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Gadhafi Regime Hands Weapons to Civilians

Apr 28, 2011 - 3:02 PM |AP

GAZAHIYA, Libya -- A 22-year-old university student balanced an unloaded grenade launcher on his shoulder, grunted loudly in place of an explosion as he pulled the trigger, then handed the weapon to...

Sex-Selective Abortions Rise in India

Apr 28, 2011 - 2:00 PM |AOL News

For centuries, sons have been preferred over daughters in India. But now the desire for a boy coupled with medical technology has led to a rise in illegal sex-selective abortions. India's 2011...

Q&A: How Are the Taliban Linked to the Ancient Tribe the World Never Quite Conquers?

Apr 28, 2011 - 12:25 PM |AOL News

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Just when NATO forces in Afghanistan thought the Taliban were finally less of a threat, they staged an astonishing comeback Monday when they broke about 488 of their colleagues, mostly fighters and...

IAEA Chief: Syria Tried to Build Nuclear Reactor

Apr 28, 2011 - 12:23 PM |AP

PARIS -- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday said for the first time that a target destroyed by Israeli warplanes in the Syrian desert in 2007 was a covertly built nuclear...

US Envoy Says Human Rights Talks With China Yield Little

Apr 28, 2011 - 7:43 AM |AP

BEIJING -- An American human rights envoy said Thursday that China provided no useful information when probed about specific cases of individuals who have been detained or who disappeared in a major...

Libya Rebels: NATO Accidentally Killed 12 of Our Fighters

Apr 28, 2011 - 7:28 AM |AOL News

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A NATO airstrike has accidentally killed up to 12 Libyan rebels in an apparent case of mistaken friendly fire that rebel commanders say could have been avoided. At first, Libyan rebels who've been...

Buddhists Remember Japan's Tsunami Victims

Apr 28, 2011 - 7:00 AM |AP

SOMA, Japan -- Buddhist priests in black and gold robes chanted and rang bells Thursday to mark the 49th day since Japan's massive tsunami when the dead are believed to end their restless wandering...

Explosion Rips Through Tourist Cafe in Morocco; 14 Dead

Apr 28, 2011 - 3:46 AM |AP

MARRAKECH, Morocco -- Morocco's interior minister says at least 11 foreigners and three Moroccans were killed in a terrorist bombing in a cafe popular among tourists in the heart of...

Renegade Warlord Killed in Ivory Coast

Apr 27, 2011 - 8:24 PM |AP

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- State television said renegade warlord Ibrahim "IB" Coulibaly, a two-time coup plotter who began the pro-democracy battle for Abidjan, was killed in fighting with one-time...

Chernobyl Children to Arrive in Israel

Apr 27, 2011 - 4:53 PM |AOL News

Chabad's Children of Chernobyl

JERUSALEM -- Early Thursday, a plane carrying 25 children from the Chernobyl area will touch down in Israel, where the children will begin their new lives. The airlift comes the same week as the 25th...

NATO: F-16 Fighter Jet Crash-Lands at Italian Airbase

Apr 27, 2011 - 12:04 PM |AP

BRUSSELS -- An F-16 fighter-bomber from the United Arab Emirates crashed on landing Wednesday at an air base in southern Italy after completing a transfer flight from another base, officials...

9 Americans Dead After Afghan Army Officer Opens Fire

Apr 27, 2011 - 11:28 AM |AP

Musadeq Sadeq, AP

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Eight American troops and a U.S. contractor died Wednesday after an Afghan military pilot opened fire during a meeting at Kabul airport - the deadliest episode to date of an...