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UK's Brown says wants to cut troops in Iraq
By Adrian Croft and Dean Yates BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Gordon Brown flew into Baghdad on Saturday and said he wanted to reduce B...

Powers wield sanction threat after Iran stalemate
By Fredrik Dahl TEHRAN - Iran 's president described talks with world powers on its disputed nuclear program as a step forward on...

Soldier alleges Congolese governor ordered murder
By Joe Bavier KINSHASA - A soldier on trial for the killing of a Congo opposition politician earlier this month testified on Frid...

Zimbabwe crisis has weakened regional unity: Angola
By Muchena Zigomo DURBAN - Zimbabwe 's crisis has weakened the unity of the southern African body SADC, Angola 's foreign ministe...

Displaced Iraqis struggle for food, services: IOM
BAGHDAD - Millions of Iraqis displaced by sectarian conflict are still struggling to get sufficient food, shelter and basic services lik...

China says heed fears about Bashir genocide charges
By Chris Buckley BEIJING - World powers should heed the worries of African and Arab states in responding to genocide charges agai...

Vietnam jails Australian couple for carrying heroin
HANOI - A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced an Australian woman of Vietnamese origin to life in jail for trafficking heroin, and h...

Police kill at least eight in Rio de Janeiro slum
RIO DE JANEIRO - Police killed at least eight people in a raid on drug traffickers in a Rio de Janeiro slum, a spokesman said on Friday,...

China arrests quake critic on secrets charge: group
By Chris Buckley BEIJING - Chinese police arrested a human rights campaigner in the country 's southwest for "possession of stat...

Pope apologizes for Church sexual abuse
By Philip Pullella SYDNEY - Pope Benedict on Saturday apologized directly for the first time for sexual abuse of minors by Cathol...