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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombian police seized US$25 million (euro16 million) in properties Wednesday from a paramilitary warlord extradited to the U.S. on drug-trafficking charges....
MOSCOW (AP) -- An unmanned Russian cargo ship blasted off Thursday with supplies, equipment and gifts for the international space station, an official said....
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A suspected missile strike late Wednesday destroyed a house and killed about a dozen people in a Pakistan border village that was targeted by the U.S. military two years ago in the hunt for al-Qaida's No. 2 leader....
LONDON (AP) -- Beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown won a rare cheer from his own ranks after unveiling a raft of new policies Wednesday, part of move to reinvigorate his tenure that could also include appearing on a reality TV show....
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The Red Cross estimated Wednesday that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000 - a much higher figure than the government tally. The U.N. warned a second wave of deaths will follow unless the military regime lets in more aid quickly....
CHENGDU, China (AP) -- The moment that a devastating earthquake struck central China, the hills surrounding the city of Chengdu shook, people ran outside in confused panic, and a thick, white cloud of dust enveloped a mountain reserve....
LONDON (AP) -- The wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said she and her husband watched in distress as George Bush won the U.S. presidential election in 2000, according to extracts of her autobiography published Wednesday....
HANWANG, China (AP) -- Soldiers rushed to shore up a dam cracked by this week's powerful earthquake, and rescuers came by helicopter and ship Wednesday into the isolated epicenter but still were forced to dig for survivors with their bare hands....
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- Mob violence against Zimbabweans and other foreigners this week has killed at least two people and injured about 60 in an impoverished Johannesburg neighborhood, authorities said Wednesday....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- President Bush put an optimistic face on fading hopes for Mideast peace Wednesday, declaring that Israel's 60-year triumph over war and tragedy shows democracy can succeed everywhere. But Bush's upbeat message was marred by rocket fire from Gaza and threats of heavy retaliation by Israel....
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- The U.S.-backed Cabinet on Wednesday reversed measures against the militant Hezbollah movement that set off Lebanon's worst violence since the 1975-90 civil war....
DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) -- Hundreds of dams around the epicenter of China's earthquake have been damaged and Chinese troops scrambled Wednesday to plug cracks and open sluices to prevent flooding of already devastated communities....
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Moammar Gadhafi's Libyan government ran a training camp in the 1980s that prepared Charles Taylor's troops to seize power in the West African nation of Liberia, a key witness at Taylor's war crimes trial testified Wednesday....
LEGUTIANO, Spain (AP) -- Suspected Basque separatists bombed a village police barracks housing officers and their families on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding four. Spain's government described it as an attempted massacre....
BEX, Switzerland (AP) -- A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps....
ASHKELON, Israel (AP) -- A rocket fired from Gaza exploded in a shopping center in this southern Israeli city Wednesday, wounding at least 14 people, as President Bush wrapped up talks in Jerusalem with Israel's prime minister....
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Marina Silva brought impeccable credentials to her post as Brazil's environment minister: The daughter of a poor Amazon rubber tapper, she was a colleague of slain rain forest defender Chico Mendes....
LONDON (AP) -- A judge will lead a public inquiry into the death of an Iraqi civilian who died while in the custody of British soldiers, the Ministry of Defense said Wednesday....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A frustrated U.N. chief convened a meeting of key donors and Myanmar's neighbors Wednesday to weigh options for speeding aid to cyclone victims, including a possible international summit....
BEIJING (AP) -- Bodies buried under mounds of rubble, bloodied survivors pulled from debris, weeping family members begging for information - the stark images are blanketing Chinese newspapers and television broadcasts....
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