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Indonesia sect fears more attacks
By Kate Lamb, Los Angeles Times
Arif Hakim recalls that deadly day in February when a thousand machete-wielding Islamic hard-liners descended upon his tiny congregation...
Syrian security forces kill 11; clashes at hospitals reported
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Roula Hajjar, Los Angeles Times
Syrian security forces killed 11 people Friday in what stood to be one of the deadlier days for protesters rallying against President Bashar...
Turkey expels Israel's ambassador, suspends military agreements
By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times
Israel's souring relations with onetime ally Turkey took a turn for the worse Friday as Turkey announced it would formally expel Israel's...
Colombia's defense minister abruptly resigns as violence surges
By Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times
Colombia's defense minister abruptly resigned Wednesday amid a resurgence of violence by rebel and criminal gangs that has reversed some...
WikiLeaks publishes cables exposing confidential sources
By Ken Dilanian, Los Angeles Times
The anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks in recent days has dramatically accelerated the pace at which it posts confidential State Department...
In Haiti, sexual violence, healthcare neglect plague women, girls
By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times
Nearly 20 months after Haiti's devastating earthquake, women and girls have been badly neglected in recovery efforts, subjected to sexual...
Kadafi compound becomes a big attraction
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Revolutionary voyeurism was booming Tuesday in Moammar Kadafi's former home and headquarters, where euphoric visitors honking horns and...
Tibetan monks get stiff prison terms in burning death
By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times
China has sentenced three Tibetan monks as accessories to murder for having helped another monk burn himself to death in a political...
South Africa's powerful youth leader to face ANC hearing
By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times
He's been called "the black man who is rude about whites," a South African Sarah Palin, a "dictator-in-waiting." But even his critics will...
Short tempers and street violence in Egypt
By Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times
The air is mean on butcher row.
Members of Kadafi family flee to Algeria
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Members of Moammar Kadafi's family, including his wife, daughter and two of his sons, have fled to Algeria, the government of the...
Rocket crash may force crew from space station
By Ralph Vartabedian and W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times
NASA warned Monday that the International Space Station may have to be abandoned at least temporarily later this year, following the...
Suspect says Mexico casino fire set over unpaid extortion money
By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times
Public outrage continued to mount Monday in Mexico over last week's slaying by fire of 52 people in a popular casino as officials...
Syria forces kill boy and 6 others, activists say
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Roula Hajjar, Los Angeles Times
Security forces firing into crowds of protesters killed a 13-year-old boy and six other people across Syria on Tuesday, activists said,...
Japan names new prime minister
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times
In a now-familiar political ritual, Japan's ruling party decided Monday who should be the country's new prime minister —
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