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Most pre-Carnival street parties in Brazil are all about samba, but the moves on display at today's Blocao parade were focused more on wagging and strategic sniffing than on fancy footwork.

In this photo released by the Italian Presidency, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, right, greets relatives of the victims of the cruise ship that ran aground last month off Tuscany, in Rome, Sunday, Feb.

Israeli authorities temporarily blocked Jews and foreign tourists from entering some of Jerusalem's most visited holy sites Sunday after leaflets called for causing disturbances there, police said.

A rare public rift broke open Sunday in the usually tightly disciplined Islamic movement Hamas over a reconciliation deal that would require it to relinquish key areas of control in the Gaza Strip.

The Arab League was to consider a proposal Sunday to revive its suspended observer mission in Syria by expanding it to include monitors from non-Arab, Muslim nations and the United Nations, officials from the 22-member group said.

With Venezuela's first-ever opposition primary set to begin, allies and adversaries of President Hugo Chavez are focused on one burning question: Will the winner have what is takes to defeat a shrewd and charismatic leader who thrives during election campaigns? Opposition supporters seem less interested in the proposals put forth by candidates ... (more)

KABUL, Afghanistan - Gunmen burst into a family home of a provincial judge in eastern Afghanistan, killing him and his niece in the latest assassination of an Afghan government official, authorities said Sunday.

Pakistan's leading militants have called on fighters to honor an agreement not to attack the Pakistani military in the most important sanctuary for the Taliban and al-Qaida along the Afghan border.

Jesus Ignacio Flores started working when he was 16, laboring long hours on construction sites and in the fields of his country's biggest sugar plantation.

Voting has begun in Turkmenistan's presidential election in a race designed to cement the incumbent's hold on power in the authoritarian Central Asian nation.

Hosni Mubarak's fall from power a year ago stunned the world -- three decades of iron-clad rule ended in 17 days by an unexpected groundswell of popular protests.

People walk past banners from a police strike in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb.

An arts festival in northern Norway is offering a rare glimpse into North Korean culture this weekend, including performances by musicians whose accordion version of A-ha's megahit "Take on Me" has become an online sensation.

Anti-Syrian regime protesters carry the body of a man, who witnesses say was killed by Syrian government forces shelling, during a funeral procession in the Rastan neighborhood of Homs province, central Syria.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he deliver his speech at a rally to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the country's pro-Western monarchy and brought Islamic clerics to power, Tehran, Saturday, Feb.

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters as she stands on the back of a vehicle near a market in Kawhmu township, the constituency where she will contest April by-elections, Feb.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Two television journalists in Bangladesh found stabbed to death Saturday in their home in the capital of Dhaka, police said.

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has wrapped up a visit to China aimed at boosting oil sales by announcing that Beijing will loan two of the country's prized giant pandas to Canadian zoos.

A top U.S. government official met Saturday with leaders in the Maldives to get a fresh assessment of the political situation in the Indian Ocean nation.

Sri Lankan police officers stand guard in front of the Maldivian High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Feb.