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Turk goes on trial in Switzerland for denying Armenian genocide

Dogu Perincek, head of the Turkish Workers' Party, called the Armenian genocide "an international lie" during a speech in 2005.

Killings of journalists on the rise worldwide, report says

A global study tracking fatalities among journalists or press staff has been published, stating that more than 1,000 people have been killed over the last decade, with yearly figures on a steady incline since 2000.

High Court in Britain lifts some restrictions on BBC

The High Court on Tuesday lifted restrictions that had prevented the broadcaster from publicizing developments in a scandal over the alleged trade of high honors for campaign contributions.

Himmler tried to get rid of the human evidence

Gestapo chief's order on Nazi camps is among a storehouse of papers, long sealed, that are the focus of intense diplomacy among the 11 nations.

Royal and Merkel do some 'female bonding'

Despite their differences in style and politics, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the French Socialist candidate for president, S�gol�ne Royal, signaled after talks Tuesday that they both plan to carry on with the French-German partnership.

United States Briefs: Dole and Shalala lead military hospital inquiry

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2 American women poisoned in Russia

The women were in serious condition Tuesday after ingesting the deadly poison thallium, Russian media and hospital officials said.

U.S. releases report on human rights in 2006

In its annual report, the State Department on Tuesday declared the genocide in Darfur to be the world's gravest human rights abuse, and it issued tough critiques of Iran and North Korea.

Dismissed U.S. prosecutors take their cases to the Senate

A fired U.S. prosecutor told a Senate committee Tuesday that he felt "leaned on" and sickened as Senator Pete Domenici, Republican of New Mexico, hung up on him in disgust last autumn when told that indictments in a corruption case against Democrats would not be issued before elections.

Bush tour aims to counter neighbors' leftward shift

With a stop in S�o Paulo on Thursday, George W. Bush will begin a tour that is meant to counter a leftward and anti-American trend in the region that is led by President Hugo Ch�vez of Venezuela.

U.S. urges North Korea to come clean on uranium enrichment

In the first talks between the two countries on U.S. soil since 2002, the U.S. chief negotiator called on Pyongyang to uphold its end of the deal reached in February and offer full transparency on its nuclear program.

Libby is convicted on 4 of 5 counts

I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted Tuesday of lying to FBI agents and grand jurors who were investigating the unmasking of a CIA operative amid a burning dispute over the war in Iraq.

Former Cheney aide found guilty in CIA leak case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted on Tuesday of lying and obstructing an investigation into who blew the cover of a CIA analyst in an effort to deflect criticism of the Iraq war.

Shooting of Putin critic in U.S. raises questions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The shooting of a Russia expert near Washington days after he publicly criticized President Vladimir Putin has all the makings of a spy thriller, but police say it was most likely a random street crime.

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