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Mubarak retrial in Egypt to include new evidence
The retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resumed Saturday, with prosecutors requesting to present new evidence from a fact-finding ...
AP PHOTOS: Pakistanis defy dangers, go to polls
Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday in a historic vote despite a series of violent attacks that has killed over 130 people in recent weeks.
Gambia frees Muslim cleric after 5 months
The Gambian government says that it has released a Muslim cleric who had been in detention for five months. The state Gambia Radio Television Services ...
Finding woman alive lifts Bangladesh rescuers
Even amid the euphoria over finding a woman alive in the rubble of a garment factory that collapsed more than two weeks ago, rescuers on Saturday ...
Suicide tanker truck kills 3 people in Iraq
Iraqi officials say that a suicide tanker truck packed with explosives blew up outside the home of an army intelligence officer, killing three people ...
Saudi king replaces air force commander
Saudi Arabia's monarch has replaced the commander of the kingdom's air force. The official Saudi Press Agency says that Crown Prince Salman received ...
Strong quake jolts southern Iran, 15 injured
Iranian state TV says a strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake has jolted the south of the country, injuring at least 15 people. The report said the quake ...
Major players in Pakistan's May 11 election
A look at several key players in Pakistan's national May 11 election: —NAWAZ SHARIF: The head of the main opposition party in recent years, the ...
Key events in Pakistan's political history
A chronology of key events in Pakistan's history: —Aug. 14, 1947: Pakistan is founded when British rule over the region ends and the Asian ...
Key facts about the May 11 Pakistani election
Some key facts about the May 11 Pakistani election: — Candidates for National Assembly: 4,670 — Candidates for Provincial Assemblies: 10,955 — Seats: ...
Ex-dictator convicted of genocide in Guatemala
Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing from a brutal, three-decade civil war and ...
Sacked SKorea spokesman denies abuse allegations
A former top South Korean presidential spokesman who was dismissed for what officials called a "disgraceful incident" while accompanying President ...
Pakistanis head to polls in unpredictable election
Despite a bloody campaign marred by Taliban attacks, Pakistan was holding historic elections Saturday pitting a former cricket star against a two-time ...
State Dep't sought to change Libya talking points
Political considerations influenced the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly Sept. 11 assault in Benghazi, ...
Seeking re-election, Imelda extends Marcos dynasty
Twenty-seven years after a public revolt ousted her dictator husband, Imelda Marcos is the Philippines' ultimate political survivor: She dazzled ...
Anti-militias protesters attacked in Libya
Scores of Libyan militiamen descended on rally in the nation's capital, Tripoli, kicking and beating protesters who had taken to the streets Friday ...
Rios Montt: From army to dictatorship to courtroom
Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala's dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the ...
Prominent youth activist detained in Egypt
Egypt's prosecutor general on Friday ordered a prominent youth leader detained for four days pending an investigation into accusations he incited ...
Israeli police guard women praying at Jewish site
Forming human chains and using metal barriers, Israeli police held back thousands of ultra-Orthodox protesters who tried to prevent a liberal Jewish ...
AP PHOTOS: One World Trade Center reaches its apex
With the installation of a tall, silver spire on Friday, One World Trade Center, scheduled to open next year on the northwest corner of the trade ...
Yen in focus as G-7 discusses nurturing recovery
Financial leaders from the world's top seven developed economies are gathering in the U.K. to discuss how to shore up the global recovery just as the ...
Prince Harry salutes war dead at Arlington
Britain's Prince Harry saluted America's war dead in somber remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, pausing, too, to place flowers on ...
Some have survived many days after calamities
Reshma Begum's survival for 17 days without medical assistance in the collapsed eight-floor garment factory building in Bangladesh isn't the only ...
Egyptian man disguised as woman is harassed
Waleed Hammad dressed conservatively for his secret mission into the world of sexual harassment and abuse on the streets of Cairo, donning a long tan ...
Hundreds register for Iran's presidential race
Four prominent Iranian politicians have joined hundreds of potential candidates who have applied to run in the June 14 presidential election. The race ...