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Iran Blasted for Crackdown, Plagiarism
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Police, Protesters Clash at Iran University
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Mother, Son Reunite After Two Decades
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Iran Frees 5 Detained British Sailors
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Iran Detains 5 UK Sailors on Yacht
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Iran Approves Plan for 10 Nuclear Plants
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A look at major attacks in Pakistan since the start of October: Read More
A suicide bomber struck a neighborhood full of government buildings in Pakistan's main northwest city Thursday, killing four people and underscoring that militant groups retain strength despite being under siege by the army. Read More
China has sentenced five more people to death for crimes committed during riots in the western region of Xinjiang in July in country's worst ethnic violence in decades. Read More
About 200 Israeli teenagers soon to be drafted have sent a letter to Israel's defense minister saying they won't enforce any government orders to dismantle settlements in the West Bank. Read More
Yemeni authorities say military operations targeting al-Qaida hideouts have killed more than 30 suspected militants, including important leadership figures in the organization. Read More
Gaza's scars have been frozen in place since Israel waged war a year ago to subdue Hamas and stop rockets from hitting its towns. Entire neighborhoods still lie in rubble, and traumatized residents can't rebuild their lives. Read More
The end seemingly in sight, David Goldman waited anxiously to see if the Brazilian relatives of his 9-year-old son obey a court order to turn over the boy Thursday and end a long, bitter struggle over custody. Read More
Four suspected members of a cartel-aligned hit squad have been arrested in the slaying of the family of a Mexican marine hailed as a hero for dying in a raid that killed a top drug lord. Read More
Official says at least 2 dead, 6 wounded in blast in Pakistan's Peshawar city. Read More
Search-and-rescue teams combed the waters of Manila Bay on Thursday for at least 27 people missing after a passenger ferry collided with a fishing boat, the coast guard said. Read More
Japanese prosecutors filed murder and rape charges against the suspect in the slaying of a British language teacher whose body was found in a sand-filled bathtub more than two years ago, local media reports said Thursday. Read More
A daughter of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has taken refuge in the Saudi Embassy in Tehran after eluding guards who have held her, her sister and four brothers under house arrest for eight years, a Saudi-owned newspaper reported Wednesday. Read More
Authorities say three tigers escaped from a circus caravan in southwestern Mexico. Read More
A high-profile Chinese dissident accused of subversion was tried at a two-hour hearing Wednesday that shut out foreign diplomats concerned over a case that reflects the communist government's deep suspicion of calls for political reform. Read More
A 60-year-old woman has been trampled to death by a surging crowd at a Christmas giveaway in northern Peru. Read More
Security forces and hard-line militiamen assaulted opposition protesters, beating men and women and firing tear gas, as thousands gathered in a central Iranian city for a memorial commemorating the country's most senior dissident cleric, who died this week. Read More
A plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Moarales had to make an emergency landing Wednesday because of a failure in its hydraulic system, but no one was harmed, a spokesman said. Read More
It appears a southern governor kidnapped by presumed leftist rebels on his birthday had his throat slashed within a few hours of the abduction, a Colombian investigator said Wednesday. Read More
Federal authorities at Puerto Rico's main airport have arrested eight Dominicans for allegedly trying to board flights to New York using fake identification. Read More
Passengers on American Airlines Flight 331 had endured the crowded airports and delays of holiday travel, and were moments from their Caribbean destination. Suddenly, everything seemed to spin out of control. Read More
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