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Dubai police chief says planned Blackberry curbs linked to spy worries
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai's police chief says worries about spying by the U.S., Israel and others helped push plans to limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates. The comments ...
Kenya allows International Criminal Court to open office in Nairobi days after al-Bashir visit
NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya is allowing the International Criminal Court to open an office in the country. The court's prosecutor is investigating top Kenyan leaders and business people for their roles ...
Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash; residents who returned forced to flee again
TANAH KARO, Indonesia - An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometres) in the air Friday, sending frightened res...
Police say attack on Muslim Shiite procession kills at least 5 people in southwestern Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan - Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed at least 5 people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country's religious minorities. Police...
Official: Turkey could allow US to withdraw military equipment from Iraq through territory
ANKARA, Turkey - The Foreign Ministry says the United States is seeking Turkish permission to withdraw noncombat military equipment from Iraq through its territory. Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcu...
UN researchers say global body's 15-year anti-poverty plan fails to address jobs, equality
GENEVA - U.N. researchers have criticized their own organization's 15-year strategy for fighting world poverty and hunger. The Geneva-based U.N. Research Institute for Social Development says the g...
Nearly 10,000 coal trucks stuck in latest north China traffic jam
BEIJING, China - Thousands of coal trucks and other vehicles were backed up for miles on a highway in northern China on Friday, the latest in a series of monster traffic jams that have plagued the ove...
Crowds attack home of Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs, wound bodyguard
TEHRAN, Iran - Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparen...
Japanese fishermen herd dolphins into cove but kill none as activists monitor hunt
TOKYO - Japanese fishermen herded dolphins into a cove made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about the hunt but did not kill any Friday, as conservationist groups ramped up scrutiny of the annua...
Suspected jewelry thief thought to belong to Pink Panthers gang charged in Japan in 2007 heist
TOKYO - Japanese prosecutors charged a man believed to belong to the "Pink Panthers" ring of jewelry thieves Friday with stealing a diamond tiara and other jewelry worth millions from a Tokyo store. ...
