BOUSRA, Cambodia (AP) – For generations, the indigenous Bunong were famous as the elephant keepers and masters of the forests in eastern Cambodia. They called the fertile, rolling hills of their ancestral homeland “meh ne,” or mother. From its rich red soil, they harvested rice, pumpkins and bananas. From the …

BEIJING (AP) – Authorities in southwestern China had apparently thought their Cultural Revolution-style public sentencing of eight workers who took to the streets demanding back wages would stand as a warning to others at a time of a slowing economy and rising worker unrest. Instead, the parading of the three …

HAVANA (AP) – The Rolling Stones unleashed two hours of shrieking, thundering rock and roll on an ecstatic crowd of hundreds of thousands of Cubans and foreign visitors Friday night, capping one of the most momentous weeks in modern Cuban history with a massive celebration of music that was once …

HAVANA (AP) – After more than 50 years in the music business, the Rolling Stones can still break new ground. On Friday, it was by playing a free concert in Cuba. A concert I just couldn’t miss. EDITOR’S NOTE – Associated Press Deputy International Sports Editor Chris Lehourites is a …

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Only months ago Mateusz Kijowski was a computer specialist unknown to the Polish public. Today the 47-year-old is leading the largest civic protest movement that Poland has seen since Lech Walesa’s Solidarity defied the communist regime. His Committee for the Defense of Democracy took form in …

NEW YORK (AP) – Even in an era of high-tech crime-fighting, the best line of defense against a Brussels-style attack on airports and subways has four legs and a tail. Dogs, with their exquisitely sensitive noses, have been trained in recent years to pick up the scent of explosives on …