New female mayor gears Bethlehem up for Christmas
Bethlehem's first female mayor, Vera Baboun, can't walk through the main square of the biblical town without being stopped by admirers. "This is our ...
Rebels in Central African Republic take 7th town
Rebels in Central African Republic seized another town in their rapid offensive Thursday, residents said, moving to within about 400 kilometers (250 ...
Fear keeps Egypt's Christians away from polls
A campaign of intimidation by Islamists left most Christians in this southern Egyptian province too afraid to participate in last week's referendum ...
5 Northern Ireland lawmakers sent bullets in mail
Five Northern Ireland politicians received letters containing bullets Wednesday as an extremist Protestant campaign of death threats and street ...
Outrage grows in India over gang-rape on bus
The hours-long gang-rape and near-fatal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi triggered outrage and anger across the country ...
2,000 troops from Chad to fight CAR rebels
Soldiers from neighboring Chad are now helping the government of Central African Republic fight a rapidly advancing rebel movement, an official said ...
Rebels in C. African Republic take 2 more towns
A trio of rebel groups in the Central African Republic pushed ahead and took the central mining town of Bria before first light on Tuesday, the fifth ...
Wave of bombings kills 25 across Iraq
A wave of bombings hit ethnically disputed northern areas and other parts of Iraq on Monday, killing 25 people and wounding dozens. The attacks deepen ...
Car bomb kills 17 people in market in Pakistan
A car bomb exploded in a crowded market in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region near the Afghan border Monday, killing 17 people and wounding ...
Car bomb at US compound in Kabul kills 2 Afghans
A car bomb outside a compound housing a U.S. military contractor in the Afghan capital killed at least two Afghan workers and wounded more than a ...
Iraq: Bombs strike disputed northern area, kill 8
Bombings rattled two cities in disputed areas in Iraq's north on Sunday, killing at least eight people and raising concerns that extremists are trying ...
Amsterdam to ban smoking pot in school
Amsterdam's mayor said Wednesday he would formally ban students from smoking marijuana at school, making the Dutch capital the first city in the ...
French star Depardieu moves to lower-tax Belgium
A Belgian mayor says famed French actor Gerard Depardieu has bought a home and set up legal residence in his small town, lured by the food, the ...
Gov't: Building felled by NZ quake poorly built
A six-story office building that collapsed and killed 115 people in New Zealand's devastating earthquake last year was poorly designed by an ...
China's Xi leads campaign to cut pomp
New communist leader Xi Jinping is on a mission to soften the image of Chinese officialdom, winning kudos for his breezy personal style and ordering ...
Polarizing Indian politician seeks another win
For thousands of voters in this dusty little town, nothing is impossible for Narendra Modi, the man they believe has worked magic to reinvent the ...
Clinton: Northern Ireland peace requires vigilance
Extremists still scheming to spoil Northern Ireland's fragile peace can be beaten through a commitment to political sacrifice, compromise and ...
Syrian capital a maze of checkpoints, blast walls
Instead of a quick half-hour trip home from her class at Damascus University, Lama Issa says she now must maneuver through security checkpoints, army ...
Protestant militants target Northern Ireland party
Northern Ireland leaders appealed for calm Thursday after Protestant militants attacked offices and a home connected to the most compromise-minded ...
Protests force a Slovenia city mayor to step down
The mayor of Slovenia's second-largest city says he is stepping down after thousands in the small EU state demanded his resignation over alleged ...
Mob storms Belfast City Hall over UK flag vote
A Protestant mob stormed into the grounds of Belfast City Hall and clashed with police Monday night after the council voted to remove the British flag ...
Congo troops take back city of Goma
Congolese soldiers took back control of this strategic city of 1 million on Monday, though the rebels who occupied it for two weeks continued to stake ...
More street protests rock tiny EU nation Slovenia
Slovenia's prime minister is on trial accused of involvement in a bribery scandal. The main opposition leader — who is also mayor of the capital — is ...
Exit poll: Ex-PM Pahor wins Slovenia presidency
Former Slovenia Prime Minister Borut Pahor won the presidential election Sunday, calling for unity in the tiny EU nation where discontent has been ...
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