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Hamas chief's Gaza visit poses challenge to Israel
The image of Hamas' long-exiled chief triumphantly walking around the Gaza Strip, flashing victory signs beside Islamic militant leaders Friday, ...
Chemical weapons risk: Syrian missiles and shells
Growing fear that civil war in Syria could unleash the world's first use of chemical weapons in nearly three decades is based on two grim scenarios ...
Clinton, Bush fund helping Haiti businesses ends
A pro-business fund that was created by former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquake ...
Election underscores Ghana's democratic reputation
Voters in Ghana selected their next president Friday in a ballot expected to mark the sixth transparent election in this West African nation, known ...
CFTC fines Goldman $1.5M in case of ex-trader
Goldman Sachs & Co. is paying $1.5 million to settle civil charges that it failed to properly supervise a former trader who cost the firm more than ...
Bahrain: Shiite clerics must 'prohibit' violence
Bahrain's Shiite religious leaders must more forcefully denounce violence as a key step to ease the kingdom's 22-month uprising, the country's crown ...
Syrian rebels set sights on Damascus airport
Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad set their sights Friday on the capital's international airport in a bid to cut off the ...
Italy's president confident gov't crisis avoided
Although Italy's Silvio Berlusconi resigned in disgrace a year ago, has since been convicted of tax fraud and now faces plunging poll numbers, the ...
Russia fumes at US bill as "reset" plan takes hit
What happened to the "reset"? U.S.-Russian ties have again plunged into acrimony amid disputes ranging from disagreement on Syria to Russian President ...
Charter enshrining Shariah at core of Egypt crisis
One of Egypt's most prominent ultraconservative Muslim clerics had high praise for the country's draft constitution. Speaking to fellow clerics, he ...
Jailer: GI in WikiLeaks case needed to speak up
An Army private charged with sending reams of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks could have gotten his tight pretrial ...
India's parliament permits foreign retailers entry
India's parliament on Friday approved the government's plans to open up the country's massive retail sector to international big-box companies such ...
Greece's biggest banks to join in bond buyback
Greece's three biggest banks said Friday they would participate in a large bond buyback scheme that aims to chip away at the crisis-hit country's debt ...
Chilean court fines motel for discrimination
A court in Chile has slapped a fine on a motel that banned entry to a gay couple in the first ruling associated with a new-antidiscrimination law.
Rituals, dances and carnivals win UN protection
The frenetic music and vibrant colors of the Frevo, a Brazilian carnival dance, have been immortalized by UNESCO as a world heritage treasure.
Ex-premier of Turks and Caicos arrested in Brazil
The former jet-setting premier of the Turks and Caicos islands has been arrested in Brazil after having disappeared a couple years ago.
Russia's Medvedev defends erosion of his legacy
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday defended the enactment of new laws that rolled back his own liberal agenda as Russia's previous president, ...
Pope shores up papal household after leaks scandal
Pope Benedict XVI moved Friday to shore up the papal household in the aftermath of the Vatican's leaks scandal, naming his trusted secretary to also ...
Dutch to send Turkey 2 Patriot systems
The Dutch government approved a NATO request Friday to send two batteries of Patriot missile defense systems to Turkey, following in Germany's ...
Rights group says UAE detains teen blogger
A human rights group says authorities in the United Arab Emirates have detained an 18-year-old blogger as part of a widening crackdown on perceived ...
APNewsBreak: Dhaka factory lost fire certification
The factory where 112 garment workers died in a fire should have been shut down months ago. The fire department refused to renew the certification it ...
Zimbabwe president talks of purging corruption
Zimbabwe's president said he would fire government ministers accused of soliciting for bribes in a bid to purge corruption from his party as loyalists ...
Britain sees decline in Christmas birds like doves
Just try finding a partridge in a pear tree in Britain these days. Britain's Royal Society for Protection of Birds says the two icons of the Christmas ...
Iran commander claims sanctions are helpful
A senior commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard claimed Friday that Western sanctions are helpful because they promote Iranian ...
Tsunami warning lifted for strong Japan earthquake
A strong earthquake Friday struck the same Japanese coast devastated by last year's massive quake and tsunami, generating small waves but no immediate ...