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Italy investigating 'Jamaican sprinters, physio' AFP Updated July 16, 2013, 10:16 pm ROME (AFP) - Italian police have opened an investigation for doping against Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson as well as their Canadian physiotherapist Chris Xuereb, ANSA news agency...

Italian senator offers roses after racist jibe AFP July 16, 2013, 10:16 pm ROME, Latium (AFP) - An Italian senator who compared the country's first black minister to an orangutan said he did a "silly thing" and offered to send her a bunch of roses. Roberto Calderoli, a deputy speaker of the...

Gunmen kill 28 in attack on northeast Nigeria school By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria | Sat Jul 6, 2013 10:15am EDT (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist gunmen killed 27 students and a teacher in a boarding school in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on Saturday, a police source said. The...

Syrian opposition coalition elects president Reuters July 7, 2013, 12:04 am ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The main Syrian opposition National Coalition elected Ahmad Jarba as its president on Saturday after a close runoff vote held in Istanbul, coalition members said. Jarba is a tribal figure from...

Pakistan train accident kills 14: officials AFP July 6, 2013, 11:56 pm LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - At least 14 people, including two children, were killed on Saturday when a train collided with a packed motorcycle rickshaw in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, officials said. The passenger...

Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny (L) and his wife Yulia speak during a break in a court hearing in Kirov July 2, 2013. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny attends a court hearing in Kirov July 2, 2013. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny (C) and his wife Yulia stand together during a break in a court hearing in Kirov...

Facing jail, protest leader Navalny condemns Putin's Russia People pass by a banner, part of Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny's mayoral election campaign, in Moscow July 5, 2013. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin By Gabriela Baczynska KIROV, Russia | Fri Jul 5...

WHO wants HIV patients treated sooner to save lives, halt spread An HIV-infected patient displays medicine at a hospital in Payao province, about 600 km (373 miles) north of Bangkok November 28, 2007. Credit: Reuters/Sukree Sukplang By Kate Kelland LONDON | Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:49am EDT...

BlackBerry reports quarterly loss, shares tumble Reuters June 28, 2013, 9:13 pm A BlackBerry salesperson displays a BlackBerry Z10 during the launch of the BlackBerry 10 smartphone in Mumbai February 25, 2013. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry on Friday reported a...

Claims of police link to people smuggling Karlis Salna, AAP South-East Asia Correspondent, AAP Updated June 25, 2013, 11:25 am <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ebib1TuFMdI?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> Smuggler admits role fatal sinking...

Brazil president proposes referendum on reform AFP Updated June 25, 2013, 11:50 am BRASILIA (AFP) - President Dilma Rousseff proposed a referendum on political reform, scrambling to defuse unprecedented social unrest in Brazil that sparked two weeks of nationwide street protests. She also...

Fake press release gets Putin ally 'fired' AFP Updated June 20, 2013, 8:16 pm MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian security services sought Thursday to unravel a mystery after a fraudster managed to fool the country's news agencies into believing one of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies had been...

Insight: Chinese whispers: Who wants to bet on the 'Nicaragua Canal'? Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and Wang Jing, chairman of the Hong Kong international company Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. (HKND Group) celebrate signing a concession agreement for the construction of...

Sweden jails Rwandan for life for role in 1994 genocide STOCKHOLM | Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:33am EDT (Reuters) - A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a man of Rwandan origin to life imprisonment for his role in the 1994 genocide in the African county, the first such case in the Nordic state...

SWAT team members engage actors pretending to be terrorists as law enforcement officials from the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles Sheriff department conduct a live counter terrorism demonstration for the 2013 National Homeland Security Conference, on the streets of downtown Los...

SWAT team members engage actors pretending to be terrorists as law enforcement officials from the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles Sheriffs department conduct a live counter terrorism demonstration for the 2013 National Homeland Security Conference, on the streets of downtown Los...

SWAT team members shoot a man acting as a terrorist during a live counter terrorism demonstration for the 2013 National Homeland Security Conference, on the streets of downtown Los Angeles, California June 6, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon

SWAT team members shoot a man acting as a terrorist during a live counter terrorism demonstration for the 2013 National Homeland Security Conference, on the streets of downtown Los Angeles, California June 6, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon

SWAT team members engage actors pretending to be terrorists during a live counter terrorism demonstration for the 2013 National Homeland Security Conference, on the streets of downtown Los Angeles, California June 6, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon