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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and expressed hope that the joy of Easter will comfort Christian communities suffering because of their faith....

LONDON (AP) -- A cruise carrying relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died aboard the Titanic nearly 100 years ago is setting sail from England on Sunday to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank....

NEW DELHI (AP) -- The leaders of India and Pakistan agreed in talks Sunday that their countries should adopt a step-by-step approach to resolve their differences and build on a recent thaw in their strained relations....

NEW DELHI (AP) -- The leaders of India and Pakistan agreed in talks Sunday that their countries should adopt a step-by-step approach to resolve their differences and build on a recent thaw in their strained relations....

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Rescue workers used bulldozers Sunday to dig through huge banks of snow following a massive avalanche a day earlier that engulfed a military complex and buried at least 135 people, most of them soldiers, in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border....

GENEVA (AP) -- Kofi Annan, the joint U.N. and Arab League envoy on Syria, urged Syria's government on Sunday to fully implement its commitment to a cease-fire, and he condemned "a surge in violence and atrocities" that is occurring there....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and said he hopes the joy of Easter will comfort Christians who are suffering because of their faith....

LONDON (AP) -- Nearly 100 years after the Titanic went down, a cruise with the same number of passengers aboard is setting sail Sunday to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A car bomb killed at least five people Sunday in a central Nigerian city that has seen hundreds die in religious and ethnic violence in recent years, amid warnings by diplomats of possible terrorist attacks during the Easter holiday, officials said....

NEW DELHI (AP) -- The leaders of India and Pakistan agreed in talks Sunday that the two countries should adopt a step-by-step approach to resolve their differences and continue to build on a recent thaw in their strained relations....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Afghan government and the U.S. signed a deal Sunday governing night raids by American troops, resolving an issue that had threatened to derail a larger pact governing a U.S. presence in the country for decades to come....

RENNES, France (AP) -- The man polls say has the best shot at becoming France's next president wants to hire thousands more teachers, renegotiate Europe's expensive, hard-won bailout package, and re-assess his country's role in both Afghanistan and NATO....

TOKYO (AP) -- Just two months ago, amid celebrations of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, an Iranian rocket roared off a military launch pad and placed a 110-pound Earth observation satellite into orbit. The U.S. State Department grumbled about possible missile applications, but that was pretty much it....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Christians gathered in Jerusalem for Easter Sunday to commemorate Jesus Christ's resurrection, crowding into one of Christianity's holiest churches, worshipping, singing and praying....

NINGBO, China (AP) -- China's foreign minister said Sunday that Beijing is troubled by North Korea's plan to launch a long-range rocket and has urged more diplomacy to handle the situation, a measured response to a provocation that has unsettled the region....

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Rescue workers used bulldozers Sunday to dig through huge banks of snow following a massive avalanche a day earlier that engulfed a military complex and buried at least 135 people, most of them soldiers, in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border....

NEW DELHI (AP) -- The leaders of India and Pakistan said they agreed in talks Sunday that strained relations between their rival South Asian nations should be normalized....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- It was a risky but successful operation: British and other NATO forces stormed a cave tucked in the mountains before dawn Saturday and rescued two foreign female aid workers and their two Afghan colleagues being held hostage by Taliban-linked militants....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel has banned German intellectual Guenter Grass from visiting the country because of a critical poem published by the Nobel laureate last week....

RENNES, France (AP) -- The man polls say has the best shot at becoming France's next president wants to hire thousands more teachers, scrap Europe's expensive, hard-won bailout package, and pull his country back from both Afghanistan and NATO....