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Veiled athletes challenge stereotypes in Beijing
By Catherine Bremer BEIJING - The women in Roqaya Al Ghasara 's home town in Bahrain are so proud of their pioneering Olympic spr...

Thousands flee fighting in southern Philippines
By Manny Mogato MANILA - Philippine attack aircraft and artillery bombed Muslim rebel positions for a second day on Monday, raisi...

Exile rumors swirl around former Thai PM Thaksin
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra skipped bail on Monday and went into exile, accus...

U.S. won't delist North Korea on Monday
TOKYO - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Japan that Washington would not remove North Korea from a U.S. list of state spons...

Bolivia's Morales easily wins recall vote
By Simon Gardner and Eduardo Garcia LA PAZ - Bolivian President Evo Morales easily won a recall vote on Sunday and vowed to push ...

Zimbabwe talks break up, Mugabe says no deal yet
By Cris Chinaka HARARE - Zimbabwe 's ruling party and Morgan Tsvangirai 's opposition failed to reach a breakthrough in power-sha...

Georgia says Russia bombs again as Bush lashes Moscow
By Matt Robinson TBILISI - Georgia appealed for international intervention on Monday and pulled its battered forces back to defen...

Vietnam flood death toll rises, dozens missing
By Nguyen Nhat Lam HANOI - Flash floods and landslides brought by tropical storm Kammuri since Saturday have battered mountainous...

Puntland leader sorry after Germans released
By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASSO, Somalia - The president of northern Somalia 's breakaway Puntland region apologized on Saturday to tw...

African Union will suspend Mauritania: AU chair
By George Obulutsa DAR ES SALAAM - The African Union will suspend Mauritania until democracy is restored in the West African nati...