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US lawmaker urges China not to persecute dissidents

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Ros-Lehtinen and five other members of Congress arrived Tuesday in Seoul for a four-day visit that included a trip to the border with North Korea. -AFP

US hacked Al-Qaeda to undermine propaganda: Clinton

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Clinton said the success was staged by the State Department's new Center for Strategic Communications. -AFP

Breivik says won't appeal guilty verdict if found sane

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

On trial for killing 77 people in Norway last July, he told an Oslo court Thursday he would not appeal a certain guilty verdict if the judges deem him to be sane. -AFP

NZ teenager wins chance to address UN summit

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

She hopes to represent youth everywhere. -AFP

Chen's brother flees east China village for Beijing

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

His lawyer refuses to divulge any information about the escape. -AFP

Russia probing US sabotage in Superjet crash: report

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Russia has long history of blaming disasters on foreigners. -AFP

Neil Armstrong gives rare interview - to accountant

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

82 year old has long been reluctant to discuss the original moon landing. -AFP

Strong aftershocks hit Italy's quake zone

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Local media said a total of 18 aftershocks had hit the area during the night. -AFP

New Zealand hopes to end whaling deadlock

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

New Zealand's foreign minister voiced hope that Japan would compromise in coming years on whaling. -AFP

S.Africa's capital renames streets for anti-apartheid heroes

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Streets are being renamed to honour heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle, leaving whites worried about losing their cultural identity. -AFP

'I would vote for President Obama': Castro's niece

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Mariela Castro hailed Obama's support for gay marriage and the loosening of US-Cuba travel restrictions. -AFP

Florida student pleads guilty to threat on Obama's life

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

He had threatened to put "a bullet through his head." -Reuters

Amnesty criticizes US for 'unlawful' bin Laden raid

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

It also hit out at human rights violations committed by former president George W. Bush's administration. -AFP

Mexico extradites drug boss involved in corruption probe

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Sergio Villarreal is alleged to be a leading member of the Beltran Leyva cartel, a drug trafficking syndicate. -Reuters

US charges Chinese man with illegal nuclear-related exports

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Qiang Hu allegedly allowed thousands of pressure measuring sensors to be exported to unauthorized users in China. -Reuters

France's Hollande steps up eurobonds push

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

He sees pooled eurozone debt as a fundamental means through which to bolster the single euro currency. -AFP

Romney opens new front vs Obama: schools are failing

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Mitt Romney says millions of students getting "third world" education. -Reuters

Missouri to vote on 'right to pray' constitutional amendment

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Voters in Missouri will decide if praying in public should be made a constitutional right on Aug 7. -Reuters

Obama defends foreign policy from Republican criticism

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

US President defends foreign policy against Republican criticism of American power decline in the world. -Reuters

Egyptians back at the polls to pick president

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Outcome may be clear before official results on Tuesday. -Reuters

European leaders to prepare for Greek exit scenario

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

German central bank said losing Greece would be testing but "manageable". -Reuters

Los Angeles to become largest US city to ban plastic bags

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Some 45 other California cities have already banned the use of plastic bags by grocery stores. -Reuters

With Mubarak gone, Egyptians vote freely for leader

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Egyptians enjoyed the uncertainty after the routinely rigged votes of Mubarak's 30 years in power. -Reuters

Dig "proves" Bethlehem existed centuries pre-Jesus

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The proof came in a clay seal unearthed near the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem and imprinted with three lines of ancient Hebrew script that include the word "Bethlehem". -Reuters

Australian tycoon world's richest woman: report

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Australian woman Gine Rinehart is now the world's richest woman. -AFP