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  • Pirates anchor supertanker off Somalia

    A hijacked supertanker carrying up to $100 million worth of crude oil -- the largest vessel seized to date in an escalating regional piracy crisis -- was believed to have anchored off Somalia Tuesday, its operator said.


  • Political prisoner returns home to Chile

    A man who was detained during Chile's "dirty war" in 1973 and declared dead in 1995 showed up in his old hometown very much alive last week, a human rights group in Santiago has announced.


  • Gaffe-prone president embarrasses Poles

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  • Boyfriend's trial opens in triple slaying

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  • Congo: Rebel leader orders troops out of town

    Retreating government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo are fighting local militiamen deep in rebel-held territory, witnesses said Tuesday.


  • NATO in Afghanistan fire on militants in Pakistan

    The NATO-led alliance in Afghanistan said its troops fired at militants inside Pakistan in coordination with Pakistani soldiers.


  • Bill Clinton could pose Cabinet problem

    Former President Bill Clinton's international business dealings, global foundation and penchant for going off script could present a significant obstacle to Hillary Clinton becoming secretary of state, observers say.


  • Crowd attacks China govt. office over quake

    Up to 2,000 people attacked a local Communist Party headquarters in northwestern China's Gansu province early Tuesday, state-run media reported.


  • Yahoo co-founder to resign as CEO

    Yahoo! announced Monday that the search is on for the Internet giant's next CEO.


  • Man admits aiding Chinese space program

    A Chinese-born U.S. physicist and businessman pleaded guilty Monday to bribing Chinese space program officials and illegally providing U.S. space launch data to the Beijing government.


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