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Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack
Published: 11/20/09
The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Doz…
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Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them
Published: 11/20/09
A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be…
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Afghan police are weak link in security force
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Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious …
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Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real
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A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact reve…
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The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who? 4 images
Published: 11/20/09
Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery.
Pakistan demands US share Afghan blueprint One image
Published: 11/20/09
Pakistan expressed fear Friday that a large increase in foreign troops in Afghanistan could push militants across the b…
Russia's Gorbachev considers political comeback
Published: 11/20/09
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempti…
Ugandan army kills 34 tribesmen on cattle raids
Published: 11/20/09
Ugandan officials say the army has killed 34 tribesmen who were stealing cattle in Uganda's volatile northeastern region.
Queen, Prince Philip mark 62 years of marriage
Published: 11/20/09
Buckingham Palace says the queen and her husband Prince Philip are celebrating 62 years of marriage quietly _ without t…
UK man cleared of wife's death during nightmare
Published: 11/20/09
A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found innocent …
Cosmonaut says Russia falling behind in space race
Published: 11/20/09
Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a…
Baby gorillas to get new sanctuary in east Congo
Published: 11/20/09
Conservationists say Congolese schoolchildren will soon be able to take a closer look at baby mountain gorillas.
Midday shooting in central Paris kills 1, wounds 2
Published: 11/20/09
Police say a man with an automatic rifle opened fire on a car near a Paris train station, killing one man and wounding …
Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan 4 images
Published: 11/20/09
A suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, w…
Police say Afghan lawmaker survives bombing
Published: 11/20/09
Afghan police say Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a parliamentarian and powerful former warlord, has narrowly escaped an assassinat…
Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids 6 images
Published: 11/20/09
Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory…
Top SKorean model found hanged in Paris apartment 2 images
Published: 11/20/09
A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hanged …
British lawyer appointed Karadzic standby counsel
Published: 11/20/09
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has appointed a British lawyer to represent Radovan Karadzic if the former Bosnian Ser…
20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer 8 images
Published: 11/20/09
EDITOR'S NOTE _ The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds …
Rebel blast derails train in India, killing 2
Published: 11/20/09
A passenger train derailed after Maoist rebels blew up a key track in eastern India, killing two people and injuring at…
Russian Orthodox priest shot dead in Moscow church
Published: 11/20/09
A gunman killed a Russian Orthodox priest in his Moscow church and seriously wounded the reverend's assistant, official…
Gunman opens fire on Saipan; 5 dead One image
Published: 11/20/09
A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan on Friday, killing four people and wounding six other…
US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit One image
Published: 11/20/09
Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to …
Gunman opens fire on Saipan; 5 dead
Published: 11/20/09
A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan on Friday, killing four people and wounding six other…
French foreign minister visits Afghan village 3 images
Published: 11/20/09
France's foreign minister walked into a remote Afghan village on Friday to talk with small farmers and local tribal lea…
Published: 11/20/09
Officials say US missile strike has killed 8 suspected militants in northwestern Pakistan.
Nepal mass animal sacrifice festival to go ahead 2 images
Published: 11/20/09
A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in …
AP NewsBreak: China holds, mistreats US geologist One image
Published: 11/19/09
Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to …
Canada faces allegations of torture complicity
Published: 11/19/09
Canada's defense minister on Thursday attacked the credibility of a senior Canadian diplomat who alleged that governmen…
2 lions kill white tiger in Czech zoo 2 images
Published: 11/19/09
A rare white tiger was killed by two lions that managed to sneak into its enclosure in a Czech zoo, officials said Thur…
Irate Irish cry foul after ref hands win to France 3 images
Published: 11/19/09
Soccer-mad Ireland is fighting mad _ and demanding justice for a disputed goal that had fans here crying "Oui were robb…
Lithuanian probe centers on alleged CIA prison
Published: 11/19/09
The austere building stands in the middle of a remote, thick forest surrounded by a high fence and numerous surveillanc…
AIDS, malaria eclipse the biggest child-killers 5 images
Published: 11/19/09
Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention.
Germany calls for binding climate deal in 2010
Published: 11/19/09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for all countries to fix binding climate change targets next year at th…
Published: 11/19/09
Diplomats: EU agrees to appoint Britain's Catherine Ashton as bloc's new foreign policy chief.
Diplomats say EU choses Belgian as new president
Published: 11/19/09
Diplomats say EU leaders have opted for little-known compromise candidate Belgian Premier Herman Van Rompuy to become t…
Struggling Anglican leader in Rome for papal talks One image
Published: 11/19/09
The Archbishop of Canterbury sought Thursday to downplay the implications of the Vatican's unprecedented invitation for…
Clinton: US will hold Karzai to promises of reform 3 images
Published: 11/19/09
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lauded the newly sworn-in Afghan president for outlining a plan to crack…
US woos skeptical Pakistanis on Afghan strategy 13 images
Published: 11/19/09
Faced with an escalating insurgency, Pakistan increasingly views U.S. efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan as c…
French court acquits all in blast that killed 31
Published: 11/19/09
A court has acquitted a subsidiary of French oil giant Total and a former factory chief in a 2001 explosion at a chemic…
Kenya unveils constitution to avoid vote violence
Published: 11/19/09
A government-appointed panel this week unveiled a draft constitution that is part of wide-ranging efforts to avoid a re…
Not a member, US envoy attends international court
Published: 11/19/09
The American war crimes ambassador said Thursday the U.S. is committed to ending impunity for crimes against humanity, …
Plane misses runway in east Congo, landing in lava
Published: 11/19/09
A passenger plane overshot the runway Thursday, landing in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo and in…
Russian court extends moratorium on death penalty 2 images
Published: 11/19/09
Russia's Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying a moratorium on capital punishmen…
Tokyo crowned new gourmet capital by Michelin
Published: 11/19/09
The Epicurean king who oversees the Michelin Guide fears he may be banished from France.
Major militant attacks in Pakistan since October
Published: 11/19/09
A look at major attacks in Pakistan since the beginning of October:
Serbs bid emotional farewell to Patriarch Pavle 7 images
Published: 11/19/09
Hundreds of thousands of people joined a somber funeral procession Thursday for Patriarch Pavle, the leader of the Serb…
US soldier prime suspect in Okinawa hit-and-run
Published: 11/19/09
Japanese police said Thursday that an American soldier is the prime suspect in a fatal-hit-and-run accident on the sout…
Former China student leader tried on fraud charges
Published: 11/19/09
An exiled former leader of the 1989 student pro-democracy movement went on trial on financial fraud charges Thursday in…
Ethiopian court convicts 26 in alleged coup plot
Published: 11/19/09
An Ethiopian court on Thursday convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in an alleged coup plot earlier this…
2 US service members killed in Afghan explosion
Published: 11/19/09
NATO says two U.S. service members have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan at a glance
Published: 11/19/09
Some basic facts and figures about Afghanistan, where President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday to a second five-…
Activist probing Guinea massacre denied entry
Published: 11/19/09
A human rights activist says he's been denied entrance to Guinea, where he planned to investigate a massacre of opposit…
Philippine gay group fights to contest elections
Published: 11/19/09
A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year's polls after the Elections Co…

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