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3 Killed by Blast at Station in Russia's South

3 Killed by Blast at Station in Russia's South


3 Killed by Blast at Station in Russia's South

Posted: 29 Dec 2013 01:33 AM PST

Russia's Interior Ministry says at least three people have been killed and six others were wounded by an explosion at a railway station in southern Russia.


Rockets Fired From Lebanon Into Israel

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 11:21 PM PST

Rockets from Lebanon struck northern Israel Sunday, causing no injuries but sparking an Israeli reprisal shelling in a rare flare-up between the two countries.


Fears of Social Breakdown as Gambling Explodes in Italy

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 07:29 PM PST

Critics blame the concentration of gambling machines for an increase in chronic gambling — and debt, bankruptcies, depression, domestic violence and broken homes — recorded by social service workers in Pavia, Italy.

Polling Comes to Afghanistan, Suggesting Limit to Sway of President Karzai

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 07:15 PM PST

Three recent polls are giving Afghans a crash course in front-runners, horse-race coverage and candidates who eagerly dismiss any numbers that do not put them out front, topics familiar to Americans.


Russia Screening of Pussy Riot Film Is Blocked

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 06:08 PM PST

Directors of a state-financed theater in Moscow received a call from authorities threatening their jobs if they screened a documentary about the activist group.


New Law All but Bars Russian GPS Sites in U.S.

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 05:57 PM PST

A measure that was signed into law on Thursday virtually bars Moscow from building monitor stations on American soil that critics feared could be used for snooping or worse.

Civilians Trying to Flee South Sudan Violence Are Caught Between Two Sides

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 05:29 PM PST

Those who have sought shelter at a United Nations base are nursing wounds and fighting hunger and disease.


Deadly Shootout and Arrest in Iraq Set Off Sunni Protests

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 05:22 PM PST

A raid by Iraqi security forces on the home of a prominent Sunni member of Parliament on Saturday morning in Anbar Province set off a two-hour gun battle that left the lawmaker's brother and five guards dead, along with a soldier, Iraqi security and medical officials said.


Civilians Trying to Flee South Sudan Violence Are Caught Between Two Sides

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 04:51 PM PST

The government of South Sudan refused to release 11 politicians arrested two weeks ago after President Salva Kiir said they were plotting a coup.


A Rare Elected Voice for Socialism Pledges to Be Heard in Seattle

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 04:22 PM PST

Kshama Sawant will join the City Council on Jan. 1 as one of the nation's few elected socialists, a political brand most officials run from.

Shots Fired Before 4 Were Held in Libya

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 02:33 PM PST

The holding of four American military personnel on Friday was preceded by a confrontation at a checkpoint, a witness and an Obama administration official said.


New Study Refines View of Sarin Attack in Syria

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 01:56 PM PST

A new analysis of rockets linked to the chemical attack on Damascus in August concluded that they were most likely fired by multiple launchers and had a range of about three kilometers.


Bill Clinton Will Preside at de Blasio’s Inauguration

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 01:38 PM PST

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will be sworn in as New York City's 109th mayor after an inauguration ceremony on the steps of City Hall on New Year's Day.


A Civil Servant in Mexico Tests U.S. on Asylum

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 11:18 AM PST

Mexican officials have become frustrated by a local official who has provided residents with letters describing their area's drug violence to help them seek asylum in the United States.

Projects Under Scrutiny Displace Istanbul’s Poor

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 09:48 AM PST

Development projects like the ones at the center of a widening corruption investigation in Turkey have left migrants from the countryside wondering where they will go.


A Protester Is Killed During Campus Violence in Egypt

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 09:33 AM PST

One demonstrator was confirmed dead on Saturday after a clash between police officers and student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood on the eastern Cairo campus of Al-Azhar University.


Members of Jewish Student Group Test Permissible Discussion on Israel

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 09:10 AM PST

Swarthmore's Hillel rebelled this month, saying it would not abide by its parent group's guidelines prohibiting collaboration with speakers or groups deemed unsupportive of Israel.

In Textbook Fight, Japan Leaders Seek to Recast History

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 08:59 AM PST

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government has begun to pursue a more openly nationalist agenda on an issue that critics fear will push the country further from its postwar pacifism.

Deadly Mix in Benghazi: False Allies and Crude Video

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 08:16 AM PST

The reality behind the attack on American outposts in Libya is murkier and more complex than initially believed, but months of investigation turned up no evidence that Al Qaeda had any role in the assault.

Signs of a Russian Thaw (Toward Business)

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 08:12 AM PST

In a country where entrepreneurs are scorned (or worse), an influential voice is speaking up for them — carefully.

Vaccine Aide Gunned Down in Pakistan

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 06:29 AM PST

No one immediately took responsibility, but the Taliban, which accuses the United States of using a drive to eradicate polio as a cover for spying, has threatened health workers who immunize children.


Weekend Kitchen

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 06:15 AM PST

Melissa Clark makes a flaming baba au rhum; David Tanis makes red onion soup with cheese toasts.

Delhi’s New Leader Vows to Halt Corruption

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 02:28 AM PST

Arvind Kejriwal, who swept into office on an anticorruption campaign, pledged Saturday to arrest anyone in his government who demanded a bribe.


Fire on Indian Express Train Kills Dozens

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 12:11 AM PST

More than two dozen passengers were killed and seven others were badly injured when an express train traveling through the center of India caught fire early Saturday.

Gunmen Kill Anti-Polio Health Worker in Pakistan

Posted: 28 Dec 2013 12:06 AM PST

Pakistani police say gunmen attacked an anti-polio vaccination center in the country's northwest and killed a medic on duty, then fled the scene.


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