Iran tests long-range missile, raises ire of West
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Iran on Wednesday test-fired an upgraded version of its most advanced missile, which is capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe, in a new show of strength aimed at preventing any military strike against it amid...
South African former health minister dies at 69
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South Africa's former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who gained notoriety for her dogged promotion of lemons, garlic and olive oil to treat AIDS, has died. She was 69. The ruling African National Congress...
Terror monitor: Tape of captured US soldier due
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The Taliban have announced they will release a new video of a U.S. soldier captured in Afghanistan, a U.S-based terrorism monitoring group said Wednesday. SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S.-based terrorist tracking...
PLO extends Abbas' presidential term
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The Palestine Liberation Organization indefinitely extended Mahmoud Abbas' term as Palestinian president on Wednesday and endorsed his refusal to negotiate with Israel unless it freezes all settlement construction. The...
Philippine volcano rumbles with fresh explosions
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The Mayon volcano, which has blown its top nearly 40 times in 400 years, menaced nearby residents with small eruptions of ash and lava Wednesday as Philippine authorities moved more than 30,000 people to shelters in...
Dubai says moving ahead with Tiger Woods course
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Tiger Woods' business partners in Dubai on Wednesday wouldn't comment on the golfer's personal woes, but say despite the emirate's cash problems they are still pushing ahead with plans to build a course he laid out . ...
Gunmen fire on Honduran journalist's car, 1 killed
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Gunmen have attacked the car of a Honduran television journalist, killing her pregnant daughter but leaving her uninjured. Police spokesman Orlin Cerrato said Wednesday two gunmen on a motorcycle shot at the car late...
NATO to cut troop levels in Kosovo
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Despite opposition from Serbia, NATO's commander for Southeast Europe said the alliance will cut down its force in Kosovo by some 4,500 troops in January for possible use in hotspots like Afghanistan or Iraq. Adm. Mark...
Romania marks 20 years since anti-communist revolt
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To the strains of strings playing Christmas carols, Romanians paid homage Wednesday to the fighters who took to the streets of this Transylvanian city 20 years ago, sparking the revolution that swept Eastern Europe's...
US military withdrawal on track, says Iraq PM
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Massive bombings and scattered daily violence won't impede American troops from leaving Iraq by the end of 2011, the country's prime minister said Wednesday. Nouri al-Maliki blamed explosions in two major Iraqi cities...
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A terrorism tracking group: Taliban to release new video of captured US soldier Bowe Bergdahl. ...
Brazil toddler has 50 sewing needles inside body
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A 2-year-old Brazilian boy has as many as 50 metal sewing needles inside his body and a doctor treating the boy said Wednesday they were apparently stuck there one by one. Dr. Luiz Cesar Soltoski told The Associated...
Gaidar, Russia's free-market architect, dies at 53
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Yegor Gaidar, who oversaw Russia's painful economic transition from communism to the free market in the 1990s, died Wednesday, an aide said. He was 53. Gaidar died unexpectedly of a blood clot at his Moscow-area home...
British premier says Livni welcome
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has phoned former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to say she is still welcome in Britain despite a warrant issued for her arrest. Livni's office says the British premier phoned...
Ancient Egyptian wall paintings to return to Luxor
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Egypt's antiquities chief says the wall paintings that caused a feud between Egypt and the Louvre Museum will be returned to their original location in a tomb south of Egypt. In a statement Wednesday, Zahi Hawass says...
SAfrica's ANC battles to rein in young firebrand
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South Africa's ruling party is trying to rein in a young firebrand who is sowing discord among its old Communist allies, threatening President Jacob Zuma's efforts to build unity as the country grapples with economic...
Police stop man from reaching Berlusconi's room
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A young man with mental problems managed on Wednesday to reach the hospital floor where Premier Silvio Berlusconi was recovering from an attack, and police were questioning him, authorities said. A Milan anti-terrorism...
Guinea soldier: I shot the president
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Guinea's former presidential guard chief said Wednesday he shot the country's military strongman earlier this month because the junta leader wanted him to take the blame for a massacre by troops of pro-democracy...
Japan coalition leader wants US base off Okinawa
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The leader of one of Japan's ruling coalition parties said Wednesday she wants a U.S. Marine base moved off the southern island of Okinawa, deepening a dispute with Washington over the future of the airfield. Mizuho...
A breakdown of Iran's missile arsenal
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A breakdown of Iran's missile arsenal: ___ SAJJIL 1 and 2: The Sajjil 2 is Iran's most advanced two-stage, surface-to-surface missile. It is powered entirely by solid fuel, which increases the weapon's accuracy. The...
4 white rhinos to move from Czech zoo to Kenya
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Four rare northern white rhinos will be moved from a Czech zoo to Africa to live in the wild in an attempt to save the species from being wiped out, officials said Wednesday. Two male rhinos called Sudan and Suni and...
Man shoots and kills court employee in Austria
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A man unhappy with a judge's ruling in his divorce case returned to the court house on Wednesday and shot and killed one of its employees, authorities said. The alleged killer _ a 57-year-old Austrian male _ was...
Bomb kills 4 Afghan police in western province
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A roadside bomb killed four police officers in western Afghanistan and two soldiers died in separate militant attacks, the latest against the country's struggling security forces, officials said Wednesday. The attacks...
Swiss say they will accept 1 Guantanamo detainee
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The Swiss government says it will take in one detainee from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The government on Wednesday did not say which detainee it will allow to resettle in the Alpine nation or...
Diplomat: Pakistan holding up some US visas
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Pakistan has held up visas for U.S. diplomats, military service members and others, apparently because of hostility within the country toward the expansion of U.S. operations in Pakistan, a senior U.S. diplomat said...
Tribunal charges 2 Khmer Rouge with genocide
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The U.N.-assisted tribunal trying former leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge has charged two defendants with genocide for the first time. Tribunal spokesman Lars Olsen said Wednesday the co-investigating judges issued...
Philippines arrests alleged militant wanted by US
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An alleged founder of an al-Qaida-linked Philippine militant group who is wanted by the U.S. government in the kidnapping of an American missionary 16 years ago was arrested in Manila on Wednesday, an official said. ...
Vietnam orders Russian submarines, fighter jets
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Vietnam has ordered submarines and fighter jets from Russia, its former communist ally, the government announced Wednesday, in a deal reportedly worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The agreement was made Tuesday...
Taliban sneak past Marines in southern Afghanistan
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Only a few hundred American troops are policing the southern border of one of Afghanistan's major smuggling areas, leaving open a vast expanse of desert that the Taliban use to shuttle in weapons and fighters from...
Police kill separatist rebel leader in Papua
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Police fatally shot Wednesday a separatist rebel leader accused in the deaths of eight people including an Australian near the Freeport gold mine in restive Papua province, an official said. Kelly Kwalik, a leader in...
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UN climate conference president Connie Hedegaard resigns, to be replaced by Danish premier. ...
AP source: Obama writes letter to NKorean leader
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Washington's recent bid to persuade North Korea to return to nuclear disarmament negotiations included a personal letter to leader Kim Jong Il written by President Barack Obama, a senior U.S. official said. Envoy...
Myanmar opposition leader meets party elders
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Myanmar's detained opposition leader was allowed out of her home Wednesday to meet three ailing elders of her political party, with whom she discussed a reorganization of its leadership. Reporters were not allowed to...
Philippine volcano rumbles with fresh explosions
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The Mayon volcano, which has blown its top nearly 40 times in 400 years, menaced nearby residents with small eruptions of ash and lava Wednesday as Philippine authorities moved more than 30,000 people to shelters in...
Report: NKorean leader Kim's health worsens
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is suffering from chronic laryngitis _ probably because of excessive smoking and drinking _ and he can't work without resting every other day, a news report said Wednesday. The disease...
Rights activist who protested Honduras coup killed
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Honduran police promised to thoroughly investigate the killing of a gay rights activist who joined in protests against the June coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The anti-coup National Resistance Front said...
China chief suspended over cop's drinking death
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A Chinese police chief has been suspended after saying that a subordinate who died after binge drinking at an official banquet was killed in the line of duty _ a designation that would have made the man's family...
4 decapitated bodies found in Mexican border city
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Authorities found the decapitated bodies of four men Tuesday in the border city of Tijuana, while a grenade attack on a police station in western Mexico wounded a pregnant woman and her 3-year-old daughter. Three of...
Drug violence overwhelms Tijuana
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This year was particularly tough for the already rough border city of Tijuana, besieged by drug violence and slammed by the economic downturn in the United States. So far, more than 300 people have been killed in turf...
Climate conference emits its share of carbon
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If they fail to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen, world leaders flying in their private jets and huddling in five-star hotels will have little to show for their efforts beyond a big, fat carbon footprint. The U.N....
Rights court condemns Mexico in 'dirty war' case
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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned Mexico on Tuesday for failing to adequately investigate the 1974 disappearance of a guerrilla sympathizer during the country's "dirty war." The decision marked the...
Venezuela assembly launches its own radio station
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Lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez inaugurated a state-run radio station Tuesday that replaces a previous broadcaster that sandwiched criticism of Venezuela's socialist leader between jazz and salsa music. AN...
US gives Mexico 5 helicopters to aid drug war
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U.S. officials delivered five helicopters to Mexico on Tuesday to help the country in its fight against drug cartels. The aircraft are part of more than $604 million worth of vehicles and equipment that the U.S. plans...
Dominicans demand government solve plane mystery
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Relatives of 11 migrant workers who boarded a small plane that vanished over the Atlantic Ocean a year ago are demanding that the Dominican government investigate what happened. "We've had 365 days of pain, despair and...
Britain vows to end arrest threats to Israeli VIPs
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Britain pledged Tuesday to reform a peculiar legal power that lets judges order the arrest of visiting politicians and generals _ a threat currently focused on Israeli visitors that, one day, might be invoked against...
Mexico's Calderon proposes major political reform
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President Felipe Calderon is proposing runoff elections in future presidential contests and re-election for many officials in Mexico's most dramatic political reform attempt in decades. The proposal announced Tuesday...
Mullen: Most of surge troops will arrive by August
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The top U.S. military officer said Tuesday that he's confident that most of the 30,000 additional troops that are being sent to Afghanistan will be there by August. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...
Israeli police officer beaten, injured by settlers
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Angry settlers beat and seriously injured a female Israeli police officer Tuesday, police said, as she tried to enforce a government ban on new housing construction in Jewish West Bank settlements. It was the most...
World mayors compare notes on saving climate
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The Obama administration should have sent federal stimulus money not to the U.S. states, but to cities, where "most of the environmental damage is done and most of the chances for improvement are," New York Mayor...
Report: 56 journalists killed in Mexico in 9 years
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Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says 56 journalists have been killed in the past nine years and most of the slayings remain unsolved. It says eight reporters went missing and seven newspaper offices were...