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Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues, in brief: ABORTION and ...
Ethiopia Muslims rally on Fridays as tension rises
As midday prayers came to an end at the Grand Anwar mosque in Ethiopia's capital, worshippers continued on to what has become a regular second act on ...
Russia warns West over Syria moves
A senior Russian diplomat on Friday warned the West against trying to predetermine a future leadership of Syria. Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady ...
Gang rules 6 years after start of Mexico drug war
Forest-camouflaged pickups roared to life as the Mexican soldiers pulled on their black masks and hoisted their Heckler & Koch G3 assault rifles.
US officials: No delays in rescue effort in Libya
CIA security officers went to the aid of State Department staff less than 25 minutes after they got the first call for help during the attack on the U
2 killed, 37 injured in Colombia Halloween bombing
A suitcase bomb exploded near a town square where 5,000 children were celebrating Halloween, killing two suspected bombers and injuring 37 people, ...
Syrians wary of US push to overhaul opposition
Members of Syria's opposition-in-exile bristled Thursday at the Obama administration's suggestion that Washington will handpick more representative ...
Syria rebels kill 78 soldiers, attack checkpoints
Syrian rebels killed 78 soldiers on Thursday, about half of them in attacks on military checkpoints in the north just hours after a wave of bombings ...
Israel confirms killing Arafat deputy in 1988
Israel acknowledged Thursday it killed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's deputy in a 1988 raid in Tunisia, lifting a nearly 25-year veil of secrecy ...
Mass. man sentenced to 17 years in terror plot
A Massachusetts man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison in a plot to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the ...
Hollande stands tough against anti-Semitism
The French president on Thursday promised Jewish children targeted in a deadly attack by an Islamist militant that their country will protect them and ...
Northern Ireland prison guard slain in gun ambush
Suspected IRA die-hards killed a Northern Ireland prison officer Thursday in a gun ambush as he drove to work, the first killing of a prison guard in ...
Alleged member of Nigeria sect offers peace talks
An alleged member of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram set conditions Thursday for peace talks with Nigeria's government, asking that negotiations ...
Somali traders want UN to lift charcoal trade ban
Thousands of sacks of dark charcoal sit atop one another in Somalia's southern port city of Kismayo, signs of a trade once worth some $25 million ...
Amnesty: Nigeria denies rights to sect suspects
Nigeria is illegally holding hundreds of people suspected of participation in violence by a radical Islamist sect in inhumane conditions and without ...
Iraq court hands Sunni VP 2nd death sentence
An Iraqi court on Thursday unexpectedly convicted the country's fugitive Sunni vice president on charges of instigating bodyguards to assassinate a ...
French firm: 7 kidnapped sailors freed in Nigeria
Kidnappers freed six Russian sailors and an Estonian who had been abducted from a ship off Nigeria's southern delta, a French oil and gas services ...
East Jerusalem streets get names, easing confusion
When he drives around east Jerusalem, taxi driver Samer al-Risheq doesn't use GPS and tucks away his maps. In many parts on this side of the city, ...
US wants Syrian opposition shakeup to defeat Assad
The Obama administration said Wednesday it would push for a major shakeup in Syria's opposition leadership so that it better represents those dying ...
Syria presses heavy air bombardment of rebels
Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north on Wednesday as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime ...
Syria war puts anti-US alliance on the defensive
When the Hamas rulers of Gaza recently gave a hero's welcome to the ruler of Qatar, an arch foe of the Syrian regime, it sent a strong message ...
Israeli, French leaders push for Iran sanctions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won pledges Wednesday from France's president to push harder for new sanctions against Iran to keep it from ...
Officials: CIA head in Egypt for security talks
United States Central Intelligence Director David Petraeus began a two-day mission to Cairo on Wednesday for a two-day visit for security and ...
Afghans set presidential poll date; Taliban jeer
Afghans will elect a new president in the spring of 2014 in a ballot considered crucial for their country's stability and security after more than 11 ...
Turkish PM: Too soon to call for Syria no-fly zone
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday it is up to the U.N. Security Council to decide whether a no-fly zone should be imposed on ...