Kim Jong Il, 1941-2011
The iron rule and nuclear ambitions of North Korea's enigmatic leader dominated world security fears for more than a decade
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U.S. exit from Iraq without incident
For the first time in 8 years, 8 months and 28 days, the U.S. has no troops fighting in Iraq; Military leaves without incident
Israel releases 550 Palestinian prisoners
Massive release is the final phase of swap between Hamas and Israel for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit
Deaths escalate as Syria mulls observers
Syria's Assad weighs allowing in observers as government troops and defectors continue to kill each other
Philippines storm death toll tops 650
Flash floods and high winds from Tropical Storm Washi in the Philippines lead to scores dead and 900 missing
Iraq celebrates U.S. exit, worries for future
As last American forces depart, Iraqis express concern over fragile ties in country of 31 million
World reacts to death of Vaclav Havel
World figures honor the leader of Czechoslovakia's 1989 anti-communist "Velvet Revolution"
Russian oil platform capsizes, at least 4 dead
Dozens missing in freezing, remote waters off Russia's eastern coast
Protesters, troops clash for third day in Egypt
Amid ongoing violence in Egypt, Health Ministry says at least 10 protesters have been killed and 441 others wounded
Last U.S. troops leave Iraq as war ends
The exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly nine years
Czech playwright, ex-president Havel dies
Writer who led "Velvet Revolution" against Communism was Czechoslovakia's first democratically-elected leader, oversaw peaceful breakup of nation
Ship sinks off Indonesia; over 200 missing
Wooden ship carrying about 250 asylum seekers sank off Indonesia's main island of Java; 33 people have been rescued so far
Egypt military uses heavy hand to crush protests
Young activists were kicked in the head until they lay motionless in Cairo's Tahrir Square
Flash floods kill at least 450 in Philippines
Floods devastated a southern Philippines region unaccustomed to serious storms
Egypt's military clashes with protesters; 7 dead
Soldiers in Cairo storm protesters' camp outside Cabinet building
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