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Experts: Kids are resilient in coping with trauma
They might not want to talk about the gunshots or the screams. But their toys might start getting into imaginary shootouts. Last week's school ...
Sweden: 27 youths detained in Instagram unrest
Dozens of angry youths in southwestern Sweden pelted police with rocks and bottles in unrest apparently triggered by derogatory material published on ...
Panetta cites budget woes, Afghan war progress
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Congress Tuesday that the budget stalemate and lawmakers' spending choices are among the greatest threats to the ...
Prosecutors: Fla. man planned NY terror bombing
A Pakistani-born man wanted to avenge the deaths of U.S. drone attacks in Afghanistan by blowing up a New York City landmark but lacked the money and ...
Egypt's Alexandria gripped by feud over future
The Qaed Ibrahim mosque, revered by Alexandrines as the embodiment of their Mediterranean city's cosmopolitan heritage, has become a battleground ...
Israeli leader vows more east Jerusalem building
Israel's prime minister on Tuesday rejected international criticism of plans to build thousands more Jewish homes in east Jerusalem, insisting that ...
Egypt orders probe into alleged vote violations
Thousands of Egyptian protesters marched on the presidential palace and Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square on Tuesday to protest a contentious ...
Syrian jets bomb Palestinian camp in Damascus
Syrian fighter jets bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus Tuesday for the second time this week after rebels made significant advances, ...
Iraqi President Talabani suffers a stroke
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has suffered a stroke and was in intensive care at a Baghdad hospital Tuesday, injecting new uncertainty into the ...
In Syrian rebel training, motivation trumps skills
Sixteen grunting rebel fighters dropped down for pushups in a rain-slick backyard, practiced storming a house from the cover of an olive grove, and ...
UN court acquits Congo rebel leader of war crimes
The International Criminal Court acquitted a Congolese militia leader Tuesday of all charges of commanding fighters who destroyed a village in eastern ...
Gunmen kill 5 female polio workers in Pakistan
Gunmen shot dead five women working on U.N.-backed polio vaccination efforts in two different Pakistani cities on Tuesday, officials said, a major ...
Russia sends navy squadron to Mediterranean
A Russian navy squadron has set off for the Mediterranean amid official talk about a possible evacuation of Russians from Syria. The Defense Ministry ...
Police: 4 face treason, terror charges in S.Africa
Four white men in South Africa face treason and terrorism charges over an alleged plot that included plans to attack the ongoing African National ...
NKorea may see few buyers despite rocket success
By successfully firing a rocket that put a satellite in space, North Korea let the far-flung buyers of its missiles know that it is still open for ...
Low turnout in Egypt's vote raises questions
Just under a third of voters turned out for the first stage of the referendum on a constitution meant to be a historic milestone in setting Egypt's ...
Syrian vice president says army can't win
Syria's vice president has acknowledged that the army cannot defeat the rebel forces trying to topple the regime and called for a negotiated ...
Israel pushes on with east Jerusalem building plan
Israel on Monday said it was pushing forward with plans to build hundreds of homes in a Jewish settlement of east Jerusalem, risking renewed tensions ...
Wave of bombings kills 25 across Iraq
A wave of bombings hit ethnically disputed northern areas and other parts of Iraq on Monday, killing 25 people and wounding dozens. The attacks deepen ...
Unrest marks Tunisia revolution anniversary event
Protesters threw stones and tomatoes and booed Tunisian leaders Monday at a ceremony marking two years since the start of an uprising that changed ...
US-Iraq ties still evolving a year after war's end
A year after the last American troops rumbled out of Iraq, the two countries are still trying to get comfortable with a looser, more nuanced ...
Car bomb kills 17 people in market in Pakistan
A car bomb exploded in a crowded market in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region near the Afghan border Monday, killing 17 people and wounding ...
Iran cautiously ponders Syria after Assad
It wasn't exactly a break-up moment between Iran and ally Bashar Assad. But Tehran's whiplash diplomacy over the weekend suggested its embrace of the ...
Car bomb at US compound in Kabul kills 2 Afghans
A car bomb outside a compound housing a U.S. military contractor in the Afghan capital killed at least two Afghan workers and wounded more than a ...
After landslide, Abe says Japan has difficult road
After leading his conservative party to a landslide victory that will bring it back to power after a three-year hiatus, Shinzo Abe stressed Monday ...