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UNITED NATIONS – Grasping for peace, President Barack Obama on Thursday challenged a pessimistic world to overcome decades of shattered promises and help Israelis and Palestinians close a historic deal within a year. "This time will be different," he declared, offering a now-or-never choice between Mideast stability and perpetual bloodshed. Full Story »
AP KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai called Thursday for the quick release of three Afghan journalists — arrests that analysts said were reminiscent of a strategy the U.S. military used in Iraq to detain local journalists as a way to disrupt insurgents' propaganda networks. Full Story »
AP MEXICO CITY - The threats, four or five of them, came to reporters at Imagen, a daily newspaper in the once-quiet state of Zacatecas where drug cartels have taken over in just the last few years. Then editor Patricia Mercado got a phone call ordering her to print a prepared article or she would be kidnapped. Full Story »
Truck drivers in Greece have been blocking highways to protest a new law that, after 40 years of monopoly, opens up their industry to competition Full Story »
AFP LONDON (AFP) - A London subway station used as a shelter during the Nazi bombing campaign has been recreated to look as it would have done in 1940 and opened to the public on the 70th anniversary of the Blitz. Full Story »
AP JERUSALEM - Hopes of averting a breakdown in Middle East peace talks grew Thursday as senior Palestinian officials said their side would consider an expected U.S.-brokered compromise on Israeli settlement-building in the West Bank. Full Story »
AP ACAPULCO, Mexico - Mexican authorities say seven people were killed in a shootout between rival drug gangs in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco. Full Story »
AP MOGADISHU, Somalia - Heavy fighting between Islamist militants and pro-government troops raged in several parts of Somalia's capital Thursday, killing at least 21 people and wounding nearly 78, an official said. Full Story »
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese foreign ministry spokesman confirmed Friday that four Japanese nationals had been detained in China on suspicion of violating Chinese law regarding the protection of military facilities, as tensions rise between Asia's two biggest economies. Full Story »
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The left-leaning opposition New Democrats put on a show of unity on Thursday, a day after a parliamentary vote on gun control revealed splits that could hurt the party in the next election. Full Story »
AFP SYDNEY (AFP) - A group of Chinese nationals who were threatening to jump off a Sydney immigration detention centre have ended their protest peacefully, officials said Friday. Full Story »
Boston - Video rental giant Blockbuster says its international shops are conducting “business as usual,” despite the company filing for bankruptcy today in the United States. Full Story »
The centerpiece of President Obama's U.N. General Assembly speech was a call for Arabs to do more to coax Israel into making concessions on peace. Can he overcome their skepticism? Full Story »
Moscow - Russia is staking its economic future on its controversial territorial claim to a huge slice of the fast-melting Arctic, which holds up to a quarter of the world's untapped energy resources, and is set to launch an unprecedented diplomatic campaign to achieve its goals. Full Story »
AP MOSCOW - The winner of the Karaoke World Championships may not achieve world fame, but at least he or she won't have to worry where the next meal is coming from — the top prize is 1 million Russian dumplings. Full Story »
AP CARACAS, Venezuela - Opponents and supporters of President Hugo Chavez held their final rallies on Thursday ahead of legislative elections that both of Venezuela's political camps view as a critical test. Full Story »
Being simply the "party of no" against President Barack Obama has worked well for Republicans all year, and they're poised for big election gains. Full Story »
Police found four people fatally shot in a Seattle home Thursday after neighbors reported gunfire and a wounded woman ran into the front yard telling officers, "My mom's gone crazy." Full Story »
Six months to the day after President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats passed health care reform, the policy is returning to the political main stage. Obama and Democrats are seeking to campaign on the sweeping and popular legislation, Republicans are running against it as too costly and are attempting to channel Tea Party challenges to the law's legality. Republicans have long promised to repeal health care reform, several key provisions of which go into effect today. Here's the political battle and what it means the midterms as well as health care. Full Story »
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