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Bangladesh sentences Islamic party leader to death

DHAKA, Bangladesh: A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced a leader of an Islamic political party to death for crimes during the nation’s 1971

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Thailand, Muslim militants agree to peace talks

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Thailand’s government signed a breakthrough deal with Muslim insurgents for the first time ever Thursday, agreeing to hold talks to ease nearly a decade of

Pope greets pilgrims in St. Peter’s for final time

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI is greeting pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square for the final time before retiring, waving to tens of thousands of people who have gathered to bid

Kerry, in France, looks at next steps on Syria

PARIS: New U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has held his first official meeting with France’s leadership amid increasing efforts by both countries to bolster Syria’s opposition. Kerry met Wednesday

World powers and Iran end talks, sides to meet again

ALMATY: World powers ended two days of talks withIran on Wednesday with no sign of a breakthrough, and the two sides have agreed to meet at expert level in Istanbul

Fiery balloon accident kills 19 tourists in Egypt

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — The terror lasted less than two minutes: Smoke poured from a hot air ballooncarrying sightseers on a sunrise flight over the ancient city of Luxor, it

Qatar poet remains in prison for ‘offensive’ verse

DOHA, Qatar: An appeals court in Qatar has reduced the sentence of a jailed poet from a life term to 15 years for a verse considered offensive to the Gulf nation’s ruler. Despite the

Afghanistan: US special forces must leave province

KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s president ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and

Pope’s last blessing from window drawing crowd

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI has given his pontificate’s final Sunday blessing from hisstudio window to the cheers of tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square. Benedict says even though he’s

Italians vote in parliamentary elections

ROME: Will Italy stay the course with painful economic reform? Or fall back into the old habit of profligacy and inertia? These are the stakes as Italy votes in a