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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.Attacks kill 65 in Iraq, including Shiite pilgrims
Iraqi officials say car bombs targeted Shi\'ite pilgrims near Baghdad as Iraq-wide violence killed at least 65 people Monday.Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine dies at age 96
Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine has died at the age of 96 in her home in Carmel, California.UN starts first aid airlifts to Syria from Iraq as cold grips
The United Nations has started to deliver humanitarian aid by air into Syria from northern Iraq.Ex-president Michelle Bachelet wins Chile poll run-off
Chileans have handed moderate socialist former President Michelle Bachelet a new four-year term with a landslide victory in a runoff election.Nelson Mandela buried at Qunu ancestral home
Former South African president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was laid to rest in his home village Sunday.McCain meets with Ukrainian opposition, backs pro-EU protests
U.S. Senator John McCain met Saturday in the Ukrainian capital with key government and opposition leaders, ahead of a mass rally aimed ...Italian PM Letta wins confidence votes, vows reforms
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has won a key confidence vote in parliament after he pledged sweeping economic and political reforms.




