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  • Ill woman at center of abortion debate in El Salvador
    A 22-year-old woman in El Salvador, pregnant and suffering from illnesses, has become a flashpoint in the country's debate on abortion.
  • Ahmadinejad aide banned from race
    Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will challenge the disqualification of his top aide from next month's presidential election, Iran's state-run Press TV reported Wednesday.
  • Blogger sentenced to Turkish prison for blasphemy
    A Turkish-Armenian blogger vowed to appeal a day after an Istanbul court sentenced him to more than a year in prison for blasphemy.
  • Stockholm sees fourth night of rioting
    Sweden's capital endured a fourth consecutive night of rioting Wednesday, with fires and clashes with authorities decreasing in the original flashpoint in the northern suburbs but increasing to the south, police said.
  • Bergen: 9 myths about drones and Guantanamo
    On Thursday, President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver a major speech in Washington about his administration's counterterrorism policies, focusing on the rationale and legal framework for the controversial CIA drone program and his plans to wind down the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.
  • Syria tension destabilizing Lebanon
    An uneasy calm prevailed Thursday morning in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli where days of clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad left 16 people dead and wounded more than 156.
  • Syria tension destabilizing Lebanon
    An uneasy calm prevailed Thursday morning in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli where days of clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad left 16 people dead and wounded more than 156.
  • Man kills himself in front of tourists
    A right-wing historian and author killed himself inside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Tuesday in front of horrified tourists, police said.
  • Riots break out in Swedish capital
    Rioting has broken out for the past three nights in Sweden's capital, Stockholm, with scores of cars set alight and violent clashes between police and youths.
  • Genocide conviction overturned
    When former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was convicted of genocide and sentenced to 80 years in prison this month, it was not expected to be the end of story.
  • Escaping a Taliban prison
    In his first television interview, photographer Pierre Borghi describes his kidnapping and escape from a Taliban prison.
  • Photographer escaped the Taliban
    In his first television interview, photographer Pierre Borghi describes his kidnapping and escape from a Taliban prison.
  • Sean Penn irks Bolivian minister
    Actor Sean Penn, a friend of Bolivian President Evo Morales, nonetheless angered the South American country's government after his call for the release of a U.S. businessman who has been imprisoned since 2011.
  • Haitian girl's 'big school' dream
    Thirteen-year-old Rose Matrie lives in a cracked house. It's an ever-present reminder of the earthquake that struck her home in Haiti and devastated the country. Still, the young student has big dreams for her future.
  • Haitian girl's 'big school' dream
    Thirteen-year-old Rose Matrie lives in a cracked house. It's an ever-present reminder of the earthquake that struck her home in Haiti and devastated the country. Still, the young student has big dreams for her future.
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