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Ukraine fighting rages as OSCE team freed
The Vienna-based Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) confirmed later Saturday that the seven strong group of military observers being ...Thai opposition urges Prime Minister to resign
Thailand\'s opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has called for July\'s election to be delayed and is demanding the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra resign.World marks Press Freedom Day
Saturday is World Press Freedom Day, an annual observance established by the United Nations in 1993 to support freedom of expression.More than 36 killed in Odessa blaze as Ukraine violence spreads
A clash Friday between supporters of Ukrainian unity and Russian-backed separatists in the Black Sea port of Odessa left 36 people dead ...Hundreds killed, thousands missing in Afghan landslide
At least 500 people are feared dead and up to 2000 others missing after a landslide buried a village in northern Afghanistan.Cease-fire reached in Syrian city of Homs
A ceasefire agreement has been reached in the central Syrian city of Homs, according to local activists and a Lebanese TV channel ...Gunfire, explosions heard near rebel-held Ukraine town
Gunfire and heavy detonations were heard on Friday just outside Ukraine\'s rebel-held town of Slavyansk, in what the insurgents claimed was "a ...Rebel attacks in northeast India kill 10
At least 10 people have been killed and four others wounded after armed men with automatic weapons opened fire in India\'s northeastern ...3 Dead, up to 30 trapped in mine collapse in Colombia
At least three people have died and as many as 30 trapped after a mine collapse in western Colombia. Authorities say rescue ...Protesters mark May Day across the globe
Labor and trade unions across much of the world organize demonstrations to mark International Workers\' Day on May 1.