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North Korea leader Kim Jong Il is dead

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:03:24 GMT

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69 years old.

Mexico party formally names presidential candidate

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:36:16 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) - The party that ruled Mexico for most of the 20th century has officially named the candidate it hopes can wrest back the presidency in 2012.

American hikers released from prison

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:51:28 GMT

TEHRAN, IRAN (AP) - The two American hikers jailed in Iran for two years have been handed over to Swiss diplomats and are officially free.

Tripoli, Libya falling to rebels, whereabouts of Gadhafi unkown

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 02:22:07 GMT

TRIPOLI, Libya (WKTV/NBC) - Libyan rebels waved flags and shot into the air in celebration Monday morning after driving into Tripoli's vast Green Square, taking control of what had been the symbolic heart of the 42-year regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

Afghan president defiant after Kabul hotel assault

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:42:32 GMT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has vowed his government will assume responsibility for the country's security as planned despite an assault on a Kabul hotel that left 19 people dead, including eight attackers.

Easing tensions in Pakistan

Fri, 27 May 2011 11:35:10 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to reassure Pakistani leaders of U.S. support in the wake of the Osama bin Laden raid.

US warns of al-Qaida reprisals over bin Laden

Mon, 02 May 2011 05:11:29 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department is putting U.S. embassies on alert and is warning Americans abroad of possible reprisal attacks from al-Qaida and its affiliates around the world after the killing of the group's leader Osama bin Laden by American forces in Pakistan.

Osama bin Laden killed in Pakistan

Mon, 02 May 2011 06:13:33 GMT

PAKISTAN (WKTV) - Al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden has been killed and the United States has his body in custody. President Obama made the official announcement late Sunday night.

Late Pope John Paul II beatified, one million faithful attend

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:46:37 GMT

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI has praised Pope John Paul II for having restored Christianity as a religion of hope, speaking during the beatification Mass of his beloved predecessor before more than a million faithful.

President Obama defends Libya intervention

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:12:49 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has vigorously defended American attacks in Libya during a nationwide address.