00000A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Mexico near the Mexico-US border rocked buildings as far away as Los Angeles, and was felt in a wide area in the two countries, officials said.
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A US lawyer has gone to court seeking to have Pope Benedict XVI questioned over the child sex scandal that is rocking the Roman Catholic church, the attorney told AFP Wednesday.
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China is ready for "serious" talks at the United Nations on Iran's nuclear program, the United States said Wednesday, as it sought support for sanctions against Tehran.
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The global community on Wednesday pledged nearly 10 billion dollars for Haiti over more than three years to put the quake-ravaged nation back on its feet.
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An Islamist group from Russia's restive Caucasus region has claimed responsibility for this week's deadly twin suicide bombings in Moscow, while two more attacks on Wednesday left 12 dead.
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International prosecutors will probe crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the violent aftermath of Kenya's December 2007 presidential election, judges ruled Wednesday.
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Serbia's parliament apologised to the Bosnian Muslim victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre Wednesday, ending years of denial in a move seen as an important step on Belgrade's road to Europe.
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A gang leader suspected in the killings of a US consulate worker in Mexico, her husband and another man has confessed to participating in the murders, prosecutors said.
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Leftist FARC rebels released one of their longest held-captives, a soldier kidnapped 12 years ago, the Red Cross said after receiving the hostage in the Colombian jungle.
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US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he wanted tough new UN sanctions imposed on Iran within "weeks" as visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy blasted Tehran's "mad" nuclear race.
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The Serbian parliament today passed a landmark resolution condemning the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of some 8,000 Bosnian Muslims but stopped short of labeling the killings a genocide.
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At Islamabad's request, the United Nations on Tuesday delayed the release of a sensitive report on the 2007 slaying of Pakistani ex-premier Benazir Bhutto.
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A Palestinian teenager was killed and several others were wounded Tuesday as Israeli troops fired on protestors near the Gaza border while Israeli Arabs and Palestinians marked "Land Day."
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Burglars tunnelled into a Parisian bank vault and raided around 100 safety deposit boxes rented by private customers before making good their escape, investigators said Tuesday.
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