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EU points at U.S. for WTO collapse
By William Schomberg BRUSSELS - The European Union 's trade chief Peter Mandelson said on Wednesday the United States helped to b...

Media not told of censorship plan: IOC
By Paul Radford BEIJING - The media should have been told they would not have total Internet freedom before arriving for the Beij...

U.N. council set to renew Darfur peacekeeping mandate
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council is set to renew a mandate for peacekeepers in Sudan 's war-ravage...

Ex-Thai PM Thaksin's wife guilty of tax fraud
By Chalathip Thirasoonthrakul BANGKOK - A Thai court sentenced the wife of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a major forc...

Karadzic faces U.N. judge to hear genocide charges
By Alexandra Hudson and Reed Stevenson THE HAGUE - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared before a U.N. war crimes ...

Olmert's vow to quit shakes peace talks
By Allyn Fisher-Ilan and Adam Entous JERUSALEM - Israel 's right-wing Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu called on Thursday for an e...

China quake school critic receives one-year sentence: group
BEIJING - A teacher from China 's earthquake-hit southwest was sentenced to one year of detention after photographing some of the school...

Siberian villages witness Russian healthcare revival
By James Kilner MELNIKOVO, Russia - Yevgeny Kalashnikov 's hulking frame dominated the manager 's office on the second floor of a...

Cathay Pacific says damaged plane posed no danger
HONG KONG - Cathay Pacific Airways said mid-air damage suffered by a Boeing 747-400 aircraft with 363 passengers on board involved an ai...

Top Thai court hits Thaksin over Myanmar loans
By Chalathip Thirasoonthrakul BANGKOK - Thailand 's Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear a case against ousted Prime Ministe...