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- Why Canada's high court lifted a ban on brothels
Canada's highest court struck down all three of Canada's prostitution-related laws: bans on keeping a brothel, making a living from prostitution, and street soliciting. The decision reopens the national debate on the legality of Canada's sex trade.
US aircraft hit: Why is US military in South Sudan?Rebel gunfire hit a US military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens in South Sudan. Three US service members were injured, one seriously.
London theatre partially collapses during performance, dozens injuredThe roof or ceiling of the Apollo Theatre in London partially collapsed Thursday night, during a performance at the height of the Christmas holiday season.
- India says diplomat was victim of $10,000 bribe attempt by maid
India's foreign minister says Devyani Khobragade was the victim of a blackmail attempt by her maid. India wants the US to drop the case against India's deputy consul general in New York.
Pussy Riot band members to be freed from Russian jailPussy Riot: Two members of a Russian punk band were serving a two-year jail sentence for performing a crude "punk prayer" against Putin and his ties to the Russian Orthodox church. Putin says Pussy Riot and 30 Greenpeace activists will be released. .
South Sudan army: 'Not in control of Bor town'An outburst of violence in recent days between the Dinka and the Nuer in Sudan could portend civil war in the country, officials warned Wednesday. President Salva Kiir accuses rival Riek Macharf of sparking the violence, but says he is willing to begin a dialogue.
Egypt's Morsi to be tried on conspiracy chargesThe former Egyptian president allegedly conspired with both Hamas and Hezbollah to cause violence in the Sinai Peninsula.
- India retaliates for diplomat who says she was strip searched
Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York, was arrested Thursday on charges that she lied on a visa application. The New Delhi government has revoked privileges for US diplomats to protest the woman's treatment and withdrawn traffic barriers near the US embassy in Delhi.
- Stonehenge makeover: More English countryside, less tourist kitsch
Stonehenge has a new visitor center 1.5 miles away from the actual stones. No longer will 1 million tourists a year be able to drive past Stonehenge in their cars. Now visitors must take walking tours and a schedule shuttle bus.
- Amanda Knox joins her Italian trial via email
Amanda Knox sent an email to be read at her murder trial in Italy. "I am innocent. I did not kill, I did not rape, I did not steal, I did not plot or instigate. I did not kill Meredith," wrote Amanda Knox.
Saudi Arabia: Women experience freedom on campus, but few changes outsideWomen's universities and women's campuses of the nation's only coed university offer unprecedented educational access for Saudi Arabia's young women, but critics point out how little is changing outside school walls.
Skyway accident Manila: 17 dead after bus plunges off elevated Filipino highwaySkyway accident Manila: Just two years ago, a handful of people were killed following a Skyway accident outside Manila.
- Kim Jong Un: Uncle's execution offers rare look into Hermit Kingdom
Kim Jong Un executed his uncle, considered North Korea's No. 2 official. The move by the young leader Kim Jong Un puts on rare display the internal dissent in the leadership ranks of North Korea.
Clashes in China's restive Xinjiang kill at least 16Fourteen people and two policemen were killed during a riot, according to government officials, in the latest unrest in the region.
US boosts naval security aid to Southeast Asia. Taking aim at China?US Secretary of State John Kerry pledged $32.5 in maritime aid to Vietnam and other Southeast Asian nations during his first official visit to Vietnam.
Poinsettia shakedown: Italian mafia makes shop owners offer they can't refuseFour alleged mobsters in Naples were arrested Monday for forcing shop owners to buy Christmas poinsettias at 100 times the wholesale price. The funds were allegedly for jailed Camorra mafia
Chile's Bachelet wins big, but mandate less clearcutBachelet's landslide victory is dampened by historically low turnout and doubts she can overcome a slowing economy and congressional opposition.
Government air raid kills at least 37 in AleppoSyrian air force jets dropped barrel bombs, packed with explosives in a rebel-controlled part of Aleppo Sunday, killing at least 37 people, many children.
Kim Jong Un's aunt retains her position following uncle's executionKim Kyong Hui, the aunt of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, seems to have retained her political standing following her husband's execution for allegedly trying to overthrow the government. Kyong Hui, the sister of Kim Jong Il, helped groom Jong Un to lead the country.
Japanese diplomat stationed in Yemen stabbed in failed kidnappingJapanese officials say a diplomat was stabbed, though not injured seriously when he fought back during a failed kidnapping attempt near the Japanese embassy in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, Sunday.
