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Thailand, Cambodia try again to defuse temple row
By Ek Madra SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Thailand 's new foreign minister started talks with his Cambodian counterpart on Monday to defu...

Six killed in missile strike in Pakistan
WANA, Pakistan - A suspected U.S. missile strike on a Pakistani madrasa near the Afghan border killed six people on Monday, possibly inc...

Karadzic appeals extradition to Hague tribunal
BELGRADE - The legal team of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has filed an appeal to delay his extradition to the United Nations trib...

Istanbul bombs kill 15 on eve of political case
By Paul de Bendern and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL - Turkey 's highest court on Monday began considering whether to shut down the gove...

Yemen Qaeda group claims attack on police station
DUBAI - An al Qaeda-linked group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a police station that killed two people and injured 18 othe...

U.S. ready to talk about temporary visas at WTO
By William Schomberg and Jonathan Lynn GENEVA - The United States, responding to a key demand of developing countries, said on Sa...

Hamas seizes Abbas-run agency in Gaza crackdown
GAZA - Hamas security forces stormed the office of a Palestinian news agency run by President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday and arrested doz...

Bosnia threatened with break-up, Ashdown says
LONDON - Bosnia is closer to breaking up than at any time since its 1992-95 war and the European Union must do more to prevent its divis...

War on terror is Pakistan's own war: prime minister
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban for its own interests, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday as h...

Cambodians vote amid Thai temple stand-off
By Ed Cropley and Ek Madra PHNOM PENH - The ruling Cambodian People 's Party (CPP) claimed an expected victory in Sunday 's gener...