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North Korea executes defense chief with an anti-aircraft gun
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had his defence minister executed with anti-aircraft fire for insubordination and dozing off during a formal military ...Scores of Russian soldiers killed in east Ukraine
Moscow spent more than 53 billion rubles ($1.04 billion) supplying a separatist rebellion in east Ukraine and at least 220 Russian soldiers ...Turkish PM crosses into Syria to visit historic Ottoman tomb
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu briefly crossed into Syria on Sunday to visit the tomb of a revered Ottoman figure and vowed ...Several people killed in shooting in Switzerland
Police said Sunday that they found several people dead after shots were heard in a town in northern Switzerland.Five Macedonian police officers killed in armed clashes in north
Five police officers died and more than 30 were wounded in an operation against gunmen in an ethnic Albanian area of northern ...Russia stages huge military parade, Western leaders boycott
Thousands of Russian troops marched across Red Square, tanks rumbled through the streets and jets screamed overhead on Saturday in a huge ...Pakistan helicopter crashes killing Norwegian, Philippine ambassadors
A Pakistan military helicopter carrying diplomats to the launch of projects in northern Pakistan crashed on Friday killing six people, including the ...David Cameron on course to remain British Prime Minister
British Prime Minister David Cameron\'s Conservatives are on course to win the most seats in parliament but will be just shy of ...British woman begins last leg of world horse ride
A British woman passed through Ottawa Thursday on the last leg of her around-the-world horse ride, a six-year journey that has already ...United Kingdom votes in most unpredictable election in decades
Polls opened Thursday in Britain\'s closest general election for decades -- but voters may have to wait days for a new government ...