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Negotiations between officials in India's Orissa state and Maoist rebels over the release of an abducted Italian tourist are deadlocked.

Voters in the Indonesian province of Aceh are electing their governor for the second time since a peace deal in 2005 ended decades of conflict.

China's inflation rate jumps more-than-forecast in March as higher fuel costs push up consumer prices.

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Peru's government appealed to mining companies on Sunday for heavy equipment and experts to help free nine miners trapped for four days in an informal copper mine....

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Peru's government appealed to mining companies on Sunday for heavy equipment and experts to help free nine miners trapped for four days in an informal copper mine....

TONGCHANG-RI, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity....

TONGCHANG-RI, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and expressed hope that the joy of Easter will comfort Christian communities suffering because of their faith....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and expressed hope that the joy of Easter will comfort Christian communities suffering because of their faith....

Can Battleship turn a board game into a blockbuster?

Each bank holiday costs the UK economy £2.3bn and scrapping them would boost annual output by £19bn, a think tank says.

Bubba Watson says he never even dreamed of winning the Masters following his play-off victory over Louis Oosthuizen.

Living with a lifetime of surgery

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Gerald Green scored a season-high 32 points, including a clutch 3-pointer with 36.7 seconds left in regulation and a high-flying dunk in overtime, leading the New Jersey Nets to a 122-117 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night....

The Duchess of Cornwall has been made a Dame Grand Cross, the highest female rank in the Royal Victorian Order.

Lee Westwood admits to having a putting weakness after he misses out on winning a first major at the Masters.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- A 7-year-old Juneau boy has admitted setting five arson fires over a little more than four months, according to fire officials in Alaska's capital....

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- A 7-year-old Juneau boy has admitted setting five arson fires over a little more than four months, according to fire officials in Alaska's capital....

US company shows off vehicle that flies and drives

Social media networks in the Philippines have been buzzing with outrage after a photograph emerged of a girl standing on the back of a whale shark.