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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez sang, danced and gave a marathon speech at the launch of his re-election bid, offering a preview of a campaign in which he is likely to push his limits trying to show Venezuelans he is emerging from cancer's shadow....

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese police on Tuesday announced the arrests of 23 people as part of a joint U.S.-Chinese investigation into a gun trafficking ring that smuggled dozens of firearms into the country....

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian investigators have searched the apartments of several protest leaders and called them in for questioning Tuesday, making it difficult if not impossible for them to lead a mass demonstration against President Vladimir Putin planned for the June 12 national holiday....

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Settling a notorious 1980 case that split the nation and led to a mistaken murder conviction, an Australian coroner ruled Tuesday that a dingo took a baby from a campsite in the Outback, just as her mother said from the beginning....

TOKYO (AP) -- Safety concerns after a recent crash have put plans to briefly deploy the U.S. Osprey aircraft to a Japanese city on hold, officials said Tuesday....

TOKYO (AP) -- Safety concerns after a recent crash have put plans to briefly deploy the U.S. Osprey aircraft to a Japanese city on hold, officials said Tuesday....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Millions of North Korean children are not getting the food, medicine or health care they need to develop physically or mentally, leaving an entire generation stunted and malnourished, the United Nations said Tuesday....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A conflict that has entangled the Vatican, American bishops and the largest umbrella group for U.S. nuns may seem to have erupted suddenly, but it actually has its roots in decades-old disputes over Roman Catholic teaching....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A conflict that has entangled the Vatican, American bishops and the largest umbrella group for U.S. nuns may seem to have erupted suddenly, but it actually has its roots in decades-old disputes over Roman Catholic teaching....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A conflict that has entangled the Vatican, American bishops and the largest umbrella group for U.S. nuns may seem to have erupted suddenly, but it actually has its roots in decades-old disputes over Roman Catholic teaching....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Thousands of "tween" girls jammed a vast square with their parents and screamed in unison throughout teen superstar Justin Bieber's free concert Monday night, an event that was expected to draw 200,000 people to the historic center of Mexico's capital....

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Residents in Middleborough voted Monday night to make the foul-mouthed pay fines for swearing in public....

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The suspect in a California home-invasion robbery that left four people dead, including the gunman, was a paroled gang member suspected in a separate shooting earlier that day, police said Monday....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Thousands of "tween" girls jammed a vast square with their parents and screamed in unison throughout teen superstar Justin Bieber's free concert Monday night, an event that was expected to draw 200,000 people to the historic center of Mexico's capital....

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Residents in Middleborough have voted to make the foul-mouthed pay fines for swearing in public....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal election officials say small-dollar donors may use their cell phones' text messaging to contribute to political campaigns....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal election officials say small-dollar donors may use their cell phones' text messaging to contribute to political campaigns....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal election officials say small-dollar donors may use their cell phones' text messaging to contribute to political campaigns....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal election officials say small-dollar donors may use their cell phones' text messaging to contribute to political campaigns....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal election officials say small-dollar donors may use their cell phones' text messaging to contribute to political campaigns....