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Thailand army declares martial law
Thailand\'s army declared martial law on Tuesday to restore order after six months of anti-government protests which have left the country without ...Swiss bank pleads guilty to US tax evasion, fined $2.6bn
Swiss bank Credit Suisse pleaded guilty Monday to the charge that it facilitated wealthy Americans who sought to commit tax evasion, becoming ...Explosions kill at least 118 in Nigeria market
Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria\'s central city of Jos on Tuesday, killing at least ...Deadly train crash in Russia kills at least nine
A collision Tuesday between a cargo train and a passenger train near Moscow killed at least nine people and left up to ...U.S. indicts Chinese military officials on cyber-espionage charges
The U.S. Justice Department said the indictment accuses Chinese military officials of economic espionage, alleging they conspired to steal trade secrets and ...British imam Abu Hamza al-Masri convicted of U.S. terrorism charges
A New York jury convicted British hate preacher Abu Hamza on 11 kidnapping and terrorism charges Monday, opening the way for a ...Mladic defense opens at UN war tribunal
Ratko Mladic\'s defence case opens at the Yugoslav war crimes court on Monday, with the Bosnian Serb ex-army chief accused of masterminding ...Thousands flee deadly floods in Serbia and Bosnia
Tens of thousands of people fled their homes Monday in Bosnia and Serbia, as rising floodwaters surged into villages and towns, killing ...At least 32 children die in Colombia bus fire
An overcrowded bus carrying young people home from a church service caught fire on Sunday in the northern city of Fundación, and ...Heavy gunfire as Libyan parliament stormed
Clashes have erupted outside the Libyan parliament in the capital, Tripoli, in an attack being claimed by forces loyal to a retired ...




