Officials: Russian nightclub fire toll hits 121
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The death toll from last weekend's Russian nightclub fire has risen to 121, investigators said Wednesday. The blaze at the Lame Horse nightclub broke out early Saturday when an indoor fireworks display ignited the...
Junta official meets with Aung San Suu Kyi
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Officials say detained Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was escorted from her home into unannounced talks with a junta official for the first time in two months. Officials say the 45-minute...
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Official says Myanmar minister holds talks with pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi. ...
Philippine police seek 161 suspects in massacre
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Philippine police on Wednesday named 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion charges. Witnesses have...
China moves to indict top dissident for subversion
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Police have finally presented a case against prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo, who has been jailed for a year without charge after helping produce a high-profile manifesto calling for sweeping democratic reforms in China,...
Iraq parliament calls session over deadly bombings
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Iraq's parliament is asking security officials to appear before a special session to answer questions over security lapses that allowed bombers to strike government sites. The spokesman for the parliament speaker says...
China says it detains 94 who fled July rioting
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China said Wednesday that police had detained 94 people who fled the western region of Xinjiang after deadly rioting there in July _ the country's worst communal violence in decades. China continues to pursue and...
Bishop-turned-president tested in Paraguay
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When he was a Roman Catholic bishop, Fernando Lugo taught liberation theology to uplift the poor. Now he is president, he has sent special forces into Paraguay's northern forests to hunt kidnappers whose leaders include...
Thousands gather in Indonesian anti-graft rallies
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Students pelted rocks at police who returned fire with tear gas during one of several rallies across Indonesia on Wednesday to demand government action to end widespread corruption among politicians, police and other...
US assures NKorea of 'robust' direct talks channel
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The United States assured North Korea of "a robust channel" for direct talks if the communist regime rejoined nuclear negotiations, while a senior U.S. envoy was in Pyongyang on Wednesday to try to salvage the stalled...
Antarctic nations consider new controls on ships
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Countries that manage Antarctica are considering new controls on ships visiting the frozen continent to reduce the growing threat of human and environmental disasters posed by exploding numbers of tourists, an official...
Madagascar: 3 leaders going ahead with unity gov't
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Three political leaders from Madagascar say they are going ahead with forming a unity government, but a fourth politician says that amounts to a coup. Andry Rajoelina did not attend a round of negotiations in...
Amnesty Int'l accuses Mexican army of abuses
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Amnesty International said that Mexican soldiers have carried out torture and forced disappearances while fighting drug cartels. The group said one case involves 25 Tijuana police officers detained on corruption...
Malaysian faces trial in rare seduction case
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A Malaysian man is facing trial for allegedly seducing another man's wife _ a charge under a rarely used law that defense lawyers criticized Wednesday as archaic and tantamount to sexual discrimination. A decades-old...
US man sought by FBI in rape case caught in Mexico
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Mexican prosecutors say they have arrested a suspect wanted by the FBI in the 2004 rapes of two young girls in Pennsylvania. Veracruz state attorney general Salvador Mikel Rivera says Michael Cornelius Burke Jr. was...
Peru army plans arms purchase, tests Chinese tanks
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Peru's military is close to a deal to buy tanks from China, the defense minister said Tuesday. Rafael Rey told The Associated Press that the army is testing MBT-2000 tanks brought from China, but wants a...
Honduran president-elect says coup amnesty for all
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Honduras' president-elect said Tuesday he wants amnesty for ousted President Manuel Zelaya and for all of those involved in the June 28 coup that deposed him. "There should be (an amnesty) for all those involved,"...
FBI takes US terror probe to India and Pakistan
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The FBI is sending a team to Pakistan and India as part of an inquiry into an American man accused of sizing up targets ahead of last year's deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India's financial capital. David Coleman...
Report: Brazil police killed more than 11,000
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Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch. Few of the officers have been...
Students end hunger strike in Venezuela
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A group of college students ended a hunger strike after 17 days following a meeting Tuesday with Organization of American States representatives to air their concerns about human rights in Venezuela. Student leader...
Students, militia clash in 2nd day of Iran protest
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Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crackdown on the opposition after the...
Amnesty Int'l accuses Mexican army of abuses
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Amnesty International says Mexican soldiers have carried out torture and forced disappearances while fighting drug cartels. The group says one case involves 25 Tijuana police officers detained on corruption...
Honduras' top anti-drug official killed
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Gunmen on motorcycles ambushed and killed Honduras' top anti-drug official in the capital Tuesday, just two months before he planned to retire and move to Canada. Former army Gen. Julian Aristides Gonzalez, director of...
Guinea accuses France of complicity in shooting
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The French ambassador was stopped and his diplomatic car was searched as troops loyal to Guinea's ruling junta continued a manhunt for the renegade soldier that shot and wounded the head of Guinea's military junta, an...
Dog survives Baghdad suicide bombing, owners die
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All that was left were the walls and a lucky dog. The ginger-colored hound, chained to roof railing, was left stranded on top of the remaining walls Tuesday as the rest of the house collapsed and killed the dog's...
Death penalty for gays? Uganda debates proposal
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Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned...
French police recover jewelry stolen from Cartier
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Police say they have recovered nearly euro800,000 ($1,181,900) in jewels stolen last month in a holdup at a Cartier jewelry store in the southeastern French city of Lyon. A police official says officers came across the...
Rights group reports violations in Arab countries
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U.S.-allied Arab governments in the Middle East are flouting human rights through violations including torture, extra-judicial killings and repressive laws, an Egyptian human rights group said Tuesday. In a report...
Iraq sets parliamentary elections for March 7
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Iraq's presidential council on Tuesday again postponed nationwide parliamentary elections, setting March 7 as the date for the vote in what has become a seven-week delay likely to feed concerns about an increase in...
UK believed Iraqi weapons had been dismantled
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Britain believed Iraq had dismantled its chemical and biological weapons in the run-up to the 2003 invasion but thought it was possible they could be reassembled, the former head of the country's Joint Intelligence...
Some of the deadliest attacks in Iraq
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Some of the deadliest militant attacks in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003: _ Aug. 14, 2007 _ Four suicide truck bombs detonate simultaneously in the small village of Qahataniya, killing more than 500...
Russian fire chief suspended in deadly blaze probe
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The fire chief of a Russian city where a nightclub blaze killed 119 revelers was suspended along with five subordinates Tuesday and authorities said inspection records for the club appear to have been falsified. ...
Grenade attacks in northern Mexico injure 3
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Near-simultaneous grenade attacks on offices, businesses and gas stations in a northern Mexican state slightly injured three people, prosecutors said Tuesday. Sonora state prosecutors' spokesman Jose Larrinaga said the...
Japanese minister says talks on US base suspended
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Talks on the relocation of a major American military base have been suspended, deepening a deadlock between the United States and Japan. Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Tuesday a high-level working group convened...
Obama envoy seeks NKorea's return to nuke talks
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An envoy dispatched by President Barack Obama launched a mission Tuesday to coax North Korea to rejoin international talks on ending its nuclear programs amid warnings of strong sanctions if Pyongyang refuses. Veteran...
Brazil arrests 6 suspects in $6M tunnel heist
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Authorities arrested five men and one woman accused of tunneling their way to nearly $6 million over the weekend while Brazil was gripped with football fever, but detectives recovered only a tiny fraction of the stolen...
Australia accused of censorship over NKorean art
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Australia was accused of censorship Tuesday for denying visas to North Korean artists whose works are on display in a regional exhibition, but the government says the art comes from Pyongyang's propaganda machine and...
Annan: Pressure has seen Kenya implement reforms
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Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan on Tuesday praised Kenya's government for acting on reforms necessary to avoid a repeat of the bloodshed that followed the disputed 2007 president poll. Annan, who had been sharply critical...
Belarusian opposition activists abducted
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Men appearing to be law enforcement officers have abducted four Belarusian opposition activists in an attempt to scare them away from political activity in the repressive former Soviet republic, a human rights...
Palestinians boycott Israeli settlement goods
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The Palestinian government announced Tuesday that it is enforcing a boycott of goods made in Israel's West Bank settlements and has confiscated more than $1 million in merchandise from shops and companies. Israeli...
Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoner to get documents
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The last British resident imprisoned at Guantanamo won the right Tuesday to see documents his lawyers believe will show that he was tortured. The British government immediately announced an appeal. Judge Jeremy...
Pope keeps Spanish Steps tradition in Rome
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Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday lamented what he described as a steady diet of news about evil in the world, saying it hardens hearts, as he prayed at the Spanish Steps in a Christmas season tradition. Shoppers who jammed...
Russian court rules against Jehovah's Witnesses
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Russia's highest court on Tuesday upheld a ruling halting the activities of a regional branch of Jehovah's Witnesses and banning dozens of its publications in what the group deplored as an unfair move. Russian Supreme...
Afghan leader: Help needed to pay for larger army
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After meeting Tuesday with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said it may be five years before his army is ready to take on insurgents _ a blunt warning that the planned exit strategy for...
China school stampede kills 8 in crowded stairway
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It was raining hard, and the hundreds of children leaving their evening classes raced down the narrow stairway closest to their dormitory. Somehow, someone stumbled _ and the ensuing crush of bodies left eight children...
Israeli official: Jewish law must become binding
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Israel's justice minister called for Jewish law to become binding in Israel, causing a stir Tuesday that cut to the heart of the country's simmering secular-religious divide. Yaakov Neeman's office tried to contain the...
US, Russia face off at World Court over Kosovo
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The United States and Russia faced off over Kosovo at the United Nation's highest court on Tuesday, with the U.S. arguing the world should honor Kosovo's declaration of independence while Russia insisted it was still...
EU: Jerusalem should be joint capital
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European Union foreign ministers urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to make Jerusalem their shared capital, prompting a swift, angry reaction from Israel. For their part Tuesday, the Palestinians announced a...
Sao Paulo swamped by floods, reports of 6 dead
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BRASILIA, Brazil _ Brazil's largest city of Sao Paulo has been hit by severe floods for the second time in less than a week. Local media report that six people have died in mudslides caused by heavy rain. The floods...
Kenyan police arrest man with 100,000 bullets
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Kenyan police on Tuesday said they arrested a suspected weapons smuggler with up to 100,000 bullets and an assortment of guns, a huge cache in a country with stringent gun laws. Police recovered the weapons and...