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• Gates tells UN to help poor farmers

  Bill Gates told U.N. food agencies Thursday that current approaches to global agriculture are outdated, inefficient and failing to give small farme... 

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  Afghans angry over Quran burnings attack US base

  Afghan police on Thursday fired shots in the air to disperse hundreds of protesters who tried to break into an American military base in the countr... 

• UN panel draws up list of Syria leaders to probe

  The United Nations has a secret list of top Syrian officials who could face investigation for crimes against humanity carried out by security force... 

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  Indonesian police surround Bali prison after riot

  Indonesia was preparing to move dozens of foreign inmates from an overcrowded prison on Bali island Thursday after a second night of rioting, a mil... 

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  Car bomb at minibus terminal in Pakistan kills 12

  A powerful car bomb ripped through an outdoor minibus terminal in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including four chi... 

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  Screams haunt Honduran who freed inmates in fire

  The screams haunt convicted murderer Marco Antonio Bonilla, even now as Honduras hails him a hero for saving hundreds of inmates from fire raging t... 

• Rapid attacks across Iraq kill 50 people

  A rapid series of attacks spread over a wide swath of Iraqi territory killed at least 50 people on Thursday, targeting mostly security forces in wh... 

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  Amnesty says half a million Afghans displaced

  Every day, 400 people join the ranks of half a million displaced by fighting and natural disaster in Afghanistan and the country's government has b... 

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  Sweden's crown princess gives birth to baby girl

  Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to her first child early Thursday, a baby girl who will be groomed to one day become the country's quee... 

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  US, NKorea in first nuclear talks since Kim death

  Envoys from North Korea and a cautiously optimistic United States met Thursday for their first talks on dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear programs si... 

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  Australian PM calls party vote as challenger rises

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard put her job on the line Thursday, announcing a leadership ballot in hopes of quashing a comeback by Kevin Rudd, the co... 

• Avalanches hit Indian Kashmir; 11 soldiers killed

  Two massive avalanches in snowbound regions of Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 11 soldiers, and at least eight others were feared trapped... 

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  Philippines' Arroyo pleads not guilty to fraud

  Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pleaded not guilty to an electoral fraud charge Thursday at the opening of a landmark trial tha... 

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  US, NKorea nuclear envoys set to meet

  U.S. and North Korea envoys reopen nuclear talks Thursday, seeking ways for Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear programs in return for much-needed a... 

• Japan royal heir suggests easier load for emperor

  Japan's crown prince believes efforts should be made to reduce the burden on his ailing father, Emperor Akihito, as the 78-year-old monarch recover... 

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  Fantasy camp for those who love to fly

  Eric Mueller's vacation started when his plane filled with smoke. Soon, people slid down an emergency chute, inflated life vests and climbed into a... 

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  Argentine train slams into station, killing 49

  The first two cars were packed as usual for the morning rush, so tightly that people stood pressed flesh to flesh, sandwiched between bicycles and ... 

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  Chavez surgery throws Venezuela into uncertainty

  President Hugo Chavez has never been one to share decision-making authority. Now, the voluble socialist strongman and acerbic critic of the U.S. ma... 

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  Russia warns against 'hasty conclusions' over Iran

  Russia said Wednesday the world should not draw "hasty conclusions" over Iran's most recent rebuff of U.N. attempts to investigate allegations the ... 

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  McCain urges Libyan militias to join national army

  Sen. John McCain urged Libya's militias on Wednesday to integrate themselves into the country's new national army and called for the reported abuse... 

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  Shelling kills 2 Western journalists in Syria

  Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering o... 

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  Rio's Carnival a big draw for gay tourists

  It took Dutch tourist Adriaan little time after landing in Rio to pick out his favorite spot during Carnival, the five-day party that officially en... 

• Witness: Explosions rock northern Nigeria city

  Multiple explosions rocked a highway checkpoint in Nigeria's second-largest city, witnesses said Wednesday, just over a month after a radical Islam... 

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  American war reporter Marie Colvin killed in Syria

  She was instantly recognizable for the eye patch that hid a shrapnel injury — a testament to Marie Colvin's courage, which took her behind the fron... 

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  West Bank settlement housing gets initial approval

  Israel gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to a plan to build 600 new homes in a settlement deep inside the West Bank, a move that drew rebukes ... 

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