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A Chinese court jailed a veteran dissident to seven years in jail on Friday, his son said, in the latest blow to challengers of the Communist Party's rule before its presumed next leader, Xi Jinping, visits the White House.

Laws like [ St. Peterburg's ban on "public promotion of homosexuality" ] are typical in Russia.

BEIRUT: Two explosions struck security compounds in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday, killing 25 people and wounding 175, state media reported, in a major city that has largely stood by President Bashar Assad in the nearly 11-month-old uprising against his rule.

A supporter of Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon holds a banner with his picture that reads ''In support of judge Garzon'' during a demonstration in downtown Madrid February 9, 2012.

Egypt's ruling generals have a new enemy: the legions of angry soccer fans who have injected fervor into recent protests demanding the military step down and battled police for days in the streets of Cairo.

The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors at a site in eastern Georgia.

If Mitt Romney needs some good news in an otherwise lousy week, he might find it in an improbable place: the packed hallways of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

A Syrian rebel retreats for medical treatment following an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb.

VILLE PLATTE, La. - The American Civil Liberties Union has amended its complaint against Ville Platte and the city's late-night walking curfew.

The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official has said, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence.

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The rights group called on the government of President Mohammed Waheed Hassan, who took over when Nasheed resigned Tuesday, to investigate the attack and ensure freedom of expression in the Indian Ocean island nation.

March 7, 2011: Killer whale Tilikum, right, watches as SeaWorld Orlando trainers take a break during a training session at the theme park's Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Fla.

Apple is facing demonstrations on Thursday at a half-dozen of its retail stores around the world from customers concerned about how Apple's suppliers treat their factory workers in China and other overseas locations.

Amnesty International says weapons from China, Russia and Belarus are fueling the nine-year-old conflict in Sudan's Darfur region.

This picture taken on January 12, 2012 shows a gay couple, who wish to remain anonymous, who fled deadly persecution in their home country due to their sexual-orientation, during an interview in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

Four straight days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives as bodies lie in the streets, unable to be recovered.

A trio of leading US senators on Tuesday warned Egypt that the risk of a "disastrous" rupture in ties had "rarely been greater" amid an escalating row over the planned trial of US pro-democracy activists.

Syrian President Bashar Assad wants his vice president to hold talks with the opposition groups, Russia's foreign minister said, as activists reported that dozens died Wednesday in government bombings of cities and villages across Syria.

Logan Place and Jessica Diaz, both juniors, voice their approval at a protest at the Student Union on Monday over a video produced by the student TV station that many felt made light of rape.