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Producing more, Brad Pitt is 'Killing Them Softly'
Brad Pitt is making the movie star thing look darn easy. Since he last collaborated with Andrew Dominik, he's starred in the Coen brothers' "Burn ...
Land conflicts stunt Vietnam urban planning dreams
Do Quoc Tai is an unlikely pain in the side of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party. Although the construction foreman earns just $150 per month, he and ...
UN: Syrian forces, opposition committing crimes
Syrian government forces and anti-government armed groups are both carrying out unlawful killings, torturing opponents and abusing children in the ...
Romney campaign outlines 'day 1' of his presidency
Mitt Romney's campaign has released a new ad promoting "Day One" of a potential Romney presidency, describing which of President Barack Obama's ...
Rich-poor divide reopens at UN climate talks
The advances made in U.N. climate talks last year appeared at risk Thursday as a rift between rich and poor countries reopened in negotiations aimed ...
Jurors in Edwards trial to deliberate for 5th day
As jurors in the John Edwards campaign corruption trial get set for a fifth day of deliberations, legal experts caution it's still too early to read ...
Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
Egyptians say they want their next leader to be honorable, smart, a knight, a man with a heart, a military man, a religious man, one who goes down and ...
Egyptians vote in presidential election's 2nd day
In a wide-open race that will define the nation's future political course, Egyptian voted Thursday on the second day of a landmark presidential ...
In Iowa, Obama touts election-year energy plan
President Barack Obama is returning to Iowa, seeking support for an election-year agenda to encourage renewable energy along with a more immediate ...
In US, Castro's daughter focuses on gay rights
The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro brought her fight for gay rights to a U.S. forum Wednesday, stressing the need to secure social equality ...
Death penalty requested in Tunisian dictator trial
The prosecution of a military tribunal demanded the death penalty for Tunisia's former dictator over his role in the deaths of protesters during the ...
Search for Romney running mate in audition phase
Mitt Romney's vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions. As his campaign evaluates potential running mates, Republicans with a ...
Gloves stay on in quiet NM Senate primary
Four years ago, New Mexico's Heather Wilson gave up her House seat to make a run for a rare opening in the Senate. She lost in a bare-knuckled ...
Judge warns reluctant witness in Clemens case
A federal judge says that if former Major League Baseball player David Segui (seh-GEE') defies a prosecution subpoena to testify at the Roger Clemens ...
Iran rejects West's proposal on nuclear curbs
Iranian negotiators on Thursday rejected proposals by six world powers to curb Tehran's nuclear program, and demanded answers to their own ...
Idaho town seeks to lure gun and ammo makers
This small community in the forested, western foothills of the Rocky Mountains was created as a company town to house workers for the nation's largest ...
Pritzker prize's other winner in China: Hyatt
When architect Wang Shu accepts his field's richest prize in a ceremony Friday at the seat of China's legislature, a symbolic second winner will be ...
A smoke-free country? New Zealand taxes aim for it
There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country? New Zealand's government on Thursday squeezed ...
EU leaders support growth, give few concrete plans
European Union leaders concluded their latest summit early Thursday with few concrete steps to fix the continent's festering financial crisis even as ...
With smuggling choked, Syria rebels feel arms curb
Mohamed Nizar says he and his fellow rebels have the will, the fervor and the money to bring down Syrian President Bashar Assad. What they lack, he ...
Rwandan orphans find hope in village
From a teenager who was a month old when her parents were killed in Rwanda's genocide to a young man inspired to become a doctor, hundreds of orphans ...
Obama, Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge
His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival ...
Obama team wrongly says Romney moves goal posts
President Barack Obama's campaign says Republican rival Mitt Romney is trying to "move the goal posts" and reverse his position on unemployment.
Asia stocks down as Europe holds another summit
Asian stock markets faltered Thursday as the lack of a breakthrough in Europe's attempts to shake off its debt crisis kept sentiment gloomy.
Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official
Arizona's secretary of state said Wednesday that Hawaii's official verification of President Barack Obama's birth records meets necessary ...