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Thai PM says he's open to talks with protesters
Thailand's prime minister says his government is ready to talk.
U.S. and Russia have public disagreement on Iran plant
The U.S. and Russia have been sparring openly over the planned launch this summer of Iran's first nuclear power plant which is being built by Russia.
Marines walk tightrope to win support in Marjah
Since U.S., Afghan and NATO forces wrested Marjah from the Taliban, they've been going to extraordinary lengths to cultivate townspeople who had lived under insurgent control for years.
Fatal shooting closes Old Montreal tourist area
A brazen daytime shooting left on man dead and three injured in Old Montreal's busiest financial district.
Maliki keeps lead in election vote count
The Iraqi prime minister's coalition has kept an edge of almost 40,000 votes ahead of his secular rival in the latest release of preliminary results from the March 7th parliamentary elections.
Holocaust survivor stands by memory of Anne Frank
A Holocaust survivor who says she met Anne Frank in a Nazi concentration camp is standing by her story in the face of skepticism from historians, filmmakers and a childhood friend of the diarist.
U.N. rejects export ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna
One environmental group says it's a "pretty irresponsible" move.
Boycott looms for Guyana's first elections since '94
Opposition leaders in this South American country threatened Thursday to boycott the first municipal elections in 16 years over a plan to give a government-dominated commission control over local affairs.
French court convicts woman of killing six newborns
A court in Normandy on Thursday convicted a 38-year-old woman of killing six of her newborn babies, a deed she acknowledged, and sentenced her to 15 years in prison.
Warships take new strategy against Somali pirates
An international fleet of warships is attacking and destroying Somali pirate vessels closer to the shores of East Africa and the new strategy, combined with more aggressive confrontations further out to sea, has dealt the brigands a setback, officials and experts said Thursday.



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