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UN holds emergency human rights meeting
The UN's human rights council will hold an emergency session regarding the situation in Syria as government troops…
Russia may soften its opposition against Syrian President
International efforts to stop Assad's violent crackdown on protests have been deadlocked after Russia…
Japan leaders fear of “devil’s chain reaction”
The premier Naoto Kan and his staff began referring to a worst case scenario that could threaten Japan's existence…
18 people were killed in a bus attack in Pakistan
Gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus in Kohistan, northern Pakistan, in an apparent sectarian attack, killing 18…
Kazakhstan’s wheat planting is threatened by dryness
Dry weather in Kazakhstan, the second-largest wheat exporter in the former Soviet Union, may persist and…
Obama urges governors to fund education
President Barack Obama Monday urged the nation's governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a…
Romney: “I just am who I am”
Mitt Romney says anyone who thinks there's something wrong with being successful in America "better vote for the…
IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN AND THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2011–2012 IN CHINA
The third leg of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race 2011–2012 has taken the six competing teams to Sanya in…
French vessel reaches stranded cruise ship
A French fishing vessel reached an Italian cruise ship drifting powerless in the Indian Ocean overnight and was…
China’s Chemical Plant Blast kills 13, injures 43
An explosion at a chemical factory in northern China has killed at least 13 people, state officials said. Part of…