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Palestinians toughen line on Israel talks
The Palestinian president and his Fatah movement on Wednesday signaled a tough line on talks with Israel, casting new doubt on U.S. efforts to revive ...
Mueller: FBI uses drones but very seldom
FBI Director Robert Mueller (MULL-er) says the law enforcement agency uses drones for surveillance but does so rarely. In an appearance before the ...
Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to ...
Turkish official approves 'standing man' protest
Turkey's deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval on Wednesday to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey.
Egypt top cleric: Protests against Morsi permitted
Egypt's top Muslim cleric declared Wednesday that peaceful protests against the president are permitted, dismissing declarations by Islamist ...
Death threats greet Italy's first back minister
Italy's first black Cabinet minister is facing Internet death threats before a visit to a region known for its anti-immigrant political base.
Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks
Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while ...
Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck
Archaeologists say a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan wasn't attached to a larger vessel, but that it could be a detached ...
Floods close Lourdes pilgrimage site in Pyrenees
Heavy floods in southwest France have left two dead and forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes and the evacuation of pilgrims ...
Group: Exclude Chad troops from UN force in Mali
A network of human rights groups is calling on the United Nations to exclude Chadian troops from a new peacekeeping force for Mali, saying Chad's ...
Protesters out again in Brazil's biggest city
Scattered street demonstrations popped up around Brazil early Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public ...
World powers to meet on Syrian rebel demands
A French diplomat says officials from the United States and other countries will meet in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday to decide how to respond to requests ...
Iceland: 'informal talks' about Snowden asylum
A WikiLeaks spokesman who claims to represent Edward Snowden has reached out to government officials in Iceland about the potential of the NSA leaker ...
16 dead: Militants infiltrate UN's Somalia office
Seven al-Qaida-linked gunmen detonated a pick-up truck rigged with explosives at the gate of the U.N. compound in Somalia's capital Wednesday, ...
House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind
House Republicans moved forward Wednesday with a rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, pushing a bill that would ...
UAE charges 30 suspects with plotting coup
The United Arab Emirates broadened its crackdown on perceived threats and risked deepening its rift with Egypt on Wednesday with plans to bring 30 ...
Turkey's 'standing man' to join ranks of icons?
The image was stark: a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim ...
Syria troops fight rebels near Shiite shrine
Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters clashed Wednesday with rebel forces south of a Damascus suburb that is home to a major Shiite ...
Obama in Berlin: "Our work is not yet done"
President Barack Obama is challenging Americans and Europeans not to become complacent even though the Cold War is over. Obama is speaking at Berlin's ...
UK Girl Guides drop reference to God in pledge
Britain's Girl Guides have dropped a reference to God in their pledge. Gone is the reference to loving God, replaced by a call to "be true to myself ...
Iraq officials say suicide attack kills politician
Iraqi officials say a suicide attack has killed a local political leader and four of his relatives in northern Iraq. A police officer said Wednesday ...
China's Xi harks back to Mao in party 'cleanup'
China's new leader Xi Jinping is commanding wayward Communist Party cadres to purify themselves of corruption, and he's summed it up in a pithy slogan ...
Zimbabwe's president goes back to court on polls
Zimbabwe's highest court said Wednesday it has received an application from longtime President Robert Mugabe's party to delay crucial elections by at ...
Dutch manure silo fall kills 3 farmworkers
Dutch police say three farmworkers have died and a fourth has been critically injured after they fell into a silo filled with manure for use as ...
UN chief warns of new peacekeeping threats
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday the world body's peacekeeping efforts face growing dangers from non-traditional threats such as ...