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Tymoshenko under pressure to concede in presidential race
KIEV, Ukraine — Pressure swelled on Monday for Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to bow out gracefully from a hard-fought and narrowly lost presidential race...
Boater found shipwrecked, safe in Bahamas
CHICAGO — A Chicago area boater who was missing for several days was found safe on an uninhabited island in the Bahamas...
China plans to execute Japanese man in drug-trafficking case
SHENYANG, China — Beijing has told Tokyo that it will execute as early as Monday a Japanese man convicted last year of drug trafficking, it was learned Tuesday...
Atherosclerosis found in CT scans of Egyptian mummies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Researchers using a CT scanner have...
Drone strike kills 16 in Pakistan’s tribal areas
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A U.S. drone missile attack that may have been aimed at Pakistan's...
Japan moves to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent
TOKYO — The Japanese government officially decided Tuesday that it would participate in the Copenhagen...
North Korea fires on South Korean island
SEOUL — North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery rounds onto a populated South Korean island, killing two and injuring 19 others after Pyongyang claimed that Seoul was readying for "an invasion," officials said...
