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11 Yemen soldiers killed in car bombing
A car bomb exploded Monday next to a military checkpoint in a central town where Yemeni government forces waged their first offensive targeting ...
Congo deal delayed at African Union meeting
A large-scale peace agreement to end fighting in Congo that would see more peacekeeping forces enter the region was delayed Monday over what the ...
Britain unveils high-speed railway plans
The British government on Monday unveiled details of new high-speed rail lines linking London to cities in northern England with trains traveling up ...
Inmates moved after bloody Venezuela prison clash
Venezuelan authorities finished evacuating more than 2,000 inmates on Sunday from a prison where the government said 58 people were killed in one of ...
French, Mali forces head toward Timbuktu
French and Malian forces pushed toward the fabled desert town of Timbuktu on Sunday, as the two-week-long French mission gathered momentum against the ...
In Washington, a proposal to sell naming rights
As many state and local governments across the nation deal with the aftermath of severe budget cuts prompted by the Great Recession, a Washington ...
Roadside bomb kills 10 in Afghanistan
A police truck packed with officers and detainees struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan's largest city, killing 10 of those aboard, officials ...
NYC mayor tops $1B in gifts to Johns Hopkins Univ.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has pledged $350 million to Johns Hopkins University, mainly to expand its interdisciplinary research on an ...
Egyptians riot after soccer fans sentenced to die
Relatives and angry young men rampaged through the Egyptian city of Port Said on Saturday in assaults that killed at least 27 people following death ...
Fears grow that Libya is incubator of turmoil
Libya's upheaval the past two years helped lead to the ongoing conflict in Mali, and now Mali's war threatens to wash back and further hike Libya's ...
Angry protests leave 7 dead on Egypt anniversary
Violence erupted across Egypt on Friday as tens of thousands took to the streets to deliver an angry backlash against President Mohammed Morsi and his ...
Ex-Detroit mayor back in custody for weekend
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was locked up for the weekend Friday for violating parole in a 2008 criminal case that bounced him from office.
Angry protests, clashes on Egypt anniversary
Egyptians delivered an angry backlash against President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood on Friday, marking the second anniversary of the ...
10 more China officials sacked in sex tape scandal
A scandal involving Chinese city officials having sex with women hired by developers who secretly videotaped the trysts to extort construction deals ...
Dutch, Britons, Germans warned to leave Benghazi
Britain, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands urged their citizens to immediately leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, warning of an ...
Honduras can't pay its bills, neglects services
Street surveillance cameras in one of the world's most dangerous cities were turned off last week because Honduras' government hasn't paid millions ...
Syrian jets bomb rebel areas near Damascus
Syrian warplanes bombed rebel areas near Damascus on Thursday as President Bashar Assad's troops battled opposition fighters for control of the road ...
Car accident triggers unrest in Azerbaijan town
It began late at night with a minor car accident. By midday Thursday, a hotel had been burned to the ground, several expensive vehicles torched and ...
Indonesian governor inspires, but can he deliver?
Cheering crowds greeted the new leader of this Asian megacity as he toured its flooded business district atop a handcart typically used to haul ...
Beverage industry, NYC lawyers duel over drinks
The city defended its groundbreaking size limit on sugary drinks Wednesday as an imperfect but meaningful rein on obesity, while critics said it would ...
Unions suffer sharp decline in membership
Union membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s as cash-strapped state and local governments shed workers and unions had ...
Experts back NYC's link of gun laws, lower crime
In his nationwide effort for tighter gun control, Mayor Michael Bloomberg attributes historic crime lows in New York to strict gun laws that are ...
Turkey: Syrian regime's actions equal war crimes
Syria's bombardment of its citizens should be declared a war crime and aid groups must be given greater access to the millions suffering there, ...
Sandy helps shore town reach deal on bar closings
A nasty dispute over how much responsibility bars in a popular Jersey shore town have to keep their patrons quiet and well-behaved after last call has ...
Suicide blast at funeral kills 25 in Iraq
A suicide bomber struck a packed funeral ceremony at a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens in ...