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Officials said Sunday the death toll from a sunken ferry disaster off the Indonesian island of Sumatra increased to 25 people. Ministry of Transportation spokesman Bambang Ervan told CNN that authorities are investigating the deadly incident since the 25 fatalities...

A Tamil Canadian protester chokes back tears as she recalls a cellphone conversation she had several days ago with a cousin detained in a Sri Lankan camp holding Tamils displaced during the country's civil war. "She doesn't know where her...

Minutes later, there was a huge bang, a torrent of hot air and the earth shuddered. China — When gas levels suddenly spiked deep in the Xinxing coal mine, Wang Jiguo grabbed two co-workers and they ran for their lives....

Two men who had been held for seven years in the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of belonging to an extremist group were acquitted in an Algerian court on Sunday, state media reported. The two men alleged...

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad   Photo: Reuters Palestinian prime minister says during ceremony in Nablus-area refugee camp, 'Our goal is to stop occupation of all territories occupied in 1967 and to establish independent state on this territory' Ali Waked...

A separatist group Sunday denied planting bombs that killed at least six people and injured more than 55 in India's Assam province. Two bombs exploded near a police station and a third near a street market in the Nalbari district,...

Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz said on Sunday that his country hopes to avoid having to "resort to force" to maintain security for the hajj, a reference to recent calls by Iranian officials for their pilgrims...

The heavy downpour in South Wales that has resulted in the collapse of a bridge and the washing away of a policeman has put all concerned on the highest alert. The Northside Bridge that collapsed had been checked only last...