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At least three Somali government ministers were among dozens killed Thursday in a huge suicide bomb explosion in a hotel in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said.
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki slammed US President Barack Obama's troop surge plan in Afghanistan, saying troop increase will not resolve the Afghan crisis, local satellite Press TV reported Thursday.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Thursday said China was hoping to see peace and stability in Afghanistan after US President Barack Obama announced his administration would deploy an extra 30,000 troops there.
Two Chinese died in an explosion caused by methane gas leakage at a building in northern Italy Thursday morning, reported the local news agency ANSA.
A New York City man who mugged a 101-year-old woman on her way to church has been sentenced to 75 years in prison.
A US federal judge sentenced a kingpin of Mexico's powerful Juarez drug cartel to 27 years in prison for smuggling at least 200 tons of cocaine into the United States, authorities said on Wednesday.
Officials say workers are finding human remains in the ground before burials at cemetery where former workers were charged with digging up graves in a scheme to resell plots.
Union Carbide plant left a more potent legacy when it accidently released toxic gases into the air, killing thousands and causing many more to suffer in the world's most deadly industrial disaster.
US ambassador to South Korea on Thursday revealed goals her country is expecting to meet during an upcoming bilateral dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang, noting that it is aimed to secure the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s reaffirmation of a 2005 six-party agreement.
The 77th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is pictured after the lighting ceremony in New York December 2, 2009.
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