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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. Full Story »

• Video: Death penalty for 9 in China riots Reuters

NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali pirates attacked an oil tanker and fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades Monday farther out at sea than any previous assault, suggesting that pirate capabilities are growing as they increase activity off East Africa. Full Story »

• Video: BBC: Pirates want $7 million for UK couple AP
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'Tear Down This Wall': Reagan's Speech That Ended the Cold War Full Story »

• Video: Reagan Library To Commemorate Fall Of Berlin Wall CBS 2 / KCAL 9 Los Angeles

BERLIN - President Barack Obama has paid tribute to the fall 20 years ago of the Berlin Wall in a video message to the main anniversary event. Full Story »

BEIRUT - Lebanon's prime minister has formed a Cabinet that includes the militant group Hezbollah and its allies, ending a political deadlock that left the divided nation without a government for months and threatened to ignite violence. Full Story »

SAO PAULO - The Brazilian government sought an explanation Monday from the private university that expelled a woman for wearing a short, pink dress to class, creating an uproar on the Internet and throughout a nation where skimpy attire is common. Full Story »

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - World Cup hosts South Africa have axed striker Mabhuti Khanyeza for friendlies against Japan and Jamaica after he missed a training-camp deadline. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States is "likely" to decide soon to send special envoy Stephen Bosworth to North Korea in a bid to jumpstart denuclearization talks, a senior US official said Monday. Full Story »

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INGERSOLL, Ontario (Reuters) - General Motors Co said on Monday that it would invest C$90 million ($85.1 million) to expand a joint venture plant in Canada where it builds the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain crossovers. Full Story »

CANBERRA (Reuters) - New opinion polls added pressure on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Monday to take a tougher stand against asylum-seekers and end a standoff involving 78 boat-people picked up by an Australian ship off Indonesia. Full Story »

BAGHDAD — After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy session, Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a law setting national elections for January, averting for now a political crisis that threatened to unravel the country's slow progress toward stability. Full Story »

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Essay: China's Africa Gambit Full Story »

KABUL - Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has seen a recent spike in Taliban attacks, NATO said Monday. It was some of the heaviest fighting in the north this year. Full Story »

• Video: Brown's Afghanistan ultimatum Reuters
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VERAPAZ, El Salvador - Soldiers and townspeople dug through rock and debris Monday in hopes of finding dozens of people missing in a mudslide that swept down on a town, part of a wave of floods and landslides that killed at least 134 people in El Salvador. Full Story »

• Video: Raw Video: Storm pounds El Salvador, kills 100+ AP
• Slideshow: Mudslides cover El Salvador town