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Syria: The next few days will be criticalRussia and China voted down a U.N. Security Council resolution that might have imposed sanctions on Syria. Diplomacy has been mostly ineffective throughout much of the crisis. Violence persists in the country's capital, Damascus.聽
Laszlo Csatary: Hungary arrests 97-year-old alleged Nazi war criminalLaszlo聽Csatary was charged with 'unlawful torture of human beings,' after a Jewish organization alerted Hungarian officials of his Nazi involvement.
Bus full of Israeli youth explodes in Bulgaria, killing at least threeWitnesses told Israeli media that the huge blast occurred soon after someone boarded the vehicle.
Why are 12 million children singing to Nelson Mandela?Nelson Mandela's birthday is a cause for annual celebrations in South Africa, and this year, 67 minutes of volunteer work and public service. Nelson Mandela turned 94 today.
Now, the northern supply line hit: 22 NATO trucks bombedOfficials in Afghanistan suspect the Taliban used a magnetic bomb to disrupt NATO supply lines in the north, just weeks after Pakistan reopened eastern and southern lines.
Syria: Will the UN Security Council reach consensus?The U.S. and its allies insist that Syria must face consequences for failing to comply with Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan. But Russia opposes the use of sanctions or force.聽
Libyan liberals take the leadAccording to Libya's election commission, Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril's National Forces Alliance won 39 seats in Libya's landmark election. The election is a major step for the country. It's been striving for order since聽Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's longtime ruler, was ousted last year.聽
Rise of North Korea's Kim leaves trail of 20 purged officialsA South Korean assessment finds some 20 top officials in the North purged since Kim Jong-un began his ascent to power in 2009.
Clinton: U.S. and Israel aim to 'build the pressure' on IranBoth the U.S. and Israel are willing to do whatever is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she'd prefer to use diplomacy.聽Economic sanctions are currently in place.聽
Syria: Civil war engulfs DamascusPeople fled from Syria's capital as rebels exchanged fire with聽President Bashar Assad's military in some of the worst fighting of the conflict. Thousands of people have lost their lives since the crisis began 16 months ago.
Sorry, Iran: UAE opens pipeline around Strait of HormuzThe new pipeline bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point for Middle East oil that Iran has threatened to block.聽
Japan floods: 25 dead, but worst said to be overA quarter of a million people in Japan had been ordered to evacuate due to the floods, but the rains subsided Sunday allowing many to return home.
Taliban suspected in wedding hall bombingTerrorists are suspected in Saturday's suicide bombing of a wedding.
China removes grounded warship, easing sea tensionsChina removed a ship that ran aground on a disputed shoal off the Philippines before it could spark further maritime tensions in the South China Sea.聽
Red Cross: Syria now in civil war, rules of war applyThe Red Cross assessment can form the basis for potential war crimes prosecutions in the future.- Wedding blast in Afghanistan kills 23, including local politicianThe suicide bombing targeted the wedding of the government official's daughter.
- Canada town hit by landslide; 4 thought missingThe聽landslide聽struck Thursday morning above the shores of Kootenay Lake, tearing through the tiny community of Johnsons Landing.
Rioting 'anarchy' in Belfast after token Orange paradeShots were fired and dozens of Catholic youths threw bricks and petrol bombs at riot police in Belfast Friday morning, a day after a small Protestant parade passed their neighborhood.
Thailand averts a political crisisThailand's Constitutional Court ruled that the prime minister can move ahead with constitutional reform,聽dismissing a complaint that his party was plotting to overthrow the monarchy.
South China Sea meeting ends in stalemateThe stakes have risen in the South China Sea as the US military shifts its attention back to Asia, emboldening the聽Philippines聽and Vietnam聽to take tougher stance against聽Beijing.
