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A year after lavish funeral, Savile myth in ruins
At Jimmy Savile's funeral, a year ago Friday, the priest delivering the homily was emphatic: the DJ and television host "can face eternal life with ...
Authorities detain official in Ghana disaster
Authorities in Ghana have detained a municipal works official accused of allowing a building that collapsed to be built without a construction permit.
Japan to seek defense talks with US
Japan's defense minister says Tokyo is seeking talks with the United States to update their mutual defense guidelines and expressed concern over ...
Child rapes, killings terrify parents in Iraq
The brutal crimes struck a nerve, even in a country that has seen a horrific amount of bloodshed in the past decade: Young Iraqi girls kidnapped, ...
UN warns of escalating humanitarian need in Syria
The United Nations is warning that the number of people inside Syria needing humanitarian aid could rise sharply from 2.5 million now to 4 million by ...
Asian stocks sink on US fiscal cliff fears
Most Asian stock markets sank Friday, weighed down by fears over the so-called U.S. "fiscal cliff" that's seen as a big threat to the economic ...
UN envoy: Libya must quickly address security
The U.N. envoy to Libya urged the country's new leaders Thursday to act quickly to address major security challenges that have led to serious ...
Argentines protest in huge anti-government march
Thousands of people flooded the streets of Argentina's capital for hours Thursday night and many others marched in cities worldwide in the country's ...
Syrian children most common sight at refugee camp
Most of the displaced people in the tent camp rising near this village on the Syrian-Turkish border are children. All have fled the violence of ...
China opens power transfer by keeping it off-stage
China's ruling communists opened a pivotal congress to initiate a power handover by giving a nod to their revolutionary past and broadly promising ...
Iran's Ahmadinejad ridicules expense of US vote
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ridiculed the expense of the U.S. election, mocking it as a "battleground for capitalists" while speaking at a ...
Progress in talks on united Syria opposition
Syrian opposition leaders say they have made progress toward forging a broad-based leadership group sought by the international community. Riad Seif, ...
London mayor opposes sale of Henry Moore sculpture
The mayor of London on Thursday urged a cash-strapped local government not to sell an iconic Henry Moore sculpture that once stood in one of the ...
Archaeologists discover Thracian golden jewelry
Archaeologists say they have unearthed an almost 2,400-year-old golden hoard in an ancient Thracian tomb in northern Bulgaria. The treasure was found ...
Minister: War still inevitable in northern Mali
War in northern Mali is inevitable, even if some militants there are now disavowing extremism, the foreign affairs minister of neighboring Burkina ...
Women shut out of Syria's opposition leadership
The leadership of Syria's main opposition group in exile is an all-male affair after elections failed to promote a single woman to the decision-making ...
Cyprus: Bailout deal may take longer than expected
Cyprus is unlikely to sign a bailout deal during the upcoming visit by officials from potential creditors, a senior Cypriot official said Thursday.
EU workers strike over possible budget cuts
If an unprecedented debt crisis has been battering the European Union for over three years, isn't it time that EU employees take a sizeable pay cut ...
Morocco expels 19 foreigners from W Sahara
Morocco has expelled 19 foreigners from the annexed territory of the Western Sahara, saying they were journalists who entered without permission.
EU, Latin American nations end 'banana dispute'
The infamous 'banana dispute,' an international trade battle that started over two decades ago, has finally ended. The European Union and 10 Latin ...
Macedonian minister looking for certified geniuses
Macedonia's health minister is looking for assistants — but they have to be certified geniuses. Nikola Todorov's ministry announced Thursday that it ...
Emirates says it could seek new Boeing design
Dubai's fast-growing airline Emirates says it would consider replacing some of its fleet of 175 Boeing 777s if the plane manufacturer designs a new ...
ECB president warns on economic growth
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has warned that the economy of the 17 countries that use the euro remains weak and will struggle to grow ...
Myanmar says Obama to visit later this month
President Barack Obama will make a groundbreaking visit later this month to Myanmar, an official said Thursday, following through with his policy of ...
US man jailed for Thai insult says law must change
A Thai-born American who spent more than a year in prison on charges of insulting Thailand's king says the country's harsh laws outlawing criticism ...