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Defamation bill recalled from Ukraine parliament
Facing international criticism, Ukraine's ruling party announced Wednesday it's recalling a bill that envisioned jail time for defamation — a rare ...
German debt auction uncovered due to weak demand
Germany's debt agency says an auction of the country's benchmark 10-year bonds did not receive sufficient bids due to a "very volatile market ...
Uruguay lawmakers vote to legalize abortion
Legislators have voted in Uruguay by a razor-thin margin to legalize abortion. In Latin America, where the majority of people are Catholic, no country ...
Japan, China move to dampen island dispute
Japan and China are taking small steps to dampen a bitter dispute over a group of small islands in the East China Sea following an intense but ...
Georgia's richest man runs for country's top job
Georgia's richest man, billionaire and philanthropist Bidzina Ivanishvili seems to have it all — a head-spinning fortune, the respect of his country ...
UN chief demands global action to end war in Syria
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded international action to stop the war in Syria, telling a somber gathering of world leaders Tuesday that the ...
Morsi wants free speech linked to responsibility
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said freedom of expression must be used responsibly in a speech Tuesday to the Clinton Global Initiative in New York ...
Venezuela poll: Chavez leading rival by 10 points
President Hugo Chavez held a 10-point lead over rival Henrique Capriles in one of the final polls ahead of Venezuela's Oct. 7 election, but the survey ...
Spaniards rage against austerity near Parliament
Spain's government was hit hard by the country's financial crisis on multiple fronts Tuesday as protestors enraged with austerity cutbacks and tax ...
Mexico labor bill would loosen hiring, union grip
A proposal to reform Mexico's dysfunctional, 1970s-era labor laws, loosen work rules and increase union democracy split Mexican political parties ...
Yemen leader says would talk to disarmed al-Qaida
Yemen's president said Tuesday he would talk to his country's branch of the al-Qaida militant network if it were to give up its weapons, abandon its ...
Death of Libyan rebel raises calls for vengeance
One of the young Libyan rebels credited with capturing Moammar Gadhafi in a drainage ditch nearly a year ago died Tuesday of injuries after being ...
Egypt: 3 sentenced for 'morality' killing
An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted three Islamists of killing a student this summer as he sat in a quiet park with his fiancée, sentencing them ...
Palestinians likely to ask UN GA for statehood
A Palestinian legislator says President Mahmoud Abbas will likely ask the United Nation's General Assembly to vote on recognizing Palestine in ...
US, UN grapple for workable peace plan in Syria
The United States and the U.N.'s new Syria mediator grappled for a new strategy Tuesday toward stopping 18 months of brutal government crackdowns and ...
Events in the life of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi's life has been marked by family tragedy, world travel and a political mission that prompted her to choose Myanmar's democracy ...
Israel: Syrian mortars accidentally land in Golan
Syrian soldiers fought rebels Tuesday in a firefight that killed nine people and sent several mortars sailing across the border into the ...
Putin tells Cabinet to weigh time change reversal
Last year, when then-President Dmitry Medvedev permanently switched Russia to summer time, most residents didn't see sunrise until after 10 a.m.
WikiLeaks' Assange to address UN on asylum bid
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to address a meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly via a videolink from his hideout at ...
Group: Abbas says Palestinians expect 'compromise'
U.S. Jewish community leaders say Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told them that most Palestinians believe statehood can be reached only by ...
DUI tragedy forces Russian road safety rethink
It took a weekend road tragedy to jolt Russia into action over one of its most deadly threats: a chronic culture of drunken driving. Five orphaned ...
Kenya bombs Somali airport held by militants
The Kenyan military says its jets have bombed an airport in Somalia — the last major city in the country held by extremist insurgents who are fighting ...
Israel grinds to a halt for Jewish holy day
Israel ground almost to a halt Tuesday afternoon in preparation for Yom Kippur, Judaism's holiest day of the year. The country has completely closed ...
Appeals end for Britain's most famous extremist
He's reviled as the one-eyed, hook-handed terror suspect so troublesome that even Queen Elizabeth II reportedly felt moved to wonder why he remained ...
Report: 7 killed in Turkey explosion
A blast ripped through a vehicle carrying Turkish security forces in an eastern province on Tuesday, killing six of them as well as a civilian walking ...