Thailand mobilizes security forces ahead of anti-government demonstrations by “red shirt” supporters of ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Talking to the Taliban leader in Afghanistan may help bring peace to the country, according to a former Pakistan spy chief once referred to as the “father of the Taliban.”
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Japanese authorities arrested an activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegal trespassing after he boarded a whaling ship last month in waters off the Antarctic.
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The WTC Captive Insurance Co. has settled with more than 10,000 plaintiffs who claimed illness or injury after the 9/11 attacks. The deals could total $657 million.
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Five gay and lesbian couples have married in Mexico City, the first such ceremonies since a law went into effect legalizing same-sex marriage in the Mexican capital.
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Sebastian Pinera has been sworn in as president of Chile, taking over after a recent earthquake but with a strong economy and stable social institutions.
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Three strong earthquakes rock Chile as the country swears in a new president, and just weeks after a 8.8-magnitude quake killed several hundred people.
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Iraq’s election commission is expected Thursday to announce partial results of last week’s vote.
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Thousands of people marched through Athens Thursday as part of a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest further austerity measures by the embattled government.
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Federal authorities are investigating a New Jersey man suspected of being an al Qaeda member and going on a deadly rampage at a hospital in Yemen.
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