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The World's Billionaires

What's a half billion dollars worth? Enough to put Carlos Slim Helu ahead of Bill Gates on Forbes' list of the 10 richest people in the world.

Partial vote results released in Iraq

Partial vote results in Iraq's historic election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation's prime minister and a secular challenger who

UK to Facebook: Install 'panic button'

British officials say they're pressuring Facebook to make a "panic button" available on its Web pages following the death of a teenager at the hands of a man

Magnitude 7.2 aftershock rocks Chile

A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and immediately urged

2 charged in vicious attack on tourist

Two Australian teenagers have been charged in a brutal attack in a Sydney train station on a Canadian tourist in a wheelchair.

Slim becomes 'world's richest' person

Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the first man from a developing nation to become the world's richest person — a shift that underlines the loosening of

Greece hit by strikes, riots over plan

Serious street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as some 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike

World airlines see blue skies ahead

Global airlines are undergoing a surprisingly strong recovery with Asian and Latin American carriers leading the way, the leading industry group said Thursday

Spain marks anniv. of Madrid bombings

— Hours after terrorist bombs ripped through Madrid commuter trains six years ago Thursday, an outpouring of grief engulfed the city, with people flocking to

US, Italy raid Mafia in NY, Sicily

A suspected member of the Gambino crime family and two of his sons have been arrested on bankruptcy fraud charges in New York in a series of Mafia-related

Obama renews US help for Haiti

President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President

Trial begins over death of US activist

The family of an American activist who was fatally crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza accused the Israeli military of whitewashing its investigation into

Aid group attacked in NW Pakistan

Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of a Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday,

Pope's brother praised for his apology

An apology by the pope's brother for not doing anything to stop the abuse of students in the 1960s is a "wonderful sign" that the church plans to get to the

Swedish papers publish Muhammad drawing

At least three Swedish newspapers on Wednesday published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog after an alleged plot to murder the

Israel apologizes for embarrassing VP

Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Joe Biden with its announcement of 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem, but made

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