Time.com - As the referendum on the separation of Sudan threatens to spark violence, the U.S. hopes that an offer of a more amicable relationship will help keep the peace.…

Reuters - South Korea should seize its chance to become a leader in the diplomatic arena by capitalizing on its successful staging of the G20 summit, President Lee Myung-bak said…

Reuters - If you want to measure the level of political strife in Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi, take the body count at the morgue.

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Reuters - The NATO-led force in Afghanistan on Monday raised the death toll from a weekend clash with insurgents in the volatile east to five, making it the deadliest attack…

Reuters - A Qantas flight bound for Buenos Aires returned to Sydney on Monday due to technical problems, the second safety incident for the airline since one of its Airbus…

AFP - France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy named Prime Minister Francois Fillon head of a streamlined and more right-wing government, setting the stage for his undeclared 2012 re-election bid.

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AP - The retired British couple were sailing the world on a 38-foot-yacht that represented most of their life savings when Somali pirates captured them last year, demanding the sort…

AFP - Paul and Rachel Chandler said they were “happy to be alive” after the Somali pirates who hijacked the couple’s yacht near the Seychelles last year released them for…

Reuters - At least five Canadian tourists and two workers were killed on Sunday in a gas explosion that ripped through the restaurant of a hotel on Mexico’s Caribbean coast,…

Reuters - At least five Canadian tourists and two workers were killed on Sunday in a gas explosion that ripped through the restaurant of a hotel on Mexico’s Caribbean coast,…