Egypt fires more than 600 top police officers

By Jeffrey Fleishman and Amro Hassan, Los Angeles Times

In a purge aimed at appeasing antigovernment protesters, Egyptian authorities fire 669 police officials linked to the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak. The move comes as parliamentary elections are delayed.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. drops bid for BSkyB

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. drops bid for BSkyB

By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times

Political and public outrage over the phone-hacking scandal involving some of its newspapers forces News Corp. to withdraw its $12-billion offer to take over Britain's biggest satellite broadcaster.

Three explosions in Mumbai kill at least 13

By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times

The series of blasts hits a crowded neighborhood and two business areas after work, leaving dozens injured. Mumbai is placed on high alert and nerves are on edge in the financial capital of India, where a terrorist attack in 2008 killed 166.

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Opinion

For sale: U.S. infrastructure?

For sale: U.S. infrastructure?

Greece is having a fire sale of its publicly-owned...

Haiti: Why an accurate count of civilian deaths matters

Haiti: Why an accurate count of civilian deaths matters

Since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, there have been...

McManus: A measured U.S. response in Syria

McManus: A measured U.S. response in Syria

When pro-democracy demonstrations erupted in Syria this...

Warring ambitions

Warring ambitions

James Madison would have smiled had he heard about President...

Israel's Gaza sea blockade is an act of self-defense

Israel's Gaza sea blockade is an act of self-defense

Self-defense against threats to national security and...

Now it's Republicans stalling free-trade pacts

Now it's Republicans stalling free-trade pacts

During the Bush administration, congressional Democrats...

Foreign Exchange

Acclaimed Afro-Peruvian singer unearths a hidden history

Acclaimed Afro-Peruvian singer unearths a hidden history
When 'the little ball moved the big ball' four decades ago

When 'the little ball moved the big ball' four decades ago
Reel China: It's rough out West for Chinese films

It's rough out West for Chinese films
Latin American baseball players train hard to build English skills

Latin American ball players get an English immersion
Making ends meet in a fragile Egypt

Making ends meet in a fragile Egypt
French travel back to simpler time

French travel back to simpler time

Afghanistan & Pakistan

Relief and worry after slaying of Hamid Karzai's half brother

Relief and worry after slaying of Hamid Karzai's half brother

Panetta signals a new tone on U.S.-led wars

Copper mining will crush ancient Afghan site

U.S. decision to withhold military aid to Pakistan could backfire

U.S. suspends some aid to Pakistani military

Panetta says U.S. is 'within reach' of defeating Al Qaeda

Africa

Sudan president promises freer, more inclusive government

Sudan president promises freer, more inclusive government

Independent South Sudan is jubilant, wobbly a day later

In rebel-held Libya, men find new identities as warriors

Kadafi again threatens to attack Europe with suicide bombers

South Sudan, world's newest nation, is instantly one of the most troubled

Asia & Pacific

Indian prime minister reshuffles Cabinet

Indian prime minister reshuffles Cabinet

Malaysia fires tear gas at protest, arrests 1,667

Strong earthquake rattles tsunami-weary Japan

China says rumors of former President Jiang Zemin's death are false

U.S. has verified Al Qaeda operative's death, official says

Europe

Gordon Brown accuses Rupert Murdoch's papers of snooping on him

Gordon Brown accuses Rupert Murdoch's papers of snooping on him

Sunken Russian boat was overloaded, in need of repairs

Cyprus munitions explosion kills 12

As British cellphone hacking scandal widens, Murdoch's bid for BSkyB hits new snag

Russian riverboat sinks; 100 missing, feared dead

Iran

Panetta: Iranian weapons used to attack Americans in Iraq

Panetta: Iranian weapons used to attack Americans in Iraq

Iran slams U.S. at conference on fighting terrorism

Ahmadinejad ally resigns under pressure from Iran hard-liners

Freed hiker fasts for two men still in Iran

Iranian dissident's family suffers double tragedy

Iraq

Panetta presses Iraq for decision on U.S. troops

Panetta presses Iraq for decision on U.S. troops

U.S. willing to leave 10,000 troops in Iraq past year's end, officials say

Linked bombings kill 36 in Iraq town

Coffee percolates through Iraq's cultural history

Most CIA interrogation cases won't be pursued

Latin America

Salvadoran group dogged in search for children missing years ago in civil war

Salvadoran group dogged in search for children missing years ago in civil war

U.S. to require more gun-buyer information in border states

Argentine singer killed in Guatemala ambush

At least 20 killed in Mexico bar, officials say

Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral killed in Guatemala

Middle East

U.S. accuses Syria of unleashing mob attacks on U.S., French embassies

U.S. accuses Syria of unleashing mob attacks on U.S., French embassies

Israel law targets boycott campaigns

Opposition voices absent from Syrian dialogue

Fearful Syrians use coded language to mask protest activities

Israel largely fends off pro-Palestinian 'fly-in' activists

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A suicide bombing kills five French soldiers in eastern Afghanistan

By Laura King

A suicide bombing killed five French soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, representing one of that country's largest one-day losses...

Mexico high court rules civilian courts should handle alleged military abuses

By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times

In a decision hailed by human rights advocates, the Mexican Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that military officers and personnel be tried...

Path appears clear for oil pipeline from Canada

By Neela Banerjee, Washington Bureau

At a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania in early April, President Obama was asked about a bitter fight between industry and...

Ahmed Wali Karzai was shot and killed, according to a provincial spokesman

Ahmed Wali Karzai was shot and killed, according to a provincial spokesman

By Laura King

President Hamid Karzai's powerful and controversial half brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, was shot and killed Tuesday by a senior member of his...

31 killed in India train derailment

31 killed in India train derailment

From the Associated Press

Rescuers searched through the wreckage of a packed express train for people trapped inside after it derailed in northern India on Sunday,...

Rupert Murdoch visits a London that's turned on him

Rupert Murdoch visits a London that's turned on him

By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times

He's been one of the most powerful forces in British politics for decades, even though he doesn't live here and can't vote in an election....

Thousands of Syrians protest in Hama against Assad

Thousands of Syrians protest in Hama against Assad

By Borzou Daragahi and Alexandra Sandels, Los Angeles Times

Syrian protesters tossed roses onto the vehicle of a surprise visitor to Hama: the American ambassador, who could be seen driving through...

British tabloid scandal envelops three pillars already stained

British tabloid scandal envelops three pillars already stained

By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times

The British are no strangers to scandals involving their politicians, their police and their press. But after a series of recent troubles...

At least 80 dead in Karachi bloodshed

At least 80 dead in Karachi bloodshed

By Alex Rodriguez and Nasir Khan, Los Angeles Times

Police in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, struggled Friday to quell a wave of violence that has claimed at least 80 lives in the last four...

7 killed in clashes in Michoacan

By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times

Federal police in western Mexico were locked in armed clashes Friday with a faction of the drug gang known as La Familia, two weeks after...

Tens of thousands protest in Egypt for reforms, speedier trials

Tens of thousands protest in Egypt for reforms, speedier trials

By Jeffrey Fleishman and Amro Hassan, Los Angeles Times

Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested across the nation Friday to demand political reforms and swifter trials for police and former...

Southern Sudanese prepare for nationhood

Southern Sudanese prepare for nationhood

By Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times

Garang Yai was 7 when government soldiers burned down his village, forcing him to flee to Ethiopia, a three-month walk that many of his...

News Corp. media properties give less play than others to British tabloid scandal

News Corp. media properties give less play than others to British tabloid scandal

By Steven Zeitchik

The deepening scandal surrounding the London tabloid News of the World is being covered very differently by the media outlets of News Corp....

News of the World shuts down amid hacking scandal

News of the World shuts down amid hacking scandal

By Henry Chu and Joe Flint, Los Angeles Times

Facing a tide of outrage over rampant phone-hacking, Rupert Murdoch jettisoned the notorious News of the World tabloid in an effort to...

Four men found guilty in 2010 killing of 15 at Mexico teen party

Four men found guilty in 2010 killing of 15 at Mexico teen party

By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times

Four men were convicted Thursday in last year's killing of 15 people at a teen party in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.