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House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind
House Republicans on Wednesday finished their rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, sending to their colleagues ...
Former Hungarian prime minister Gyula Horn dies
Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who played a key role in opening the Iron Curtain, has died at the age of 80. He was best known ...
US and Cuba to resume migration talks
The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, a State Department official said Wednesday, the ...
World powers to meet on Syrian rebel demands
World powers will meet this weekend in Qatar to decide on how to answer a list of requests for help from Syrian rebels, a French diplomat said ...
Bombings kill 7 people in Iraq
Bomb attacks in Iraq have killed seven people, including a local political leader and four of his relatives, authorities said Wednesday. Violence has ...
Protesters out again in Brazilian cities
Scattered street demonstrations popped up around Brazil Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services ...
Italy's first black minister receives death threats
Italy's first black Cabinet minister is facing Internet death threats before a visit to a region known for its anti-immigrant political base.
Iran's electoral watchdog approves election result
Iran's state TV is reporting the country's election overseer, the Guardian Council, has approved Friday's presidential election result, affirming a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...