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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Villagers along a Bangladesh river where a packed ferry capsized earlier this week found five more bodies floating in the water Thursday, bringing the death toll from the disaster to 117....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un commanded live-fire drills involving all three branches of the military, state media reported Thursday, as he bolsters his credentials as commander in chief....

BEIJING (AP) -- The Communist Party replaced one of China's most powerful and charismatic politicians Thursday following a weeks-long scandal unleashed when one of his trusted aides, a mob-fighting former police chief, fled to a U.S. consulate....

BEIJING (AP) -- The Communist Party replaced one of China's most powerful and charismatic politicians Thursday following a weeks-long scandal unleashed when one of his trusted aides, a mob-fighting former police chief, fled to a U.S. consulate....

SIERRE, Switzerland (AP) -- A tour bus carrying schoolchildren home from a class trip slammed head-on into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps, killing 22 students and six adults and instantly changing a joyous skiing vacation into a tragedy spanning several European nations....

SIERRE, Switzerland (AP) -- A tour bus carrying schoolchildren home from a class trip slammed head-on into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps, killing 22 students and six adults and instantly changing a joyous skiing vacation into a tragedy spanning several European nations....

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- An Iranian man held in Malaysia and accused of involvement in an alleged terror plot in Bangkok resisted extradition on Thursday, claiming he had been in Thailand only for a vacation....

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- An Iranian man held in Malaysia and accused of involvement in an alleged terror plot in Bangkok resisted extradition on Thursday, claiming he had been in Thailand only for a vacation....

SIERRE, Switzerland (AP) -- A tour bus carrying schoolchildren home from a class trip slammed head-on into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps, killing 22 Belgian students and six adults and instantly changing a joyous skiing vacation into a tragedy spanning several European nations....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The Mexican army said Wednesday that it has made a record seizure of opiates, about 3.6 metric tons of a dark liquid that contains heroin....

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire....

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire....

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire....

PARIS (AP) -- A North Korean and a French orchestra performed a landmark concert on Wednesday, adding a note of harmony to long-standing tensions between the isolated nation and the West....

PARIS (AP) -- A North Korean and a French orchestra performed a landmark concert on Wednesday, adding a note of harmony to long-standing tensions between the isolated nation and the West....

PARIS (AP) -- A North Korean and a French orchestra performed a landmark concert on Wednesday, adding a note of harmony to long-standing tensions between the isolated nation and the West....

BEIJING (AP) -- A Tibetan monk set himself on fire in western China Wednesday, an overseas activist group and a Chinese state news agency reported, the latest self-immolation by Tibetans over the suppression of their religion and culture....

BEIJING (AP) -- A Tibetan monk set himself on fire in western China Wednesday, an overseas activist group and a Chinese state news agency reported, the latest self-immolation by Tibetans over the suppression of their religion and culture....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A state governor was suspended from President Hugo Chavez's governing party on Wednesday after making critical remarks about the president of Venezuela's National Assembly....