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9/11 Museum opens in New York
U.S. President Obama commemorated victims of the Sept. 11 attacks at the recently completed museum and memorial in a service Thursday.Pregnant Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy
A pregnant Sudanese woman who refused to renounce her Christianity was sentenced to death by hanging Thursday in a Khartoum court, provoking ...Unions call for nationwide strike after Turkish mine disaster kills 282
Four Turkish labor unions called for a national one-day strike on Thursday in protest against the country\'s worst industrial disaster that killed ...Anti-China protests leave 21 dead in Vietnam
At least 21 people were killed as anti-China riots in southern Vietnam escalated and spread to the center of the country on ...Jill Abramson replaced as New York Times executive editor
The New York Times Co on Wednesday replaced executive editor Jill Abramson in a surprising move after less than three years in ...At least two killed, 21 wounded in attack on Thai protesters
Two people were killed and at least 21 wounded on Thursday in an explosion near an anti-government protest site in the Thai ...Barack Obama meets Syrian opposition leader in Washington
U.S. President Barack Obama has denounced the upcoming presidential election in Syria slated for June 3 as illegitimate, the White House stated ...South African judge orders Oscar Pistorius to undergo psychiatric tests
The judge in Oscar Pistorius\' murder trial ordered the athlete on Wednesday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after a witness testified the ...Oscar-winning Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul dies at 36
Swedish film director Malik Bendjelloul, who directed the 2012 Oscar winning documentary Searching For Sugar Man, has died aged just 36. According ...Death toll from Turkish coal mine disaster rises to 238
At least 238 people were killed and hundreds more remained trapped underground after an explosion and fire in a coal mine in ...