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Official: Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria
A Hezbollah commander and several fighters have been killed inside Syria, a Lebanese security official said Tuesday, a development that could stoke ...
TV show claims UK TV host Savile abused children
For decades, Jimmy Savile was a fixture on British television — an eccentric, aggressively jocular host of children's shows and a tireless charity ...
SAfrica truckers stage protest in Johannesburg
Thousands of striking truck drivers protested Tuesday amid heavy police presence in central Johannesburg as labor unrest continued across South ...
No Syria solution in sight at UN General Assembly
After countless speeches, meetings and behind-the-scenes discussions, the war in Syria remained the unsolved problem that loomed over this year's ...
Group: Ghana mentally ill chained up for months
Mentally ill patients suffer from severe abuse at psychiatric hospitals and so-called healing centers in Ghana, with many chained to trees and even ...
Churches using 'souls to polls' to rally vote
It's not just the collection plate that's getting passed around this fall at hundreds of mainly African-American and Latino churches in presidential ...
Romney won't revoke young illegal immigrant visas
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he would honor temporary work permits for young illegal immigrants who were allowed to stay in the ...
Jordan charges 4 with trying to enter Syria
Jordan on Tuesday charged four men with illegally trying to cross into Syria after an exchange of gunfire with Jordanian border guards last week, a ...
Tunisians protest over alleged rape by police
Hundreds of Tunisians protested Tuesday in support of a woman who says she was raped by police and is facing accusations of violating modesty laws.
India's Kingfisher halts flights for 3 days
Kingfisher Airlines has grounded flights for at least three days after a violent strike over unpaid wages at the cash-strapped Indian carrier.
Civilians struggle to check Pakistan army's power
The footage was startling: A group of what appeared to be Pakistani soldiers gunning down several blindfolded men in a forested area. As the clips ...
Cops: Minneapolis gunman lost job over performance
The gunman who killed five people at a Minneapolis sign company last week was fired for poor performance and lateness just moments before he started ...
Backers aim to widen ban on gay conversion therapy
Gay rights advocates are making plans to get other states to join California in banning psychotherapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight, even as ...
Shootings expose cracks in US mental health system
Andrew Engeldinger's parents pushed him for two years to seek treatment for what they suspected was mental illness, but even though he became ...
Sailors await resolution in prostitution scandal
Six months after members of the U.S. military and the Secret Service were embroiled in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, two Navy sailors have been ...
Attorney: Conn. man who shot masked son devastated
A popular teacher who fatally shot a knife-wielding prowler in a ski mask and then learned it was his 15-year-old son is devastated and filled with ...
South Africa starts investigating mine violence
A judicial panel on Monday investigated the rocky site where South African police killed 34 striking miners in August. Crime experts showed the ...
Court won't hear anti-gay marriage group appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a national anti-gay marriage group that tried to thwart Maine's campaign disclosure ...
Justices open big term with new human rights case
The Supreme Court plunged into its new term Monday with a high-stakes dispute between businesses and human rights groups over accountability for ...
Rare labor petition in Iran shows economic alarm
For weeks, a manifesto complaining about Iran's stumbling economy circulated in secret among factories and workshops. Organizers asked for signatures ...
Radical Nigeria sect threatens wives of leaders
The leader of a radical Islamist sect has threatened the wives of Nigerian security agents and government officials in a new Internet video, while ...
Big cases for Supreme Court term starting Monday
The Supreme Court term that begins Monday holds the prospect for major rulings about affirmative action, gay marriage and voting rights. A look at ...
Ikea deleted women from Saudi version of catalog
Ikea is being criticized for deleting images of women from the Saudi version of its furniture catalog, a move the company says it regrets.
WHY IT MATTERS: Abortion and birth control
The issue: Whether women have access to abortion services and birth control is a long-standing and divisive issue in politics, and it has flared up ...