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Protesters are planning to demonstrate Saturday on the one-year anniversary of the detention of three American hikers seized by Iranian forces near the Iraqi border.

Brazil President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva has offered asylum to an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, state-run media reported Saturday.

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California has chosen to face a House ethics trial rather than accept a finding of wrongdoing by the House ethics committee, according to a source familiar with the process.

The House of Representatives passed legislation Friday which would lift the current $75 million liability cap for oil spills while imposing new safety standards for offshore drilling.

The House of Representatives passed legislation Friday which would lift the current $75 million liability cap for oil spills while imposing new safety standards for offshore drilling.

Three convicted murderers who broke out of a Kingman, Arizona, prison Friday night got help from a woman who was on a visitation list for one of them, authorities said Saturday.

The signal of one of Mexico's largest television networks faded to black for almost an hour as a symbolic protest of violence against journalists.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has deployed troops to areas near the Colombian border and says he is reviewing plans for a potential war as tension between the two nations rises.

The Army private charged with leaking an airstrike video and suspected of leaking documents to WikiLeaks is in solitary confinement, officials tell CNN.

The Army private charged with leaking an airstrike video and downloading documents remained in solitary confinement Saturday.

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Iran on Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, a day after another moderate quake in the country's northeast left 170 people injured.

President Barack Obama hopes embattled New York congressman Charlie Rangel can end his career with dignity.

At least 25 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by wildfires sweeping through western Russia, authorities said Saturday.

President Barack Obama hopes embattled New York congressman Charlie Rangel can end his career with dignity.

The data recorders for the plane that crashed and killed 152 people in Pakistan has been found, a government official said Saturday.

Hundreds of people died when floodwaters swept away their mud homes in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The death toll from flood is now at least 800.

A senior Hamas member was killed during Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, Hamas security forces said Saturday.

Firefighters continued to battle a wildfire Saturday as flames encroached on power lines that provide electricity throughout the region.

Thousands of people are expected to gather today for a memorial service a week after a stampede at a German music festival killed 21 people.

Fidel Castro on Friday accused the United States of "torturing" a Cuban agent imprisoned there, saying Cuba is being pressured to release its spies.