U.S. expels Venezuelan diplomat
Consul general ordered to leave Miami after allegations surfaced she discussed possible cyber-attacks on U.S.
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Syria violence kills 11 soldiers, 10 civilians
Clashes between troops and defectors from military; Security forces conduct raids on homes in pursuit of activists
Report: Iran begins uranium enrichment
Revolutionary Guard commander says Strait of Hormuz will be ordered closed if Tehran's oil exports are blocked
Grounded cargo ship breaks apart on NZ reef
Cargo ship grounded off the New Zealand coast since October has split in two, spilling sea containers and debris
Afghan claim of U.S. prison abuse strains talks
Investigators accused the American military of abusing detainees at its main prison in Afghanistan
Defying ban, protesters rally in Bahrain
Anti-gov't demonstrators press their campaign for greater political and civil rights for nation's Shiite majority
Tortured Afghan girl wants in-laws jailed
15-year-old tells of imprisonment, abuse by husband and his family after she refused to work as a prostitute
Nigerian church attacked by radical Muslim sect
Series of assaults by members of Boko Haram kill at least 13 people in northeast region
Iran welcomes U.S. rescue of sailors
Foreign Ministry calls rescue from pirates a "humanitarian gesture"; Hardline news agency sniffs, calling operation "a Hollywood drama"
11 die as balloon hits power lines in N.Z.
New Zealand's deadliest air accident in nearly 50 years Two jump from burning hot air balloon basket to escape flames
British police make new phone hacking arrest
Police investigating tabloid phone hacking have arrested a long-serving former assistant to ex-News of the World editor
Venezuela's Chavez names new defense minister
Gen. Henry Rangel Silva has been accused by Washington of aiding drug traffickers and arming rebels in neighboring Colombia
Hot air balloon crash in New Zealand kills 11
Witnesses say hot air balloon caught fire while in flight, plummeted to ground about 100 miles north of Wellington
U.S. rescues Iranian ship held by pirates
Same naval vessels that Tehran warned to stay out of the Gulf enact rescue in Arabian Sea; 13 crew held for up to 45 days
Mexico opens bridge among world's highest
Baluarte Bridge in Sierra Madre Occidental mountains high enough off ground to fit Eiffel Tower underneath
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