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Kenya carrying too much of the piracy burden

The east African nation has borne the brunt of taking in and prosecuting sea bandits seized by foreign navies patrolling the Gulf of Aden’s busy …
Reuters

Iran says draft sanctions resolution has ‘no chance’

"There is no chance for a new resolution," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters through an English-language interpreter when asked about …
Reuters

Rome chosen as Italy bidder for 2020 Olympic Games

Officials in the Italian capital, which hosted the Games in 1960, are confident of bringing the Olympics to the ancient city because they believe it …
Reuters

Afghan Taliban launch brazen attack on NATO base

Nine U.S. troops were also wounded. Ten militants, wearing vests packed with explosives, were killed, the NATO-led International Security Assistance …
Reuters

Kaczynski’s plane was in good order before takeoff

"The airplane was in perfect order before takeoff," Alexei Morozov, head of the Interstate Aviation Committee’s technical commission, said at a news …
Interfax-Ukraine

Smolensk airfield was able to accept Kaczynski’s plane

"The airfield’s equipment allows it to accept various types of aircraft, including Yak-40 and Tu-154 planes," Tatyana Anodina, Interstate Aviation …
Interfax-Ukraine

U.S., EU not doubting impartiality of Polish presidential plane crash probe

"We value the fact that we have felt support from our partners from the U.S. and European Union countries from the very beginning of the …
Reuters

Timeline: Attacks in Afghanistan target NATO troops

The attack on the Bagram air base near Kabul came a day after a Taliban suicide car bomber attacked a NATO-led military convoy during rush hour in the …
Reuters

Thai protesters calm as battle raged to an end

Protesters showed no obvious sign of fear, as gunfights raged at the entrance to their encampment, and as troops broke through burning barricades that …
Reuters

Top U.S. security officials meet in Pakistan

The May 1 botched car bombing has added to pressure on Pakistan to attack militant-held regions in the northwest. A Pakistani-born American who …
Interns

Detained Iranian director started hunger strike

Panahi, winner of many international awards and a supporter of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in last year’s disputed presidential election, …
Reuters

Quake hits seismically active California border

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 5:38 p.m. PDT (0038 GMT) and was centered 18 miles (29 kilometers) west-southwest of El Centro, …
Interns

China should buy U.S. goods to fix imbalance

"Obviously the trade deficit needs to come down," Locke told Reuters in an interview ahead of a high-level U.S.-China Dialogue on economic and …
Reuters

Detained militant in Iraq details World Cup plot

Iraqi security forces holding the Saudi citizen, identified as Abdullah Azam Saleh al-Qahtani, arranged for The Associated Press to interview him at …
Interns

Study: One in 10 new dads also get the ‘baby blues’

Researchers from the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk pooled data from 43 studies involving about 28,000 participants that documented …
Reuters

Women protest as French Cabinet gets veil ban bill

On Wednesday, Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie presents the text of a bill to the Cabinet banning Muslim veils that cover the face, the first …
Interns

Northern Peru hit by magnitude 6.0 quake

The quake hit 81 miles (130 kilometres) north northwest of Moyobamba and 480 miles (775 km) north of Lima. It was relatively deep at 78 miles …
Reuters

‘Illegal’ second wife lands Malaysia politician in jail

Muslims are allowed to take up to four wives in Malaysia and the multiple marriage has become more popular with a "polygamy club" being set up, …
Reuters
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