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Governor deploys National Guard

Missouri's governor said on Monday he would send the National Guard into the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson to restore calm after authorities forcibly dispersed a crowd protesting last week's fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by police.

Ferguson riot highlights racial divide in US

In his landmark "I have a dream" speech, civil rights leader Martin Luther King voiced his strong aspiration for equal rights for black people in US society.

Trooper vows to stay 'as long as it takes' in town

The trooper put in charge of tamping swirling racial tensions in this St. Louis suburb vowed Sunday to stay "as long as it takes," after violence flared anew.

Hundreds protest LA police shooting

About 500 people protested outside Los Angeles police headquarters on Sunday over the shooting death of an unarmed black man in California as disturbances continued in Missouri over the police killing of a black teenager there last week.

Brazilian environmental activist upends presidential election race

Environmentalist Marina Silva could defeat President Dilma Rousseff if Brazil's October election goes to a second-round runoff, according to a new poll that saw the challenger entering the race in second place.

Israel destroys homes of suspects in kidnapping and murder case

Israeli troops on Monday demolished the homes of two Palestinians it suspects abducted and killed of three teenagers in the occupied West Bank in June, the Israeli army said.

Wedding of Jew, Muslim draws protesters

Israeli police on Sunday blocked more than 200 far-right Israeli protesters from rushing guests at a wedding of a Jewish woman and Muslim man as they shouted "death to the Arabs" in a sign of tensions stoked by the Gaza war.

Economic relations to be Australia's new form of engagement

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has outlined a new paradigm in Australia's international relations, championing economic diplomacy - a business-oriented soft power push - that she says will drive poverty elimination and overcome geopolitical challenges.

Nepal floods kill 101 as cholera outbreak fears mount

The death toll from landslides and flooding in Nepal has risen to 101 after rescuers found four more bodies, officials said on Monday, as they battled to prevent a cholera outbreak.

Kiev: Rebels kill civilians as talks fail

Ukraine on Monday accused rebels of shelling a convoy of civilians fleeing the war-torn east, leaving "many" dead, as crisis talks to halt months of bloodshed failed to make a breakthrough.

Russia 'may ban car imports' if West applies new sanctions

Russia may tighten retaliatory sanctions against Western nations to include a ban on imports of cars, if the United States and the European Union impose additional sanctions on Moscow, daily newspaper Vedomosti reported on Monday.