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AP Interview: Hamas out of Syria, leader says
The Hamas leadership has left its longtime base in Syria because of the regime's crackdown on opponents there, the No. 2 in the Islamic militant ...
Biagiotti looks to the East for next winter
The queen of cashmere, Laura Biagiotti, looks to the East next winter with fur and gold embroidery embellishing her classic woolen styles. The runway ...
Missoni goes urban nymph for next season
Missoni's look for next winter is urban nymph. In the woodland fairy sense. The silhouette of the collection previewed Sunday during Milan Fashion ...
Dolce&Gabbana's aristocratic winter fashion
Black velvet, black lace, black chiffon and more gold than even Midas could muster are the basic ingredients of the dramatic Dolce&Gabbana winter ...
Suicide car bomber kills 3 outside Nigeria church
A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives outside a major church Sunday, killing three people and wounding 38 in a restive central Nigerian city ...
Azerbaijan honors victims of 1992 massacre
Tens of thousands of people marched through Azerbaijan's capital on Sunday to commemorate the killing 20 years ago of hundreds of people during a war ...
Egypt opens trial that has strained ties with US
Egypt went forward with a trial Sunday that has plunged relations with the U.S. into the deepest crisis in decades, prosecuting 16 Americans and 27 ...
Egypt to select constitution panel March 3
Egypt's ruling military council pushed ahead Sunday with plans to begin drafting a new constitution before transferring power to civilian rule, ...
Relatives of Titanic officer seek return of letter
The descendants of a surgeon who died on the Titanic nearly 100 years ago are appealing for a benefactor to purchase a soon-to-be-auctioned letter he ...
Israel inks $1.6 billion arms deal with Azerbaijan
Israeli defense officials on Sunday confirmed $1.6 billion in deals to sell drones as well as anti-aircraft and missile defense systems to Azerbaijan, ...
Thousands form human chain in anti-Putin protest
Thousands of protesters held hands to form a 16-kilometer (10-mile) human chain encircling central Moscow on Sunday to keep up the pressure on Prime ...
Activists rally against Africa dictator's UN prize
Human rights groups are urging UNESCO to abandon a prize named after Africa's longest-ruling dictator, one they say could be tainted by some of the ...
Turks mark anniversary of attack in Karabakh war
Tens of thousands of Turks, vawing Azeri flags, rallied Sunday to mark the anniversary of a notorious attack that Azerbaijanis say killed hundreds of ...
More than 80,000 Syrian refugees fleeing to Jordan
More than 80,000 Syrian refugees have fled the nearly 11 months of violence in their homeland and settled in neighboring Jordan, a Jordanian ...
Clinton: 'Fluid situation' in US trials in Egypt
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says American officials are evaluating the latest developments in the legal case in Egypt against 16 ...
Hungary chooses most beautiful wheelchair user
Many beauty queens may wish for world peace, but Hungary's loveliest wheelchair user has a more achievable goal in mind. In an event unusual for ...
Iran hosts Lebanese defense minister
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Lebanon's visiting defense minister on Sunday, telling him that Beirut and Tehran should work toward ...
Mandela, 93, leaves hospital after minor surgery
Former President Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital Sunday after an overnight stay for minor diagnostic surgery to determine the cause of ...
Voters cast ballots in critical Senegal election
After weeks of riots, voters began casting their ballots Sunday in an election that threatens Senegal's reputation as one of oldest and most robust ...
Marni gets decorative for next winter
Marni is getting decorative for next winter. Big brooches, beads and sequins were featured in the womenswear collection previewed Sunday during Milan ...
Iran says it seeks to strengthen Lebanese army
Iran's defense minister says it is Tehran's strategic policy to strengthen the Lebanese army. The comments by Gen. Ahmad Vahidi to his visiting ...
Nepalese man, 72, declared shortest person ever
A 72-year-old Nepalese man who is about the size of a toddler on Sunday became the world's shortest person ever recorded. A doctor and Guinness World ...
Violence across Syria as constitution vote begins
Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade ...
NKorea's Kim issues threat before SKorea-US drills
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to launch a powerful retaliatory strike against South Korea if provoked, state media said Sunday, a day ...
Pakistan halfway done razing bin Laden's compound
Pakistan was more than halfway done Sunday demolishing the three-story compound where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. commandos last May, erasing ...