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US demanding cancellation of contentious east Jerusalem building plan, say Israeli officials
JERUSALEM - Israeli officials said Monday that the U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project whose approval has touched off the most serious diplomatic feud with W...
China gov't official who allegedly kept lurid diary arrested on suspicion of taking bribes
BEIJING - A Chinese government official has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes a month after a series of steamy diary entries he allegedly wrote appeared online describing casual sex, drinkin...
Drug gang blamed for killings of 3 with ties to US consulate in violent Mexican border city
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Suspected drug gang hit men separately ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate in this violent border city, killing an American couple and a Mexican...
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband visits China amid rancour in ties, Iran sanctions push
BEIJING - Britain's foreign secretary is in China to lobby for further nuclear sanctions on Iran and will seek to smooth rancour with Beijing over climate change talks and the execution of a British d...
Thai government rejects ultimatum by protesters to dissolve Parliament
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's prime minister, backed by a formidable military force, rejected an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament on Monday as tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters vowed to con...
Suicide car bomber kills 3, wounds 24 in western Iraqi city of Falluja
BAGHDAD - A police officer says a suicide car bomber killed three people and wounded 24 when his vehicle exploded in a busy street during the morning rush hour in western Iraq. The officer says the...
Israeli media: US demanding cancellation of contentious east Jerusalem building plan
JERUSALEM - Israeli media say the U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project. The plan to build 1,600 apartments was approved during Vice-President Joe Biden's v...
Malaysian minister urges probe into child marriage claims after 11-year-old allegedly abducted
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - An 11-year-old Malaysian girl was hospitalized in a state of shock after allegedly being abducted by a man who persuaded her parents to let him marry her, an official said Mon...
Australian opposition leader calls government's regular recognition of Aborigines 'tokenism'
ADELAIDE, Australia - A government routine of acknowledging Australia's indigenous people was criticized as mere political correctness Monday by the federal opposition leader, offending some Aborigine...
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband visits China following months of rancour in ties
BEIJING - Britain's foreign secretary will seek to smooth rancour with China over climate change talks and Beijing's execution of a British drug smuggler thought to be mentally ill as the two sides me...
