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US urges calm in China-Japan disputeUS Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expressed concerns over growing tensions between China and Japan over a group of uninhabited disputed islands in the East China Sea.聽
Wave of protests continue against anti-Islam filmProtests outside US embassies in Afghanistan and Indonesia turned violent this weekend, as protesters in Pakistan burned a press club and a government building, all in response to a low-budget film that mocks Islam's Prophet Muhammed.聽
Iran says saboteurs cut power to nuclear siteIt was also disclosed that power to an Iranian enrichment site was also cut off on an unknown date.
A Chinese police chief faces secret trialFormer police chief Wang聽Lijun once made a name for himself arresting gangsters and politicians. Now he is in the hands of the secretive justice system he once wielded against others.
Tensions rise between China and Japan over disputed islandsSporadic, violent protests against Japanese businesses broke out across China this weekend after the Japanese government announced that it had purchased from private Japanese owners islands that are claimed by China. 聽- Four American NATO troops killed in Afghan 'insider' attackFour US troops serving with NATO were killed Sunday in a suspected insider attack in southern Afghanistan, in what is thought to be the second deadly instance this weekend of Afghan聽policemen聽turning on their allies.
Panetta warns against 'provocations' over Asian islandsUS Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said that is concerned that territorial disputes between East Asia countries could result in violence. 聽
Report: Iranian bounty on author Salman Rushdie raisedAn Iranian religious foundation has reportedly raised the amount it would pay for the killing of Salman Rushdie, author of a novel聽considered blasphemous by Iranian clerics.
Pope Benedict, on tour in the Middle East, calls again for peaceAt an open-air Mass in Beirut on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the horrors and deaths resulting from conflicts in the region, and appealed to 海角大神s living in the Middle East to be 'peacemakers.'
Islamic militants clash with Egyptian army, police in SinaiSeven were injured on Sunday in fighting between Islamic militants and Egyptian military and police. Egyptian officials continue their security sweep in Sinai, an area near the聽Egypt-Israel-Gaza border that has become increasingly violent since the fall of former President Hosni Mubara.聽
Chinese protesters clash with police outside Japanese embassyPeople are in the streets over a chain of islands disputed by China and Japan; the issue bubbled to the surface last week when the Japanese government purchased the islands from their private owner.
Pope appeals for peace upon arrival in LebanonConsidering the crisis in Syria and recent diplomatic violence in the Middle East, Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Lebanon Friday trying to calm nerves.
Video: Guatemala volcano forces 17 villages to be evacuatedGuatemala volcano: The Volcan del Fuego erupted six miles from Antigua, Guatemala. The volcano spewed rivers of bright orange lava down its flanks on Thursday, authorities ordered more than 33,000 people evacuated.
16-year-old Mexican hit man, 'El Nino,' linked to 50 murdersA 16-year-old confessed to Mexican police that he took part in executions while working for a drug cartel.
Prosecutor's arguement against former UBS trader begins FridayA former trader for UBS will be tried in British court for fraud and false accounting. 'Unauthorized trading' and the culture of UBS are expected to come up in trial.
Guatemala volcano erupts, forcing 33,000 to evacuate homesGuatemala volcano: At least 17 villages near the Volcan del Fuego, six miles from the colonial city of Antigua, are being evacuated. The eruption of the volcano could cause a disruption in airline flights in and out of Guatemala.
The Coptic 海角大神 in California behind the anti-Islamic filmNakoula Basseley Nakoula, a Coptic 海角大神, says that he helped with logistics for the film "Innocence of Muslims," which mocked Muslims. He denied directing the film. But there's evidence to suggest the filmmaker, Sam Bacile is an alias, which is strikingly similar to Nakoula's middle name.
Violence erupts in Venezuela when challenger campaigns in Chavez strongholdA large crowd of supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez turned violent when opposition candidate Henrique Capriles campaigned in a Chavez-leaning area.
Elite Marines sent to Tripoli in wake of Libya attackA group of US Marines have been sent to Tripoli in response to an attack on the American Consulate聽in Benghazi, during which the US ambassador to Libya was killed.
Dutch vote could affect how EU tackles debt crisisThe free-market Liberal party and the center-left Labor party, running neck in neck in Dutch polls, could end up forming a centrist coalition and leave extremist parties out of government.
