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China tries out changes to one-child rule

A pilot program in five Chinese provinces will let some couples have an additional child.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:46:01 GMT
Suicide attack in Russia kills 17, wounds over 130

A suicide car bomber hit the central market of a major city in Russia's North Caucasus on Thursday, killing at least 17 and wounding more than ...

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:35:45 GMT
Marines take back pirate-held ship off Somalia

The U.S. Navy says Marine commandos have reclaimed control of a pirate-held vessel off the Somalia coast and taken nine prisoners.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:33:34 GMT
4 Iraqis escape from U.S. custody in Baghdad prison

U.S. and Iraqi officials say four prisoners with links to al-Qaeda have escaped from the U.S.-controlled part of a prison in Baghdad.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:37:28 GMT
Militants release British journalist in Pakistan

A British journalist held captive by Islamist militants in northwestern Pakistan since March has been released, the British High Commission in ...

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:22:18 GMT
Four suspected U.S. missile attacks rock Pakistan

A suspected American missile strike killed five alleged militants in northwestern Pakistan early Thursday, an intelligence official said, the ...

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:43:06 GMT
China may relax its one-child rule

An aging population and the need for more workers has prompted China to consider relaxing its policy restricting most couples to one child.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:43:10 GMT
Mayor of northern Mexico town killed by gunmen

Mexican prosecutors say hooded gunmen have killed the mayor of a small town in northern Mexico. He is the third mayor to have been slain in the ...

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:29:50 GMT
Pope thanks U.K. for 'vast' efforts for $18.5M trip

Pope Benedict XVI thanked the British on Wednesday for the "vast amount of work" they have put into his upcoming visit and said he hoped their ...

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:50:15 GMT
Mexican marines arrest 7 in killing of migrants

A government spokesman says Mexican marines have arrested seven gunmen suspected of participating in the massacre of 72 Central and South American ...

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:30:44 GMT
Sinn Fein chief met priest involved in '72 bombing

The senior Sinn Fein politician in Northern Ireland's government acknowledged Wednesday that he did meet a Catholic priest responsible for a ...

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:41:15 GMT
Pakistan to charge 3 over failed Times Square bomb

Pakistan will soon bring terrorism charges against three men alleged to have helped the failed Times Square bomber meet up with militant leaders ...

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:39:13 GMT
Nigeria: 800 inmates escape during prison attack

A police commissioner says about 800 inmates escaped a prison holding Muslim extremists in northern Nigeria during an assault by gunmen.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:32:32 GMT
FBI: No credible bomb threat found aboard jet

Investigators found no explosives aboard a Los Angeles-bound Thai Airways flight in which a bomb threat was found scrawled on a bathroom mirror, ...

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:52:24 GMT
2 Mexico bodies probably are massacre probers

Two dead bodies found in the northern state of Tamaulipas appear to be those of a state detective and local police chief who investigated the ...

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:44:41 GMT
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