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Former Nepal PM Koirala, who led protests ending king's authoritarian rule, dies at 86
KATMANDU, Nepal - Nepal's former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who served five terms and led mass protests that ended the king's authoritarian rule in the Himalayan nation, died Saturday. He was 86....
Palestinian PM takes UN chief to observation point, shows him Israeli settlements, barrier
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Saturday got a closer look at what has emerged as a main obstacle to restarting Mideast peace talks - Israeli settlements on Palestinian-claimed land....
Year's strongest sandstorm hits northern China, turns Beijing skies orange with grit
BEIJING - China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country's north, delaying some flights at Beijing's airport and prompting a dust warning for Seoul....
Sarkozy's party braces for potential electoral wipeout in regional elections favouring left
PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy's party braced for a potential electoral wipeout in Sunday's final round of regional elections, which an alliance of the rival left hopes will give it a national sweep and a staging ground for 2012...
Pakistan counterterror official says Taliban militants arrested, bomb factory found
KARACHI, Pakistan - A counterterrorism official says police have arrested three Taliban militants and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi....
With domestic woes, hot war in Afghanistan, many allow date of Iraqi invasion to go unnoticed
RALEIGH, N.C. - It was a day like any other day - except that it was the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. And, for the most part, that was forgotten....
