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Court decision pending in NYPD stop-and-frisk case
A federal judge must now decide whether the nation's largest police force has been unjustly stopping black and Hispanic men under a polarizing tactic ...
10 make finals of National Geographic Bee
Ten young scholars have made it to the finals of the National Geographic Bee, where they'll compete for a $25,000 college scholarship. The preliminary ...
Arias attorneys will put one witness on: Arias
Complaining that Jodi Arias' sensational murder case has become a modern-day "witch trial," her lawyers tried to quit in the middle of the ...
Myanmar leader vows justice over communal violence
Myanmar President Thein Sein says that all perpetrators of inter-communal violence in the country will be brought to justice. Thein Sein made the ...
Sally Ride to get posthumous Medal of Freedom
President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Freedom posthumously on Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space. Obama says Ride was a ...
Attacks kill 95 in Iraq, hint of Syrian spillover
Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 ...
Tunisian feminist arrested for alleged provocation
A Tunisian feminist who scandalized her country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested after allegedly sneaking into Tunisia's ...
Church of Scotland takes step to allow gay clergy
Senior members of the Church of Scotland voted Monday to let some congregations choose ministers who are in same-sex relationships — an important ...
Deadliest attacks in Iraq since US troop pullout
Here is a look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011: — May 20, 2013: A wave of attacks, some at ...
Hezbollah pulled more deeply into Syria civil war
Hezbollah was pulled more deeply into Syria's civil war as 28 guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite militant group were killed and dozens more wounded ...
Egypt: Security beefed up in Sinai after abduction
Dozens of Egyptian troops and armored vehicles moved into Sinai Monday as the government beefed up security in the volatile peninsula after the ...
Pakistan's presumptive PM calls for Taliban talks
Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course ...
Israel, Palestinians still arguing over epic image
A new Israeli report into the death of a Palestinian boy during a fierce gunbattle in the Gaza Strip more than a dozen years ago has reignited an ...
US urges Egypt gov't to defend political speech
The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a "growing trend" ...
Saudi Arabia reports latest death from new virus
Saudi Arabia says it has recorded another death from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 16
State Dept: Reports of anti-Semitism increase
The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of ...
Russia claims to have foiled possible terror act
Russia's counterterrorism agency said Monday that its special forces killed two militants and detained a third believed to have been planning a ...
Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures
In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until ...
Czech president in dispute over gay rights
The Czech Republic's controversy-courting new president is under fire for refusing to grant a university professorship to one of his critics and ...
Jordan: Arab Spring clears way for press freedoms
The Arab Spring uprisings that toppled four Arab leaders have forced Mideast governments to allow more freedom of expression and of the press, ...
Explosions kill 4 in Russia's restive Dagestan
Two bombs exploded outside a court building in Russia's restive province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens of ...
M23 rebels clash with soldiers in eastern Congo
Clashes erupted Monday in eastern Congo between government troops and a rebel group believed to be backed by neighboring Rwanda, escalating to the use ...
Uganda police raid newspaper over general's letter
Ugandan police disabled an independent newspaper's printing press after forcibly entering its premises to look for evidence against an army general ...
Postponed US long-range missile test due Tuesday
The Air Force says its test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had postponed in April because of ...
German FM criticizes remarks by Hungarian PM
It started out simple enough: German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized constitutional changes that have been made in Hungary. But Hungary's leader ...