Tehran has been fulminating against British "plots" since the turmoil of its disputed election in June, but releasing the five sailors who strayed into its waters could have some p.r. value
It's about skin color, not snow. Coccaglio, a town in northern Italy, has decided to conduct an unofficial census during the holiday to ferret out illegal aliens in its midst
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President Barack Obama plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, the first as early as Christmas
South Africa will treat all HIV-positive babies and expand testing, the president announced Tuesday
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Long press-shy, but now emerging as an author of a self-published novel, Barack Obama's half brother Mark speaks to TIME's Ling Woo Liu
A record amount of rainfall over a 24-hour period in England sees hundreds of people evacuated.
A year after coordinated terrorist attacks paralyzed Mumbai, India, the city is slowly finding its way back to normal
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