Afghan presidential race kicks off, without candidates
Race to pick successor to Hamid Karzai, who can't run again, gets rolling slowly as precisely zero candidates sign up early
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Race to pick successor to Hamid Karzai, who can't run again, gets rolling slowly as precisely zero candidates sign up early
European lawmakers nominate NSA intelligence leaker, Pakistani schoolgirl for EU's top human rights award
Former Communist Party official Lei Zhengfu stuck with 13-year sentence for accepting $500K in bribes in elaborate extortion plot
Turkish fighter jet shot down Syrian copter after it crossed border, but Syrians say act shows neighbor's "real intentions"
War crimes panel also cites "upsurge in crimes and abuses" by rebel groups in news likely to influence U.N. Security Council debate
Tilting ship that crashed off coast of Italy 20 months ago billed as biggest, most delicate, most expensive salvage operation in history
U.K. diplomat says there is "no remaining doubt" that Assad was responsible for chemical weapons attack after U.N. releases report
No bodies spotted as effort to right cruise liner involved in deadly wreck 20 months ago continues, more slowly than anticipated
Every seven years documentary filmmaker Michael Apted has traced the lives of 14 British boys and girls from childhood to middle age, resulting in a life's work of unparalleled drama
The first-ever Asia Harley Days gathering in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia draws hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts
Tribute to Omar Hammami from Alabama, allegedly killed by his former group al-Shabab, criticizes al Qaeda-linked group for turning on one of its own
International team of engineers sets ship upright 20 months after it capsized off coast of Italian island
After monkey's alleged (but not proven) trip into cosmos, state news agency says feline next up, but mouse, rabbit also in running
Top diplomat says U.S., U.K., France -- and Russia -- want a U.N. resolution with teeth, but nobody can say yet how sharp
Taliban's attacks on Afghan women appear to continue with assassination of police inspector months after predecessor was killed