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BEIRUT (AP) -- Activists say Syrian troops are shelling restive suburbs of Damascus and rebel-held areas in the central city of Homs....

NAJAF, Iraq (AP) -- An Iraqi-American woman found bludgeoned to death in her California home last week, with a threatening note left beside her body, was buried in her native Iraq on Saturday. Family members wept uncontrollably by her graveside and her father asked God to exact revenge on those responsible for her death....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Rebels on Saturday attacked Mali's strategic northern city of Gao, a day after they took the provincial capital of Kidal, witnesses and an official said. The move deepens the crisis in the landlocked nation at the feet of the Sahara in western Africa after a coup earlier this month....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Al-Qaida-linked militants staged a surprise attack on a Yemeni army base in the south Saturday, setting off clashes that left 30 dead on both sides before air strikes forced the militants to retreat, military officials said....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Al-Qaida-linked militants staged a surprise attack on a Yemeni army base in the south Saturday, setting off clashes that left 30 dead on both sides before air strikes forced the militants to retreat, military officials said....

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- For years, the notion that Poland could allow the CIA to operate a secret prison in a remote lake region was treated as a crackpot idea by the country's politicians, journalists and the public....

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- For years, the notion that Poland could allow the CIA to operate a secret prison in a remote lake region was treated as a crackpot idea by the country's politicians, journalists and the public....

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A fire in the engine room crippled a luxury cruise liner with 1,000 people aboard, leaving it adrift far from shore in waters south of the Philippines, officials said Saturday....

NAJAF, Iraq (AP) -- An Iraqi-American woman found bludgeoned to death in her California home last week, with a threatening note left beside her body, was buried in her native Iraq on Saturday. Relatives wept uncontrollably by her graveside and her father asked God to extoll revenge on those responsible for her death....

NAJAF, Iraq (AP) -- An Iraqi-American woman found bludgeoned to death in her California home last week, with a threatening note left beside her body, was buried in her native Iraq on Saturday. Relatives wept uncontrollably by her graveside and her father asked God to extoll revenge on those responsible for her death....

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A cruise ship with about 1,000 people on board was drifting in waters south of the Philippines on Saturday after a fire disabled its engines, the Philippine coast guard said. Five crew members were injured....

PARIS (AP) -- Governments around the world expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats Tuesday, an unusual, coordinated blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime following a gruesome massacre that the United Nations said involved close-range shootings of scores of children and parents in their homes....

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia has growing concerns about the conflict in Syria, but it will continue to oppose the outside use of force, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge and Opera House has gone dark as Australians switched off lights around the country for an hour Saturday as part of a global effort to shine a spotlight on climate change....

HAT YAI, Thailand (AP) -- Suspected Muslim insurgents set off coordinated bomb blasts as shoppers gathered for lunch Saturday in a busy hub of Thailand's restive south, killing eight people and wounding 68, officials said....

TORONTO (AP) -- They clutter your dresser and cost too much to make. They're a nuisance and have outlived their purpose....

TORONTO (AP) -- They clutter your dresser and cost too much to make. They're a nuisance and have outlived their purpose....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean officials said Saturday that they will continue working with the U.S. to reduce oil imports from Iran after President Barack Obama greenlighted potential sanctions against countries that continue to buy Iranian oil....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean officials said Saturday that they will continue working with the U.S. to reduce oil imports from Iran after President Barack Obama greenlighted potential sanctions against countries that continue to buy Iranian oil....

WAH THIN KHA, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's former military rulers once despised Aung San Suu Kyi so much they would not speak her name....