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Lockerbie tragedy as mother realises lost son was killed
A US woman who began a search for the son she gave up for adoption almost 50 years ago has discovered he was killed in the…
Macedonia mayor warns about alarming air pollution
High levels of air pollution have prompted the mayor of Macedonia's capital to warn the residents to avoid going out. Skopje…
Thousands evacuated from flooded Gaza homes
Rescue workers evacuated more than 5,000 Gaza Strip residents from homes flooded by four days of heavy rain, using fishing…
China lands on moon
China's first moon rover has touched the lunar surface and left deep traces on its loose soil, state media reported Sunday…
World
Bullet train service linking Spain to France opens
MADRID (AP) A high-speed rail service linking Spain and France has been inaugurated that will cut the journey time between…
Pope: I knew good Marxists; label doesn't hurt me
VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Francis is shrugging off the "Marxist" label that some ultra-conservatives might apply to him because…
WORLD SPORTS at 1330 GMT
TOP STORIES: SOC-ENGLISH ROUNUP LONDON Manchester United is at Aston Villa looking to avoid a third consecutive Premier…
Air raids kill at least 22 in Syria's Aleppo
BEIRUT (AP) Syrian activists say government air raids have killed at least 22 people, including 14 children, in the northern…
Vietnamese rescued from Typhoon Haiyan fly home
MANILA, Philippines (AP) Vietnamese diplomats have repatriated more than two dozen compatriots who lost their homes and…
NKorean official: Purge won't hurt economic policy
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) A senior North Korean official said Sunday that the execution of leader Kim Jong Un's once-powerful…
Senior NKorea official tells AP execution of Kim Jong Un's uncle won't alter economic policies
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) Senior NKorea official tells AP execution of Kim Jong Un's uncle won't alter economic policies…
Indian Film Academy awards rescheduled for Spring
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The Bollywood Oscars will come to Tampa a little earlier than expected. The Tampa Bay Times reports (http://bit.ly/1jXRfAl)…
Only nominal competition in Turkmenistan's vote
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) Voters in the energy-rich Turkmenistan cast ballots Sunday in a parliamentary vote that for…
Assailants stab Japanese diplomat in Yemen attack
SANAA, Yemen (AP) Assailants stabbed a Japanese diplomat stationed in Yemen's capital Sunday when he fought back during…
Ukrainian opposition presses with massive rally
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) About 200,000 anti-government protesters converged on the central square of Ukraine's capital Sunday…
Home-invasion killings, bombings kill 9 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) Gunmen broke into the home of a government employee in a town north of Iraq's capital and killed him and his…
Kim's aunt appears OK after husband's execution
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) The aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was named to an ad-hoc state committee, the country's…
Venezuela grounds flight over bomb threat
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Venezuela grounded an Air France flight after being tipped off by French authorities that a terrorist…
South Africa holds state funeral for Mandela
QUNU, South Africa (AP) Songs, speeches and the boom of artillery rang across Nelson Mandela's home village during his…
TV3 camera operator detained in Mandela's hometown
A TV3 camera operator was detained by South African police in Nelson Mandela's hometown of Qunu, according to presenter…
Cajun artist George Rodrigue dies at 69
NEW ORLEANS (AP) George Rodridgue, an artist who chronicled Cajun life and later found fame with his enigmatic "Blue Dog"…
Biden calls for immigration fix
NEW YORK (AP) Vice President Joe Biden says Congress has a moral and economic imperative to offer a pathway to citizenship…
Japan, Myanmar sign investment pact
TOKYO (AP) Japan and Myanmar on Sunday signed an investment treaty to nurture closer business ties as the once secluded…
Iran asks US to provide more on missing American
UNITED NATIONS (AP) Iran says it has no knowledge of the whereabouts of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who U.S. authorities…
International Politics
Andrew Austin: Loving the best of both worlds
A return to South Africa triggers deep thoughts - can one person have two homelands?
Syria
Refugees risk it all to reach Jordan
As evening gathers across a desert plain in eastern Jordan, 80-year-old Muteea Talaa stands with 200 other starved, cold…
Middle East
Sinister night for women in protest
The three women - Rasha Azab, Mona Seif and Nazly Hussein - and 11 other women were beaten and dragged off by police during…
Europe
Cameron chided over Nigella
The jury in the trial of two former personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has been…
Pacific Islands
Chris de Freitas: Human interference real threat to Pacific atolls
The facts around rising sea levels are widely misunderstood or misinterpreted.
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Asia
Bangladesh executes opposition leader
Bangladesh has executed an opposition leader convicted of war crimes hours after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute…
United States
Agriculture the most promising market for drones
Idaho farmer Robert Blair isn't waiting around for federal aviation officials to work out rules for drones. He and a friend…