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Brazil editor killed in rough border town

Published February 13th, 2012 - 12:46PM

The editor in chief of an independent newspaper and news website operating in a rough Brazilian border town has been shot and killed.

Revolutionary militias in western Libya unify

Published February 13th, 2012 - 12:41PM

Representatives of around 100 militias from western Libya have announced a new federation they say will prevent infighting and press the country's new leaders for greater reforms.

Bahrain police fire tear gas at protesters

Published February 13th, 2012 - 12:21PM

Security forces in Bahrain fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters trying to occupy a landmark square in the nation's capital on Monday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Gulf kingdom's Shiite-led uprising.

Activists: Syrian rebels repel attack on key town

Published February 13th, 2012 - 12:11PM

Syrian rebels repelled a push Monday by government tanks into a central town held by forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime in an 11-month conflict that looks increasingly like a civil war.

African villagers embrace U.S. role in hunt for Lord's Resistance Army leader

Published February 13th, 2012 - 12:11PM

On the edge of this quiet town in the isolated forests of central Africa sits one of America's newest military outposts, a base made of grass surrounded by razor wire. Outside, a baby chimpanzee plays on a green rope, and three local policemen lounge in a pickup truck. Inside, up to 30 U.S. special forces plot the demise of one of the world's most elusive and sadistic rebels.

China looks to spur consumer spending to maintain growth rate

Published February 13th, 2012 - 12:06PM

China's government, which has overseen enviable economic growth for the past three decades by pushing huge volumes of exports, is searching for ways to get its own people to buy more things in hopes that will help sustain its economic miracle.

Navy takes bids online for old Puerto Rico base

Published February 13th, 2012 - 12:01PM

The U.S. Navy is trying to find a buyer for more than 2,000 acres overlooking the Caribbean in Puerto Rico.

Minister: Armed gang in Tunisia had al-Qaida links

Published February 13th, 2012 - 11:46AM

The armed group that clashed with Tunisian forces in the south of the country earlier this month had links to al-Qaida, the interior minister said Monday as he announced a wave of arrests tied to the incident.

Sean Penn: Britain must discuss Argentine islands

Published February 13th, 2012 - 10:41AM

Actor Sean Penn is taking Argentina's side in the Falkland Islands dispute.

APNewsBreak: Sweden expels Rwandan diplomat

Published February 13th, 2012 - 10:01AM

Sources say a Rwandan diplomat has been expelled from Sweden for allegedly spying on Rwandan exiles.

Lowlands Indians abandon Bolivia's president

Published February 13th, 2012 - 10:01AM

Bolivia's long-downtrodden indigenous majority adored President Evo Morales as he championed a new constitution that promised the nation's 36 ethnicities unprecedented autonomy.

Ex-UK police officer convicted of corruption

Published February 13th, 2012 - 9:26AM

A former senior British police officer was sentenced to jail on corruption charges Monday for falsely arresting a business rival over a financial dispute.

Sect claims soldier killings in northeast Nigeria

Published February 13th, 2012 - 8:46AM

Members of a radical Islamist sect ambushed an army patrol in Nigeria's restive northeast and killed 12 soldiers, a spokesman for the group said Monday.

Deaf girl: I was kept in UK cellar as sex slave

Published February 13th, 2012 - 8:26AM

Locked in a cellar where she was allegedly raped and beaten for nearly a decade, a young deaf and mute Pakistani woman told a U.K. court on Monday how she was trafficked into Britain and forced to work as a virtual slave.

Kin toss roses in sea 1 month after ship disaster

Published February 13th, 2012 - 8:21AM

Relatives of people still missing one month after the Costa Concordia capsized off the Tuscan coast have tossed bouquets of red roses in the sea near the luxury liner.

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