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• China activist who spoke out on quake gets 3 years
  Updated 1 min. ago

  A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a veteran dissident to three years in prison after he criticized the government's response to a 2008 earthquake that killed about 90,000 people.

• Iranian official in fake degree scandal dies
  New 10 min. ago
• Afghan provinces get millions to reduce poppies
  New 20 min. ago
• EU: Nearly half of unemployed out of work a year
  8:56 a.m.
• Pirates free hijacked ship bound for Somali port
  8:41 a.m.
• Woman found 25 hours after Indonesia ferry sank
  8:41 a.m.
• 4 US service members die in Afghan attacks
  8:41 a.m.
• Israel, Hamas close to swap deal for Schalit
  8:31 a.m.
• Incinerator plans on hold after protests in China
  8:26 a.m.
• Iran prez seeks new legitimacy in visit to Brazil
  8:06 a.m.
• Kangaroo tries to drown dog, attacks owner
  8:01 a.m.
• Miners' families want answers in China mine blast
  7:56 a.m.
• Romania's president, rival in runoff election
  7:46 a.m.
• Romania's president, rival in runoff election
  7:46 a.m.
• Residents return to N. England homes after flood
  5:51 a.m.
• The US military says 4 of its service members were killed in the past 24 hours in Afghanistan
  4:21 a.m.
• Philippine police search for US suspect
  4:16 a.m.
• China slams US report warning of spying by Beijing
  4:01 a.m.
• US sailor cleared of assaulting Sydney prostitute
  11/23/09
• 8 women set out to ski to South Pole
  11/23/09
• Mexico City's famed dance-for-peso halls fading
  11/23/09
• General: Canada halted prison moves more than once
  11/22/09
• Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites
  11/22/09
• Dozens of asylum seekers injured in detention riot
  11/22/09
• Honduras election sets return to business as usual
  11/22/09
• Exit polls: No clear winner in Romania's election
  11/22/09
• Exit polls: No clear winner in Romania's election
  11/22/09
• US military: American soldier killed in Iraq
  11/22/09
• Egypt's media stoked soccer fan anger with Algeria
  11/22/09
• Venezuela: No direct talks with Colombia on bases
  11/22/09
• Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo
  11/22/09
• Iraq PM ramps up attacks on Baathists before vote
  11/22/09
• Venezuela to get 300 tanks, armored vehicles
  11/22/09
• Report: Leaked UK documents detail Iraq war chaos
  11/22/09
• Palestinian nun takes step toward sainthood
  11/22/09
• Russian cosmonaut Feoktistov dies at 83
  11/22/09
• Iran releases ex-official on bail in mass trial
  11/22/09
• Alleged Iraq bombers offer confessions
  11/22/09
• Ugandans upset over Chavez' kind words for Amin
  11/22/09
• Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets
  11/22/09
• Algeria court acquits 2 former Guantanamo inmates
  11/22/09
• Survivors recount China mine disaster; 92 dead
  11/22/09
• Egypt's president warns Israel over Jerusalem
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• Indonesian ferry sinks; 29 dead, some 240 rescued
  11/22/09
• Officials: Pakistani troops kill some 40 militants
  11/22/09
• Police: IRA dissidents plant car bomb in Belfast
  11/22/09
• Dalai Lama says Obama not soft on China
  11/22/09
• Liberians mourn UN worker killed in Afghanistan
  11/22/09
• 5 Afghan border security guards killed in south
  11/22/09
• 2 bomb blasts leave 7 dead, 52 wounded in India
  11/22/09
• Indonesian television says a ferry with more than 200 passengers has sunk near Sumatra island
  11/22/09
• Police say 5 killed, 20 wounded in 3 bomb blasts in northeastern India
  11/22/09
• Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack
  11/22/09
• Afghan road builder's dream thwarted by violence
  11/22/09
• Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to Venezuela
  11/21/09
• McCain: Tension between aides, Palin 'no big deal'
  11/21/09
• Chavez praises alleged terrorist Carlos the Jackal
  11/21/09
• Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case
  11/21/09
• State news agency says death toll in northeast China coal mine blast jumps to 87
  11/21/09
• McCain links political correctness to shootings
  11/21/09
• Mexico says drug witness died in apparent suicide
  11/21/09
• Swiss police: man attacked by bear in park
  11/21/09
• Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear sites
  11/21/09
• Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations
  11/21/09
• Gaza militants agree to halt rocket fire
  11/21/09
• Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks
  11/21/09
• Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees
  11/21/09
• Azerbaijan threatens force over Nagorno-Karabakh
  11/21/09
• Saudi: 4 pilgrims die of swine flu before hajj
  11/21/09
• Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped
  11/21/09
• Mubarak vows not to tolerate attacks on Egyptians
  11/21/09
• Reports: 101-yr-old Brazil architect back at work
  11/21/09
• Iraqi parliament seeks to end election crisis
  11/21/09
• Germany to send trial observer to NY
  11/21/09
• Iraq working for release of Americans held in Iran
  11/21/09
• Prosecutors request life in jail for US student on trial for killing British roommate in Italy
  11/21/09
• Police report an explosion near the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital
  11/21/09
• Buddhists from 2 Koreas hold joint ceremony
  11/21/09
• 3 men blow themselves up in Pakistani Kashmir
  11/21/09
• Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
  11/21/09
• Blast near aid office wounds 1 in NW Pakistan
  11/21/09
• Chinese authorities say 11 people confirmed dead in coal mine explosion, 128 trapped
  11/20/09
• Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger
  11/20/09
• Mexico shifts strategy in border city violence
  11/20/09
• Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA
  11/20/09
• McCain urges Obama to speed up Afghan decision
  11/20/09
• Spokesman says world's largest atom smasher circulates beam of protons after yearlong repairs
  11/20/09
• 6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue
  11/20/09
• Mexican reporter on organized crime goes missing
  11/20/09
• US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit
  11/20/09
• Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack
  11/20/09
• Italian prosecutor: Knox hated murder victim
  11/20/09
• Russian ship frees itself from ice in Antarctic
  11/20/09
• Iraq cleric's aide urges end to political crisis
  11/20/09
• Police say Afghan lawmaker survives bombing
  11/20/09
• British lawyer appointed Karadzic standby counsel
  11/20/09
• Rebel blast derails train in India, killing 2
  11/20/09
• 20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer
  11/20/09
• Russian Orthodox priest shot dead in Moscow church
  11/20/09
• Gunman opens fire on Saipan; 5 dead
  11/20/09