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Roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in Afghanistan
An Afghan official says a powerful roadside bomb has killed six policemen in the country's west. The officers' vehicle hit the explosives planted in the road they were driving on Tuesday morning in Herat province. District Police Chief Sher Agha says the explosion was so strong that the police truck ...
Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing Buddhist monk
Six Muslim men and one minor have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from life to two years in prison for involvement in the killing of a Buddhist monk during sectarian violence in central Myanmar. Thein Than Oo, a lawyer defending the men, said one of his clients was given ...
Today in History for May 21st
Highlights of this day in history: Aviator Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris, completing the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic; The American Red Cross founded; Susan Lucci wins a Daytime Emmy; 'Gypsy' opens on Broadway. (May 2...
China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected
China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat southeast of Los ...
Chinese fishing boat, crew released by North Korea
A Chinese boat and 16 fishermen seized for ransom by armed North Koreans two weeks ago were released Tuesday, easing the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies. Owner Yu Xuejun, who wasn't aboard the boat when it was seized May 5, wrote on his verified microblog that his ...
Besieged Mexican town cheers arrival of soldiers
Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldiers Monday. People in La Ruana in Michoacan state lined the main road to greet more than a dozen troop transports and heavily armed Humvees with applause and shouts ...
Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction
Guatemala's top court overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and ordered on Monday that his trial restart, throwing into disarray proceedings that had been hailed as historic for delivering the first such guilty verdict for a Latin American leader. Constitutional Court secretary Martin Guzman said the ...
Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan
Secretary of State John Kerry is headed back to the Middle East to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia. Kerry left Washington on Monday for Oman ...
Obama vows US support as Myanmar leader visits
President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House meeting that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country on its sometimes difficult path to democracy and assured him of U.S. support. Obama spoke as he sat in the Oval Office with former general ...
Bank Shooting Rampage in Israel Kills 4
A gunman storms into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Monday, killing four people and taking a hostage before killing himself, police said. (May 20)
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