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A panda research center in northwestern China has been closed to visitors as a precaution to protect the endangered species from catching swine flu, state media reported on Tuesday. more...
11/24/2009 5:03am
An Iraqi election official says a political dispute has made it "impossible" to hold elections in January as required by the constitution, and that a delay is certain.
  11/24/2009 4:54am
British panel begins inquiry on Iraq war
In the most sweeping inquiry on the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain's role in the conflict began questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to...
  11/24/2009 4:51am
A government investigation released Tuesday reportedly implicated dozens of Hindu nationalist politicians - including a former prime minister - in the 1992 demolition of a mosque that sparked deadly communal riots.
  11/24/2009 4:47am
2 warlords plead innocent in Congo massacre trial
Two Congolese militia leaders sent child soldiers and other fighters to wipe out a village in a revenge attack that left more than 200 men, women and children dead, a prosecutor told judges Tuesday at the International Criminal Court.
  11/24/2009 4:45am
France's foreign minister has praised the courage of a journalist who has led a fight against a law in Sudan allowing for women to be flogged for wearing pants.
  11/24/2009 4:45am
Pakistani troops kill 18 Islamist militants
Pakistani troops killed 18 militants in a fresh offensive Tuesday against insurgents blamed for a wave of recent bombings in the main northwestern city of Peshawar.
  11/24/2009 4:41am
A remote-controlled bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing six members of a family, including four children, authorities and relatives said.
  11/24/2009 4:33am
The Philippine president placed two southern provinces under emergency rule Tuesday as security forces unearthed more bodies from one of the worst incidents of election violence in the nation's history, pushing the death toll to 46.
  11/24/2009 4:28am
Iran's leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution.
  11/24/2009 4:27am
China executed two people Tuesday for their roles in a tainted milk powder scandal in which at least six children died and more than 300,000 became sick.
  11/24/2009 4:18am
Scientists running the world's largest atom smasher used the $10 billion machine's accelerator to speed up proton beams for the first time Tuesday, in a step toward experiments about the makeup of the universe.
  11/24/2009 4:14am
Google documents Iraqi museum treasures
Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday.
  11/24/2009 4:10am
Mass animal sacrifice festival begins in Nepal
Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.
  11/24/2009 3:42am
Solidarity founder Lech Walesa is suing Polish President Lech Kaczynski for damages in a Warsaw court for having called Walesa a communist-era agent.
  11/24/2009 3:30am
Israel's prime minister is trying to temper expectations that a deal to free a long-held Israeli soldier is imminent.
  11/24/2009 3:28am
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