A new organization in South Korea, claiming it includes more than 100 former North Korean military members, vows to end Pyongyang's government and unify the Korean peninsula. The North Korea Peoples Liberation Front also says it has support from curr

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Amid the backdrop of the controversy surrounding plans for an Islamic center near the site of the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and as a pastor in the southeastern state of Florida draws headlines for sponsoring a Quran burning, two young M

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A U.S. church's plan to burn a copy of the Quran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks has drawn global condemnation. The Vatican has denounced the plan as outrageous and grave. The Vatican office responsible for relations with Islam issued

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This Sunday, Turkish voters will go the polls to decide on a package of constitutional reforms. The prime minister says the vote is an opportunity to democratize the country. But the country's main opposition says the reforms are a government power g

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Australia's first minority government for 70 years has started work following the closest election result in the country's history. Now Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard must get her coalition to address a range of issues ranging from immigration to

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As the United States marks nine years since the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, some people outside the nation's capital are gathering to pray. Jews and Muslims from Fredericksburg, Virginia hope to foster healing rather than anger

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Global financier George Soros will give $100 million to Human Rights Watch. U.S. financier George Soros has made a $100-million matching grant to Human Rights Watch through his New York-based Open Society Foundations. The global recession has taken a

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We have limited funds, so we have to make a choice whether we feed people or we feed livestock In addition to lost crops and possessions, many survivors of Pakistan's floods lost their livestock. Surviving farm animals urgently need food and medical

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The Thai prime minister says anti-government groups could resort to violence before the anniversary of the country's 2006 coup. But the rights groups question whether the threat is sufficient for the government to keep the capital under emergency rul

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A respected South African Muslim organization has turned to the courts to prevent a fellow-Muslim from burning bibles in retaliation to threats by a United States pastor to burn the Quran. The Scholars for Truth, a respected Muslim organization in So

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Probably only one or two Americans in a hundred could tell you the name of the nation's toughest, seemingly most escape-proof prison. It's the Marion federal penitentiary in Illinois. But for the better part of three decades, from the mid-1930s to 19

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India has criticized a ban imposed by the U.S. state of Ohio on outsourcing of government projects to offshore locations. India feels this signals the rise of protectionist sentiment in the U.S. The global recession had reduced the flow of outsourcin

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Alfred Stieglitz is considered a central figure in the history of photography. He lived most of his life in New York and in the early years of the 20th century documented the city's transformation into a grand metropolis. But Stieglitz's New York als

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For years, the U.S. funeral industry was considered recession proof but today, even the bereaved are scaling back and paying more attention to cost. Many families are forgoing traditional burials for less expensive cremations. It's a change that's ha

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The U.N. refugee agency reports torrential rains in Chad are affecting about 150,000 people. The UNHCR says more than one-third of the flood-affected victims are refugees, mainly from the Central African Republic. Heavy rains have been pummeling Chad

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The winner of the 2010 World Food Prize says eradicating hunger is within reach. The comment came as the United Nations prepares to hold its summit next week (9/20-22) on the Millennium Development Goals. Rev. David Beckmann says he's encouraged by e

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Six men have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police in London, suspected of preparing an attack against Pope Benedict who is on a state visit to Britain. The arrests follow a warning Thursday night from the head of Britain's MI5 security service of

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A new survey finds that three-quarters of U.S. newborns are breastfed beginning at birth. But the number of breastfeeding infants rapidly falls off during the first year of life. Seventy-five percent of babies started life breastfeeding, according to

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A new report from a government advisory panel says U.S. education is failing many of America's best and brightest young people. The National Science Board, which advises Congress and the president on science and engineering issues, says potentially h

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This is a glimpse of what the future may look like. The goal is to have a very affordable, very economical to operate, but still a very dependable vehicle, said Ron Cerven, who built one of the cars with his Li-ion Motors team. It is one of a 136 veh

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