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The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who?

Published: 11/20/09

Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery.

Pakistan demands US share Afghan blueprint

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…