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China extends welcome to Myanmar leader

Gen. Than Shwe had come on a five-day visit, seeking backing from his country’s strongest ally for November elections that mark the first nationwide …
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US minister: Sept. 11 Quran burn still planned

"We are still determined to it, yes," the Rev. Terry Jones told the CBS Early Show. Jones says he has received more than 100 death threats and has …
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Gunmen free up to 800 inmates from Nigeria prison

State police commissioner Danlami Yar’Adua said the gunmen killed four people including two bodyguards and set part of the prison on fire. He said …
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Suspected U.S. missile attacks rock Pakistan

The strikes happened within hours of each other in North Waziristan, a lawless region home to militants battling foreign troops just across the …
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Swiss probe Bettencourt island deal

Switzerland is cooperating with French authorities in their politically-charged investigation into the possible misuse of the financial assets of …
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U.S. pastor has legal right to burn Qurans

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protecting free speech will cover him, in the same way it allows the Ku Klux Klan to burn crosses and …
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Suspected U.S. missile strike kills six in Pakistan

The U.S. has stepped up drone strikes in recent days, carrying out five suspected attacks in less than a week in North Waziristan, a tribal area along …
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United Nations reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo

U .N. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Atul Khare told the U.N. Security Council that at least 267 more rapes occurred in another area …
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China military leader urges closer Myanmar ties

Chen Bingde, chief of the general staff of the People’s Liberation Army, met with Than Shwe on Tuesday, calling for developing stable bilateral ties …
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Angelina Jolie meets flood victims in Pakistan

The flow of aid money has stalled in recent days, and officials expressed hope the two-day visit by Jolie — who serves as a "goodwill ambassador" …
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Japanese journalist tricked captors into using Twitter

Just days before he was freed, Kosuke Tsuneoka said one of the militants brought him his new cell phone and asked the prisoner to set it up. The …
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Officials: Gunman threatened to kill Obama

Federal charges filed in U.S. District Court in Savannah identified the accused gunman as 29-year-old Robert Anthony Quinones. The Army says he took …
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U.S. smoking rate still stuck at 1 in 5 adults

About 21 percent of U.S. adults were smokers in 2009, about the same percentage as the year before, according to the Centers for Disease Control and …
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Puerto Rican journalist stabbed 22 times; police detain man

Jose Arriaga Stuart is expected to recover, but he has a collapsed lung and is undergoing surgery, Lt. Jose Arrocho said. A police officer found …
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Google to start TV service in U.S. this autumn

CEO Eric Schmidt said the service, which will allow full Internet browsing via the television, would be free, and Google would work with a variety …
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Commuters walloped by strikes in France, London

French unions challenged unpopular President Nicolas Sarkozy with a major nationwide strike over plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, …
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The New York Times: George Soros gives $100 million to Human Rights Watch

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Indonesian volcano erupts again; strongest yet

Some witnesses at the foot of Mount Sinabung reported seeing an orange glow — presumably magma — in cracks along the volcano’s slopes for the first …
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