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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) -- From the safety of a forest camp, a commander of a new Indonesian militant group looks into a camera and ridicules the notorious extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah: They are not violent...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. The heaviest clashes in...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has accused an election official of manipulating vote counts from the country's parliamentary elections and called for a recount, a candidate from the bloc said Tuesday.......

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine's new governing coalition in parliament said Tuesday it will pass a law against joining military alliances such as NATO, a move that is sure to please Russia while tilting Ukraine away...

LONDON (AP) -- They are icons of Britain: a Victorian-era statesman, a World War I soldier-poet, fish and chips.......

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A video posted on a militant Web site calls for Muslims in Nigeria to use "the sword and the spear" to rise up against Christians in Africa's most populous nation, according to...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A video posted on a militant Web site calls for Muslims in Nigeria to use "the sword and the spear" to rise up against Christians in Africa's most populous nation, according to...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- China, Japan and Russia helped defeat a U.S.-endorsed proposal at a U.N. wildlife trade meeting Tuesday that would have boosted conservation efforts for sharks, expressing concern it would hurt poor nations and...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- China, Japan and Russia helped defeat a U.S.-endorsed proposal at a U.N. wildlife trade meeting Tuesday that would have boosted conservation efforts for sharks, expressing concern it would hurt poor nations and...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) -- From the safety of a forest camp, a commander of a new Indonesian militant group looks into a camera and ridicules the notorious extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah: They are not violent...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- The earthquake and tsunami that struck Chile last month killed 700 people and caused damages of nearly $30 billion, according to the government. And the ground hasn't stopped shaking.......

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- The earthquake and tsunami that struck Chile last month killed 700 people and caused damages of nearly $30 billion, according to the government. And the ground hasn't stopped shaking.......

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. The heaviest clashes in...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has accused an election official of manipulating vote counts from the country's parliamentary elections and called for a recount, a candidate from the bloc said Tuesday.......

KABUL (AP) -- Afghanistan's government will provide more than 1,000 police reinforcements for the southern province of Kandahar in response to Taliban attacks that killed dozens of people there ahead of a coming offensive on the...

KABUL (AP) -- Afghanistan's government will provide more than 1,000 police reinforcements for the southern province of Kandahar in response to Taliban attacks that killed dozens of people there ahead of a coming offensive on the...

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The U.S. force in Afghanistan is undergoing a major restructuring that will bring virtually all American troops under NATO command, a top U.S. military official said Tuesday.......

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thai protesters seeking a change of government turned to shock tactics Tuesday, pouring gallons of their own blood into a glistening puddle at the gate of the prime minister's office.......

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thai protesters seeking a change of government turned to shock tactics Tuesday, pouring gallons of their own blood into a glistening puddle at the gate of the prime minister's office.......

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thai protesters seeking a change of government turned to shock tactics Tuesday, pouring gallons of their own blood into a glistening puddle at the gate of the prime minister's office.......

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The U.S. force in Afghanistan is undergoing a major restructuring that will bring virtually all American troops under NATO command, a top U.S. military official said Tuesday.......

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. The heaviest clashes in...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Vatican investigators have completed their probe into the Legionaries of Christ, the conservative order that was once hailed by Rome but fell into scandal after it revealed that its founder had fathered...

BRUSSELS (AP) -- Greece won some respite from financial market pressure Tuesday as ratings agency Standard & Poor's took the country off credit watch for a possible downgrade - a day after eurozone governments laid out...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Vatican investigators have completed their probe into the Legionaries of Christ, the conservative order once hailed by Rome that fell into scandal after it revealed that its founder had fathered a child...

BRUSSELS (AP) -- European countries' pledge to help Greece out of its debt crisis with loans received a lukewarm welcome from markets as investors remained worried that the form and timing of the aid remains unclear.......

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thai protesters poured several jugs of their own blood at the front gate of the government headquarters and outside the ruling party's offices Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for...

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's president appeared on state television talking with his doctors on Tuesday in his first appearance since an operation in Germany 10 days earlier, quelling speculation over the state of his health.......

AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Talks on a new global climate change accord, bogged down for years in contested negotiations among nearly 200 countries, will increasingly move outside the sluggish U.N. framework and focus on a streamlined group...

JHELUM, Pakistan (AP) -- Kidnappers released a 5-year-old British boy unharmed Tuesday almost two weeks after abducting him from his grandparents' house in central Pakistan, British and Pakistani officials said.......

JHELUM, Pakistan (AP) -- Kidnappers released a 5-year-old British boy unharmed Tuesday almost two weeks after abducting him from his grandparents' house in central Pakistan, British and Pakistani officials said.......

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has accused an election official of manipulating vote counts from the country's parliamentary elections and called for a recount, a candidate from the bloc said Tuesday.......

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has accused an election official of manipulating vote counts from the country's parliamentary elections and called for a recount, a candidate from the bloc said Tuesday.......

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates freed a North Korean chemical tanker and its 28 crew Tuesday after the owners delivered a ransom, the European Union Naval Force said.......

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates freed a North Korean chemical tanker and its 28 crew Tuesday after the owners delivered a ransom, the European Union Naval Force said.......

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates freed a North Korean chemical tanker and its 28 crew Tuesday after the owners delivered a ransom, the European Union Naval Force said.......

LONDON (AP) -- European stock markets rose Tuesday after the 16 countries that share the euro agreed to help Greece with loans - if needed - and a German investor sentiment survey fell less than expected.......

MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) -- An apparent U.S. missile attack destroyed a suspected militant compound in a tribal region of northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, intelligence officials said.......

MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) -- An apparent U.S. missile attack destroyed a suspected militant compound in a tribal region of northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, intelligence officials said.......

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thai protesters poured several jugs of their own blood at the front gate of the government headquarters and outside the ruling party's offices Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for...

ROME (AP) -- The world's shortest man has died in Italy, where he was to take part in a TV show, the program's production company said Tuesday.......

ROME (AP) -- The world's shortest man has died in Italy, where he was to take part in a TV show, the program's production company said Tuesday.......

ROME (AP) -- The world's shortest man has died in Italy, where he was to take part in a TV show, the program's production company said Tuesday.......

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Iraqi prime minister's coalition has accused an election official of manipulating vote counts and called for a recount.......

ROME (AP) -- The world's shortest man has died in Italy, where he was to take part in a TV show, the program's production company said Tuesday.......

BRUSSELS (AP) -- European countries' pledge to help Greece with loans received a lukewarm welcome from markets on Tuesday as investors remained worried that the form and timing of the aid remains unclear.......

BRUSSELS (AP) -- European countries' pledge to help Greece with loans received a lukewarm welcome from markets on Tuesday as investors remained worried that the form and timing of the aid remains unclear.......

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A U.S. envoy's postponement of his Mideast trip appeared Tuesday to deepen one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory - even as Israel's foreign minister signaled his government had no intention of...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A U.S. envoy's postponement of his Mideast trip appeared Tuesday to deepen one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory - even as Israel's foreign minister signaled his government had no intention of...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A U.S. envoy's postponement of his Mideast trip appeared Tuesday to deepen one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory - even as Israel's foreign minister signaled his government had no intention of...

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thai protesters poured several jugs of their own blood on the front gate of the government headquarters Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections.......

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thai protesters poured blood they had donated outside the front gate of the government headquarters Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections.......

BRUSSELS (AP) -- European countries' pledge to help Greece with loans received a lukewarm welcome from markets on Tuesday as investors remained worried that the form and timing of the aid remains unclear.......

BEIJING (AP) -- China without Google - a prospect that looks increasingly likely - could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy....

BEIJING (AP) -- China without Google - a prospect that looks increasingly likely - could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy....

LONDON (AP) -- European stock markets rose Tuesday after the 16 countries that share the euro agreed to help Greece with loans, if needed, and a German investor sentiment survey fell less than expected.......

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A U.S. envoy's postponement of his Mideast trip appeared Tuesday to deepen one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory - even as Israel's foreign minister signaled his government had no intention of...

KABUL (AP) -- The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.......

KABUL (AP) -- The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.......

MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) -- An apparent U.S. missile attack destroyed a suspected militant compound in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, intelligence officials said.......