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China says new milk tests show clean
BEIJING - China, mired in a health scandal over contaminated dairy products at home and abroad, said new tests had revealed no melamine ...

Chechnya renames capital's avenue after Putin
MOSCOW - A central avenue in the capital of Russia 's Chechnya region, Grozny, was named after former president Vladimir Putin Sunday, h...

Oil delta militants say Nigerian hostages freed
LAGOS - The main militant group in Nigeria 's oil-producing Niger Delta said on Sunday it had released around 19 Nigerian oil workers ki...

British commander says war in Afghanistan cannot be won
LONDON - Britain 's commander in Afghanistan has said the war against the Taliban cannot be won, the Sunday Times reported. It qu...

City voters boycott Bosnia's local polls
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO - Many Bosnian city dwellers, supporters of small, multi-ethnic parties, boycotted local polls Sunda...

Strong earthquake jolts Central Asia
By Olga Dzyubenko BISHKEK - A strong earthquake struck Central Asia on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of damage or ca...

EU Georgia monitors see sign of Russian pullback
By Matt Robinson TBILISI - EU ceasefire monitors in Georgia reported the dismantling of a Russian checkpoint near breakaway South...

Israelis see delay in Iran-Russia missile deal
By Dan Williams TEL AVIV - Iran has not received Russia 's advanced S-300 anti-aircraft system yet though the countries are still...

Bomber strikes during U.S. raid in Iraq, 11 killed
MOSUL, Iraq - Eleven Iraqis were killed on Sunday during a U.S. raid on a home in northern Iraq in which a suicide bomber detonated an e...

Germany guarantees savings in global finance crisis
By Gernot Heller and Keith Weir BERLIN/LONDON - Germany said on Sunday it would guarantee more than 500 billion euros ($693 billi...