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Jamaican clashes kill 44
At least 44 civilians have died in clashes between Jamaican security forces and gunmen in West Kingston, a Jamaican official says.
U.S. sends Patriot missiles, soldiers to Poland
WARSAW, Poland Dozens of American soldiers and a battery of Patriot missiles have arrived in Poland, where they will spend the next two years teaching the Polish military to operate the advanced guided missile system at a base just a few miles from the
Canada imposes sanctions on N. Korea
Canada and the United States offered their full support to South Korea as the country's president cut trade to North Korea Monday in retaliation for a torpedo attack that killed 46 sailors.
Clues sought in India crash that killed 158 
Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the wreckage of an Air India Express plane that crashed after overshooting a runway in southern India, killing all but eight of the 166 people on board.
Abbas: Palestinians ready to swap land with Israel
RAMALLAH The Palestinians are ready to swap some land with Israel, although differences remain over the amount of territory to be traded, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday after two rounds of U.S.-led indirect peace talks.
UN Command launches special probe on N. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea The United Nations Command launched a probe Saturday into whether the deadly sinking of a South Korean navy ship blamed on North Korea violated the Korean War truce agreement.
Moderate quakes rattle Baja California
A series of moderate earthquakes south of the California border Saturday shook buildings in downtown San Diego, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.
Matador gets Spain and suffering
A day after dashing Spanish bullfighter Julio Aparicio showed his dominance by cutting the ears off two vanquished bulls, one of their bovine brothers got revenge yesterday by gruesomely impaling the matador through his throat and out his mouth.
160 feared dead Air India crash
NEW DELHI - As many as 160 people were feared dead after an Air India plane arriving from Dubai crashed Saturday as it overshot a runway while trying to land in southern India.
Outrage over Gulf oil spill grows
GRAND ISLE, La. - Thick, sticky oil crept deeper into delicate marshes of the Mississippi Delta, an arrival dreaded for a month since the crude started spewing into the Gulf, as anger and frustration mounted over efforts to plug the gusher from a blown-ou
Probe says N. Korea fired torpedo
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea accused North Korea on Thursday of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship in March, killing 46 sailors in the country's worst military disaster since the Korean War.
New China knife attack wounds 9 students
BEIJING Men with knives burst into a Chinese college dormitory and slashed nine students in the latest violence in a country shaken by a recent string of rampages at schools.
'Euro is in danger,' German chancellor says
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned lawmakers Wednesday that failing to shore up government debt and enact tougher financial regulations puts the euro "in danger" and threatens the very future of Europe.
The global crisis that no one is talking aboutTwo giant crises are profoundly shaking our world. One is highlighted almost hourly in the international media, the other is often lost from sight.
I am talking here about the global economic recession and the expanding tide of world hunger.
London Olympic Mascots Unveiled
Wenlock and Mandeville, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic mascots, elicited mostly baffled reactions as to just what they were at their unveiling today.
Insurgents attack giant U.S. base in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field one day after a suicide bomber struck a U.S. convoy in the capital of Kabul, killing 18 people
UN plans new sanctions against Iran
The United States introduced a resolution backed by all veto-wielding members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that would impose new sanctions against Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard and seek to curtail military, financial and shippin
Future of Mount St. Helens debated
CASTLE ROCK, Wash. Thirty years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens levelled a forest and rained volcanic ash for miles around, the devastated mountain remains an important centre for volcano research and science.
Afghan plane crashes with 44 people on board
A plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, on a domestic flight in Afghanistan crashed about 100 kilometres outside Kabul Monday morning. There was no immediate word on casualties.
Thai PM defends crackdown as death toll rises
What began as a day of hope here Sunday sparked by an offer of renewed negotiations ended with the sound of gunfire and explosions rumbling across this citys humid, night air.
Thai women, children leave protest camp
Thailand's army has called on Red Shirt protesters to remove all women, children and the elderly from their camp by Monday afternoon, signalling that the military crackdown in Bangkok may escalate.
Six dead as urban warfare breaks out in Bangkok
Raging violence in the heart of the Thai capital claimed six more lives Saturday as the embattled premier vowed no turning back and the army threatened a crackdown on thousands of protesters.
Bomb explodes in Greek courthouse
A powerful bomb exploded inside a courthouse in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Friday, sending smoke billowing in the building and injuring one person.
Los Angeles approves Arizona travel boycott
The Los Angeles City Council overwhelmingly approved a boycott of Arizona-based businesses and governments Wednesday unless the state repeals a new law giving police the power to question a detainee's immigration status.
Fungus hits Afghan opium poppiesA serious disease is affecting opium poppies in Afghanistan, Antonio Maria Costa, the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has said.
Boy who survived Libyan plane crash united with relatives
Hopeful family members rushed to a Libyan hospital Thursday to reunite with the Dutch boy who was the only survivor of a plane crash that killed 103 people and doctors said the 9-year-old was out of danger after surgery on his shattered legs.
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