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TOKYO (AP) -- AKB48 is not exactly a band. It's an army of girls-next-door, ranked by its fans, and after taking Japan by storm it's getting ready to go global....

TOKYO (AP) -- AKB48 is not exactly a band. It's an army of girls-next-door, ranked by its fans, and after taking Japan by storm it's getting ready to go global....

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....

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....

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....

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....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez rallied tens of thousands of supporters Monday, wearing his signature red beret and singing a folk song as he launched his re-election bid....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez rallied tens of thousands of supporters Monday, wearing his signature red beret and singing a folk song as he launched his re-election bid....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Hordes of school-skipping "tween" girls and their parents streamed into Mexico City's historic main plaza Monday jostling for the best spots at a free concert by teen superstar Justin Bieber that was expected to draw 200,000 people....

BEIRUT (AP) -- The United States accused the Syrian government of using "new horrific tactics" Monday, as U.N. observers reported Syrian helicopters were firing on rebellious areas and concerns mounted that civilians were trapped in besieged cities....

MADRID (AP) -- Spain faced mounting pressure Wednesday to bolster confidence in its financial system just days after accepting a (EURO)100 billion ($125 billion) plan to rescue its banks....

MADRID (AP) -- Euphoria over a lifeline of up to (EURO)100 billion ($125 billion) to rescue Spain's hurting banks morphed into a financial markets rout in a matter of hours Monday, as investors digested the still-undefined plan and became concerned the country may be unable to repay the new loans....

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- The Nobel Foundation has decided to reduce the prize money of each of the six Nobel awards by 20 percent this year to 8 million kronor ($1.1 million) to help safeguard its long-term capital prospects....

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- The Nobel Foundation has decided to reduce the prize money of each of the six Nobel awards by 20 percent this year to 8 million kronor ($1.1 million) to help safeguard its long-term capital prospects....