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AP Top International News At 5:42 a.m. EST
Ukraine vote count shows win for Yanukovych
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Opposition candidate Viktor Yanukovych has narrowly defeated Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine's bitterly fought presidential race, a preliminary vote count showed Wednesday....
Britain discloses secret data on terror prisoner
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's government on Wednesday disclosed once-secret information on the treatment of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who says he was tortured in U.S. custody, losing an extended court battle to keep the material classified....
Greek unions launch 1st assault on austerity plan
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A civil servants' strike grounded flights and shut down public services across Greece on Wednesday, as labor unions mounted their first major challenge to austerity measures in the debt-plagued country....
Doctor says vendor may have been in rubble 27 days
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The tale seems dubious: that a rice vendor survived 27 days trapped under the rubble of a flea market following Haiti's devastating earthquake....
Iran rewards Basij militia with political clout
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- During an Iranian government meeting late last month, a top adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brought a proposal to expand the political voice of a group more known for its street muscle: the civilian militia corps called the Basij....
Officials: Afghan avalanches kill 157 people
KABUL (AP) -- The death toll from massive avalanches that blocked a mountain pass north of Kabul soared to 157, as hundreds more remained trapped in their snowbound vehicles, Afghan officials said Wednesday....
Political supporters clash in streets of Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Government supporters hurled stones at thousands of opposition activists demonstrating against the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday....
China jails young man for joining political party
BEIJING (AP) -- A 20-year-old factory worker who joined a banned political party because he was unhappy with one-party rule in China was sentenced to jail for 18 months Wednesday, his mother said....
Arrested Tijuana cops were hailed as models
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Just a few weeks ago, the two officers were lauded as part of a new breed of honest cop, elevated to become key players in a drive to overhaul one of Mexico's most notorious police forces....
Toyota starts fixing Priuses recalled in Japan
TOKYO (AP) -- Prius owners in Japan are rushing to dealers for repairs a day after Toyota's president announced a global recall for a glitch in the car's antilock brake system....
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