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Bomb explodes near Syrian capital

Syria's state news agency says a bomb has gone off in a suburb southwest of the Syrian capital. Thursday's blast comes as rebels seeking to oust ...

World

UN nuke inspectors renew efforts to engage Iran

A U.N. inspectors' team is in Tehran in a renewed effort to engage Iran and secure access to a site linked to suspected nuclear activity. Iran's official ...

World

UN Security Council condemns NKorea rocket launch

The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider "an appropriate ...

World

US, Syria opposition disagree over terrorist label

The U.S. and the head of the new Syrian opposition coalition being feted at a conference in Morocco Wednesday publicly disagreed over designating ...

Europe

UK police: Jimmy Savile is suspect in 199 crimes

The late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile is a suspect in 199 crimes recorded so far, including dozens of cases of rape, British police said Wednesday.

World

New UN, international efforts to engage Iran

International officials pursued a two-pronged effort Wednesday to engage Iran over concerns the country may have worked on nuclear weapons, with ...

Europe

Notre Dame Cathedral kicks off 850th birthday

Dignitaries, tourists and Parisians gathered in the thousands Wednesday for a ceremony and Mass marking the beginning of year-long ...

World

Piracy group: Make sure Somali pirates aren't paid
A U.K.-led Piracy Ransom Task Force says the shipping industry must adopt additional measures to ensure that payments aren't made ...
Afghanistan, Pakistan pursue peace despite attack
The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan are determined to press ahead with peace efforts after a meeting in Turkey, the country's president said Wednesday, despite an attack ...
AP Interview: Romanian PM certain of reappointment
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta should feel like his political battles will become much easier, after his center-left alliance won a sweeping majority in last weekend's ...
Egypt opposition urges 'No' vote on constitution
Egypt's main opposition alliance called for a "No" vote in the referendum on a disputed constitution rather than a boycott, hours after Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's ...

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Europe

German officials seek 2 over suspect device
German officials say a device found on a railway station platform in Bonn could have caused a dangerous explosion if detonated, ...
Pope hits 1M mark as he tweets: 'Dear Friends... '
Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account, blessing his online fans and urging them to listen to ...
Ex-officer on trial in Russian journalist's murder
A Moscow judge ordered a closed trial Wednesday for a former police officer accused of involvement in the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in 2006.
Russia: 3 arrested over the killing of Sufi leader
Authorities in Russia have arrested three suspected Islamic militants who aided a female suicide bomber that killed an influential Muslim leader in Russia's violence-plagued ...

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UK

Scientists seek to solve mystery of Piltdown Man
It was an archaeological hoax that fooled scientists for decades. A century on, researchers are determined to find out who was ...
Times of London editor says he was pushed to quit
James Harding, editor of media mogul Rupert Murdoch's Times of London, announced he was resigning Wednesday, and said he was pressured to step down. Harding had led the ...
Cops, British Army guided Belfast lawyer's killing
British police and army agents planted inside Northern Ireland's major Protestant gang played a pivotal role in assassinating a Belfast attorney, a former United Nations war ...
Sikh soldier wears turban on palace guard duty
Britain's Ministry of Defense says a Sikh soldier has become the first guardsman to parade outside Buckingham Palace while wearing his traditional turban. Fifty family members ...

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US

Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversary
More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country on Friday marked the 71st anniversary of the Japanese ...
John Paul's artifacts, memorabilia to come to US
Promoters of a traveling exhibit of artifacts and memorabilia belonging to Pope John Paul II unveiled two items from the pontiff's life Thursday that will be on display when ...
Georgia's new premier raises pressure on president
Georgia's new prime minister said Thursday he would move quickly to expand the Cabinet's powers, a change that would take away even more influence from the ex-Soviet nation's ...
Thompson starts as NY Times CEO amid BBC scandal
New York Times Co. CEO Mark Thompson started his job Monday amid a widening scandal at his former employer, the BBC. When the Times hired him in August, Thompson was hailed ...