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Man in Canada bus beheading says "please kill me"
By Angela Brown PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Manitoba - A man accused of killing, decapitating and eating the flesh of a fellow passenger ...

Malaysia's Anwar summoned, to face sodomy charge
By David Chance and Jalil Hamid KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia 's best known opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim is to be charged with s...

U.S. calls Iran nuclear letter "obfuscation"
By Zahra Hosseinian and Sue Pleming TEHRAN/WASHINGTON - Iran delivered a letter to world powers on Tuesday but gave no concrete r...

Musharraf cancels China visit amid talks on ouster
By Augustine Anthony ISLAMABAD - Pakistan 's President Pervez Musharraf delayed a visit to China on Wednesday by a day, the forei...

Mistrial avoided, but no verdict yet at Guantanamo
By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A potential mistrial was avoided in the first Guantanamo trial on Tuesday w...

Venezuela's top court bars election candidates
CARACAS - Venezuela 's top court ruled on Tuesday that dozens of politicians, among them leading opponents of President Hugo Chavez, wil...

Japan marks anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bomb
TOKYO - Tens of thousands bowed their heads at a ceremony in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Wednesday, the 63rd anniversary of the wo...

Sharif sees decisive talks for Pakistan coalition
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan - Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif said a meeting set for Tuesday with the head ...

Beijing gets its ducks in a row for heavenly roast
By Paul Majendie BEIJING - Time to sing along to the award-winning company anthem, "100-Year Flame. " The staff line up i...

Kenya charges 3 in al Qaeda suspect's reported escape
By C. Bryson Hull NAIROBI - Kenya charged three people on Monday with helping a top al Qaeda operative escape over the weekend, n...