-212098501.html KABUL - The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four U.S. troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the Americans on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:52:04 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/one-of-us-fbis-most-wanted-nabbed-at-mexico-beach-resort-212094821.html CANCUN, Mexico - Mexican authorities have arrested a former university professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen. Prosecutor Gaspar Armando Garcia Torres said Walter Lee Williams, 64, is wanted on charges of sexual exploitation of Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:09 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/australian-serial-sex-offender-jailed-for-life-for-rape-murder-of-irish-woman-212092671.html MELBOURNE, Australia - A serial sex offender was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for raping and murdering an Irish woman while he was free on parole after previous convictions for raping five women. Adrian Ernest Bayley, 41, was sentenced by the Victoria state Supreme Court in Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:18:11 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/4-year-old-girl-mauled-by-dog-in-bolivia-to-fly-to-boston-for-reconstructive-surgery-212086281.html LA PAZ, Bolivia - A 4-year-old Bolivian girl who was unconscious for nearly three weeks after being mauled in the face and body by a Rottweiler is awake and ready to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery, a doctor said Tuesday. The case of Rosalia, the fifth of seven children of a poor family Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:05 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/cluster-bomb-victims-call-on-canada-to-ratify-convention-to-ban-dirty-weapon-212035901.html GENEVA - The last day of Ahmad Mokaled's short life dawned on a sunny spring February morning in the southern Lebanon town of Nabatieh. Feb. 12, 1999, was Ahmad's fifth birthday. So his father, Raed, pulled him out of school for an impromptu celebration with Ahmad's older brother, Adam, at a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:43:08 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/award-winning-journalist-michael-hastings-33-dies-in-car-accident-in-los-angeles-212075361.html LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top U.S. army general, died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said. Hastings, who was 33, was described by many of his Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:01:06 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/lil-wayne-says-hes-not-intentionally-stepping-on-us-flag-in-new-music-video-212065861.html NEW YORK, N.Y. - Lil Wayne says he wasn't intentionally stepping on the U.S. flag when shooting his latest video. Video of the rapper from his music video shoot for the song "God Bless Amerika" hit the Web on Monday. In it, he appears to be stepping on top of the flag. But he said in a Facebook Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:24:10 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/ap-sources-4-us-troops-killed-in-afghanistan-at-or-near-bagram-air-base-212064371.html WASHINGTON - Defence officials say four U.S. troops have been killed at or near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Officials said Tuesday the four were killed by indirect fire, likely a mortar or rocket, but they had no other details. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:03 CDT