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• Leading Chinese dissident charged with 'inciting subversion'
  The arrest of writer Liu Xiaobo fits a pattern of increasingly harsh measures against independent voices, human rights groups say.
  24 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Why Afghanistan might gain a CEO
  As race for presidency nears, a new role is eyed for a former US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad: Help Kabul work with the outside world.
  24 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• View from Europe: Obama tough enough on Iran
  If US president is too supportive of protests, he turns them into a 'Western plot,' say analysts.
  24 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• In Colombia, drug war targets 'narcosubs'
  Traffickers have long run semi-submersibles up the Pacific coast to Mexico. New laws aim to crack down on the vessels' manufacture.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Speed-walking school helps Colombian refugee children fit in with their Ecuadorian peers
  The children train at Ecuador's famous Escuela de Marcha, a race-walking school that produced the country's only Olympic medalist, Jefferson Perez.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• North Korean ship poses challenge for US allies along its route
  Thailand and Singapore have longstanding military ties with America but also trade with Burma, where the vessel is headed.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Bio Brief: Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei
  Iran's supreme leader has held the post for 20 years
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Iran's supreme strategy: Why is Ahmadinejad the chosen one?
  The president's ties to military and security forces, as well as his hardline foreign policy, are among the factors cited for his support from the country's supreme leader.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• How Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, sees the world
  Ayatollah Khamenei has preserved his view of the revolution in postelection clampdown, analysts say – but perhaps at great cost to the office he occupies.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• France: liberty, equality, and fraternity – but no burqas
  After Sarkozy's speech, France divided over prospect of ban.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Is promoting Sufi Islam the best chance for peace in Somalia?
  Some armed groups who adhere to a more moderate interpretation of Islam have begun battling Al Qaeda-linked extremists.
  24 Jun 2009 08:15:00 EST
• Yemen's fishermen caught between Somali pirates and pirate hunters
  Attacks by both Somali pirates and international ships hunting them have crippled Yemen's fishing business, the tiny country's second-largest export industry after oil.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Ethiopian troops return to Somalia
  Less than a year after fleeing in the face of an Islamist insurgency, Ethiopian forces have come back to help prevent a moderate government from collapsing at the hands of militant Islamists.
  22 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Could 'land grab' by Tsvangirai's niece overshadow Zimbabwe progress?
  Britain pledged $8.2 million in aid after Prime Minister Gordon Brown held a landmark meeting with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday, but an attempt by Tsvangirai's niece to take over a white-owned farm is causing a stir back home.
  22 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Pakistan puts Taliban leader in crosshairs
  As the Army begins attacking South Waziristan, it has targeted hideouts of Baitullah Mehsud. Killing or even dislodging the militant chief could deal a severe blow to the movement, analysts say.
  22 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• India's longtime battle with Maoist rebels heats up
  The government warned of more attacks Monday after Naxalites called a two-day strike to protest an offensive in Lalgarh, West Bengal.
  22 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Banking, the Swedish model
  Rising style of lending is built on long-term thinking – and on bearing in mind that the institution is dealing with real people's money.
  22 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Protesters mourn 'Angel of Iran'
  The Revolutionary Guard vowed to stop the street demonstrations, causing some protesters to stay home. But others gathered Monday to honor the death of Neda Soltan.
  22 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Iraq pullout: Some US soldiers likely to stay behind in Mosul
  As US prepares to withdraw troops from major cities, bombings in Baghdad and near Kirkuk have the country on edge.
  22 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Rival of Pakistani Taliban leader killed
  The murder of Qari Zainuddin dampens hope that militant chief Baitullah Mehsud could be weakened through tribal rivalry.
  23 Jun 2009 08:15:00 EST
• Iraq: forgotten and in trouble?
  Saturday's massive bomb in Kirkuk, combined with political gridlock, raises questions about how ready Iraq is for the withdrawal of US troops from cities by June 30.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Crossfire towns
  Eye-to-eye across the US-Mexican border, two communities confront drugs, guns, and misconceptions.
  21 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Niger Delta militants vow more attacks
  Chevron has evacuated hundreds of employees from the oil-rich region of Nigeria after a string of attacks on oil pipelines.
  21 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Before David Rohde escaped, a flurry of efforts to win his release
  The team working to free the New York Times reporter reached out to kidnappers and debated whether to go public.
  21 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Showcased at Greece's new Acropolis Museum: missing artifacts
  Athens hopes the gallery, which opened Saturday, will push the British Museum to relinquish its half of the famed Parthenon Marbles.
  21 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST