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2 North Koreans arrested in alleged assassination plot
SEOUL, South Korea — Posing as refugees, a pair of North Korean spies made their way to South Korea with a mission to assassinate the regime's most high-profile defector: a man who once mentored leader Kim Jong Il, authorities said Wednesday
China mourns 2,064 victims in devastating quake
BEIJING — Bowing their heads in silent tribute, thousands of officials, soldiers and civilians gathered Wednesday in ceremonies across China to mourn the 2,064 victims killed in a devastating quake that hit one week ago in a remote Tibetan region.
General Motors repays TARP loans
General Motors has fully repaid its debt under the Troubled Asset Relief Programme, the Department of the Treasury today announced.
Argentina's last dictator gets 25 years in prison
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s last dictator was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday for torture and illegal detentions committed during the nation’s 1976-1983 military regime.
Restless Icelandic volcano may upset Europe for months
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Even as Europe's dormant airports sputter back to life, prudent travellers and businessmen should ask: what if it happens again? Because it might. Over and over again, for weeks, perhaps months, scientists say.
Britain reopens airspace
Britain reopened its airspace Tuesday, clearing the way for thousands of stranded passengers to resume travel following massive disruptions caused by a plume of ash from a volcano in Iceland.
Ex-boxing champ Edwin Valero kills himself in jail
CARACAS, Venezuela — Former boxing champion Edwin Valero, who had a spectacular career with 27 straight knockouts and flouted a tattoo of President Hugo Chavez on his chest, hanged himself in his jail cell Monday after being arrested for stabbing his wife
Sherpas to remove bodies from Everest
A team of Sherpa mountaineers plans to remove bodies of climbers who have died in Mount Everest's "death zone," a treacherous stretch that has claimed some 300 lives since 1953, the team leader said Monday.
EU to reopen some airspace to flights
European Union transport ministers have agreed to reopen portions of European airspace to airline flights, providing some relief to travellers stranded in Europe because of ash spreading from the volcano in Iceland.
Vacationing a human right, EU chief saysThe European Union has declared travelling a human right, and is launching a scheme to subsidize vacations with taxpayers' dollars for those too poor to afford their own trips.
European flights could resume Monday
European officials are expressing optimism that more flights could be in the air over the continent Monday, after volcanic ash from Iceland forced five consecutive days of widespread cancellations.
China quake death toll rises to 1,700
Chinese President Hu Jintao flew to a remote Tibetan region of western China on Sunday to meet with earthquake survivors as the death toll from the disaster rose to more than 1,700.
No end in sight as volcanic ash spreads
The volcano that has shut down airline traffic over much of Europe for the past three days shows no sign of calming, sparking fears about the long-term economic impact of the eruptions.
Suicide bombers kill 41 at Pakistani refugee camp
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Two suicide bombers dressed in burqas blew themselves up Saturday at a Pakistani food distribution centre, killing 41 people in an attack that targeted people fleeing military offensives in the northwest, officials said.
Europe flight disruptions worsen
LONDON - Thick drifts of volcanic ash blanketed parts of rural Iceland as a vast, invisible plume of grit drifted over Europe, emptying the skies of planes and sending hundreds of thousands in search of hotel rooms, train tickets or rental cars.
Neo-Nazis, counter-demonstrators square off in LA
LOS ANGELES — A white supremacist group rallied against illegal immigration in downtown Los Angeles Saturday as hundreds of counter-protesters gathered to shout them down in a tense standoff that included several arrests, thrown rocks and police in riot g
N. Korea accuses South of framing it in ship sinking
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea accused South Korea on Saturday of spreading false rumors that the communist North was to blame for the mysterious explosion that sank a southern warship near the tense sea border.
Belgium moves to ban burqa
ANTWERP, Belgium — Chances of seeing a burqa in Belgium are only a little better than spotting a liquor shop in Saudi Arabia. Yet Belgium soon may be the first European nation to outlaw the burqa and other Islamic garb that completely hides a woman’s body
China quake death toll passes 1,000
Tibetan monks prayed Friday over hundreds of bodies at a makeshift morgue next to their monastery after powerful earthquakes destroyed the remote mountain town of Jiegu in western China and left at least 1,144 people dead.
4 Spanish soldiers die in Haiti
A Spanish military helicopter crashed in rugged terrain in Haiti on Friday, killing the four soldiers on board, the United Nations said.
Russia 'suspends adoptions to US'
Russia says it has halted adoptions of Russian children by US citizens, after a boy of seven was sent back to Moscow alone by his adoptive American mother.
China rescuers fight altitude after quake kills 760
JIEGU, China — Earthquake survivors shivered through a second night outdoors in a remote Tibetan corner of western China with rescuers fighting altitude sickness and dealing with a lack of supplies as the death toll rose to 760.
Suicide bombing kills 6 in Kandahar
A suicide bomber targeting a compound shared by foreign companies set off a massive explosion late Thursday in the southern city of Kandahar, blowing out windows across the city and killing at least six people, the president's half-brother said.
Volcano's billowing ash disrupts global air travel
A troublesome ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano has grounded flights across Europe and elsewhere, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded in what has been called the largest disruption of flights since the 2001 terror attacks.
Massive quakes kill 400 in western China
A series of strong earthquakes struck a far western Tibetan area of China on Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10,000 as houses made of mud and wood collapsed, trapping many more, officials said.
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