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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of students demonstrating in Venezuela's capital Thursday, a fifth day of protests against President Hugo Chavez for forcing an opposition TV channel off cable and satellite....

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A frightened, shivering dog was rescued after floating at least 75 miles (120 kilometers) on an ice floe down Poland's Vistula River and into the Baltic Sea, officials said Thursday....

LONDON (AP) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned Thursday that foreign troops must stay in his country for another decade, as world powers agreed on an exit map including a plan to persuade Taliban fighters to disarm in exchange for jobs and homes....

PARIS (AP) -- A court ruled Thursday that former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin did not take part in a smear campaign against President Nicolas Sarkozy, a verdict that means the two rivals may soon be sparring in the political arena again....

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A 16-year-old girl pulled from the rubble more than two weeks after a deadly earthquake was in stable condition Thursday, able to eat yogurt and mashed vegetables to the surprise of doctors, who said her survival was medically inexplicable....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran on Thursday executed two men accused of involvement in an armed anti-government group, as the public prosecutor announced that new death sentences have been issued against opposition activists involved in protests over June's disputed presidential election....

LONDON (AP) -- A British doctor who claimed links between a common children's vaccine and autism failed in his duties and acted against the interest of the children in his care, a medical panel ruled Thursday....

LONDON (AP) -- A British doctor who claimed links between a common children's vaccine and autism failed in his duties and acted against the interest of the children in his care, a medical panel ruled Thursday....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- A key al-Qaida in Iraq figure involved in smuggling hundreds of suicide bombers across the border from Syria has been killed in a raid in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said Thursday....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A U.S.-based human rights group on Thursday rejected a Hamas claim that it did not target civilians during last year's war against Israel, putting new pressure on the Islamic militant group days ahead of a U.N. deadline to respond to war crimes allegations....

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Laying out his strategy for long-term economic growth, a possible future leader of China said Thursday that Beijing would seek to boost domestic consumer demand to drive forward its booming economy and move away from an over-reliance on export markets....

LONDON (AP) -- World stock markets fell Thursday after economic data reignited fears about the pace of the U.S. economic recovery, while the euro slid to a six-month low against the dollar as traders fretted about the public finances in Portugal as well as Greece....

KABUL (AP) -- U.S. soldiers shot and killed an Afghan cleric as he drove Thursday with his young son near an American base on the eastern edge of Kabul, underscoring the dangers facing civilians despite NATO efforts to minimize casualties....

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A Somali boy who was horribly disfigured months ago by a stray bullet in Somalia's violent capital has died just days after undergoing reconstructive surgery in neighboring Kenya, his doctors said Thursday....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Search crews used sonar Thursday to scan the sea floor for a crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet after a U.S. Navy vessel picked up a beacon from the plane's black box almost a mile below the surface....

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Helicopters are struggling to bring out Machu Picchu tourists stranded by mudslides, yet new arrivals are swelling the numbers of those hunkered down in villages near the Inca citadel, complaining of a lack of food, water and accommodations....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq could halt the use of a scandal-ridden bomb detection device if an investigation backs up charges that the units are ineffective, the interior minister said....

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A dog found floating cold and alone on an ice floe in the Baltic Sea has been rescued and brought to shore, where the search for his owner has begun....

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was released from the hospital early Thursday after suffering from an attack of high blood pressure just before he was to leave for an economic summit in Switzerland....

TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota says it is recalling 75,500 vehicles in China for the same gas pedal problem behind the U.S. and European recalls....