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China and Iraq have signed a $3 billion deal revising a deal for China’s biggest oil company to help develop an oil field, according to the Iraqi Embassy in Beijing.

A car bomb apparently planted by Taliban insurgents blew up a police bus in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least six policemen, security officials said.

A car bomb apparently planted by Taliban insurgents blew up a police bus in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least six policemen, security officials said.

EU leaders are considering imposing sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Georgia, the French foreign minister says.

The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, describes the floods in the northern state of Bihar as a "national calamity".

Thousands of protesters defied a court order to leave Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej’s official compound.

A report from China’s top auditor says that ten central government departments “misused or embezzled” more than $660 million last year.

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A Briton accused of hacking into secret Nasa military computers loses his appeal against extradition to the US.

Police probe a hooded gang's brutal attack on monks at a monastery in northern Italy, which left one victim in a coma.

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim was appointed leader of the opposition, taking another step toward his goal of winning power and reforming the economy.

More than 200 militants captured in Iraq and Afghanistan over two years have been passed to their countries’ intelligence services.

More than 200 militants captured in Iraq and Afghanistan over two years have been passed to their countries’ intelligence services.

A unanimous vote made Senator Barack Obama the first African-American to become a major party nominee for president.

A former spokeswoman for the UN war crimes court in The Hague is charged with revealing confidential information.

South Africa captain Graeme Smith misses the third one day match against England on Friday because of a tennis elbow injury.

Diageo, owner of Guinness and Johnnie Walker, says it faces a "challenging" market after seeing little change in annual profits.

Fears of a possible storm prompt Louisiana to declare a state of emergency and New Orleans to prepare evacuation plans.

Aaron Sorkin, who created The West Wing and wrote Charlie Wilson's War, is making a film about Facebook.

At least five veterans of the March on Washington in 1963 traveled to Denver as Democratic delegates.