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A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck off the northern Japanese coast.

Iraq's president says he'll reject a draft law that would pave the way for provincial elections, saying the measure would only worsen sectarian rifts among Iraqis.

German police have arrested a man who drove his car through a security barricade and tried to pour red paint around the site where Barack Obama is giving a speech Thursday.

A former Bosnian Serb leader's secret life on the run included keeping a mistress, running a health clinic and hanging out at a Belgrade pub called "The Madhouse."

Nigeria's main militant group is threatening to destroy the country's major oil pipelines within 30 days.

A British man who faked his death in a $500,000 insurance scam has been sentenced to more than six years in jail.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is praising U.S. participation in the latest round of nuclear talks with Tehran as a "positive step forward."

It appears China's government will allow some public protests during next month's Olympics.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is meeting with North Korea's top diplomat in Singapore, ending a four-year hiatus in cabinet-level contacts between the Bush administration and the Stalinist state over its nuclear program.

Officials now say five people were hurt in Jerusalem today when a Palestinian attacker rammed a construction vehicle into three cars and a bus.