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Pressure on nations as they talk Syria

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:41:12 EST

Desperation and a rapidly growing death toll serve as a backdrop for a new effort dozens of countries are launching in hopes of finally stemming the brutal crackdown under way in Syria.

Report: Dozens dead in Argentina train crash

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:23:27 EST

At least 49 people were killed and more than 600 people were injured Wednesday when a train plowed into a platform at a Buenos Aires station, state media said.

U.N. experts leave Iran without nuclear agreement

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:29:07 EST

Two days of talks with Iran have failed to produce agreement on how to verify that Iran's nuclear program remains peaceful, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced Tuesday.

Police subdue rioting inmates in Bali

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:24:38 EST

Hundreds of Indonesian police officers charged into a prison in Bali on Wednesday to subdue rioting inmates who had set a building on fire and thrown stones at firefighters.

Megaupload founder Dotcom released on bail

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:05:42 EST

A New Zealand court on Wednesday released on bail Kim Dotcom, the millionaire founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload, after a judge said Dotcom did not appear to have funds available to flee.

Australian foreign minister Rudd resigns

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:08:16 EST

Kevin Rudd, the Australian foreign minister, has resigned, his office said Wednesday, amid speculation that he may mount a leadership challenge to Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

More child soldiers in Somalia fighting

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:22:53 EST

Children as young as 10 years old increasingly face horrific abuse in war-torn Somalia as the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has targeted them to replenish its diminishing ranks of fighters, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Tuesday.

Yemen election: Short on candidates, long on hope

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:15:19 EST

There is only one name on the ballot Tuesday as Yemen goes to the polls to replace longtime ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh. And yet, the election is a historic one because it signifies the formal end of Saleh's 33-year reign.

Saving Syria's wounded kids

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:24:32 EST

The shrapnel wound is in the toddler's left side. The boy needs "a proper hospital," the doctor says, not the makeshift clinic in the Syrian city of Homs where he's being treated.

Senegal's slave trade horrors

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:23:00 EST

A short ferry ride away from Dakar, lies the quiet and picturesque Goree Island. Three kilometers off the coast, the Senegalese island is tiny and easily accessible by foot.