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    "I extend to you and the Afghan people my sincere apologies," Obama said

    US President Barack Obama sent Afghan President Hamid Karzai a letter of apology over the burning of copies of the Koran overseen by a US officer at a US military base, Karzai's office said Thursday. More »Obama shows 'deep regret' over Koran burning as Afghan riots continue

    A damaged house is seen in the Bab Sabaa neighbourhood of Homs

    Syrian forces launched a massive bombardment of rebel districts of Homs on Thursday, defying … More »Syria forces launch 'terrifying' bombardment of Homs

    A man stands amid debris after a bomb attack in northern Baghdad

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Simultaneous early morning attacks on mostly Shi'ite targets across … More »Iraq attacks kill 60, raise sectarian fears

    • Rescue workers extract a passenger from a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station at rush hour in Buenos Aires
      Argentine commuter train crashes, killing 49 people Reuters - 17 hours ago

      BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A packed commuter train plowed into the buffers at a Buenos Aires station during Wednesday's morning rush hour, killing at least 49 people and … More »Argentine commuter train crashes, killing 49 people

      Rescue workers extract a passenger from a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station at rush hour in Buenos Aires

      BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A packed commuter train plowed into the buffers at a Buenos Aires station during Wednesday's morning rush hour, killing at least 49 people and injuring more than 600 in Argentina's worst rail crash in three decades. Passengers said the force of the collision propelled the second train car inside …

    • Iran's Head of Atomic Energy Organization Abbasi-Davani makes a speech during a meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran
      Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail Reuters - 18 hours ago

      VIENNA/TEHRAN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback … More »Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail

      Iran's Head of Atomic Energy Organization Abbasi-Davani makes a speech during a meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran

      VIENNA/TEHRAN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West. The United States criticized Iran on Wednesday over the failure of the International Atomic Energy …

    • Russian PM Putin speak to Iran's Foreign Minister Salehi during a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in St. Petersburg
      Russia warns Israel not to attack Iran Reuters - 18 hours ago

      MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia warned Israel on Wednesday that attacking Iran would be a disastrous and played down the failure of a U.N. nuclear agency mission to Tehran, … More »Russia warns Israel not to attack Iran

      Russian PM Putin speak to Iran's Foreign Minister Salehi during a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in St. Petersburg

      MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia warned Israel on Wednesday that attacking Iran would be a disastrous and played down the failure of a U.N. nuclear agency mission to Tehran, saying there is still a chance for new talks over the Iranian atomic program. "Of course any possible military scenario against Iran will be catastrophic …

    • Euro crisis: Cash-strapped Italy sells off iconic lighthouses Christian Science Monitor - 21 hours ago

      They command stunning coastal views of one of the Mediterranean’s least spoiled islands, but now, as Italy’s new government attempts to chip away at the country’s €1.9 … More »Euro crisis: Cash-strapped Italy sells off iconic lighthouses

      They command stunning coastal views of one of the Mediterranean’s least spoiled islands, but now, as Italy’s new government attempts to chip away at the country’s €1.9 trillion ($2.5 trillion) debt, a clutch of abandoned but picturesque lighthouses on the island of Sardinia will be sold off.

    • Afghanistan is a deeply religious country where slights against Islam have frequently provoked violent protests
      Taliban urge attacks to avenge Koran burning AFP - 7 hours ago

      The Taliban exhorted Afghans Thursday to attack and kill foreign troops to avenge the burning of Korans at a US-run base, but stopped short of cutting off contacts with … More »Taliban urge attacks to avenge Koran burning

      Afghanistan is a deeply religious country where slights against Islam have frequently provoked violent protests

      The Taliban exhorted Afghans Thursday to attack and kill foreign troops to avenge the burning of Korans at a US-run base, but stopped short of cutting off contacts with American officials in Qatar.

    • Afghan policemen march towards protesters during a protest near a U.S. military base in Kabul

      KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after officials said six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country. The U.S. embassy said its staff were in "lockdown" and travel had been …

    • Assad forces bomb Syria's Homs Reuters - 16 hours ago
      Smoke is seen rising from Bab Amro near Homs

      AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs on Wednesday, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including two Western journalists. The barrages marked an intensification of a nearly three-week …

    • Wounded passengers wait to be carried away from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012. A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds of morning commuters as passenger cars crumpled behind the engine. (AP Photo/Anibal Greco) NO PUBLICAR EN ARGENTINA

      BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The first two cars were packed as usual for the morning rush, so tightly that people stood pressed flesh to flesh, sandwiched between bicycles and the few seats, many without so much as a strap to hold onto.

    • The Shepherd's beaked whale is so rare it has never been filmed live before

      Australian researchers Thursday revealed they had filmed a pod of extremely rare Shepherd's beaked whales for the first time ever.

    • Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with Iranian nuclear scientists and managers in Tehran

      VIENNA/TEHRAN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's latest mission to Iran failed to budge a defiant Tehran over its disputed nuclear program, sending oil prices to a nine-month high over fears of an increasing risk of confrontation with the West. The United States criticized Iran on Wednesday over the collapse of the …

    • Journalist Marie Colvin

      AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said. At least two other journalists and possibly more …

    • President Barack Obama meets Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations in New York

      JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ever since their first awkward encounter - a hastily arranged meeting in a custodian's office at a Washington airport in 2007 - Iran has been one of the few issues on which Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu have been able to find some common ground. Nearly five years ago, neither man was …

    • Afghan soldier kills two NATO troops at protests Reuters - 1 hour 24 minutes ago
      Afghan protesters burn a U.S. flag during a protest in Helmand province

      KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan soldier joined protests on Thursday against the burning of copies of the Koran at a NATO base and shot dead two foreign troops, Western military sources said, as the Taliban urged security forces to turn their guns on foreigners. Protests against the burning of copies of Islam's most holy book …

    • FILE - This is a Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. file photo of Italian Navy scuba divers as they return after working on the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship found four more bodies Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)

      ROME - Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off a Tuscan island found eight bodies Wednesday on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said.

    • To match feature MALDIVES/

      MALE (Reuters) - It was an ordinary blue felt pen, and not a bullet, that killed Mohamed Nasheed's term as the first democratically elected president of the Maldives. After rising to acclaim as a champion of democracy and action against climate change, Nasheed is now back on the streets where he led a nearly two-decade …

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