Iran frees Al-Jazeera reporter nabbed in Syria

Dorothy Parvaz, a U.S., Canadian and Iranian citizen, was deported to Iran after trying to cover Syrian unrest

• May 18, 2011

Clash in NW Pakistan kills 2 police, 15 militants

Around 100 militants attacked an important security checkpoint near the Pakistani city of Peshawar, say police

• May 18, 2011

Mexico police find 513 U.S.-bound migrants

Migrants were inside 2 trailer trucks, traveling in dangerously crowded conditions, some suffering from dehydration, say police

• May 18, 2011

Japan may be world's biggest ship graveyard

Japanese officials estimate a decade of recovery as workers slowly sift through debris mountains for the 10,000 still missing

• May 17, 2011

Jailed IMF chief's wife thrust into spotlight

Anne Sinclair, the famous-in-her-own-right wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has weathered scandal before

• May 17, 2011

For US, Pakistan both "firefighter and arsonist"

Both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate openly question Pakistan's friendship, as well as continuing U.S. aid there

• May 17, 2011

Rwandan genocide architect given 30 yrs in prison

Maj. Gen. Augustin Bizimungu, made infamous by the movie "Hotel Rwanda," had lists of Tutsi "cockroaches" to be exterminated

• May 17, 2011

Geithner: Strauss-Kahn not in position to run IMF

Treasury Secretary says IMF's 24-member executive board should formally designate an interim head

• May 17, 2011

Day in pictures

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

• May 17, 2011
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Pakistan to return stealth chopper debris

Sen. Kerry says wreckage from previously-secret helicopter used in bin Laden raid will be returned to U.S.

• May 17, 2011

Queen begins Ireland tour amid bomb threats

Undeterred by threat of violence, 85-year-old British monarch begins historic peace trip

• May 17, 2011

Pakistan claims "senior" al Qaeda arrest

Army claims it caught "senior" al Qaeda operative, but U.S. says the man was at most a mid-level figure

• May 17, 2011

Guatemala: Mexican cartel behind mass beheadings

President vows to root out Zetas drug gang after gunmen kill 27 farm laborers, leaving severed heads scattered across ranch

• May 17, 2011

After 6 weeks, 4 journalists in Libya to be freed

Libyan government spokesman claims four reporters, including at least two Americans, will be released Tuesday or Wednesday

• May 17, 2011

Alleged Slovak cannibal linked to 2 dead bodies

Computer of suspect wounded in gunbattle with police contains information that led to shallow grave, Slovakia cops say

• May 17, 2011

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