Strong quake strikes Burma; up to 12 feared dead

Magnitude-6.8 quake collapses a bridge and a gold mine, also damages several old Buddhist pagodas

• Nov 11, 2012

After attack on jeep, Israeli army kills 4 in Gaza

Officials and witnesses say Palestinian militants fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli jeep patrolling the border

• Nov 10, 2012

Suicide blasts in Syria kill at least 20 troops

U.N. says refugees fleeing Syria at highest levels yet seen, with 11,000 entering Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon in one 24-hour period

• Nov 10, 2012

Pakistanis, U.N. pay tribute to girl shot by Taliban

"Malala Day" held to honor 15-year-old activist for girls' education, who is recovering from attempt on her life by militant group

• Nov 10, 2012

Vatican digs in after gay marriage advances

The Vatican is vowing to never stop insisting that marriage can only be between a man and a woman

• Nov 10, 2012

BBC chief quits after saying TV report was wrong

George Entwistle resigned over a TV program the network aired that wrongly implicated a politician in a child sex-abuse scandal

• Nov 10, 2012

BBC sex abuse scandal may upend the iconic company

After hundreds of child sex abuse allegations against BBC figures and bungling reports on them, a call to overhaul broadcaster

• Nov 10, 2012

BBC sidelines news boss; Abuse scandal snowballs

Broadcaster blasted for giving top exec full year's pay after he stepped down for erroneous report; News chief, deputy sidelined

• Nov 10, 2012

EU: We were hacked at web security conference

Official says staff members' computers were compromised when they joined meeting of Internet Governance Forum in Azerbaijan

• Nov 10, 2012

Vatican convicts computer tech in leaks scandal

Holy See computer technician found guilty of helping former papal butler in theft of confidential documents

• Nov 10, 2012

Victims to testify in Afghan massacre hearing

Afghan National Army guard has taken the witness stand in the case against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales

• Nov 9, 2012

U.N. leader: Sandy a lesson in climate change

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says superstorm emphasizes need for global action to deal with future weather climate shocks

• Nov 9, 2012

Pope to join celebs, presidents with Twitter feed

Pope Benedict XVI will join the Twitter-sphere, tweeting from a personal account to be launched possibly by year's end

• Nov 9, 2012

Mexico charges agents with trying to kill CIA men

14 federal police officers charged with attempted homicide after August ambush in Mexico that left 2 CIA agents wounded

• Nov 9, 2012

2 NATO service members die in Afghanistan

Service members were killed in an insurgent attack and by a non-battle related injury respectively

• Nov 9, 2012

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