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THE HAGUE/BELGRADE (Reuters) – Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic was extradited to the Netherlands on Tuesday to face genocide charges at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague after 16 years on the run. Full Story »
Reuters ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) - Syria's exiled opposition met on Tuesday to close ranks and forge a plan for a democratic Syria, in the first official gathering of activists since an uprising against Baathist rule erupted 10 weeks ago. Full Story »
AFP/File KABUL (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai warned NATO-led forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday they were at risk of being seen as an occupying force rather than an ally after a spate of civilian casualties, and said he would take unspecified action if they continue. Full Story »
Practically granted celebrity status, the accused war criminal loses his attempts to stay in Serbia and is flown to the Netherlands for trial Full Story »
AP PROHICI, Bosnia-Herzegovina - The video horrified the world: a grinning Ratko Mladic patting a young Muslim boy on the head and assuring him everyone in the Srebrenica area would be safe — just hours before overseeing the murder of 8,000 men and boys. Full Story »
Reuters JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Jerusalem will never be divided. His long-standing policy puts him at odds with the Palestinians and much of the world. Full Story »
LA PAZ, Bolivia - The defense minister of Iran, whose extradition is sought by neighboring Argentina for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center, is in Bolivia participating in the dedication of a military academy, Full Story »
AP NEW YORK - A businessman and former chairman of a major Egyptian bank faces charges of sexually assaulting a maid at a luxury Manhattan hotel just weeks after the arrest of a former International Monetary Fund chief on similar allegations. Full Story »
AP KABUL, Afghanistan - Angered by civilian casualties, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday he will no longer allow NATO airstrikes on houses, issuing his strongest statement yet against attacks that the military alliance says are vital to its war on Taliban insurgents. Full Story »
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada reclaimed one of its lost NHL franchises on Tuesday when the Atlanta Thrashers were sold to True North Sports and Entertainment and relocated to Winnipeg, triggering wild celebrations in the Prairie city. Full Story »
AFP/File JAKARTA (AFP) - French supermarket giant Carrefour on Tuesday urged the Indonesian government to respond to Australian concerns about the abuse of cattle and other livestock in local abattoirs. Full Story »
Kotkai, Pakistan - Osama bin Laden’s couriers, Arshad and Tariq Khan – who were killed alongside him during the raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan – were born and raised in Kuwait after their Pakistani father settled there to become an imam, according to relatives and other residents in their ancestral village. Full Story »
The sinking of the Titanic has long been a taboo subject in the city that built her. By celebrating the centenary of the ship's launch, Belfast hopes to remind the world of its successes before the tragedy Full Story »
Kathmandu, Nepal - Nepal’s politicians, often pegged as excellent engineers of street protests but poor managers of state affairs, averted a political meltdown and clinched a deal this weekend that bought them three more months to sort out issues that have wracked the country for three years. Full Story »
AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic was placed in a U.N. detention unit Tuesday to await trial on genocide charges, 16 years after he was indicted in the killing of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the worst massacre of civilians in Europe since World War II. Full Story »
SANTIAGO, CHILE - Chile's Communist Party wants a formal investigation into the death of the country's revered poet Pablo Neruda, who officially died of cancer only days after the 1973 coup toppled his close friend, President Salvador Allende. Full Story »
Six months after Republicans alarmed Democrats with a midterm election wave, President Barack Obama has shaken off the jitters and found his political footing despite sluggish economic growth and deep public anxiety about the direction of the country. Full Story »
U.S. military prosecutors have filed new charges against the self-described mastermind of the September 11 attacks in 2001, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four alleged co-conspirators held at the Guantanamo detention camp. Full Story »
As the buzz once again builds around a possible presidential run by the Mama Grizzly, some conservatives can't mask their disdain for Palin Full Story »
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