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Julia Gillard (pictured) was sworn in as the first female prime minister of Australia after incumbent Kevin Rudd decline
Julia Gillard was sworn in as the first female prime minister of Australia after incumbent Kevin Rudd declined to…
The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carried out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and…
WikiLeaks published 75,000 classified documents about the War in Afghanistan in one of the largest leaks in U.S.…
Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255…
Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across Ladakh in Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.
A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku…
Police in Napier, New Zealand, began a 40-hour siege of the home of a former New Zealand Army member who had shot at off
The Sri Lanka Army killed Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader and founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, to bri
North Korea conducted a nuclear test and several other missile tests that were widely condemned internationally and led
War in Afghanistan: British forces began Operation Panther's Claw, in which more than 350 troops made an aerial assault
War in Afghanistan: British forces began Operation Panther's Claw, in which more than 350 troops made an aerial assault
Iranian student Neda Agha-Soltan was shot dead in Tehran during the presidential election protests; footage of her death
Iranian student Neda Agha-Soltan was shot dead in Tehran during the presidential election protests; footage of her death
Jadranka Kosor became the first female prime minister of Croatia.
The last vessels involved in Taurus 09, a Royal Navy training deployment covering 20,400 miles (32,800 km), returned…
The Myanmar military junta and ethnic armies began three days of violent clashes in the region of Kokang.
Fernando Lugo became the first candidate not from the Colorado Party candidate to be elected President of Paraguay in 61
British barrister Mark Saunders was shot dead by police after a five-hour siege at his home in Chelsea, London
Nine bombs placed by the Indian Mujahideen, then an unknown terrorist group, exploded in a 15-minute period in Jaipur, I