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Official: Turkey could allow US to withdraw military equipment from Iraq through territory
ANKARA, Turkey - The Foreign Ministry says the United States is seeking Turkish permission to withdraw noncombat military equipment from Iraq through its territory. Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcu...
UN researchers say global body's 15-year anti-poverty plan fails to address jobs, equality
GENEVA - U.N. researchers have criticized their own organization's 15-year strategy for fighting world poverty and hunger. The Geneva-based U.N. Research Institute for Social Development says the g...
Nearly 10,000 coal trucks stuck in latest north China traffic jam
BEIJING, China - Thousands of coal trucks and other vehicles were backed up for miles on a highway in northern China on Friday, the latest in a series of monster traffic jams that have plagued the ove...
Dubai police chief says planned Blackberry curbs linked to spy worries
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai's police chief says worries about spying by the U.S., Israel and others helped push plans to limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates. The comments ...
Kenya allows International Criminal Court to open office in Nairobi days after al-Bashir visit
NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya is allowing the International Criminal Court to open an office in the country. The court's prosecutor is investigating top Kenyan leaders and business people for their roles ...
Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash; residents who returned forced to flee again
TANAH KARO, Indonesia - An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometres) in the air Friday, sending frightened res...
Police say attack on Muslim Shiite procession kills at least 5 people in southwestern Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan - Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed at least 5 people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country's religious minorities. Police...
David and Samantha Cameron introduce their daughter Florence Rose Endellion to British media
LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron took a few minutes out of his paternity leave to introduce his new daughter to Britain's media. Florence Rose Endellion Cameron was cradled in the arms of her ...
Judges warn slow pace of Karadzic genocide trial could spell 2 years extra, verdict in 2014
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Judges are warning that Radovan Karadzic's genocide trial could take up to two years longer than expected if prosecutors and the former Bosnian Serb leader do not speed up the...
Court starts giving verdicts in Portuguese child sex abuse trial that lasted almost 6 years
LISBON, Portugal - A judge has started reading out a Portuguese court's verdicts on more than 800 alleged crimes in a major child sex abuse trial that has lasted nearly six years. Six men and one w...
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