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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican has formally proposed a way to reconcile with a breakaway group of ultra-traditionalist Catholics in a final bid to end a quarter-century of schism, offering it a special legal status in the church currently enjoyed only by the conservative Opus Dei movement....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican has formally proposed a way to reconcile with a breakaway group of ultra-traditionalist Catholics in a final bid to end a quarter-century of schism, offering it a special legal status in the church currently enjoyed only by the conservative Opus Dei movement....

CAIRO (AP) -- Judges appointed by Hosni Mubarak dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament Thursday and ruled that Mubarak's former prime minister can stand in the presidential runoff this weekend - setting the stage for the military and remnants of the old regime to stay in power....

CAIRO (AP) -- Judges appointed by Hosni Mubarak dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament Thursday and ruled that Mubarak's former prime minister can stand in the presidential runoff this weekend - setting the stage for the military and remnants of the old regime to stay in power....

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- The Tunisian government has banned a series of marches planned for this Friday by hardline Islamists and rival groups citing concerns of possible violence in the country, which is grappling with rising religious tension as it struggles to emerge from years of secular dictatorship....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The political thriller begins with a stunning piece of reality: actual footage of a man pressing a revolver against a presidential candidate's right temple and pulling the trigger, an image that marked a watershed year in Mexican history....

ria.ru | “We have every possibility to provide a proper response,” he said.

Reuters | The DEA and DOJ are increasing measures to kill medical marijuana shops in California.

EFF.org | Japanese government argues it's for streamlined administration of social programs, but concerns are over expanded information sharing.

MADRID (AP) -- Spain's borrowing costs broke through another record Thursday after a credit ratings agency downgraded the country's ability to pay down its debt amid rising fears a bank bailout may not be enough to save the country from economic chaos....

Elspeth Reeve | This year the question is whether marijuana legalization measures will turn out young voters for Obama.

rt.com | Plans include the deployment of spy planes equipped with high-tech surveillance technology.

Business Insider | An ROTC grad publishes an article in the Wall Street Journal detailing why he thinks women don't belong in Ranger school.

HELSINKI (AP) -- On Saturday, Aung San Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will give her much-awaited Nobel Lecture at Oslo City Hall, 21 years late. The Myanmar democracy activist, held under house arrest by the military-led government for 15 years, was unable to accept her award at the time and it was handed over to her 18-year-old son. Suu Kyi arrives in Oslo on Friday on the Norwegian leg of her European tour - her first visit to the continent in 24 years....

HELSINKI (AP) -- On Saturday, Aung San Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will give her much-awaited Nobel Lecture at Oslo City Hall, 21 years late. The Myanmar democracy activist, held under house arrest by the military-led government for 15 years, was unable to accept her award at the time and it was handed over to her 18-year-old son. Suu Kyi arrives in Oslo on Friday on the Norwegian leg of her European tour - her first visit to the continent in 24 years....

HELSINKI (AP) -- On Saturday, Aung San Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will give her much-awaited Nobel Lecture at Oslo City Hall, 21 years late. The Myanmar democracy activist, held under house arrest by the military-led government for 15 years, was unable to accept her award at the time and it was handed over to her 18-year-old son. Suu Kyi arrives in Oslo on Friday on the Norwegian leg of her European tour - her first visit to the continent in 24 years....

MOSCOW (AP) -- "I'm Ksenia Sobchak, and I've got something to lose. But I'm here." That's what the 30-year-old blond socialite and TV personality said when she began her unlikely foray into political activism by taking the stage at a huge anti-Putin rally in December....

BANGKOK (AP) -- They have been called ogres and animals, terrorists and much worse - when their existence is even acknowledged....

BANGKOK (AP) -- They have been called ogres and animals, terrorists and much worse - when their existence is even acknowledged....

BANGKOK (AP) -- They have been called ogres and animals, terrorists and much worse - when their existence is even acknowledged....