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Public excluded from Politkovskaya trial
The trial of three men accused of being involved in a plot to murder Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya will take place behind closed doors, a Moscow court ruled Wednesday.
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Pirate 'mother ship' left in flames
An Indian warship has exchanged fire with a pirate "mother vessel" off the hijacking-plagued Horn of Africa, leaving the ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden, an official said Wednesday.
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6.2-quake strikes Panama, Costa Rica
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook coastal Panama early Wednesday, near the border with Costa Rica, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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Pirates anchor supertanker off Somalia
A hijacked supertanker carrying up to $100 million worth of crude oil -- the largest vessel seized to date in an escalating regional piracy crisis -- was believed to have anchored off Somalia Tuesday, its operator said.
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Taliban reject Afghan peace overture
A Taliban spokesman said Monday that Afghan President Hamid Karzai did not have the authority to make a peace offering to its reclusive leader, Mullah Omar.
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Political prisoner returns home to Chile
A man who was detained during Chile's "dirty war" in 1973 and declared dead in 1995 showed up in his old hometown very much alive last week, a human rights group in Santiago has announced.
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Fifteen corpses found in Baghdad mass grave
Police in northern Baghdad found a mass grave Tuesday that contained the remains of 15 people, an Interior Ministry official said.
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Bill Clinton could pose Cabinet problem
Former President Bill Clinton's international business dealings, global foundation and penchant for going off script could present a significant obstacle to Hillary Clinton becoming secretary of state, observers say.
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Congo: Rebel leader orders troops out of town
Retreating government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo are fighting local militiamen deep in rebel-held territory, witnesses said Tuesday.
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NATO in Afghanistan fire on militants in Pakistan
The NATO-led alliance in Afghanistan said its troops fired at militants inside Pakistan in coordination with Pakistani soldiers.
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Yahoo co-founder to resign as CEO
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Crowd attacks China govt. office over quake
Up to 2,000 people attacked a local Communist Party headquarters in northwestern China's Gansu province early Tuesday, state-run media reported.
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Man admits aiding Chinese space program
A Chinese-born U.S. physicist and businessman pleaded guilty Monday to bribing Chinese space program officials and illegally providing U.S. space launch data to the Beijing government.
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Violent clashes occur as Kashmir votes
Indian police clashed with separatist groups as voters went to the polls in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday.
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Colombia acts on pyramid collapse
The Colombian government declared a state of emergency Monday, allowing officials to take over businesses that have used pyramid schemes to steal millions of dollars from 3 million investors.
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