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Floods blocked roads in southern China, leaving some 300 teenagers stranded at a school with limited supplies of food and water, an official said Sunday, after days of heavy rain killed at least 15 people.

About 550,000 people have fled their homes in southern China after heavy rains toppled ...

Pete Sampras has arrived at the All England Club to watch Roger Federer and Andy Roddick play in the men's final at Wimbledon.

Federer is trying to win his 15th Grand Slam title on Sunday, which would better Sampras' mark by one.

Sampras had not been back to the ...

The official in line to be Alaska governor when Sarah Palin resigns this month says she talked to him about the toll that ethics investigations has taken on her.

Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell says Palin cited the millions of dollars being spent to deal with document requests and other ...

The spiritual leaders of the Orthodox Christian churches in Istanbul and Russia led Sunday prayers together in a show of unity after years of jostling for influence.

Istanbul Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said the two churches must overcome differences, though he stressed his church's status as "first among equals ...

Iraqis are skeptical that much will change after last week's pullback of U.S. combat troops from Baghdad and other cities, a sentiment not shared by their government.

The government declared the June 30 pullback National Sovereignty Day and celebrated it with a military parade and noisy street celebrations ...

One of the impoverished child stars from "Slumdog Millionaire" will move from his shanty home in one of Mumbai's more wretched slums into a new apartment next week, his mother said Sunday.

"On Friday we got the keys," said Shameem Ismail, the mother of child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail ...

Russia's president says Moscow plans to improve its ties with the Vatican.

Tensions between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches over property disputes and other issues have so far made it impossible for any pope to visit Moscow.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Italian reporters in an interview ...

Iran TV announces the release of Greek journalist after two weeks of detention.

Three suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA who were captured in France were wanted for violent acts within Spain and had been on the run from police for months, the interior minister said Sunday.

Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba named the suspects as Itziar Plaza, Iurgi Garitagoitia and Asier ...

Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, is going after people who attacked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor because of her stand in favor of affirmative action.

Powell, who's from the same Bronx neighborhood in New York as Sotomayor, said she should face "a spirited set ...

Colin Powell says the U.S. took too long to strengthen its forces in Iraq after Baghdad fell early in the war.

Powell, the nation's top military officer under President George H.W. Bush and secretary of state for President George W. Bush, said the decision to use a ...

Heavy shelling between Somali rebels and government forces near the presidential palace killed at least 12 people on Sunday, witnesses said, and the prime minister looked for help from more African Union peacekeepers.

Prime minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke said more AU troops were expected soon to back his forces ...

Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman.

The United States Park Police said Barry, a current D.C. Council member, was arrested Saturday in Washington after a woman flagged down an officer and complained that Barry was stalking her.

Barry was ...

A cricket umpire has died after being struck on the head by a ball.

Alcwyn Jenkins collapsed after the blow during a Welsh cricket league match in Swansea on Saturday. He was 72.

The game between Swansea and Llangennech in the South Wales Association's Division One was halted.

The last man to win a true Grand Slam in tennis thinks it could happen again.

Rod Laver won all four of the sport's most prestigious tournaments in 1962 and 1969, and he said Sunday at Wimbledon that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are both capable of matching the ...

Israel's defense minister said Sunday he hopes to reach a "wider understanding" on regional peace when he meets Washington's Mideast envoy this week, but gave no indication the sides have resolved a dispute over settlement construction in the West Bank.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Israel's point man ...

President Barack Obama said strengthening human rights and the rule of law in Russia should be a part of the much-heralded "reset" in U.S.-Russian relations, according to an interview with an embattled Russian opposition newspaper.

Obama also said he applauded President Dmitry Medvedev's efforts to reform Russia ...

A year ago, plenty of people were feeling sorry for Roger Federer. They were sending him letters with good wishes or _ believe it or not _ tennis tips. They were offering advice about how to deal with a perceived drop in performance and ideas for how to beat Rafael Nadal.

"If ...

Credit the recession for "staycations" and bringing us more game-night parties at home. But also give it a shout for spurring more first dates.

Economic woes, it seems, unleash something practically primal in many of us who find ourselves without a partner: a hard-wired desire for companionship.

Some singles are ...

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't wait long to give some hint of what her political life might look like after she leaves office at the end of the month.

After staying out of the public eye for most of Saturday, a day after abruptly announcing she would soon give ...