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What to expect this week from school protests rattling France's government
World/Nation Briefs September 20, 2011
Yemeni forces open fire on protesters, 26 killed
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Yemeni government forces opened fire with anti-aircraft guns and automatic weapons on tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital demanding ouster of their longtime ruler, kil…
Libyan fighters inch forward in Gadhafi hometown
SIRTE, Libya - Revolutionary fighters struggled to make gains in an assault into Gadhafi's hometown Saturday with bloody street-by-street battles against loyalist forces fiercely defending the most symbolic of the …
Iran: Court to commute sentences for 2 Americans
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's foreign minister said Saturday that the courts are willing in "the near future" to commute the prison sentences for two Americans convict…
Not just science fiction: Planet orbits two suns
A world apart
PATROL BASE FULOD, Afghanistan - "Baby, I walked on a path today. Everything was clear. Nothing happened."
Greece, Europe struggle to contain debt crisis
BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought Tuesday to calm market fears that Greece is heading for a chaotic default as Europe struggles to contain a crippling financial crisis.
At least 75 Kenyans dead after pipeline explosion
NAIROBI, Kenya - Joseph Mwangi hoped and prayed his children had escaped the inferno caused when a leaking gasoline pipeline exploded on Monday, sending flames racing through a Nairobi slum and killing at least 75 …
World / Nation Briefs September 8, 2011
Romney, Perry spar over jobs, Social Security
35,000 worldwide convicted for terror
Japan nuke holdout resolved to stay
TOMIOKA, Japan - Vines creep across Tomioka's empty streets, its prim gardens overgrown with waist-high weeds and meadow flowers. Dead cows rot where they were…
World / Nation Briefs September 1, 2011
U.S.: Pakistani fertilizer used in Afghan bombs
World/Nation Briefs August 31, 2011
Fires burn dozens of homes in Oklahoma
World/Nation Briefs August 30, 2011
Al-Qaida No. 2 reportedly killed by U.S. in Pakistan
WASHINGTON - U.S. and Pakistani officials said Saturday that al-Qaida's second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, delivering another big blow to a terrorist group that the U.S. believes …