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- Afghans flock to polls for a say in who will govern their nation
Afghans waited in long lines under tight security Saturday, to cast their ballots in the country's first democratic presidential election. Some polling centers weren't opened due to security concerns and Taliban threats.
- Mass faintings: Dozens fall ill in Cambodian garment factories
Mass faintings: 118 employees passed out at work on Thursday at textile factories in Phnom Penh. The garment industry earns Cambodia more than $5 billion a year in revenue and employs some 600,000 people.
- Darth Vader runs for president of Ukraine against billionaire candy maker and others
Darth Vader, in full costume, announced his candidacy on Saturday. Another candidate, an ex-world boxing champion threw his support behind billionaire candy maker Petro Poroshenko.
- Australian shark attack death was rare occurrence
Australia shark attack: Swimmer Christine Armstrong was killed by a shark as she swam between the wharf and beach near the village of Tathra, Australia.
- US calls on Myanmar to allow aid to area wracked by ethnic violence
Aid agencies were forced to halt operations in the Myanmar state of Rakhine last week after Buddhists destroyed staff homes, offices, and boats used to transport supplies. On Wednesday, the US called on the Myanmar government to allow humanitarian staff access to the area again.
- Two killed in Cairo University explosions
A group known as Soldiers of Egypt claimed responsibility for three bombs that exploded outside Cairo University Wednesday, killing two people including a police brigadier-general, and wounding five others. Police found a fourth bomb in the area.
- Chile earthquake: Tsunami warning lifted after 8.2 temblor
Chile earthquake: The magnitude 8.2 earthquake triggered tsunami warnings, but thousands are returning home Wednesday morning. Chile's president issued a state of emergency.
- Bao Bao's big day: Baby panda Bao Bao ventures outside at the National Zoo
Bao Bao, the baby panda living at the National Zoo, took her first steps outside on Tuesday. Baby Bao Bao climbed a tree and sat on the grass, report zoo officials.
- Chile earthquake: Massive earthquake causes landslides, tsunami, 10 aftershocks
Chile earthquake: A powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off Chile's northern coast Tuesday night. Shaking from Chile's earthquake was felt even in Peru and Bolivia.
- Would Israeli-Palestinian peace deal include Jonathan Pollard release?
The US has put convicted US spy Jonathan Pollard on the table to keep the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks going. However, any deal would not include an Israeli settlement freeze, says an official close to talks.
- Russia puts squeeze on Ukraine, jacks up natural gas prices 40 percent
Russian natural gas producer Gazprom announced a more than 40 percent increase in the price Ukraine must pay for natural gas, increasing the economic pressure on the country.
- Real-life tomb raider? 11 ancient boxes of bones recovered in Israel
The bone boxes, known as ossuaries, are believed to date back to the Second Temple Period, a time stretching from roughly 515 B.C. to 70 A.D. that included the reign of King Herod and the time of Jesus.
- Germany returns stolen art to Poland — and wants more in return
A painting taken for Hitler's 'Fuehrer Museum' was given back to Poland on Monday, in hopes of a quid pro quo: Germany wants to recover a vast trove of documents from Poland.
- Why former Iran hostages are angry over new UN ambassador
Former US Embassy workers, held hostage in Iran three decades ago, say President Obama should block Iran's choice as UN ambassador. Some say Hamid Abutalebi was a key player in the 1979-81 hostage taking.
- How pro-government militias stir up Venezuela protests
Maduro has done nothing to publicly discourage violence by pro-government militants, known as 'colectivos,' which are blamed for beatings and intimidation in multiple Venezuelan cities.
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: No time limit on the search, says Australia's PM
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Search efforts have turned up no physical evidence of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. But Australia's prime minister says there's no time limit yet on the hunt, now involving 20 ships and aircraft.
- World court orders Japan to stop whaling in Antarctic waters
The International Court of Justice says the Asian nation is not pursuing whales for scientific purposes.
- Andrej Kiska, political newcomer, elected Slovak president
Andrej Kiska, a successful businessman-turned-philanthropist, won 59.4 percent of the vote in a runoff ballot.
- Two Spanish journalists kidnapped by Syrian extremists are freed
The two Spaniards had been held for six months after being detained by ISIS, an extremist group fighting the Syrian regime. At least nine other foreign reporters are missing in Syria.
- Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Search turns up flotsam, not evidence
Ships scouring a new search zone in the Indian Ocean have still not recovered any debris from the missing Malaysian jetliner, only trash from a shipping lane.