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Defiant Assad Speech Draws Angry Reaction From Syrian Opponents

President Bashar al-Assad again promises both reform and retaliation in response to unrest roiling nation

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks at Damascus university January 10, 2012.

Voting Begins in First US Primary Election of 2012

Former Massachusetts Governor Romney holds large lead in public opinion polls, challengers increase criticism in last-minute campaigning

Residents mark their ballots before the stoke of midnight when they can cast their voters in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, at The Balsams Grand Resort, in Dixville, New Hampshire, January 9, 2012.

China, US to Discuss Iran, Trade Imbalance

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will meet with Vice Premier Wang Qishan during two-day visit to Beijing

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

Truck Bomb Kills 29 in NW Pakistan

Attack appears to target members of the Zakhakhel tribe, which has formed a militia to fight against the Pakistani Taliban

A member of the security personnel carries an injured person to a vehicle after an explosion in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber near Peshawar, Pakistan, January 10, 2012.

Aung San Suu Kyi Confirms Run for Burmese Parliament

Candidacy will mark pro-democracy icon's first-ever bid for political office

Aung San Suu Kyi

Nigerian Fuel Strike Enters 2nd Day

Angry youths set up roadblock of burning tires on highway leading to district of luxury homes in Lagos

Angry youths burn debris following the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria, January 10, 2012.

Putin Opposition Robust After Holidays

Following 12-day Christmas, New Year's break, protests of last month's parliamentary election show no sign of easing

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wishes Russians a happy New Year, Dec. 31, 2011.

Indian PM: Malnutrition a Matter of 'National Shame'

PM Singh says that levels of hunger remain too high in India despite impressive economic growth

An Indian boy feeds his sister at their home in a slum in Hyderabad.  Levels of under-nutrition in the country were "unacceptably high" despite impressive GDP growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday and added that the problem of malnutrition wa

Hong Kong Frustrated About Influx of Chinese Births

Residents say thousands of pregnant women from mainland China giving birth there puts pressure on public services

The number of births by mainland Chinese women in Hong Kong nearly doubled in 2005 - from 10,128 in 2003 to 19,538 - according to the city's Hospital Authority. Many come to evade China's one-child policy, take advantage of higher quality health care or e

Hollywood Films Focus on Women Abused in Bosnian War

'In The Land of Blood And Honey' and 'As If I'm Not There' are two powerful dramas set amid ethnic cleansing of Bosnia War

In The Land of Blood And Honey movie poster
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