President Barack Obama criticized Massachusetts police after arresting a prominent black Harvard University professor at his own home -- weighing in on an escalating debate over the treatment of minorities by police.

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Billionaire Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte says he expects to be "like a kid in a candy store" during his trip to an upcoming ISS mission, for which he is paying tens of millions ...   more »

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez belittles a Colombian plea for him to stay out of their affairs, as a spat over Colombian plans to allow the United States to use its military bases continues.

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The U.S. Government has asked for the extradition of 11 Israelis who are suspects in a lottery fraud case.

JERUSALEM (JULY 23, 2009) REUTERS - Israeli prosecutors on Thursday (July 23) sought court approval to ...   more »

Officials react to the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, who set new borders for Abyei and left control of the Heglig oil field with the national government in Khartoum.

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Police drop charges against Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates after he was arrested for breaking into his own home.


CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES (JULY 16, 2009) NBC - Authorities in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Tuesday ...   more »

A pre-Incan mummy and eight other skeletons have been dug up from an ancient burial site in the middle of Lima, Peru's capital, and archeologists said on Wednesday (July 22) squatters had been living above ...   more »

A flooding at a coal mine in northeastern China traps 23 miners underground.

JIXI CITY, HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA (JULY 23, 2009) CCTV - A rescue operation is underway in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province, where 23 ...   more »