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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Back-to-back surprises - Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe is retiring and former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey is running again - have given Democrats a burst of optimism that they can hold on to control of the Senate, a goal that seemed to be slipping from reach just weeks ago....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Back-to-back surprises - Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe is retiring and former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey is running again - have given Democrats a burst of optimism that they can hold on to control of the Senate, a goal that seemed to be slipping from reach just weeks ago....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Back-to-back surprises - Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe is retiring and former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey is running again - have given Democrats a burst of optimism that they can hold on to control of the Senate, a goal that seemed to be slipping from reach just weeks ago....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Back-to-back surprises - Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe is retiring and former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey is running again - have given Democrats a burst of optimism that they can hold on to control of the Senate, a goal that seemed to be slipping from reach just weeks ago....

ABA, China (AP) -- China's stifling lockdown of this Tibetan town has not only been about patrolling its sleepy streets, but also policing the minds of a community at the center of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule....

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- The deadline to file charges in a fatal Ohio high school shooting loomed as students still reeling from the slaying of three teenagers planned a march to return to their school....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is considering GOP legislation aimed at rolling back President Barack Obama's policy on birth control coverage....

Greece will not get funds from a second EU/IMF bailout until its private creditors give final approval for their losses next week, EU ministers say.

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar President Thein Sein said Thursday that his government will build on the sweeping reforms it has begun over the last year, and will work hard to convince skeptics at home and abroad that it is truly committed to democratic change....

MALE, Maldives (AP) -- Supporters of Maldives' former president prevented the country's new leader from opening Parliament and protested in the streets Thursday, three weeks after he took office in a contentious power transfer....

The unemployment rate in the eurozone continued to rise in January, hitting a new record of 10.7%, the Eurostat agency says.

GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N.'s top human rights body voted Thursday to condemn Syria for its "widespread and systematic violations" against civilians in a violent crackdown on opposition groups, as more western governments closed their embassies in Damascus over worsening security....

The scramble for school places has always been a stressful affair, but now some parents seem to be going to extraordinary lengths to get ahead of the game.

Around 5,000 steelworkers in Wales are being invited to apply to take extra time off at half pay during March.

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's National Gallery and the National Gallery of Scotland said Thursday they have raised 45 million pounds ($72 million) to buy a Renaissance masterpiece that has been in the U.K. for 200 years and to keep it on public display....

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's top investigative agency says it is investigating a number of videos containing fake evidence of vote-rigging ahead of Sunday's presidential election....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Warning he's at the "end of the rope" over civilian casualties, Afghanistan's president angrily accused the U.S. of not sharing information about how an American soldier allegedly shot and killed 16 Afghans in two villages....

Foreign Secretary William Hague withdraws all diplomatic staff from the British Embassy in Syria and suspends all of its services.

Titian's Diana and Callisto is saved for the nation after a £45m ($71.7m) deal was agreed with owner the Duke of Sutherland.

The teenager convicted of the murder of schoolboy Jack Frew is given a life sentence with a minimum of 18 years in custody.