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Roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in Afghanistan
A powerful roadside bomb killed six policemen in western Afghanistan on Tuesday when their vehicle hit the explosives buried in the road, an Afghan official said. Insurgents often use makeshift land mines to target both Afghan government officials and international forces in Afghanistan. The explosives often kill civilians as well, ...
China's Li seeks stronger economic ties with India
China's premier has told Indian business leaders that the two Asian giants need to establish stronger economic ties. Li Keqiang said Tuesday that China and India are both enormous markets with major potential for growth. He said the two nations' strengths complement each other and that strengthening economic cooperation will ...
Israel returns fire following shooting from Syria
The Israeli military says gunfire from Syria hit an Israeli patrol on the Golan Heights overnight, damaging a vehicle and prompting the troops to fire back. The military said on Tuesday that the Israeli troops reported a "direct hit" from the return fire but provided no further details. Sporadic fire ...
Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing Buddhist monk
A court in Myanmar sentenced seven Muslims to terms ranging from life to two years in prison Tuesday for the killing of a Buddhist monk during sectarian violence that is posing a serious challenge to President Thein Sein's reformist government. While the violence is contained for now, questions are arising ...
Today in History for May 21st
Highlights of this day in history: Aviator Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris, completing the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic; The American Red Cross founded; Susan Lucci wins a Daytime Emmy; 'Gypsy' opens on Broadway. (May 2...
China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected
China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat southeast of Los ...
Chinese fishing boat, crew released by North Korea
A Chinese boat and 16 fishermen seized for ransom by armed North Koreans two weeks ago were released Tuesday, easing the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies. Owner Yu Xuejun, who wasn't aboard the boat when it was seized May 5, wrote on his verified microblog that his ...
Besieged Mexican town cheers arrival of soldiers
Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldiers Monday. People in La Ruana in Michoacan state lined the main road to greet more than a dozen troop transports and heavily armed Humvees with applause and shouts ...
Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction
Guatemala's top court overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and ordered on Monday that his trial restart, throwing into disarray proceedings that had been hailed as historic for delivering the first such guilty verdict for a Latin American leader. Constitutional Court secretary Martin Guzman said the ...
Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan
Secretary of State John Kerry is headed back to the Middle East to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia. Kerry left Washington on Monday for Oman ...
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