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Interim Ethiopian PM to stay on until 2015 electionsHailemariam Desalegn, who assumed the prime minister's office upon the death of Meles Zenawi Monday, will finish Zenawi's five-year term.
Detained Chinese activists return by boat from JapanThe activists arrived in Hong Kong but that isn't likely to end the crisis over the disputed islands. Japan says it will prosecute any Chinese who land on the islands that may be near gas deposits.
Syrian minister warns US against intervention after chemical weapons remarksThe comments came a day after President Barack Obama said the US would reconsider its opposition to military involvement in the Syrian civil war if Bashar Assad's government deploys or uses chemical or biological weapons, describing it as a 'red line' for the United States.
Moscow court responsible for sentencing Pussy Riot hacked'Putin's thieving gang is robbing our country! Wake up, comrades,' read the website of the court after it was attacked by activists associated with Anonymous.
Anonymous attacks UK government websites to protest Assange-caseDowning Street, the office of Prime Minister Cameron and the Home Office said attempts to disrupt the work of their sites had failed or caused minor problems.
US Joint Chiefs of Staff's plane damaged in AfghanistanGen. Martin Dempsey was not near the plane at the time of the overnight strike, officials say. It is not considered an intentional attack on the aircraft. Dempsey was in Afghanistan to raise the issue of 'insider' shootings by Afghan security forces.
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian Prime Minister and Western ally, diesMeles Zenawi gained power in 1991 and went on to become a towering political figure on the African continent who was widely credited for steering one of the world's poorest countries to high economic growth. He died overnight in a Brussels hospital聽after a battle with illness.
Moscow: Will police find other Pussy Riot members?After the conviction of three members of the Russian band, Pussy Riot, Russian police are still searching for others. The punk band released its most recent anti-Putin song on Friday.聽
Obama warns Syria of 'enormous consequences'U.S. President Barack Obama threatened Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against using or moving weapons of mass destruction. Obama said the U.S. is preparing a 'range of contingency plans' should Assad ignore his warning.
Some South African miners back to work after shootingOwner Lonmin has threatened about 3,000 striking workers with dismissal if they do not show up at work in the platinum mine northwest of Johannesburg. But only a quarter of them returned to work after the police shooting that killed 34 last week.
South Korean conservative politician could become first female presidentPark Geun-hye won her New Frontier Party's presidential primary easily. Polls show Park is ahead of any of the declared liberal opponents by double digits for December's election.
US general talks with Afghan officials about attacks on NATO personnelAttacks from inside the Afghan security forces have been climbing. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed the rise as well as the progress with the military campaign with US commanders in the field.
Myanmar ends censorship on media publicationsBefore this latest reform, every news report, book, song, cartoon and piece of art required approval by teams of censors in the country rooting out political messages and criticism of the government. Sill, questions of press freedom in Myanmar will remain, experts say.
Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai's wife, gets suspended death sentence for British businessman's murderGu Kailai will likely face life in prison for her role in the death last year of Neil Haywood. Gu Kailai admitted to poisoning the British businessman.
Another NATO soldier killed by Afghan comrade-in-armsAn Afghan police officer shot and killed the soldier Sunday, making it the ninth 'green-on-blue' killing in 11 days.
Dip diplomacy: Japanese activists swim to disputed islands, raise flagDays earlier, Chinese activists swam to the disputed but uninhabited islands, known in Japan as the Senkaku Islands and in China as聽the Diaoyu Islands.聽
Sudan's struggling government loses top officials in plane crashTwo generals, the Minister of Endowment, and a former adviser to President Omar al-Bashir were among the 32 people who died Sunday.
Assange: US may be holding one of 'world's foremost political prisoners'Speaking from Ecuador's embassy in London, WikiLeak's founder Julian Assange urged the US to release聽Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is charged with passing US documents to WikiLeaks.聽聽
Syria's Assad emerges in public to mark Eid al-FitrThe outing marks the Syrian president's first appearance in public since a bombing last month that killed four of his top security officials.聽
10 suspected militants killed by US drones in PakistanTwo US drone strikes in northern Pakistan, near the Afghanistan border, killed ten suspected militants.
