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France to compensate nuclear test victims

Published March 24, 2009

Victims cautiously welcomed the move, nearly 50 years after France conducted its first atomic tests.

Japanese man certified as double A-bomb victim

Published March 24, 2009

TOKYO (AP) âÄî A 93-year-old Japanese man has become the first person certified as a survivor of both U.S. atomic bombings at the end of World War II, officials said Tuesday. Tsutomu Yamaguchi...

Labor could join more moderate Israeli government

Published March 24, 2009

Labor Party activists gathered Tuesday afternoon to vote on the deal.

British code crackers reunite, with pride unbroken

Published March 24, 2009

BLETCHLEY PARK, England (AP) âÄî During World War II, the best brains in Britain cracked Germany's encrypted secrets but never broke their own code of silence. Now gray-haired and using walking...

Pakistan’s top judge back after 2 years of turmoil

Published March 24, 2009

Pakistan's supreme court chief justice called for an end to judicial corruption after returning to bench Tuesday for the first time in two years.

U.S. takes steps to deport alleged Nazi to Germany

Published March 24, 2009

CLEVELAND (AP) âÄî The U.S. government said Tuesday it is asking German officials for travel documents needed to deport accused World War II Nazi guard John Demjanjuk, who is charged in Europe...

Afghan TV station falls under government crackdown

Published March 24, 2009

The debate over television in this conservative Muslim country heated up after U.S.-led forces toppled the Taliban in 2001.

S. Africa says Dalai Lama not welcome before 2010

Published March 24, 2009

Organizers said earlier that a peace conference scheduled in Johannesburg on Friday has been indefinitely postponed.

Jewish extremist march provokes clash with Arabs

Published March 24, 2009

UMM EL-FAHM, Israel (AP) âÄî Jewish extremists marched Tuesday through an Israeli-Arab town to demand residents show loyalty to Israel, setting off stone-throwing protests by Arab youths that police...

YouTube blocked in China; official says video fake

Published March 24, 2009

BEIJING (AP) âÄî A video that appears to show police fatally beating a Tibetan protester was a fake concocted by supporters of the Dalai Lama, China said Tuesday âÄî the same day the video-sharing...