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Taiwanese leader says unification with China unlikely 'in our lifetimes'

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's new leader says unification with China is unlikely to happen "in our lifetimes." Ma Ying-jeou says in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press that Beijing's Commu...

Bush asserts an 'unbreakable' bond links US and Israel

JERUSALEM - President George W. Bush denounced anti-Semitism today in a speech to the Israeli parliament, taking issue especially with those who want to wipe the Jewish state off the map. Bush told...

911 operator fired for cursing after report

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Nashville 911 operator has been fired after he was recorded saying that he didn't "give a s-" about what happened to a woman who had just called to report her ex-boyfriend was thr...

Hezbollah says it will return things to normal in Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah's deputy leader Sheik Naim Kassem says the group will "return things" to normal after the government reversed key decisions that had triggered days of conflict. Kassem's...

Previously unknown Islamic militant group claims responsibility for India attack

JAIPUR, India - A previously unknown Islamic militant group claimed Thursday to have carried out deadly bombings in the historic Indian city of Jaipur by planting bicycles packed with explosives on th...

Official: Suicide bomber kills 12 in Afghanistan

KABUL - At least 12 people have been killed and 27 wounded in a suicide bomb attack in western Afghanistan. Officials say a suicide bomber wearing a burka attacked a police patrol at a crowded mark...

Man, daughter die after being pushed off bus in India for not paying fare

BHUBANESHWAR, India - Police say a poor Indian worker and his four-year-old daughter were crushed to death by a bus after the conductor pushed them off for not having the fare for the journey. Poli...

HIV-positive man sentenced 35 years for spitting at officer

DALLAS - An HIV-positive man convicted of spitting into the eye and mouth of a Dallas police officer has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. Because a jury found that Willie Campbell used his sal...

Chinese official say death toll in massive earthquake may hit 50,000

BEIJING - China warned Thursday that the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000 as the government issued a rare public appeal for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the...

Chinese state media reports quake death toll exceeds 19,500 people

BEIJING - China issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as the government struggled to cope with this week's deadly earthquake. Rescue workers broke through key roads to the epicentr...