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The U.S. military will hand over responsibility for the security of Anbar Province, one of the most violent regions in Iraq, as early as next Monday, officials said.

China and Iraq have signed a $3 billion deal revising a deal for China’s biggest oil company to help develop an oil field, according to the Iraqi Embassy in Beijing.

Thousands of protesters defied a court order to leave Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej’s official compound.

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim was appointed leader of the opposition, taking another step toward his goal of winning power and reforming the economy.

Israel reopened its border crossings with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, two days after they were shut in response to rocket attacks.

The head of the U.N. refugee agency’s office in Somalia says kidnappers have released him from captivity after more than two months.

Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country’s tribal belt.

Israel is in the grip of a nightmarish tale of a French girl named Rose, who police say was killed by her grandfather.

Russia’s representative to NATO, Dmitri O. Rogozin, often derided for his forceful style, is now taken more seriously.

More than 200 militants captured in Iraq and Afghanistan over two years have been passed to their countries’ intelligence services.

Violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir flared anew as gunmen attacked an Army post, waging a daylong battle and holding a family hostage after they had barricaded themselves into a home.

Russian commanders said they were growing alarmed at the number of NATO warships sailing into the Black Sea.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper moved to strengthen Canada’s disputed control of the Arctic by announcing stricter registration of ships sailing in the Northwest Passage.

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has announced plans to go to Syria next Wednesday to pursue restoring diplomatic ties.

Excitement is building for the first concert by Paul McCartney in Israel, an epilogue to a tale that began in 1965 when authorities canceled a Beatles concert on “spiritual and cultural” grounds.

Nigeria’s former rebel leader Sekou Conneh refused to accept blame for any wrongdoing during an appearance before a public commission.

The religious leader’s need for a break from his rigorous schedule may raise an alarm for both Chinese authorities and millions of Tibetan Buddhists worldwide.

American military officials sought to refute claims that as many as 90 civilians, most of them children, were killed in airstrikes on a village in western Afghanistan last week.

A ruling upholding the law would be a setback for the conservative federal government of President Felipe Calderón, which challenged the law approved last month in Mexico City.

The two hijackers who had commandeered a jetliner from the Darfur region of Sudan on Tuesday had asked for asylum in Libya, but it was not clear whether their request had been granted.