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Iraqis see compromise on Kirkuk standoff
By Waleed Ibrahim BAGHDAD - Iraqi political leaders reached a tentative compromise on Monday that may resolve a stalemate over th...

Ex-PM Hasina followers win Bangladesh local vote
By Anis Ahmed DHAKA - Unofficial results from local elections in Bangladesh showed that followers of former prime minister Sheikh...

Iran says it won't halt nuclear work, talks to EU
By Edmund Blair TEHRAN - Iran and the representative of six world powers talked by telephone on Monday without resolving a row ov...

Changing lug nuts not a war crime, jury told
By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Osama bin Laden 's driver performed vital services that enabled "the world...

Attack-hit west China under heavy security
By Emma Graham-Harrison KASHGAR, China - The city in China 's restive Xinjiang region where a bomb attack killed 16 police was ca...

Frostbitten Italian hobbles, aided down K2
By Kamran Haider ISLAMABAD - Hobbling on frostbitten feet, an Italian climber walked down to K2 base camp on Tuesday after heavy ...

China bid for supremacy revives East-West duel
By Alan Baldwin BEIJING - After nearly ending the U.S. hegemony over the Olympic medal table in Athens four years ago, China coul...

Slain Syrian general buried, questions linger
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis DAMASCUS - Syrian officials attended the funeral on Sunday of a senior security officer whose killing has ...

More health workers needed to fight AIDS: experts
By Tan Ee Lyn MEXICO CITY - Many developing countries that are combating AIDS are facing dire shortages of qualified doctors and ...

Olmert's vying successors seek to avoid elections
JERUSALEM - The two candidates favored to succeed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday they may seek to forge a government ...