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Belgium moves to ban burqaANTWERP, Belgium � Chances of seeing a burqa in Belgium are only a little better than spotting a liquor shop in Saudi Arabia. Yet Belgium soon may be the first European nation to outlaw the burqa and other Islamic garb that completely hides a woman�s body
China quake death toll passes 1,000Tibetan monks prayed Friday over hundreds of bodies at a makeshift morgue next to their monastery after powerful earthquakes destroyed the remote mountain town of Jiegu in western China and left at least 1,144 people dead.
4 Spanish soldiers die in HaitiA Spanish military helicopter crashed in rugged terrain in Haiti on Friday, killing the four soldiers on board, the United Nations said.
Russia 'suspends adoptions to US'Russia says it has halted adoptions of Russian children by US citizens, after a boy of seven was sent back to Moscow alone by his adoptive American mother.
China rescuers fight altitude after quake kills 760JIEGU, China � Earthquake survivors shivered through a second night outdoors in a remote Tibetan corner of western China with rescuers fighting altitude sickness and dealing with a lack of supplies as the death toll rose to 760.
Suicide bombing kills 6 in KandaharA suicide bomber targeting a compound shared by foreign companies set off a massive explosion late Thursday in the southern city of Kandahar, blowing out windows across the city and killing at least six people, the president's half-brother said.
Volcano's billowing ash disrupts global air travelA troublesome ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano has grounded flights across Europe and elsewhere, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded in what has been called the largest disruption of flights since the 2001 terror attacks.
Massive quakes kill 400 in western ChinaA series of strong earthquakes struck a far western Tibetan area of China on Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10,000 as houses made of mud and wood collapsed, trapping many more, officials said.
Earthquakes in China leave 67 deadAt least 67 people have died after a series of strong earthquakes struck China's western Qinghai province Wednesday, toppling buildings and knocking out telecommunications, Chinese media say.
China's Qinghai province hit by magnitude 6.9 quakeBEIJING � A series of strong earthquakes struck China's western Qinghai province Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the remote rural area, though witnesses described houses quickly crumbling.
Leading Moscow judge gunned downA leading Russian federal judge has been shot dead as he was leaving his apartment building in central Moscow, court officials have said.
Canada to return spent uranium to the U.S.: HarperPrime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada and the U.S. will work together to keep spent inventories of highly enriched uranium, which could be used for a nuclear or crude dirty bomb, out of the hands of terrorists.
Spanked children more aggressiveChildren who are spanked when they are three years old are more likely to have screaming tantrums, get into fights, hurt animals and refuse to share by the time they are five, a new study in the medical journal Pediatrics suggests.
2 missing Canadian sailors safe in ChileTwo Canadian women � one from Quebec, the other from British Columbia � have finally arrived in Chile after their families reported them missing at sea more than a month ago.
Eerie Silence: author wants to expand search for E.T.This week marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most ambitious, far-fetched and (at least so far) spectacularly unsuccessful undertakings in the history of science: the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI project.
Thousands watch as Texas Stadium brought to groundIRVING, Texas � More than 20,000 people gathered at tailgate parties and other spots Sunday to watch fireworks go off one last time over Texas Stadium before a ton of dynamite lit up the Dallas Cowboys' longtime home and brought it to the ground
18 killed in Thai protestsThai soldiers and police fought pitched battles Saturday night with anti-government demonstrators in streets enveloped in tear gas, but troops later retreated and asked protesters to do the same. At least 18 people were killed and more than 650 wounded in
Pilot ignored warnings in Polish crashPolish President Lech Kaczynski is dead, along with his wife, the head of Poland's central bank and other senior government officials, after the plane they were in crashed Saturday in western Russia in thick fog.
Israel called on to honour the 'Arab Schindler'He has been called the "Arab Schindler", and hailed as a man who risked his own life to save Jews during the Holocaust. Now Khaled Abdul-Wahab, a wealthy Tunisian landowner, is the object of a campaign to bestow on him the title of "righteous among the na
Behind France's Islamic veilFrance is one of several European countries considering a ban on the Islamic veil, and some restrictions on the niqab could become law within weeks. Claire Bolderson reports on how the debate plays into a broader struggle over French identity.
AL-QAEDA have vowed to bomb the World Cup - with England players top of their hitlist.
Polish president killed in plane disasterA plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and much of the nation's ruling elite crashed landed in the Russian city of Smolensk on Saturday killing all 96 people on board.
4 missing W. Virginia miners found deadRescue crews at a West Virginia coal mine have found no more survivors, and all 29 workers trapped in an explosion are confirmed dead, officials said early Saturday.
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