A shootout erupted between police and Maoists, as voting was under way in a key state in western India on Tuesday, authorities said.
Shootout erupts, as Indians vote
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China issues death sentences over Xinjiang riots
Six people were sentenced to death for murder and other crimes in riots that killed about 200 people in western China, state media reported Monday. The southern California artist rode the waves in Indonesia, India and Morocco, and on dry land, his curiosity piqued about the religion practiced there.
Spanish soldier dies in Afghan bomb attack
A Spanish soldier was killed and five others were wounded on Wednesday when their patrol vehicle struck a hidden bomb in western Afghanistan, Spain’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Zakaria: Moment of truth coming on Iran
President Obama called on Iran to provide the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency with “unfettered” access to the newly disclosed Qom uranium enrichment site, and Tehran’s nuclear negotiator said the country would cooperate with inspectors.
New Ford Figo Aims to Crash the India Market
As the only U.S. car manufacturer that didn’t need a government bailout, Ford Motor was in better financial shape than its peers to ride out the recession.
Two quakes in the same region in a day – coincidence?
Four tropical cyclones, two major earthquakes with accompanying tsunamis, all occurring around the Western Pacific and Southern Asia within one day. So much activity in the same portion of the world, how unusual is something like this, and could they be related According to CNN meteorologist and weather producer Brandon Miller this is certainly not unprecedented as far as tropical systems go.
Iran to give IAEA inspection timetable
Iran will soon tell the International Atomic Energy Agency when it can inspect the Islamic republic’s recently revealed nuclear facility, the country’s state-run Press TV reported. The head of Iran’s nuclear program made the announcement in an interview with Press TV on Monday, but he did not give a timetable for the potential inspection.
5 dead as bus hurtles into ravine in Germany
Five people were killed and seven were injured Tuesday when a local transit bus crashed into a ravine in western Germany, police said.
Latin American drug cartels find home in West Africa
Colombian and Mexican drug cartels have jumped the Atlantic Ocean and expanded into West Africa, working closely with local criminal gangs to carve out a staging area for an assault on the lucrative European market.
A Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe: Still Slow in Coming
For years, much of the debate over Zimbabwe has been preoccupied with how much, and how publicly, to criticize its despotic longtime leader Robert Mugabe. In the past, the West routinely harangued the ailing 85-year-old dictator, a former liberation hero who has ruled for 29 years.