Vladimir Putin doing manly things

Russian leader often seeks to foster image as rugged nature lover, but his stunts have seen opponents ridicule him as a strongman selling an image, rather than leading

• Sep 6, 2012
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Controversial Agent Orange detox to be tried

Some alleged victims of defoliant used by U.S. in Vietnam War to undergo detoxification method laid out by Church of Scientology

• Sep 6, 2012

Blast at Turkey ammunition depot kills 25

Official says explosion in country's west was "probably caused after a hand grenade was dropped," rules out terrorism

• Sep 6, 2012

Activists: U.S. used waterboarding more than it admits

Human Rights Watch asserts technique was used on detainees in secret, CIA-run prisons abroad more than U.S. concedes

• Sep 6, 2012

Powerful 7.6 earthquake rattles Costa Rica

Strong earthquake prompts tsunami watch and knocks down some houses; 2 reported deaths, including one from a heart attack

• Sep 5, 2012

Pope gets first electric car

Pope Benedict XVI, 85, gets electric Renault Kangoo; Being "green" a hallmark of his papacy

• Sep 5, 2012

"Die Hard" traffic cop hailed in South Korea

Police officer clings to drug suspect's car for 25 minutes after pulling him over for illegal U-turn

• Sep 5, 2012

4 shot dead in French Alps, young girl critical

Police say 3 bodies found in car registered in Britain, another cyclist found nearby; Young girl in critical condition

• Sep 5, 2012

2 injured in steam blast at French nuclear plant

Authorities said there was no threat of radioactive leaks and that the incident at the Fessenheim plant appeared minor

• Sep 5, 2012

French officials to exhume Yasser Arafat's body

Widow of late Palestinian leader said investigators will dig up her husband from his West Bank grave to probe cause of death

• Sep 5, 2012

S. African miners threaten fellow workers

Striking miners give colleagues, managers deadline to leave mine or be killed; Claims of police brutality undercut by media reports

• Sep 5, 2012

Nigeria navy retakes hijacked oil tanker off coast

Sailors sent distress signals, locked themselves in panic room until Nigerian navy arrived; Piracy in West African waters on the rise

• Sep 5, 2012

Afghan copter crash kills 2 NATO service members

Incident under investigation; Soldiers' nationalities not identified

• Sep 5, 2012

Qaddafi's spy chief in Libyan hands

Abdullah al-Senoussi is accused of complicity in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland

• Sep 5, 2012

Ex-police chief charged in China political scandal

Charges against Wang Lijun include defection, power abuse and bribe taking for allegedly covering up details of Bo Xilai scandal

• Sep 5, 2012

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