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Russia to restart Proton rocket launches after crash

Russia plans to restart launches of its Proton-M rocket in September, a top space official said Monday...

Blast on Pakistan train wounds 14: police

A bomb exploded on board a passenger train in central Pakistan on Monday, wounding 14 people, officials said...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

US military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

A U.S. military helicopter crashed at an American base on the southern island of Okinawa, Japanese and U.S. officials said Monday.

Published: Aug 5, 2013

Syria ballistic missiles killing children: HRW

Ballistic missiles used by the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad are killing many civilians, including children...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

Bomb hidden in cart kills 4 in south Afghanistan

An Afghan provincial official says a bomb hidden inside a cart in a livestock market has killed four civilians in the country's south.

Published: Aug 5, 2013

Deaths from heavy rains up to 53 in Pakistan

A senior Pakistani disaster management official says the death toll from heavy rains that caused flash floods and collapsed houses has risen to 53 over the ...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

WikiLeaks sentence hearing turns to damage done by Manning

A U.S. State Department official is set to testify on Monday about how much convicted soldier Bradley Manning's leaks of classified diplomatic cables to the ...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

US train derails in US, about 100 homes evacuated

A train carrying hazardous materials derailed in Louisiana and two railcars were leaking chemicals, forcing the evacuation of about 100 homes, officials said...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

Whistleblowers pay price even as China vows to fight corruption

Chinese bloggers trying to expose corruption say they are coming under increasing physical and verbal attack over their reports, in what anti-graft activists...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

Envoys in Egypt visit jailed Brotherhood leader: reports

Western and Arab envoys visited a high-ranking member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in jail on Monday, the state news agency reported, to press an internatio...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

New Iranian president vows support for Assad

Iran's new president expressed his country's support to Syria's embattled leader Bashar Assad's regime Sunday, saying no force in the world will be able to s...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

Police kill armed 14-year-old boy on NYC street

A rookie police officer shot and killed a 14-year-old boy on a New York City street early Sunday after he refused to drop his gun and pointed it in the direc...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

US posts in Muslim world will remain closed

U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department said Sunday, citing "an abu...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

Gunmen kill intelligence official in Yemen

Security officials say suspected al-Qaida gunmen have killed a military intelligence official in central Yemen.

Published: Aug 5, 2013

Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize winner barred from entering Egypt

Egyptian authorities barred Yemeni Nobel Peace laureate Tawakul Karman - a supporter of deposed president Mohamed Mursi - from entering the country on Sunday...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

Thai police brace for Bangkok rally

Thai police braced for a fresh round of anti-government protests in Bangkok on Sunday amid security concerns in a city where multiple rallies...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

Rowhani vows to rescue economy

Iran’s new President Hassan Rowhani was set to take the oath before parliament on Sunday a day after taking office with a promise to work to ease crippling...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

World Newbits for August 5, 2013

TALKING ROBOT -- Tokyo (AP) — The first talking humanoid robot “astronaut’’ has taken off in a rocket. Kirobo; derived from the Japanese words for “ho

Published: Aug 5, 2013

Fracking in waters off California

Companies prospecting for oil off California’s coast have used hydraulic fracturing on at least a dozen occasions to force open cracks beneath the seabed...

Published: Aug 5, 2013

Flash floods kill 35 in east Afghanistan

Afghan officials say flash floods have killed at least 35 people in four eastern provinces, while an estimated 50 people are still missi...

Published: Aug 4, 2013

Quake shakes northeastern Japan, no tsunami risk

A strong earthquake shook northeastern Japan on Sunday in the same region devastated by a giant tsunami and temblor 2-1/2 years ago, but there were no immedi...

Published: Aug 4, 2013

New US penalties will greet Iran's new leader

New U.S. penalties against Iran appear a done deal as the country's new president takes over.

Published: Aug 4, 2013

Talking humanoid robot launches on Japan rocket

Japan's space agency says the first talking humanoid robot "astronaut" has taken off in a rocket.

Published: Aug 4, 2013

Pro-government rally draws tens of thousands in Tunisia

Tens of thousands of Tunisians came out in a show of force for the country's Islamist-led government on Saturday, in one of the largest demonstrations since ...

Published: Aug 4, 2013

Algeria: Public lunch protests mandatory fasting

About 300 people in a restive northern region of Algeria joined a public lunch Saturday during Ramadan to protest what they say is persecution of people who ...

Published: Aug 4, 2013

White House holds high-level meeting over security threat

President Barack Obama's top national security advisers held a meeting on Saturday to discuss "a potential threat occurring in or emanating from the Arabian ...

Published: Aug 4, 2013

US civil rights leader Julius Chambers dies at 76

Julius Chambers, a Charlotte attorney whose practice was in the forefront of the civil rights movement in North Carolina, has died, his law firm said Saturda...

Published: Aug 4, 2013

Al-Qaida chief: Egypt coup shows democracy corrupt

Al-Qaida's leader said the military coup that ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi provides proof that Islamic rule cannot be established through democra...

Published: Aug 4, 2013