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From misery to tragedy in Egyptian train crash
Packed in a rickety train speeding through the night, the poorly fed, pale-looking Egyptian conscripts were coming from some of Egypt's most dirt-poor ...
Cuba critics look to test government on travel law
For years, Cuban dissidents say, authorities' message to them has been the same: Sure, you can leave the country. Just don't expect us to let you come ...
Pakistani court orders PM's arrest amid huge rally
Pakistan's leaders received a powerful one-two punch Tuesday as the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister in a corruption case and ...
Iraq: Sunni lawmaker killed in suicide bombing
A suicide bomber assassinated a Sunni lawmaker in western Iraq on Tuesday, raising tensions in a part of the country that has been roiled by weeks of ...
Palestinians: Israel soldiers shoot, kill teen
The Israeli military shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian near the West Bank separation barrier on Tuesday, Palestinians said. The Israeli military ...
Cleric fires up Pakistanis, demands gov't resign
A cleric who has fired up Pakistanis angry at perceived government corruption and indifference demanded the country's political leaders resign in a ...
Mubarak's new trial could answer a key question
Hosni Mubarak's new trial may resolve key questions unanswered in his first one: Who ordered the crackdown that left some 900 protesters dead and who ...
Iraq says it freed hundreds of inmates
Iraq has begun setting free hundreds of inmates, officials said Monday, offering a concession to Sunni protesters demonstrating against the country's ...
Pakistan sacks provincial government after attack
Pakistani leaders dismissed the government of southwest Baluchistan province early Monday in response to the demands of protesters angry about an ...
Gay marriage protest converges on Eiffel Tower
Holding aloft ancient flags and young children, hundreds of thousands of people converged Sunday on the Eiffel Tower to protest the French president's ...
Bomb hits convoy of Iraq's Sunni finance minister
Attackers detonated a bomb Sunday next to a convoy carrying the Iraqi finance minister, a central figure in more than two weeks of protests by ...
Thousands march to protest Russia's adoption ban
Thousands of people marched through Moscow on Sunday to protest Russia's new law banning Americans from adopting Russian children, a far bigger number ...
Egyptian appeals court orders Mubarak retrial
A Cairo appeals court on Sunday overturned Hosni Mubarak's life sentence and ordered a retrial of the former Egyptian president for failing to prevent ...
4 women strip, protest Vatican gay marriage stance
Four women have gone topless in St. Peter's Square to protest the Vatican's opposition to gay marriage. Police quickly took the women away Sunday, and ...
Palestinian protesters evicted from West Bank site
Palestinian protesters who pitched tents at a strategic West Bank site to protest plans to build a Jewish housing project there were evicted early ...
29 Belfast cops hurt in Catholic-Protestant clash
Northern Ireland police fought day-and-night street battles with Protestant militants Saturday as a protest march to Belfast City Hall degenerated ...
Gunmen shoot birdshot at Egypt protesters; 15 hurt
A dozen masked attackers fired birdshot late Saturday at protesters who have camped outside Egypt's presidential palace in Cairo for the past month, ...
Pakistani Shiites refuse to bury 50 bomb victims
About 3,500 Pakistani Shiites protested in southwestern Pakistan for a second day on Saturday, blocking a main road with dozens of coffins of ...
Demonstrators rally in support of Iraqi government
Shiite demonstrators took to the streets in Iraq's capital Saturday to show support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government, which has faced ...
Chinese painter portrays Tibet self-immolators
Beijing-based artist Liu Yi is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects ...
Mexicans protest dog detentions, tests negative
Dozens of protesters chanting "Free the dogs, arrest the criminals!" demonstrated outside Mexico City police headquarters Friday, demanding the ...
Pakistani Shiites protest after attack kills 86
Shiite Muslims hit by a twin bombing that killed 86 people refused to bury their dead Friday, demanding the Pakistani government do more to protect ...
Slovenia's prime minister accused of corruption
About 10,000 protesters joined the chief of Slovenia's anti-corruption watchdog on Friday in urging the country's prime minister and opposition leader ...
Iraqi inmates seize weapons, escape from prison
A dozen prisoners including al-Qaida-linked death row inmates escaped from a prison near Baghdad on Friday, the latest sign that Iraq still struggles ...
Pakistani Shiites protest after bombings kill 120
Shiites in a southwestern Pakistani city hit by a brutal terror attack refused to bury their dead Friday in protest, demanding that the government do ...