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The leading international rights watchdog said Monday that immigrant maids in Lebanon are dying of "unnatural causes" at an alarming rate and is calling for an investigation.

A woman beheaded after she was accused of causing a girl to spit pins and convulse was exonerated Wednesday, more than 200 years after she became the last person executed as a witch in Europe.

Prosecutors in Stuttgart say they have charged a Turkish man with holding his daughter against her will in an alleged effort to prevent her marrying a non-Muslim.

As Tropical Storm Gustav moves away from Haiti, the Louisiana and Texas coasts are preparing for a date with a possible Category 2 or 3 hurricane as the storm could regain hurricane strength later in the day or on Thursday.

Ten of thousands of South Korean Buddhists marched against the Christian President Lee Myung-bak Wednesday in Seoul, alleging religious discrimination by the government.

An airline official says the two hijackers of a jetliner that took off from Sudan's Darfur region and was diverted to southern Libya have surrendered to authorities after a 22-hour standoff.

Security forces clashed with militants across Pakistan's wild tribal belt Wednesday, killing as many as 49 insurgents, the army said, a week after U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf resigned as president.

Rescue crews attempting to rescue a man who had reportedly jumped from 'suicide spot' narrowly miss being crushed by a car as it drove off cliff and crashed on the rocks below.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani claimed Wednesday that the United States originally requested permission during troop withdrawal negotiations to leave armed forces there until 2015, Reuters reported.

A U.S. military ship carrying humanitarian aid docked at the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi on Wednesday, avoiding the port of Poti, which is still controlled by Russian forces.

Indian officials rushed soldiers and air force helicopters to flood-ravaged parts of northern India to provide aid to the more than 1 million people stranded by a surging river, officials said Wednesday.

The body of a newborn baby was found amongst the rubbish at a recycling plant in Cambridgeshire, England, Wednesday.

A British millionaire and his family are missing after their country estate was burned down in a suspected arson attack.

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, was suffering from exhaustion and has canceled two planned international trips to undergo medical tests, his office says.

Cuban law defines "social dangerousness" as behavior contrary to "communist morality," and police use it to detain offenders before they have a chance to commit a crime.

North Korean woman accused of using 'sex as a tool for her spy activity' and plotting to assassinate South Korean intelligence agents with poisoned needles has been arrested.

At least 2,500 people around the world vied simultaneously for Boardwalk and Park Place, crossed fingers to avoid jail time and set the Guinness World Record for the largest-ever game of Monopoly.

At least 2,500 people around the world vied simultaneously for Boardwalk and Park Place, crossed fingers to avoid jail time and set the Guinness World Record for the largest-ever game of Monopoly.

Chinese public surprise authorities, sympathizing with Yang Jia despite jobless man's violent attack and asking whether he was driven to his alleged crime by police abuse of power.

Chinese public surprise authorities, sympathizing with Yang Jia despite jobless man's violent attack and asking whether he was driven to his alleged crime by police abuse of power.