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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's parliament on Wednesday paved the way for the demolition of an illegal West Bank outpost by rejecting an attempt by hardline lawmakers to prevent the move....

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's government extended the powers of military police and intelligence agents on Wednesday to allow them to arrest civilians for a wide range of offenses, just days before the runoff for a president who will replace the country's military rulers as head of state....

LONDON (AP) -- Archaeologists say they have discovered the remains of an Elizabethan theater where some of William Shakespeare's plays were first performed....

HAVANA (AP) -- Many people would be leery of cycling through chaotic downtown Havana, sharing its narrow, potholed streets with the darting scooters, incorrigible jaywalkers and hulking 1950s Detroit classics that clog every byway....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday made his second speech at a major public event since taking power in December, addressing a children's rally aimed at winning a new generation's support....

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Wednesday her activities on a recent trip to Thailand gave no cause for anyone to be unhappy, dismissing speculation her high-profile visit annoyed the government....

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Commission is proposing a system of centralized banking regulations it says will ensure that taxpayers won't have to bail out collapsing banks....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday made his second speech at a major public event since taking power in December, addressing a children's rally aimed at winning a new generation's support....

VIENNA (AP) -- Israel is accusing Iran of working secretly on nuclear weapons under a strategy of "deception, defiance and concealment."...

TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese shoe designer has become a pop diva's favorite by taking geisha and making it Gaga....

BEIJING (AP) -- Central Asian states meeting in Beijing this week say they want a role in stabilizing Afghanistan after most U.S. combat troops leave at the end of 2014, with China's economic juggernaut leading the charge....

BEIJING (AP) -- China's leadership faces a knotty choice in how to finish off fallen politician Bo Xilai without further damaging the Communist Party's image: Purge him the old-fashioned way - in secret - or run him through a public trial....

BEIJING (AP) -- The new leadership in a Chinese mega-city beset by a murder scandal that took down its Communist Party boss said Monday that lessons must be learned from the embarrassing episode and efforts made to repair the city's image....

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a market area in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people wounding about 50, authorities said....

BEIJING (AP) -- Central Asian states meeting in Beijing this week say they want a role in stabilizing Afghanistan after most U.S. combat troops leave at the end of 2014, with China's economic juggernaut leading the charge....

SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France (AP) -- A statue in the likeness of a Pennsylvania native whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the World War II book and television miniseries "Band of Brothers" is being unveiled near the beaches where the D-Day invasion of France began in 1944....

SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France (AP) -- A statue in the likeness of a Pennsylvania native whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the World War II book and television miniseries "Band of Brothers" is being unveiled near the beaches where the D-Day invasion of France began in 1944....

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Approaching his 18th birthday, Hamza, a merchant sailor from Syria, resigned himself to the fate awaiting him when he reached adulthood: A year and a half of mandatory military service....

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Approaching his 18th birthday, Hamza, a merchant sailor from Syria, resigned himself to the fate awaiting him when he reached adulthood: A year and a half of mandatory military service....

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Approaching his 18th birthday, Hamza, a merchant sailor from Syria, resigned himself to the fate awaiting him when he reached adulthood: A year and a half of mandatory military service....