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Resentment builds in Iran over price hikes, overhaul of state subsidies

TEHRAN - Nearly a week after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a plan to overhaul a long-standing system of state subsidies, Iranians are reeling from drastic government-ordered price increases for staples such as fuel and bread amid signs of growing frustration and anger.

Suicide bomber attacks crowded food center in Pakistan; dozens dead

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide bombing, possibly carried out by a woman, ripped through a food distribution center in Pakistan's restive tribal belt on Saturday morning, killing at least 42 people and injuring dozens more.

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After 4 months of top-secret training, NORAD on high alert: Where's Santa?

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, COLO. - Just how does NORAD get Santa Claus's flight path onto its computer screens every Christmas Eve?

Military strength eludes China, which looks overseas for arms

MOSCOW - The Moscow Machine-Building Enterprise Salyut on the east side of town has put up a massive Soviet-style poster advertising its need for skilled workers. The New Year's party at the Chernyshev plant in a northwest suburb featured ballet dancers twirling on the stage of its Soviet-era Pa...

Russian president appeals for restraint in discourse on oil tycoon case

MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged officials Friday to refrain from commenting on the case of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky before a court rules in his latest trial.

Pakistan's Christians not cowering amid rising intolerance

IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN Waris Masih spends his workdays sweeping and cleaning wide, tree-shaded streets, a job shared by many of the Christians who live in this serene capital city. The other afternoon, he turned his focus toward beautifying one of the trees in his own neighborhood - using lights,...

Russia to buy two warships from France in major military deal

PARIS - After a long hesitation and arduous negotiations, Russia has decided to buy at least two of France's advanced Mistral-class amphibious warships in an unprecedented military deal between Moscow and the West, the two nations said Friday.

U.S., China end year on positive note as they prepare for presidential summit

The United States and China are closing out the year on a positive note on many fronts - including trade, military ties, climate change and global security - as both sides prepare for their presidents' second summit, set for next month.

Afghanistan's Hazaras gain clout in disputed parliamentary elections

KABUL -- Ethnic chauvinism, which has long bedeviled this fiercely tribal country and fueled a destructive civil war in the early 1990s, is erupting again in a tense dispute over recent parliamentary elections. The poll, held in turbulent wartime conditions, disenfranchised several hundred thous...