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Central Asian migrants change the face of Moscow
Timur Bulgakov has a black belt in karate, two university degrees, a powerful SUV and a small yet thriving construction company. The 28-year-old's ...
Myanmar Muslims recall Buddhist assault
Stranded beside their decrepit flotilla of wooden boats, on a muddy beach far from home, the Muslim refugees tell story after terrifying story of ...
South Africa president prefers people over pets
South Africa's president says a dog should not be man's best friend. President Jacob Zuma made critical remarks about pet care that touch on sensitive ...
GOP shows signs of bending after election defeat
For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive ...
Urban advocates say new gun control talk overdue
For years, voices have cried in the urban wilderness: We need to talk about gun control. Yet the guns blazed on. It took a small-town slaughter for ...
Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables ...
A look at bank scandals since the financial crisis
Swiss bank UBS AG agreed Wednesday to pay some $1.5 billion in fines to international regulators following a probe into the rigging of a key global ...
China is top dam builder, going where others won't
Up a sweeping jungle valley in a remote corner of Cambodia, Chinese engineers and workers are raising a 100-meter- (330-foot-) high dam over the ...
New inquiry into 1988 S. Africa disappearances
A specialized missing persons unit in South Africa has opened a new investigation into the 1988 disappearance of two men last seen in the company of ...
President: Mandela may spend more days in hospital
Anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela could spend a few more days in the hospital for care, South Africa's president said Tuesday, as the 94-year-old ...
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 ...
Rep. Tim Scott picked to replace DeMint in Senate
Gov. Nikki Haley appointed Rep. Tim Scott to the U.S. Senate on Monday, making him the South's first black Republican senator since Reconstruction in ...
Iraq: Bombs strike disputed northern area, kill 8
Bombings rattled two cities in disputed areas in Iraq's north on Sunday, killing at least eight people and raising concerns that extremists are trying ...
137 police shots, 2 dead: Many questions in Ohio
A chase that ended with 13 officers firing 137 rounds, killing two people, began with a pop — perhaps a gunshot or backfire from a car speeding past ...
Zuma asks South Africa's ANC to keep him as leader
South African President Jacob Zuma acknowledged Sunday that corruption and violence have marred the image of the African National Congress under his ...
SAfrica's ANC party to choose leader amid turmoil
South Africa's governing African National Congress political party will return to where it was first formed to fight apartheid a century ago to pick ...
Rice withdrawal sparks gender concerns on Cabinet
The top contenders for the "big three" jobs in President Barack Obama's second-term Cabinet are all white men, rekindling concerns among Democratic ...
Court lets slaves' descendants sue Cherokee chief
Descendants of slaves owned by members of the Cherokee Nation can sue the current chief in an attempt to restore their tribal memberships, a federal ...
New alliance latest setback for Guinea president
Former supporters of President Alpha Conde announced a new opposition alliance on Friday, signaling the latest erosion in support for the leader since ...
AP: Va student expelled for election racial uproar
One student has been expelled and three others are being punished for their roles in a racially charged uproar on a Virginia college campus the night ...
South Africa deputy president in race to lead ANC
South Africa's soft-spoken Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will compete next week against President Jacob Zuma to lead the country's ruling party, ...
Census: Whites no longer a majority in US by 2043
White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already ...
New inquiry in '86 crash killing Mozambique leader
South African police have opened a new investigation into the 1986 airplane crash that killed Mozambique's Marxist president and more than 20 others, ...
Mandela battles lung infection, a chronic ailment
Military doctors are treating South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela for a recurring lung infection, an ailment the 94-year-old anti-apartheid ...