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China Keeps a Close Eye on Exiled Activists

7 hours 52 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 9) -- The world got a rare glimpse at how China keeps tabs on exiled dissidents and activists Monday, when a political refugee living in Sweden was sentenced to 16 months in jail for spying on ...

Vatican Faces Widening Sex Abuse Scandals

8 hours 32 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 9) -- Sexual abuse scandals mired the Catholic Church on Tuesday as inquiries in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands intensified and the Vatican digested allegations that the Mexican founder ...

'Jihad Jane' Charged With Recruiting Terrorists Online

10 hours 30 minutes ago |AP

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PHILADELPHIA (March 9) -- A suburban Philadelphia woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been charged with using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists ...

Biden Blasts Israel for New Building Plans

8 hours 19 minutes ago |AOL News

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JERUSALEM (March 9) -- Visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had unusually harsh words for Israel after the government approved 1,600 new homes in an ultra-Orthodox East Jerusalem neighborhood. The ...

Motive Still Murky in Cyprus Body-Snatching Case

9 hours 50 minutes ago |AOL News

ATHENS, Greece (March 9) -- The motive remains a mystery, but police in Cyprus say they have discovered the stolen corpse of Tassos Papadopoulos, the island's former president. The bizarre body-snatc ...

Visiting Biden Condemns New Israeli Settlement Plan

13 hours 45 minutes ago |AP

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JERUSALEM (March 9) -- Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday, casting a cloud over a high-profile visit that had been aim ...

Pakistan Plots Showdown With Taliban

10 hours 19 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 9) -- Having wrested control of one key region in Pakistan's northwest from a weakened Pakistani Taliban, the country's military leaders have announced they will launch a new operation against ...

Pipeline Company Finds Old Sunken Ships in Baltic

12 hours 35 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 9) -- The multinational corporation was on the hunt for natural gas when it came across a different kind of treasure instead: shipwrecks from hundreds of years ago, one of them so old it may b ...

Microchipped Dogs? Brits Look to Curb Canine Attacks

14 hours 34 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 9) -- British dog owners may soon have to break out the muzzles, microchips and insurance policies as the country fights a growing problem: dangerous canines. In a proposal announced today, al ...

Clinton Urges Prosecution in Nigeria Killings

16 hours 44 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 9) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging Nigeria to prosecute those found responsible for an outbreak of sectarian violence that left up to 500 people dead over the weekend ne ...

Iraqis Await Preliminary Election Results

14 hours 26 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 9) -- Iraq has postponed today's anticipated release of initial results from the weekend's election -- the country's second parliamentary poll since Saddam Hussein's ouster and the first to de ...

Dwarf Theme Park a Giant Problem for Little People

17 hours 37 minutes ago |AOL News

Shiho Fukada

(March 9) -- Members of a support group for little people have a giant problem with a theme park in China that puts dwarfs on public display. The park, which is called Kingdom of the Little People, i ...