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Protesters gather across Thai capital, demand PM resigns
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters brought central Bangkok to a halt Sunday demanding political reform, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra\'s resignation, and ...Car bomb explosion at Syrian school kills eight
In eastern Syria, students are reported among the dead from a car bomb explosion near a primary school in the province of ...Obama promises review of NSA spying program, possible reforms
US President Barack Obama has suggested there may be a review of surveillance by the National Security Agency in the wake of ...EU promises tough summit with Russia over Ukraine
European Union leaders are promising to confront Russia at an upcoming summit about what the giant trade bloc says is undue Russian ...US astronauts embark on spacewalk
Astronauts from the U.S. space agency will begin a series of spacewalks Saturday to repair a faulty pump on the International Space ...Ugandan parliament passes anti-homosexuality law
Uganda\'s parliament has passed a bill that would make some homosexual acts punishable by life in prison.South Sudan president ready to talk as clashes spread
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir says he is willing to hold talks with the former vice president he accuses of leading a ...Russia approves amnesty covering punk band members, Greenpeace
Russian lawmakers have approved a Kremlin-backed amnesty bill that could free the two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot while ...Judge rules NSA phone data program is likely unconstitutional
A U.S. judge says the government\'s secret collection of telephone records from millions of Americans is likely unconstitutional.S Sudan declares curfew after troops clash
South Sudan\'s President Salva Kiir declared an overnight curfew in the capital after the government foiled what he called an attempted coup.