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Worst violence since U.S. pullback hits Iraq

Worst violence since U.S. pullback hits Iraq

Bombs kill more than 50 people in Iraq in the worst violence since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week.

Hundreds protest in Iran, defying crackdown

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.

Afghan govt. revises debated marriage law

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.

Group of 8 nations vow global warming cuts

Group of 8 nations vow global warming cuts

President Obama and other leaders of the world's richest industrial countries pledge to seek dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

China's leaders vow stability after riots

China's leaders vow stability after riots

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.

U.S. officials eye North Korea in cyber attack

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 urges ban of neo-Nazi sites abroad

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.


Analysis: Obama's global reach only goes so far

(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

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(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

Study: 1 in 3 breast cancer patients overtreated

(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

Going vertical: Brothers live on building's wall

(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

Venezuela announces new rules affecting cable TV

(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

Mexican feds probe killing of crime activist

(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

Guatemalan court rules in favor of tweet author

(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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