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Muslim headscarf in crosshairs of French govt

France: Because of her choice to wear a Muslim hijab headscarf, Samia Kaddour has all but abandoned trying to land a government job in France.

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China: Landslide buries 83 in Tibet gold mine area

BEIJING: A massive landslide engulfed a gold mining area in mountainous Tibet, burying 83 workers believed to have been asleep early Friday morning, Chinese state media said. About 2 million

Bombs at five Iraqi Shi’ite mosques kill 19

BAGHDAD: Car bombs hit five Shi’ite mosques inBaghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk just after prayers on Friday, killing 19 worshippers and injuring another 130. Ten years after

In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, North Koreans work at computer terminals inside the Grand People's Study House in Pyongyang, North Korea.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Experts: NKorea training teams of ‘cyber warriors’

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South Korea last week. But in Seoul, the focus remains fixed on North

Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf speaks during a news conference in Dubai March 23, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammad Abu Omar
Ex-President Musharraf returns to Pakistan for elections

KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former President, Pervez Musharraf, returned home on Sunday after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to contest elections despite the possibility of arrest and a threat

Refugee children carry food received as aid and belongings salvaged from ruins of the Ban Mae Surin refugee camp near Mae Hong Son March 24, 2013. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Fire in Thai refugee camp kills 36

BANGKOK- A fire swept through a remote camp in northwestern Thailand for refugees from Myanmar, killing 36 and destroying hundreds of make-shift shelters, officials said on Sunday. The fire, which

Lebanese prime minister resigns amid infighting

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s prime minister resigned Friday due togovernment infighting that threatens to leave a void in the state’s highest ranks at a time of rising tensions and sporadic violence enflamed

Top aide of Libya’s Gadhafi arrested in Egypt

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces arrested a close aide of ousted Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi on Tuesday following a siege at his Cairo home, a security official and witnesses said. Ahmed

American gets back art taken by Nazis during WWII

PARIS: The last time Tom Selldorff saw his grandfather’s prized art collection he was six in 1930s Vienna, before it fell into Nazi hands. Now, he’s 84 years old —

Jordan’s parliament chooses PM for 1st time

AMMAN, Jordan: Jordan’s parliament voted Saturday for the monarchy’s caretaker prime minister to form a new Cabinet, the first time in the country’s history that the legislature rather than the