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AP - 1 hour , 30 minutes ago
An Indonesian volcano shot a towering cloud of black ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 15 miles (25 kilometers) away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from four centuries of dormancy.
 
  • Abbas asks US to step into settlement dispute
    AP - 30 minutes ago
    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he has asked the U.S. to settle a dispute with Israel over settlement expansion that is threatening to derail Mideast peace talks.
  • Top US commander: Burning Quran endangers troops
    AP - 10 minutes ago
    The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned Tuesday an American church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book could endanger U.S. troops in the country and Americans worldwide.
  • Australian Labor Party wins enough support to rule
    AP - 3 hours , 29 minutes ago
    Prime Minister Julia Gillard will lead Australia's first minority government in 67 years after two independent lawmakers threw their support behind her center-left Labor Party on Tuesday, ending two weeks of uncertainty left by national elections that ended on a knife-edge.
  • Study: Aid after 2005 quake won trust in Pakistan
    AP - 3 hours , 34 minutes ago
    The influx of foreign aid after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake significantly increased survivors' trust in the West, according to new research that also suggests hard-line Islamist charities did little to help despite the publicity they generated.
  • EU OKs new financial supervision deal
    AP - 40 minutes ago
    European Union nations agreed to create new financial oversight institutions Tuesday, hoping to prevent a repeat of the government debt crisis that nearly left Greece bankrupt and brought the European banking system to its knees.
  • Hundreds of looted artifacts returned to Iraq
    AP - 10 minutes ago
    Hundreds of Iraqi artifacts looted from museums and archaeological sites across the country -- including a 4,400-year-old statue of an ancient king stolen during the U.S.-led invasion -- have been returned to Iraq and were displayed Tuesday.
  • Norway man pleads not guilty to terror financing
    AP - 14 minutes ago
    A Somali-born Norwegian citizen pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of sending over $30,000 to top leaders of an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group at the start of the first trial under Norway's 2002 terror financing law.
  • Peter Carey, Emma Donoghue up for Booker Prize
    AP - 58 minutes ago
    Australian writer Peter Carey moved closer to a literary hat trick Tuesday when he was named a finalist for fiction's prestigious Booker Prize, an award he has already won twice.
  • Angelina Jolie meets flood victims in Pakistan
    AP - 1 hour , 7 minutes ago
    American movie star Angelina Jolie met flood victims in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday and appealed to the international community to provide aid needed to help the country recover from its worst natural disaster.
  • NKorea frees 7 detained SKorean, Chinese fishermen
    AP - 1 hour , 13 minutes ago
    North Korea freed the crew Tuesday of a South Korean fishing boat seized a month ago, a sign the rivals may be talking behind the scenes to improve relations that have plummeted to their lowest point in years since the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship.
  • UK police likely to quiz PM's aide over hacking
    AP - 1 hour , 21 minutes ago
    Police will likely interview the prime minister's communications chief over allegations that a major British tabloid illegally eavesdropped on politicians and celebrities, a senior Scotland Yard officer said Tuesday.
  • Iran says it has the right to bar UN inspectors
    AP - 1 hour , 27 minutes ago
    Iran's nuclear chief said Tehran has the right to bar some U.N. inspectors from monitoring its disputed nuclear program, the semiofficial ISNA news agency reported.
  • Commuters walloped by strikes in France, London
    AP - 3 hours , 56 minutes ago
    Strikes hobbled public transit across France and in London on Tuesday, with tourists and commuters bearing the brunt of a wave of discontent over government austerity measures.
  • Ancient city by the sea rises amid Egypt's resorts
    AP - 1 hour , 46 minutes ago
    Today, it's a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt's wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on the wheat and olive trade.
  • Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene
    AP - 2 hours , 28 minutes ago
    Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a Health Ministry official said Tuesday.
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