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Ousted politician Bo Xilai goes on trial in China
Fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai appeared in public for the first time in more than a year on Thursday to face trial ...Security Council meets on alleged Syrian chemical attack
The UN Security Council met Wednesday over reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria that the opposition says was carried out ...US soldier Manning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case
A military judge has sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for giving a trove of military and diplomatic ...Egypt court orders Hosni Mubarak release from jail
Egypt\'s former hardline President Hosni Mubarak was ordered released from prison on Wednesday, a move that could potentially stir further unrest in ...Israelis and Palestinians reportedly talk again
Diplomatic sources reveal that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met secretly in Jerusalem, a week after US-brokered peace talks were relaunched in the ...Egyptian authorities arrest Muslim Brotherhood leader
Egyptian authorities said on Tuesday they had arrested the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, as they stepped up a campaign to ...95% chance that humans caused global warming, new report says
An international team of climate scientists reports with near certainty that most of the global temperature rise over recent decades is due ...Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak may be freed from jail soon
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown in an uprising in 2011, will be released from jail within days after a ...9/11 lawyer to challenge secret Guantanamo camp
A defense lawyer who gained access to a top-secret camp at the notorious US-run Guantanamo Bay prison has said it does not ...Gay marriage law comes into effect in New Zealand
Dozens of same-sex couples said "I do" Monday as New Zealand became the first Asia-Pacific country, and only the 14th in the ...