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Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Landmark immigration legislation passed by the Senate would remake America's workforce, from the highest rungs to the lowest, and bring many more immigrants into the economy, from elite...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO (AP): Egyptian soldiers and police clashed with Islamists, protesting the military's ouster of the president in bloodshed that left at least 51 protesters and three members of the security forces dead...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Governments have reacted strongly to the clashes between Egyptian troops and supporters of the ousted president, Mohammed Morsi, that have left dozens dead.

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (AP): A transportation official in the Dominican Republic says seven people have been killed in a bus accident in the southwestern part of the country.

Published:Monday | July 8, 2013 | 3:08 PM

A runaway oil tanker train exploded over the weekend in a Quebec town, killing at least five people and incinerating at least 30 buildings, officials said.

Published:Monday | July 8, 2013 | 8:30 AM

They say the pilot of the Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul requested a go around one-and-a-half seconds before the crash.

Published:Monday | July 8, 2013 | 8:30 AM

State media has reported that former Cabinet minister Liu Zhijun has been given a suspended death sentence for corruption and abuse of power.

Published:Sunday | July 7, 2013 | 4:03 PM

Brazil's foreign minister said Sunday his government is worried by a report that the United States has collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations in his country.

Published:Sunday | July 7, 2013 | 11:39 AM

Egypt's new leadership wrangled over the naming of a prime minister, as both the Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents called for new mass rallies Sunday.

Published:Sunday | July 7, 2013 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP):Nelson Mandela is in critical but stable condition, the South African government said late Friday, while a close friend said the anti-apartheid leader was conscious and responsive earlier this week.

Published:Sunday | July 7, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO (AP):Egypt's new president moved to assert his authority yesterday by naming a chief rival of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi as interim prime minister and holding crisis talks with security officials on efforts to reclaim control of the streets.

Published:Sunday | July 7, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Afghans shouting slogans in support of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in Kabul, Afghanistan, last Friday.Snowden gets asylum offersCARACAS, (AP):Edward Snowden has found supporters in Latin America, including three countries who have offered...

Published:Sunday | July 7, 2013 | 12:00 AM

POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP):Islamic militants attacked a boarding school in northeast Nigeria before dawn yesterday, killing 29 students and one teacher.

Published:Saturday | July 6, 2013 | 6:17 PM

The appointment was announced today followed crisis talks led by President Adly Mahmud Mansour.

Published:Saturday | July 6, 2013 | 1:29 PM

Officials say dozens of buildings have been destroyed in the town of Lac-Megantic, which is located 155 miles east of Montreal, and thousands of people have been evacuated.

Published:Friday | July 5, 2013 | 8:25 PM

The development comes one day after leftist South American leaders gathered to denounce the rerouting of Bolivian President Evo Morales' plane over Europe amid reports that the American was aboard.

Published:Friday | July 5, 2013 | 3:00 PM

Khaled el-Khatib, a Health Ministry official, says four people were killed near the Republican Guard building in Cairo, where troops opened fire on Morsi supporters marching on the building Friday.

Published:Friday | July 5, 2013 | 9:25 AM

Francis today cleared Pope John Paul II for sainthood, approving a miracle attributed to his intercession and setting up a dual canonisation along with another pope, John XXIII.

Published:Friday | July 5, 2013 | 7:47 AM

The three-year loan will replenish the central bank's reserves and buy time for the government to cut its budget deficit and fix the energy sector.

Published:Friday | July 5, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO, Egypt (AP): A senior judge was sworn in as Egypt's interim president yesterday to replace ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi as the military launched a major crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood...

Published:Friday | July 5, 2013 | 12:00 AM

international newsin briefThe reactions of some countries to the military overthrow of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi offer a revealing glimpse at their own domestic politics.

Published:Thursday | July 4, 2013 | 1:12 PM

A South African newspaper is reporting that former South African president, Nelson Mandela, is now in "perilous" condition on a life support machine.

Published:Thursday | July 4, 2013 | 12:35 PM

In March, PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. both said they would adjust their formulas after California passed a law mandating drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens come with a cancer warning

Published:Thursday | July 4, 2013 | 9:37 AM

President Morales was flying back to Bolivia from Moscow when the plane was forced to stop in Vienna.

Published:Wednesday | July 3, 2013 | 3:08 PM

The armed forces ousted Egypt's first democratically elected president today after just a year in power. A temporary civilian government has been put in place, suspending the constitution and calling for new elections.

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