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One in 10 Indonesians backs suicide bombings Institute conducting survey says findings are a wake-up call for leaders JAKARTA - Eleven percent of the people in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, believe suicide attacks against civilian targets are sometimes justifiable, a...

Playing games to heal wounds in Spain 2 years after terror attacks, some Muslims seek ways to bridge divide MADRID - It's not every day that you have to dodge the police, run away from drug dealers, or figure out how to maneuver a medieval bureaucracy to get a work visa. Surviving such...

200,000 may have died in Algiers insurgency 15-year Islamic rebellion has taken massive toll, human rights official says ALGIERS, Algeria - Up to 200,000 Algerians have died in a 15-year Islamic insurgency, the head of the government human rights body said Saturday — the highest official toll...

U.S. Navy battles suspected pirates, kills 1 American sailors return fire on ship, find weapons cache on board DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Two U.S. Navy warships exchanged gunfire with suspected pirates Saturday off the coast of Somalia, and one suspect was killed and five others were...

French unions and students mass for protests Government pressured to nix law that some fear will make jobs vulnerable PARIS - Protesters and police geared up for mass demonstrations across France on Saturday as pressure mounted on the conservative government to cancel a new law that students...

NEW YORK - New York City and Savannah, Ga., are marking St. Patrick's Day today with the nation's biggest parades. About two million spectators are expected along 5th Avenue in New York, with more than 100,000 expected to march...

‘We’re going to have this problem for a long time,’ researcher says GENEVA - Greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere reached record highs in 2004 and are still climbing, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday. “Global observations coordinated by WMO show that levels of carbon...

Anybody like playing chess around here? I have a board I haven't used in ages, it was collecting dust so I figured I would set it up somewhere and play a round or two of chess via message board. Anybody interested?

Google has extended its mapping operations outside Earth's orbit with the launch of Google Mars. Users can scroll over the surface of the Red Planet and it look at it with a colour coded relief map, an infrared display or an estimation of how the surface would look to the naked eye. "We here...

TORONTO - The winter of 2005-2006 has been Canada's warmest on record and the federal agency Environment Canada said Monday it was investigating whether it's a sign of global warming. Between December and February, the country was 3.9 degrees above normal — the warmest winter season since...

Newfound Ice World Alters Perceptions of Planetary Systems Astronomers announced today the discovery of a frigid extrasolar planet several times larger than Earth orbiting a small red dwarf star roughly 9,000 light years away. The finding alters astronomers' perceptions of planetary system...

Oklahoma man finds 4.21-carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park MURFREESBORO, Ark. - An Oklahoma state trooper making his first visit to Crater of Diamonds State Park on Sunday found a 4.21-carat crystal-shaped diamond, according to the Arkansas Parks and Tourism Department. Martin...

Aussie charged for driving outbackward After 25-mile drive, he explained that reverse was only gear that worked SYDNEY, Australia - Police charged an Australian driver with "reversing further than necessary" after he traveled backward for more than 40 kilometers (25 miles) along one of the...