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With no more land wars to fight, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel calls for pre-WWII troop levels

Two giant pandas have been flown into Belgium on a 15-year loan from China's Sichuan region.

    

Testimony continued today in the murder trial of Allan Kustok, the Orland Park businessman charged with murdering his wife in 2010.     

A treasure trove of documents dumped in a Ukrainian lake reveal years of lavish spending by ousted President Viktor Yanukovych -- including millions of dollars spent on decor and nearly...

Russia recalls its ambassador in Kiev after Ukraine's new interim president says his priority is closer integration with the European Union.

Part of Miss. River closed for cleanup after oil barge hits towboat, spilling light crude     

British police get dossier on burgaries at Portuguese resort from which girl disappeared.

Victims of Jimmy Savile who confided in others at the time of the abuse were not believed, a new NSPCC report reveals.

Belgrade-backed Rakic becomes mayor of Mitrovica North in poll soured by killing of one candidate and arrest of another.

Death of Abu Khalid al-Suri in Aleppo will fuel infighting between rival Islamist fighters A rebel commander in Syria who fought alongside al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden and was close to its current chief, Ayman al-Zaw...

Attack on protesters in central Bangkok kills 2 as political violence spikes in Thailand     

Nearly five decades after becoming a sex symbol for her role in "One Million Years B.C.," Raquel Welch can still astound.

Joint military drills between South Korea and the US begin, amid rare family reunions between North and South Korean relatives separated by the Korean War.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- One of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's most outspoken critics has become the latest rally cry for opposition protesters after engaging in an armed standoff with security forces.     

Alice Herz-Sommer, who along with other musicians performed in concentration camps to keep up spirits, dies aged 110.

By Mark Colodny for Fathom | In Herman Wouk's now largely forgotten 1965 novel Don't Stop the Carnival, a jittery New York Broadway press agent named Norman Paperman goes on vacation to a Caribbean island and, seduced by...

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A person was hit and killed by an outbound commuter rail train in Billerica this morning, MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said.     

Museveni is expected to sign a bill that sets life imprisonment as the penalty for "aggravated homosexuality".

Fighting force shrinks as long term trend shows uniformed military gets less while civilian bureaucrats and contractors get more.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) REUTERS REPORTER, TARA JOSEPH, SAYING: "Lofty pledges from the G20 over the weekend - surprise, surprise Andy. They want to raise global output by 2 percent in the space of five