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Putin makes crude outburst about Georgian leader
Reveling in his reputation for earthy language, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unabashedly confirmed a crude outburst against Georgia's president and even took the tirade a step further Thursday.
UN says poor nations need $130B for climate change
The U.N. climate change organization has said the world's poor countries will need $130 billion dollars a year by 2030 to help them adapt to global warming and curb their carbon emissions.
Mexico sends Cubans home under new accord
Mexico is sending illegal Cuban migrants home for the first time under a new immigration accord.
Flood washes away some qualms over barrier project
The luxury Bauer hotel was inundated by calls of concern and cancellations this week - but was spared the floodwaters that swamped most of the city.
Testimony doesn't link US soldier to 4 dead Iraqis
A defense lawyer told a military court Thursday that witnesses had provided insufficient evidence to support charges that a U.S. Army sergeant was involved in killing four Iraqi men found bound, blindfolded, shot and dumped in a Baghdad canal.
European court makes landmark ruling on DNA rights
Europe's top human rights court Thursday struck down a British law that allows the government to store DNA and fingerprints from people with no criminal record - a landmark decision that could force Britain to destroy nearly 1 million samples on its database.
Highlights in life of Thailand's monarch
Key events in life of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej:
Putin: no need for Cuban, Venezuelan bases
Russia does not need to build permanent naval bases in Cuba or Venezuela, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, speaking amid a Kremlin push to increase Moscow's influence in Latin America.
Governor of key Afghan province sacked
The governor of Afghanistan's key southern Kandahar province said Thursday he was sacked by the central government and complained that powerful people in his region had been sabotaging his work.
AP IMPACT: Pakistan police losing terrorism fight
Brothers Mushtaq and Ishaq Ali left the police force a month ago, terrified of dying as their colleagues had - beheaded by militants on a rutted village road before a shocked crowd.
Boot Knut: Berlin's star polar bear faces eviction
Knut the superstar polar bear turns 2 on Friday looking nothing like the button-eyed ball of white fluff who captured hearts around the world.
93 countries sign cluster bomb ban
Ninety-three countries signed a treaty banning cluster bombs Thursday, as diplomats accepted the wishes of victims who begged them to bar the weapons that kill and maim civilians long after the conflicts end.
British mother found guilty in kidnap of daughter
A mother who tearfully appealed for her missing daughter's return was found guilty Thursday of staging her disappearance in a kidnapping that prosecutors said was committed to claim a reward.
20 young doctors graduate in Somalia, 1st in years
They dodged firefights on their way to school, maneuvering through one of the world's most violent cities. Yet on Thursday, 20 men and women accomplished something that nobody in Somalia has done in nearly two decades: They graduated from medical school.
Murder case dropped in Dutch woman's late abortion
Prosecutors said Thursday they have dropped their murder investigation and will not press charges against a Dutch woman who had a late-term abortion in Spain.
100,000 Saudi security for hajj pilgrimage
Saudi Arabia deployed some 100,000 security personnel to keep order as Muslim pilgrims flooded into the holy city of Mecca in preparation for the annual hajj, beginning on Saturday.
China to send scientists into space
China's military-backed space program will send scientists on future manned missions as its demand for technical expertise rises, state media reported Friday.
Suicide blasts kill 17 as Iraqi council OKs pact
Suicide bombers killed 17 people - including two American soldiers - and wounded more than 100 in a string of blasts in two Iraqi cities Thursday as a timetable for withdrawing all U.S. troops won final government approval.
Call made for China navy to battle Somali pirates
A Chinese general has called for the country's navy to join the fight against Somali pirates, saying the mission would boost China's international stature and give its sailors valuable experience in fighting open ocean combat operations far from their home ports.
Israeli troops fight Jewish settlers in Hebron
Israeli soldiers hauled Jewish settlers out of a disputed house in the West Bank city of Hebron Thursday, firing tear gas and stun grenades to subdue the extremists who pelted them with rocks, eggs and chemicals. Rioting by settlers quickly spread to other parts of the Palestinian territory.