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South Korea to Conduct Firing Drills From Border Island

Dec 19, 2010 - 8:24 PM |AP

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea said it was going forward Monday with live firing drills from a front-line island despite North Korea's threat to retaliate, sharply ramping up tensions as the U.N. ...

Teenage Sailor on Solo Voyage Reaches St. Maarten

Dec 19, 2010 - 6:52 PM |AP

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten -- A 15-year-old Dutch sailor on Sunday completed the longest leg so far of her attempted circumnavigation of the globe, saying it felt "really weird" to be back on dry land ...

Can Corporations Help Stem Violence Against Women?

Dec 19, 2010 - 5:17 PM |AOL News

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The U.N. is now trying to harness the power of the corporate sector to help combat violence against women.

Slum-Touring Millionaires Put Off the Ritz in Israel

Dec 19, 2010 - 5:16 PM |AOL News

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Arnie Draiman is a travel guide with a difference: He takes wealthy philanthropists off the beaten track to show them the darkest underbelly of Israeli society.

Opposition Leaders in Belarus Arrested After Riots in Capital

Dec 19, 2010 - 3:44 PM |AP

MINSK, Belarus -- In the biggest challenge to authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko in 16 years in power, thousands of demonstrators massed outside the main government office to protest alleged ...

New Stars Light Up Bethlehem Nightlife

Dec 19, 2010 - 2:15 PM |AOL News

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A growing number of hip new nightspots have opened as Bethlehem enjoys rising employment and a record number of tourists.

Mexican City Devastated by Pipeline Blast; 27 Die

Dec 19, 2010 - 1:49 PM

SAN MARTIN TEXMELUCAN, Mexico -- A massive oil pipeline explosion lay waste to parts of a central Mexican city Sunday, incinerating people, cars, houses and trees as gushing crude turned streets into ...

UN Security Council Meets on Korea Tensions

Dec 19, 2010 - 11:56 AM |AP

UNITED NATIONS -- World powers trying to defuse tensions between North and South Korea met in an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council on Sunday, but diplomats said China objects to the ...

Taliban Kill 13 Afghan Soldiers and Police

Dec 19, 2010 - 10:23 AM |AP

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban fighters struck at Afghan security forces Sunday, storming an army recruiting center in the north that sparked a daylong gunbattle, and ambushing a bus carrying army ...

Abu Dhabi Hotel Regrets $11M Christmas 'Overload'

Dec 19, 2010 - 8:44 AM |AP

Hussein Malla, AP

The Emirates Palace luxury hotel admits it may have taken the holiday spirit too far with its gold-and-gem-decorated tree.

Body of Female US Tourist Found Near Jerusalem

Dec 19, 2010 - 6:39 AM |AP

The woman's friend had reported her missing after the two were attacked. Her body was found bound and with multiple stab wounds.

Fire Kills Nursing Students at Budget Hotel in Philippines

Dec 19, 2010 - 6:31 AM |AP

MANILA, Philippines -- A fire rapidly swept through a budget hotel in the northern Philippines early Sunday burning to death 15 people - several crammed in bathrooms where they fled in panic. Nine of ...