The superstar Spanish judge who won global fame for aggressively taking on international human rights cases was convicted Thursday of overstepping his jurisdiction in a domestic corruption probe and barred from the bench for 11 years, marking a spectacular fall from grace for one of the n…
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Police are threatening a strike that could prompt violence during this tropical city's popular Carnival bash in spite of government approval Thursday of a police pay raise.
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A court in the Maldives issued an arrest warrant Thursday for former President Mohamed Nasheed, one day after his supporters rampaged in the capital and his claim of being ousted in a coup left unclear the stability of the fledging Indian Ocean democracy.
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Between blasts of rockets and mortar fire, Syrians used loudspeakers to call for blood donations and medical supplies Thursday in the stricken city of Homs, where a weeklong government offensive has created a deepening humanitarian crisis.
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The historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in western Mexico, equal to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009, feeds growing speculation that the country could become a world platform for meth production, not just a supplier to the United States.
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After two hours' grueling drive southeast from the center of Mexico City, through paralyzing traffic jams and clouds of throat-burning smog, the bleached-white haze of air pollution gives way to pale-blue sky.
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An heir to the Guerlain perfume empire went on trial Thursday in Paris on charges he made racist insults on national television.
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Iran's official news agency reported Thursday that the navy has added two more domestically built light submarines to its fleet.
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called Thursday on the ruling generals to sack the military-appointed government, saying it has failed to manage the deteriorating security and economic situation in the country.
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Hamas appears to be drifting away from its longtime patron Iran _ part of a shift that began with last year's Arab Spring and accelerated over Tehran's backing of the pariah regime in Syria.
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Markets were shored up by the news that Greece's party leaders agreed a deal on new cuts that are necessary for the country to get crucial bailout funds.
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An Iranian opposition website reported Thursday that authorities have banned one of the daughters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi from her teaching job.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday claimed that an airstrike carried out by the international coalition killed eight children in eastern Afghanistan.
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An attempt to protect a rhinoceros from poachers in South Africa by sedating it to treat its horn ended with the animal's death Thursday in front of journalists and others who had been invited to learn more about anti-poaching efforts, conservationists said.
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Greece's political leaders on Thursday agreed to steep government cutbacks and economic reforms to qualify for a euro130 billion ($170 billion) bailout from other countries in Europe and around the world.
Feb 09, 2012 | 12:36 pm
The Somali militant group al-Shabab has formally joined al-Qaida, according to a video translation released Thursday of a message from al-Qaida's leader.
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Three conservative clerics whose arrests nine years ago heralded the beginning of Morocco's crackdown on Islamists called on Thursday for a new investigation into their country's worst terrorist attack.
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The European Central Bank kept its key interest rate at a record low of 1 percent on Thursday as it waits to see if the 17-nation eurozone needs more help to stave off recession.
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In a high-stakes gamble, an imprisoned member of a Palestinian militant group has waged a hunger strike for almost two months, trying to draw attention to Israel's military justice system and its treatment of detainees who can be held without charge for lengthy periods.
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As Mali's army confronts attacks from ethnic Tuareg separatists, the country's president is battling some tough critics: the wives of military personnel who grilled him for nearly two hours on state television about the government's failure to put down the rebellion.
Updated: 12:01 pm
The U.S. State Department's top human rights envoy is urging Bahrain's Sunni monarchy and Shiite-led opposition to resume talks aimed at ending yearlong unrest in the strategic Gulf nation.
Feb 09, 2012 | 8:44 am
Officials say a police shooting in Nigeria's southeast caused Muslims living in the Christian area to flee in panic amid concerns about retaliatory violence.
Feb 09, 2012 | 8:28 am
An Indonesian accused of making the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings is scheduled to go on trial next week on terrorism and murder charges, a court official said Thursday.
Feb 09, 2012 | 7:10 am
Another Tibetan has set himself on fire in western China to protest government policies while thousands marched in another part of China to show support for their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, a report said.
Feb 09, 2012 | 7:04 am
A Jordanian prosecutor says he has ordered a powerful former intelligence chief to be detained for 14 days pending a probe on charges of embezzlement of public funds, money laundering and abuse of office.
Feb 09, 2012 | 6:49 am
China last month sent a senior official to symbolically hand over the keys to a nine-story twin tower to house Uganda's president and prime minister, a gift from Beijing.
Feb 09, 2012 | 5:55 am
A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region Thursday, killing five suspected militants, intelligence officials said. The Taliban identified one of them as a prominent commander who has served as a key link to al-Qaida.
Feb 09, 2012 | 5:26 am
Europeans need to question their habits if they want to secure the future of their generous pension systems, Sweden's prime minister said Thursday as he opened a summit for leaders from Britain and the Nordic and Baltic countries.
Feb 09, 2012 | 4:53 am
The president of energy-rich Turkmenistan is an avid horseman, but he is unlikely ever to win a race as easily as this Sunday's election.
Feb 09, 2012 | 4:49 am
Uganda's government does not support a parliamentarian's decision to reintroduce a bill that originally proposed the death penalty for some homosexual acts, the government said in responding to renewed criticism by rights activists who oppose the bill.
Feb 09, 2012 | 4:39 am
U.S. outrage over Beijing's veto of a U.N. Syria resolution won't affect cooperation on other international issues, a top Chinese diplomat said Thursday, as Beijing announced it had recently hosted a leading Syrian opposition figure.
Feb 09, 2012 | 4:42 am
The U.S. Embassy in China is promising to streamline visa requests and hire more people to process applicants as part of President Barack Obama's push to boost tourism to the United States.
Feb 09, 2012 | 4:26 am
A six-story building that collapsed and killed 115 people in last year's New Zealand earthquake was made of weak columns and concrete and did not meet standards when it was built, the government said Thursday.
Feb 09, 2012 | 4:24 am
Iraqi authorities executed at least 65 people in the first 40 days of 2012 for various offenses, including 14 on a single day, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
Feb 09, 2012 | 4:05 am
Thailand's ruling party has proposed a controversial plan to amend the country's constitution, which was drafted after a 2006 coup that ousted Thaksin Shinawatra from power.
Feb 09, 2012 | 3:45 am
Police official says arrest warrant has been issued for former Maldives president.
Feb 09, 2012 | 3:24 am
Leather seats are disappearing from cars. Precious jewels are vanishing from drawers. TVs are spirited out of homes in the dead of night.
Feb 09, 2012 | 2:52 am
China's Foreign Ministry says that a Syrian opposition delegation visited Beijing and met Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun.
Feb 09, 2012 | 2:19 am
The celebrity top cop relieved of his duties in a major Chinese city met officials at a U.S. consulate amid unconfirmed reports of an asylum bid, but then left the building, the U.S. State Department said. His whereabouts were unclear Thursday.
Feb 09, 2012 | 1:07 am
India has decided to buy 126 fighter jets from France, taken delivery of a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia and prepared for its first aircraft carrier in recent weeks as it modernizes its military to match China's.
Feb 09, 2012 | 12:38 am
There's a Persian saying used to describe an under-the-radar political effort: "Driving at night with the lights off." Allies of embattled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be doing just that as they campaign in Iran's hinterlands in hopes of scoring a comeback in next month's parliamenta…
Feb 08, 2012 | 11:35 pm
A suspected member of the Zetas drug cartel led Mexican authorities to mass graves at two ranches in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz where marines unearthed 15 bodies by Wednesday.
Feb 08, 2012 | 8:32 pm
Demonstrators hurled stones at the convoy carrying Senegal's aging president to the regional capital of Thies, where he held a campaign rally Wednesday, according to witnesses and a private radio station.
Feb 08, 2012 | 7:36 pm
A senior Canadian government official says Canada lodged a formal protest with Russia for supplying arms to the Assad regime in Syria.
Feb 08, 2012 | 6:52 pm
Three investigating judges have filed preliminary charges against former Labor Minister Eric Woerth for "passive influence peddling" after becaming ensnared in a scandal involving the fortunes of the L'Oreal heiress.
Feb 08, 2012 | 6:44 pm
Repsol YPF on Wednesday raised the estimate for potentially recoverable oil and gas in its part of Argentina's "Vaca Muerta" (Dead Cow) basin to the equivalent of nearly 23 billion barrels, indicating a total shale deposit big enough to enable Argentina to challenge the United States in n…
Feb 08, 2012 | 6:02 pm
A lawyer for five Cuban agents sentenced to long jail terms for spying in the United States said Wednesday he is preparing a last-ditch appeal, arguing that one of the men received bad counsel and that the jury for all five was prejudiced because the U.S. paid several journalists who cove…
Feb 08, 2012 | 5:37 pm
Authorities in the Dominican Republic have recovered 20 more bodies of migrants who were aboard a boat that capsized, raising the death toll to 41, officials said Wednesday.
Feb 08, 2012 | 3:21 pm
Security officials say five Yemeni prisoners have been killed in clashes after riots in a prison south of the capital as some tried to flee.
Feb 08, 2012 | 2:57 pm
Every day, rockets and mortars fired by regime forces rattle the streets of Homs. Armed rebels ambush government military checkpoints. Hatreds brew on either side of the avenues that divide the bloodstained Syrian city.
Feb 08, 2012 | 2:24 pm
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