Thailand moves to send Hmong back to Laos
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Thailand sent army troops with shields and batons to evict some 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum seekers Monday and send them back to Laos despite strong objections from the U.S. and rights groups who fear they will face...
At least 5 killed in Iran protests
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Iranian security forces fired on stone-throwing protesters in the center of the capital Sunday in one of the bloodiest confrontations in months, opposition Web sites and witnesses said. At least five people were killed....
Bomb suspect came from elite family, best schools
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As a member of an uppercrust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London. But the...
Croatia: presidential election goes to runoff
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A leftist opposition legal scholar will face off against Zagreb's colorful mayor in Croatia's presidential runoff elections, the state-run Electoral Commission said early Monday. The failure of the ruling conservative...
Croatia: presidential election goes to runoff
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The state-run Electoral Commission says that the opposition member and Zagreb mayor _ an independent _ will face off in Croatia's runoff presidential elections. After nearly all votes were counted from Sunday's vote,...
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Thai Army begins operation to send 4,000 ethnic Hmong back to Laos, despite safety concerns. ...
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Opposition member, Zagreb mayor go to presidential runoff, electoral commission says. ...
Priest: 7 migrants killed in Suriname violence
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At least seven foreign migrants are dead and hundreds more homeless after rioting and attacks against migrant workers in Suriname left a border town in ashes, a Brazilian priest aiding victims said Sunday. The Rev....
125 pilot whales die on NZ beaches, 43 saved
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Some 125 pilot whales died in New Zealand after stranding on the beach over the weekend _ but vacationers and conservation workers Sunday managed to coax 43 others back out to sea. Rescuers monitored the survivors as...
Airliner plot raises fears about al-Qaida in Yemen
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A Nigerian man's claim that his attempt to blow up a U.S. plane originated with al-Qaida's network inside Yemen deepened concerns that instability in the Middle Eastern country is providing the terror group with a base...
Italy avalanches kill 7, including 4 rescuers
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Seven people, including a German teenager, have been killed by avalanches in northern Italy, officials said Sunday. In one incident, two Italian tourists were killed when an avalanche hit them in the Italian Alps, said...
Bomber kills 5 at Shiite gathering in Pakistan
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A suicide bomber targeted a large gathering of Shiite Muslims in the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Sunday, killing five people and wounding 80 _ a rare sectarian attack in an area police said has little...
Hamas: 2 members dead in Lebanon blast
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Hamas said Sunday that two members were killed in a mysterious late-night blast, and the Palestinian militant group said it was still trying to determine who was behind the attack. Lebanon's state-run news agency said...
Israel: 16,200 Jewish immigrants arrived in 2009
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Israeli authorities say 16,200 Jews moved to the country in 2009, the first yearly increase in a decade. The quasi-governmental Jewish Agency handles immigration to Israel. In a statement, it said in 2008, almost...
Mexico: Would-be bullfighter gored in throat, dies
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A fan trying his hand during an improvised bullfight in southern Mexico is dead after a bull gored him in the throat. Police in Guerrero state say 22-year-old Juan Casarrubias Rendon died in the small mountain town of...
Hamas marks 1 year after war, but many stay home
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A meager turnout at a well-publicized Hamas rally Sunday to mark a year since Israel's devastating Gaza offensive appeared to reflect public despair over grinding poverty, stalled reconstruction and discontent over the...
Pope presses the flesh, visits Rome soup kitchen
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Pope Benedict XVI waded into a crowd of well-wishers in Rome on Sunday, just days after he was knocked down by a woman at a Christmas Eve Mass. It the 82-year-old pontiff's first appearance outside the Vatican since...
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Information minister says airline bomb suspect 'sneaked' into Nigeria day before attack. ...
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Police: Suicide bomber kills 5, wounds 60 at Shiite gathering in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. ...
Watchdog: Thais' Hmong expulsion could be violent
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Human rights groups warned Sunday that the Thai government's planned expulsion of 4,000 ethnic Hmong to Laos could turn violent. The Hmong, an ethnic minority group from Laos' rugged mountains, say they fear political...
Bombs kill 7 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq
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A bomb killed five Shiite pilgrims in a procession in northeast Iraq on Sunday and blasts in Baghdad killed two more pilgrims as millions of people marched to commemorate the most important Shiite religious observance. ...
Condemned British man's family flies to China
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Two cousins of a British man who is due to be executed in China this week for drug trafficking arrived in the country Sunday to plead for his life, an activist group said. Akmal Shaikh, a father of three, is scheduled...
20 pilot whales die on New Zealand beach, 43 saved
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Twenty pilot whales died on a New Zealand beach after stranding but holiday-makers and conservation workers Sunday managed to coax 43 others back out to sea. Rescuers monitored the survivors as night fell as they swam...
Paper airplane virtuoso tests record aloft
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In the world of competitive paper airplane throwing, a 20-second flight is exceptional, 25 or better is world class. Thirty is the stuff dreams are made of. Only one man _ Japanese paper airplane virtuoso Takuo Toda _...
Ferry sinks in Philippines; 6 dead, 22 missing
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A passenger ferry sank in the northern Philippines in a second sea disaster in three days. Six bodies, including three children, were recovered and at least 22 people were missing Sunday. Search-and-rescue teams...
Activist: US missionary likely detained in NKorea
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An American missionary is believed to be in North Korean custody after he illegally entered the communist nation on Christmas Day in an attempt to call attention to the reclusive country's human rights conditions, an...
NATO: US serviceman killed in Afghanistan
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NATO says an American serviceman has been killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. A statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force says the incident took place Saturday in southern Afghanistan, but it...
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Reformist Web site: At least 3 opposition protesters killed in clash with Iranian police. ...
Venezuelan seeks to revive anti-Chavez movement
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They range from wealthy businessmen to boisterous students and poor single mothers, jammed together 10,000 strong in a stadium, chanting "change is possible!" and shoving forward to greet the man who is challenging...
Measures that Chavez opponents call undemocratic
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Measures which Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's opponents claim are meant to stifle political opposition, and which Chavez insists are meant only to uphold the law: _ Chavez has refused to renew the broadcast...
Afghan police work to overcome barriers for women
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The young Afghan woman leaves home every morning with her face and figure hidden by a burqa. At her office, she dons a police uniform, grabs a pistol and starts knocking in doors, looking for drug dealers and Taliban...
India governor, 86, resigns after 3-woman sex tape
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The 86-year-old governor of a southern Indian state resigned, a day after a television news channel broadcast a tape allegedly showing him in bed with three women. Pressure mounted on Gov. Narain Dutt Tiwari to quit...
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Police say bomb kills government official and his 5 family members in northwest Pakistan. ...
Monks, tourists, villagers mark Asian tsunami
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Buddhist monks in orange robes chanted on a Thai beach, an Indonesian mother mourned her children at a mass grave, and a man scattered flowers in now-placid waters Saturday to commemorate the 230,000 killed five years...
Magma building up in Philippines' Mayon volcano
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Fewer earthquakes have been recorded in the Philippines' lava-spilling Mayon volcano, but magma continues to build up inside and any lull in activity could be followed by a bigger eruption, scientists said Saturday. A...
Activist who denounced Mexico border killings dies
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Esther Chavez, a women's rights activist who first drew attention to the brutal slayings of women in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, has died, her nephew said Saturday. She was 73. Hector Chavez Arbizu said his aunt...
6 members of family shot to death in north Mexico
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Prosecutors in the Mexican state of Chihuahua say they found the bullet-riddled bodies of six members of the same family in a mountainous area. No motive was given for the killing, but drug trafficking, illegal logging...
Explosion rocks Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut
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Three bombs planted under a car exploded south of Beirut on Saturday, killing one person and wounding several others in an attack that apparently targeted an official from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the...
Bolivian leader moves to legalize small coca plots
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President Evo Morales said Saturday that he plans to make it legal for Bolivia's farmers to grow small parcels of coca plants. Morales, who also heads a coca growers association, said he wants to permit individual...
Israel kills 6 Palestinians in surge of violence
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Israeli troops blasted their way into the homes of three wanted Palestinians on Saturday, killing each in a hail of bullets and straining an uneasy security arrangement with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. ...
Activists push Egypt to grant access to Gaza
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International activists from 43 countries have appealed to Egypt to reverse a decision denying them access to the blockaded Gaza Strip for a solidarity march. Ann Wright, a former U.S. colonel and diplomat and march...
Pope in good shape 2 days after Xmas scare
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Pope Benedict XVI appeared in good shape on Saturday as he addressed the faithful two days after a woman knocked him down at the start of Christmas Eve Mass. Benedict spoke about the plight of persecuted Christians...
Report: Iranian forces, demonstrators clash
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Iranian security forces beat protesters in central Tehran on Saturday while hardline activists disrupted a speech by the country's moderate former president, reformist Web sites said, raising tensions ahead of...
Afghan police work to overcome barriers for women
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The young Afghan woman leaves home every morning with her face and figure hidden by a burqa. At her office, she dons a police uniform, grabs a pistol and starts knocking in doors, looking for drug dealers and Taliban...
Measures that Chavez opponents call undemocratic
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Measures which Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's opponents claim are meant to stifle political opposition, and which Chavez insists are meant only to uphold the law: _ Chavez has refused to renew the broadcast...
Venezuelan seeks to revive anti-Chavez movement
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They range from wealthy businessmen to boisterous students and poor single mothers, jammed together 10,000 strong in a stadium, chanting "change is possible!" and shoving forward to greet the man who is challenging...
US commander: Iraq must be fair to Sunnis
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A top American commander called on the Iraqi government to take care of tens of thousands of unemployed anti-al-Qaida Sunni fighters, saying proper treatment for the men is critical for national reconciliation. The...
Monks, tourists, villagers mark Asian tsunami
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Buddhist monks in orange robes chanted on a Thai beach, an Indonesian mother mourned her children at a mass grave, and a man scattered flowers in now-placid waters Saturday to commemorate the 230,000 killed five years...
Bombs targeting Iraqi pilgrims tent kills 5
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A string of attacks Saturday against Shiite pilgrims in eastern Baghdad killed five, the latest round of violence to strike worshippers during a revered mourning observance. Insurgents have targeted Shiite pilgrims,...
Officials: Suspected US strikes kill 3 in Pakistan
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A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are concentrated, two Pakistani intelligence officials...