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  1. Giant domino pieces installed along a stretch of the Berlin Wall's original path are seen at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. (AP Photo/Wolfgang Rattay, pool)
    Thousands cheer 20 years since fall of Berlin Wall AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:30 PM ETSent 451 times

    BERLIN - Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow.

  2. Gay men kiss in Nairobi. Kenya is to conduct a study among homosexuals and use the findings to help control the spread of HIV/AIDS in the east African country, where homosexuality is illegal.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)
    In Fight Against AIDS, Kenya Confronts Gay Taboo Time.com - Sun Nov 8, 9:20 AM ETSent 292 times

    Kenya launches an unprecedented campaign to survey the country's gay population about their sexual behaviors -- taking on a subject long met with hostility in the country.

  3. West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall as they watch East German border guards demolishing a section to open a new crossing point between East and West Berlin in November 1989. Tens of thousands of people have thronged the route of the Berlin Wall for emotional celebrations to mark 20 years since its fall, but Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany still bears the scars of division.(AFP/File/Gerard Malie)
    Why the Berlin Wall Came Down: Reagan's Role, Diplomacy Time.com - Mon Nov 9, 2:15 PM ETSent 267 times

    'Tear Down This Wall': Reagan's Speech That Ended the Cold War

  4. FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, July 7, 2009, Uighur women grab a police officer as they protest in front of journalists visiting the area in Urumqi, China. Nine Uighurs have been executed for taking part in ethnic rioting that left nearly 200 people dead in July, the first suspects put to death in the unrest, the official China News Service reported Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
    9 executed over China's deadly ethnic riots AP - Mon Nov 9, 12:54 PM ETSent 160 times

    BEIJING - China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 people in far western Xinjiang region. The men are the first to be put to death for the country's worst ethnic violence in decades.

  5. FILE - This undated file photo, released by freethehikers.org, Aug. 20, 2009, shows Americans Shane Bauer, left, and Sarah Shourd. Iranian state news agency IRNA said Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 that Iran has charged Bauer, Shourd and Josh Fattal with espionage.  (AP Photo/freethehikers.org, File)  NO SALES
    Iran accuses 3 detained Americans of espionage AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:30 PM ETSent 145 times

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran accused three detained Americans of spying Monday, signaling Tehran intends to put them on trial. It drew a sharp U.S. response that the charges are baseless because the hikers strayed across the border from Iraq.

  6. New fair targets France's 260,000 annual divorces AP - Sun Nov 8, 3:55 PM ETSent 142 times

    PARIS - The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair.

  7. In this image released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez waves to supporters in Acarigua, Venezuela, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Chavez ordered Venezuela's military on Sunday to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying the country's soldiers should be ready if the US attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors.  (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)
    Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia AP - Sun Nov 8, 8:48 PM ETSent 136 times

    CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors.

  8. Surfers take advantage of rough surf as Tropical Storm Ida approaches the coast in Gulf Shores, Ala., Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.  (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
    Gulf Coast residents stay put ahead of Ida AP - 1 hour, 13 minutes agoSent 130 times

    GULF SHORES, Ala. - Weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents refused to retreat from a rare late-season tropical storm that weakened as it crept toward shore Tuesday, bringing heavy rain, stiff winds and some flooding.

  9. In this photo taken on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, student Geisy Arruda poses at her home in Sao Paulo wearing the same dress that she was expelled for wearing on campus at Bandeirante University in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. The Brazilian government sought an explanation Monday from the private university that expelled Arruda for wearing the dress to class. (AP Photo/Leticia Moreira/ Folha Imagem)
    Brazil college backs down on mini-dress expulsion AP - Tue Nov 10, 2:34 AM ETSent 119 times

    SAO PAULO - A woman expelled for wearing a mini-dress that caused a near riot at a Brazilian college and made her an Internet sensation said all she wants is to go back to school. Well, she got her way.

  10. FILE - In this June 15, 2009 photo, South Korean Navy patrol boats engage in an exercise in the West Sea, South Korea. Navy ships of the two Koreas exchanged fire Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, along their disputed western sea border, a South Korean military officer said.  (AP Photo/Yonhap, Shin Young-gun, File)
    Navies of 2 Koreas exchange fire near border AP - 53 minutes agoSent 113 times

    SEOUL, South Korea - A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, the first such clash in seven years, South Korean officials said.

  11. A woman reacts as she stands in front of her home, behind, that was destroyed during flooding in Verapaz, El Salvador, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.  Mud and rock slides caused by rain-fueled floods killed at least 124 people throughout El Salvador and left about five dozen missing, authorities said. (AP Photo/Edgar Romero)
    Salvadoran town hit by landslide buries dead AP - Mon Nov 9, 6:43 PM ETSent 110 times

    VERAPAZ, El Salvador - Tears streamed down Elsy Portillo's badly bruised face Monday as she walked behind coffins carrying her mother and only child in this town buried by a landslide, one in a series that killed at least 130 people in El Salvador.

  12. Tourists visit the remains of the Berlin Wall at the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
    Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling AP - Sun Nov 8, 5:19 PM ETSent 99 times

    BERLIN - With concerts and memorials on Monday, Germans will celebrate the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago.

  13. In this June 1, 2009 photo, police officers await questioning by army officials at a police station in Monterrey, Mexico. This year alone, police and soldiers have confronted one another more than 65 times, The Associated Press has learned, a growing and dangerous trend in the war on drugs. (AP Photo)
    Soldiers wary of often corrupt Mexican police AP - Mon Nov 9, 5:52 AM ETSent 79 times

    MONTERREY, Mexico - When soldiers tried to halt a suspicious-looking SUV that was being escorted through Monterrey by a state policeman, the officer radioed for backup. In minutes, police from 40 patrol cars surrounded the troops, drawing their guns and sending the soldiers diving for cover in an hour-long standoff.

  14. This handout picture by the Spanish Defence Ministry (SDM) shows the Spanish tuna trawler Alakrana on October 3, near the Somali coast. The Spanish government is negotiating with Somali authorities over the possible transfer of two suspected pirates held in Spain, Spanish media has said.(AFP/SDM-HO/File)
    Somali pirates demand $3M for ship with 18 crew AP - 31 minutes agoSent 60 times

    MOGADISHU, Somalia - Pirates have hijacked a Panamanian-flagged ship with 18 crew off the east coast of Africa, the latest in an increasing number of attacks, a Somali businessman said Tuesday.

  15. Kirarmat, center, who asked to go by his nickname because he fears Taliban retaliation for cooperating with NATO, is debriefed at the Rocco combat outpost in the Uzbeen valley, Surobi district, some 50 kms northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8,  2009. Kirarmat, who brought parts of a Taliban 82mm mortar,  gets no pay for the help he gives, at considerable risk. He reached out to NATO forces after receiving a letter from the French. A relative of his working for the government had just been killed by insurgents at a voting bureau during the Afghan presidential election in August.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
    French make slow gains in contested Afghan valley AP - Mon Nov 9, 1:12 PM ETSent 32 times

    COMBAT OUTPOST ROCCO, Afghanistan - Shortly before nightfall, an Afghan farmer slipped into this NATO outpost with a bag of ammunition and gear he'd collected from nearby Taliban positions. It turned out not to be much: pieces of 82-millimeter mortar guns and some combat food rations.

  16. In this Nov. 5, 2009 photo, Sebastian Marroquin, son of Colombia's late drug lord Pablo Escobar, looks up during an interview with the Associated Press in Buenos Aires. After notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed, the son who many thought would succeed him fled Colombia, assumed a new identity and lived a low-profile life as an architect in Argentina.  Fifteen years later, the former Juan Pablo Escobar is trading anonymity for what he calls conscience, asking forgiveness for his father's reign of terror in the documentary 'Sins of My Father,' which opens Thursday Nov. 12 in Argentina and Nov. 19 at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam.  (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
    AP interview: Pablo Escobar's son asks forgiveness AP - Sun Nov 8, 2:59 PM ETSent 30 times

    BOGOTA - After notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed, the son who many thought would succeed him fled Colombia, assumed a new identity and lived a low-profile life as an architect in Argentina.

  17. Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri speaks after announcing the new cabinet at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, November 9, 2009. REUTERS/ Mohamed Azakir
    Lebanon's Hariri forms unity government with Hezbollah Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 5:36 PM ETSent 29 times

    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri formed a new unity government on Monday that includes two ministers from Syrian- and Iranian-backed Hezbollah.

  18. Iraqi parliament speaker Ayad al-Samarai speaks to the press following an Iraqi Parliament session about the election law on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Iraq's parliament Sunday night passed a long-delayed election law needed to carry out nationwide elections, a debate that has been intensely watched over fears the holdup could delay the January elections and possibly delay the planned U.S. plans to withdraw their forces.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
    Iraq election law delays decision on flash points AP - Mon Nov 9, 3:59 PM ETSent 26 times

    BAGHDAD - After weeks of hard-nosed negotiations, analysts say the election law passed by Iraq's parliament allowing national polls to go forward in January extends compromises to all sides but with key concessions to the Kurds.

  19. Essay: China's Africa Gambit Time.com - Mon Nov 9, 10:10 AM ETSent 23 times

    Essay: China's Africa Gambit

  20. A landslide survivor is evacuated in Palopo in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province November 9, 2009. At least 9 people died and many others are still missing after a landslide hit the area following overnight rains and flooding, rescue officials said. REUTERS/Stringer  (INDONESIA ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
    Rain-triggered landslides kill 14 in Indonesia AP - Mon Nov 9, 6:28 AM ETSent 21 times

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Torrential rains triggered a series of landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 residents and burying many more, a local official said Monday.

  21. The shadow of U.S. Army Lieutenant Matthew Asmus of A-BTRY 2/377 PFAR Task Force Steel playing golf is cast at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY SPORT GOLF)
    TV footage shows Afghan insurgents with US ammo AP - 19 minutes agoSent 21 times

    KABUL - Television footage broadcast Tuesday showed insurgents handling what appears to be U.S. ammunition in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan that American forces left last month following a deadly firefight that killed eight troops.

  22. Afghan President Hamid Karzai casts his vote in the presidential election in Kabul, August 20, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
    U.N. declares Afghan election "credible, legitimate" Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 3:56 PM ETSent 17 times

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly declared on Monday that Afghanistan's presidential election was both credible and sound, despite allegations of widespread fraud that led critics to question the vote's legitimacy.

  23. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Clinton takes part in the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)
    Clinton praises Germany on Berlin Wall tour AP - Mon Nov 9, 7:24 AM ETSent 16 times

    BERLIN - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulated Germans on the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at a meeting Monday with Angela Merkel, Germany's first chancellor from the former communist East.

  24. A long exposure picture shows people walking next to domino pieces near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 8, 2009. World leaders past and present will join German crowds on Monday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall -- a stark symbol of the Cold War that divided a city and a continent.     REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
    Leaders hail Wall fall, vow to topple new barriers Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 5:50 PM ETSent 14 times

    BERLIN (Reuters) - World leaders hailed the ordinary people who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and said the historic events of 20 years ago showed nations were capable of rising to new challenges, from terrorism to climate change.

  25. Landslide triggered by rains kills 42 in India AP - 2 hours, 1 minute agoSent 14 times

    NEW DELHI - A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 42 people, an official said Tuesday.

  26. Catholic leader Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, who heads up the Anglican church, at the Vatican in 2006. The Vatican has eased the way for Anglicans unhappy with the Church of England's ordination of female and homosexual clergy to convert to Catholicism.(AFP/File/Alessandro Bianchi)
    Vatican on Anglicans: celibacy rule unchanged AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:35 AM ETSent 13 times

    VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Monday confirmed that opening the door to married Anglican priests doesn't mean the Roman Catholic church is easing the requirement for celibacy for its clergy.

  27. Abbas Won't Seek Re-Election in Threat to Peace Efforts Time.com - Sun Nov 8, 9:20 AM ETSent 13 times

    Feeling "cheated" by Washington, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he won't run again. His departure would derail U.S. peace efforts, but then again, the poll from which he's withdrawing won't happen

  28. In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, children line up before the start of their classes in Huampami in the Peruvian state of Amazonas. Throughout Latin America, native languages are disappearing and Indians are under intense pressure to speak Spanish. At the same time, Indians have little access to post-secondary education. They are ill-prepared by substandard schools, afflicted by high dropout rates and usually short on financial help. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
    Fighting the odds to keep Indian tongues alive AP - Mon Nov 9, 12:01 AM ETSent 13 times

    HUAMPAMI, Peru - In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class.

  29. Marian Jimenez, wife of crew member Gaizka Iturbe, holds a picture of the Alkrana tuna fishing boat in her home in the Basque town of Sestao November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Vincent West
    Somali pirates seize weapons ship, attack tanker Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 11:38 AM ETSent 13 times

    MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have seized a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo ship loaded with weapons bound for the anarchic Horn of Africa nation in contravention of a U.N. arms embargo, maritime experts said Monday.

  30. Mexican Cardinal Norberto Rivera speaks during a Mass at the metropolitan cathedral in Mexico City, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Roman Catholic clergy, increasingly caught in the middle of Mexico's drug war, are drafting a strategy this week to cope with the violence, aided by advice from colleagues who have faced similar threats in Colombia and Italy. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
    Mexican clergy seek global help as violence grows AP - Tue Nov 10, 3:42 AM ETSent 12 times

    MEXICO CITY - Gunmen shoot a priest and two seminary students in the back. Federal police storm a Mass to capture a suspected drug kingpin. Priests pray with the families of murdered men, then face killers in the confessional.