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Crowded bus plunges off bridge into river in Vietnam, killing 34 people and injuring 21

HANOI, Vietnam - A crowded overnight bus plunged off a bridge into a river in central Vietnam, killing 34 passengers and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents....

posted: May 17,2012





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Prisoners begin leaving Venezuela prison after day of gunfire, tear gas amid standoff

CARACAS, Venezuela - More than 100 prisoners filed out of a Venezuelan prison among National Guard troops on Thursday night after heavy gunfire erupted amid a nearly three-week standoff pitting armed inmates against security forces....

posted: May 17,2012

China sentences fugitive who sought refuge in Canada to life in prison

BEIJING, China - The man once considered China's most-wanted fugitive was sentenced to life in prison Friday after he unsuccessfully fought an extradition battle for more than a decade to stay in Canada....

posted: May 17,2012

New Zealand police charge driver in minivan crash that killed 3 fellow Boston U students

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand police filed charges Friday against a 20-year-old Boston University student who drove a minivan in a crash that killed three of his college classmates last week....

posted: May 17,2012

Activist in diplomatic tussle says China plans to have family's passports ready within 2 weeks

BEIJING, China - The activist who was at the centre of a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington said Thursday that Chinese officials have told him the passports that he and his family just applied for should be ready within two...

posted: May 17,2012

Jurors hear final arguments over whether the John Edwards sex scandal coverup was a crime

GREENSBORO, N.C. - A prosecutor used John Edwards' own stump speech against him in closing arguments at his corruption trial Thursday, saying the presidential candidate violated campaign finance laws meant to protect "the two Americas" in...

posted: May 17,2012

Justice delayed: Mladic's war crimes trial held up due to prosecutors' evidence errors

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An apparent clerical error prompted judges to postpone the long-awaited war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic on Thursday, possibly for months....

posted: May 17,2012


Apparent suicide of RFK Jr.'s estranged wife adds to perception of Kennedy family misfortune

posted: May 17,2012

Romney distances himself from proposed personal attacks on Obama

posted: May 17,2012

Michigan boy bites into severed finger flesh in his Arby's roast beef sandwich

posted: May 17,2012

Court records: Fla. student intends to plead guilty to making threat against Obama on Facebook

posted: May 17,2012

US envoy to Israel: Washington ready to strike Iran if sanctions, diplomacy fail

posted: May 17,2012

Egyptian court acquits 14 policemen charged with killing protesters during uprising

posted: May 17,2012

Syrian opposition council appears to crumble as infighting

posted: May 17,2012

Cuban president's daughter receives US visa to attend conference in San Francisco

posted: May 17,2012

Justice delayed: Mladic's war crimes trial held up due to prosecutors' evidence errors

posted: May 17,2012

Two Pakistani air force planes crash on training mission; 4 pilots killed

posted: May 17,2012

Militants attack government compound in western Afghanistan, killing 7

posted: May 17,2012

Soyuz capsule with 3 crew docks with space station before private SpaceX cargo ship arrives

posted: May 17,2012

Iran angry, threatens to sue Google over leaving Persian Gulf 'nameless' on Google Maps

posted: May 17,2012

Applications for US unemployment aid stay at 370,000, level consistent with steady job growth

posted: May 17,2012

Filipino Christian group wants Lady Gaga concerts cancelled, saying she promotes immorality

posted: May 17,2012




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