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Saturday to mark Sudan's split

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 05:30 PM PDT

JUBA, Sudan -- South Sudan becomes the world's newest nation Saturday after a half-century struggle, and the streets of the capital began to pulse with excitement as the clock ticked down toward history.Many in Juba waited for the big midnight moment ...

Former 'News of the World' editors arrested in British cellphone hacking scandal

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 05:07 PM PDT


LONDON -- Prime Minister David Cameron's former communications chief and an ex-royal reporter were arrested Friday in a phone hacking and police corruption scandal that has already toppled a major tabloid and rattled the cozy relationship between B ...

Visit by U.S., French ambassadors spur protests in Syria

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 05:07 PM PDT


BEIRUT -- Hundreds of thousands of Syrians poured into the streets of the opposition stronghold Hama on Friday, bolstered by a gesture of support from the American and French ambassadors who visited the city where a massacre nearly 30 years ago cam ...

UN official: US execution of Leal broke int'l law

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 08:13 AM PDT


GENEVA -- The United States broke international law when it executed a Mexican citizen, the United Nations' top human rights official said Friday.
The Texas execution of Humberto Leal "raises particular legal concerns," including whether he had ac ...

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