
Flood waters ravaged a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 19 people and destroying hundreds of homes, officials said Sunday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T09:43:47Z
Two NATO soldiers were killed in an attack in Afghanistan Sunday, ISAF said, while police said at least two children were also killed as a suicide bomber targeted a NATO convoy. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T10:21:51Z
A former president whose term ended with the worst economic crisis in the modern history of the Dominican Republic will seek to make a comeback Sunday as he faces an old rival in a race to lead the Caribbean's top tourist destination. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T09:48:20Z
Fire crews took advantage of lower temperatures and higher humidity to make key advances on a large wildfire in northern Colorado, one of several burning across the West. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T08:57:50Z
One of the strongest earthquakes to shake northern Italy rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least four people, toppled buildings and sent residents running into the streets, emergency services and news reports said. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T10:04:57Z
A restive district of the Syrian capital that has been a hotbed of dissent against President Bashar Assad was rocked by fighting overnight between government forces and army defectors, opposition groups said Sunday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T09:18:48Z
BEIJING (Reuters) - While the blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng on Sunday enjoyed his first hours in New York after years of jail and detention, relatives and supporters back home remained locked down by security authorities. Chen's escape last month from 19 months of detention in his home village in eastern China and his six-day stay in the U.S. embassy in Beijing exposed embarrassing gaps in the web of security that the ruling Communist Party uses to stifle dissent. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T09:20:24Z
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