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BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's state-run media on Wednesday criticized decisions by the U.S. and other nations to expel the country's diplomats, describing the moves as "unprecedented hysteria" and warning they might deal a fatal blow to an international peace plan....

BANGKOK (AP) -- Investors unnerved by Spain's worsening financial condition and a report that China has no plans for a major economic stimulus dragged world stock markets lower Wednesday....

BANGKOK (AP) -- Investors unnerved by Spain's worsening financial condition and a report that China has no plans for a major economic stimulus dragged world stock markets lower Wednesday....

LONDON (AP) -- Police say the ex-top media adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron has been arrested on suspicion of perjury - the latest case tied to allegations of wrongdoing by British tabloid newspapers....

LONDON (AP) -- Police say the ex-top media adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron has been arrested on suspicion of perjury - the latest case tied to allegations of wrongdoing by British tabloid newspapers....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- More than 1,000 university students and unemployed youths have taken over a main artery leading into the business center of Nigeria's largest city....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- More than 1,000 university students and unemployed youths have taken over a main artery leading into the business center of Nigeria's largest city....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemen's Defense Ministry says air and artillery strikes have killed 10 al-Qaida-linked militants in the south of the country....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemen's Defense Ministry says air and artillery strikes have killed 10 al-Qaida-linked militants in the south of the country....

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South African President Jacob Zuma has withdrawn his legal case against a gallery that displayed a portrait depicting his genitals....

MAHACHAI, Thailand (AP) -- Kicking off her first trip abroad in nearly a quarter-century, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi offered encouragement Wednesday to impoverished migrants whose flight to neighboring Thailand is emblematic of the devastation wrought on her homeland by decades of misrule....

MAHACHAI, Thailand (AP) -- Kicking off her first trip abroad in nearly a quarter-century, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi offered encouragement Wednesday to impoverished migrants whose flight to neighboring Thailand is emblematic of the devastation wrought on her homeland by decades of misrule....

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Judges are passing sentence on former Liberian President Charles Taylor for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered and mutilated thousands during their country's brutal civil war....

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Judges are passing sentence on former Liberian President Charles Taylor for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered and mutilated thousands during their country's brutal civil war....

SAN ISIDRO, Colombia (AP) -- Residents of this remote hamlet that lacks running water and electricity, and lives off cattle ranching and coca-growing were preparing a barbeque for Wednesday's planned handover of a French journalist by Colombia's main leftist rebel group....

SAN ISIDRO, Colombia (AP) -- Residents of this remote hamlet that lacks running water and electricity, and lives off cattle ranching and coca-growing were preparing a barbeque for Wednesday's planned handover of a French journalist by Colombia's main leftist rebel group....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq has opened its fourth post-war bidding round for oil and natural gas exploration to over three dozen foreign firms in hopes of developing its energy sector....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq has opened its fourth post-war bidding round for oil and natural gas exploration to over three dozen foreign firms in hopes of developing its energy sector....

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Titin Karisma parades onto the stage wearing a rhinestone bustier and matching bottoms, with sequin fringe that jiggles wildly to the rhythm of the beating drums....

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Titin Karisma parades onto the stage wearing a rhinestone bustier and matching bottoms, with sequin fringe that jiggles wildly to the rhythm of the beating drums....