Man holds Malaysia class hostage with machete

30 kindergarten students, 4 teachers safe after tense standoff ends; Police shoot suspect in head, leaving him in critical condition

• Jul 7, 2011

Princess Diana inquest lawyer possibly hacked

Scotland Yard tells attorney who represented Diana's lover at death inquest he was on list of possible News of the World targets

• Jul 7, 2011

Al Qaeda commander killed in Pakistan by drone

Ilyas Kashmiri thought to be a key planner of 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks and strikes on U.S. troops; Pakistanis resent drones

• Jul 7, 2011

WP: N. Korea bribed Pakistan for nuke secrets

Founder of Pakistan's nuclear bomb program claims North Korea paid millions to top Pakistan officials to get their know-how

• Jul 6, 2011

Rupert Murdoch stands firm amid hacking scandal

Media magnate says he stands by his editor, whose newspaper has been caught hacking the phones of politicians and dead girls

• Jul 6, 2011

Syrian forces accused of crimes against humanity

Amnesty International says Syrian forces killed prisoners, tortured and targeted civilians in one siege in Talkalakh

• Jul 6, 2011

Day in pictures

A glimpse at the days news as seen through a camera's lens

• Jul 6, 2011
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Powerful quake rocks remote N.Z. islands

Magnitude-7.8 earthquake rattles Kermadec Islands, home to a weather station and scientific outpost in the remote Pacific

• Jul 6, 2011

Marines to be among first to leave Afghanistan

The 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment is slated to leave Afghanistan by summer's end, says a military official

• Jul 6, 2011

UK's Cameron demands new phone hacking inquiry

Outrage over News of the World's alleged hacking of murdered girl's cell phone hilights British tabloid's history of harassment

• Jul 6, 2011

Hugh Grant rails against hackers, Rupert Murdoch

Murdoch, Brit tabloids accused of hacking celebrity and private citizens' voicemail

• Jul 6, 2011

Thousands celebrate the running of the bulls

Crowds gather in Pamplona to kick off the legendary bull-running festival

• Jul 6, 2011

Tripoli escapees describe stealth protests

One man who fled Tripoli remembers fuel shortages and fights, calls the atmosphere as "one of fear and paranoia"

• Jul 6, 2011

China's ex-president misses party, but is he dead?

Reports erupt online - but are quickly censored - of Jiang Zemin's demise after he misses Communist Party anniversary

• Jul 6, 2011

Online treasure hunt sparks U.K. bomb scare

Suspicious object left under a flowerpot prompts full-scale response from police; Later revealed to be part of Internet-based "geocaching" treasure hunt

• Jul 6, 2011

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