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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...

FM: Missing American cameraman has left China

Published March 24, 2009

A cameraman who was traveling with two American journalists reportedly detained in North Korea has left China.

Uneasy rivals US, Iran meet at Afghan conference

Published March 24, 2009

Top U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke had a brief but cordial meeting with Iran's deputy foreign minister Tuesday.

Relative of missing Somali man speaks

Published March 24, 2009

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a two-part series looking at the disappearance of Somali men from Minneapolis.

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...