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History of underwear revealed in Polish museum exhibit

Published February 27, 2008

>OPATOWEK, Poland (AP) - Victoria has no secrets in this Polish town. In an exhibition that's making some Poles do a double-take, the Museum of Industry in Opatowek has chronicled the evolution of women's...

Amnesty International protests clampdown on freedoms in Russia

Published February 27, 2008

.MOSCOW (AP) - The Kremlin has clamped down on freedoms in the run-up to Russia's presidential election, an international rights group said Tuesday. Amnesty International released a report ahead of Sunday's...

China cleans up image in preparation for Olympics

Published February 27, 2008

The United States believes China is playing a more positive global role.

Civilians fearful as Turks move into Iraq

Published February 26, 2008

.AMADIYA, Iraq (AP) - Turkey says it is not targeting civilians as it chases after separatist rebels in northern Iraq, but people in Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region say they have lived in fear since...

Kosovo looks to NATO to help secure violent borders

Published February 22, 2008

Serbia and Kosovo's Serb populations have refused to give Kosovo independence.

Lawmakers approve house arrest-style scheme for terrorism suspects until 2009

Published February 22, 2008

.LONDON (AP) - British lawmakers agreed Thursday to allow a house arrest program for suspected terrorists to continue for another year, but warned the system could begin to resemble Guantánamo Bay...

Airman dies as 2 fighter jets collide during training

Published February 21, 2008

.EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) - An Air Force fighter pilot died Wednesday after his jet and another likely collided during a training exercise and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. The other pilot was...

Supreme Court rejects ACLU wiretapping suit

Published February 20, 2008

The Court turned down the appeal without comment on the case.

U.N. peacekeepers denied permission to cross from Eritrea to Ethiopia

Published February 20, 2008

.UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Eritrean officials refused to grant U.N. peacekeepers permission to cross from Eritrea into Ethiopia, prompting them to regroup in the capital instead, U.N. officials said Tuesday. The...

Defense chief says Australian combat troops in Iraq should be withdrawn

Published February 20, 2008

>CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia's 550 combat troops based in southern Iraq have helped to make the area more secure and should now be withdrawn, the defense chief said Wednesday. Air Chief Marshal...