Thursday July 9, 2009 Updated 6:26 PM PDT
Hundreds of young men and women chanted "death to the dictator," confronting police wielding batons and firing tear gas in the capital as opposition activists sought to revive street protests.
Afghanistan's government has revised a marriage law that sparked an international outcry over sections that appeared to legalize marital rape, Justice Ministry officials said.
China's top communist leaders vowed to maintain stability in the west of the country in their first public comments on the ethnic riots that killed more than 150 people.
Widespread cyber attack overwhelmed government Web sites in the United States and South Korea, although officials warn it would be difficult to definitively identify the attackers quickly.
Germany's Justice Minister is calling for Internet service providers in the U.S. and elsewhere to remove neo-Nazi images, text and other content that can be viewed inside the the country in violation of laws forbidding any Nazi symbols.
(07-09) 18:20 PDT L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) -- Barack Obama is finding that even the reach of a globally popular president goes only so far...
AP 7.9.09 6:20 PM
(07-09) 18:16 PDT URUMQI, China (AP) -- Mosques close in Urumqi for Friday prayers, 2nd Xinjiang city suspends travel by foreigners.
AP 7.9.09 6:16 PM
(07-09) 17:49 PDT LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) -- One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be...
AP 7.9.09 5:49 PM
(07-09) 17:46 PDT RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Two brothers in Rio are living over the edge _ literally: sleeping, working and...
AP 7.9.09 5:46 PM
(07-09) 17:27 PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez's government is imposing new regulations on cable television while...
AP 7.9.09 5:27 PM
(07-09) 17:13 PDT MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Mexico's Attorney General's Office announced Thursday that it is launching a federal...
AP 7.9.09 5:13 PM
(07-09) 16:09 PDT GUATEMALA CITY, (AP) -- An appeals court found insufficient evidence to warrant the trial of a Guatemalan whose...
AP 7.9.09 4:09 PM
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