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Prime Minister Julia Gillard is announcing that her party will vote next week on its leadership.

A U.N. spokesman says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is dispatching his top humanitarian official to Syria to survey the situation there and renew the call for urgent access of aid.

The president of Afghanistan is appealing for calm, amid continued protests over the burning of Muslim holy books at a U.S. military base.

President Hugo Chavez has raised serious doubts about whether he'll have the stamina for a successful re-election bid.

A French government spokeswoman says Marie Colvin and French photojournalist Remi Ochlik were killed by government troops shelling Homs.

A spokesman for the international military force in Afghanistan says findings from an investigation into the burning of Muslim holy books at a NATO base may come out as early as today.

Kevin Rudd has resigned amid an ongoing leadership squabble, saying he cannot continue in his role without the support of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Officials say a packed train has slammed into the end of the line in a busy train station in Buenos Aires, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters.

An Egyptian judge has set June 2nd as the date for the verdict and sentencing in the trial of ex-President Hosni Mubarak.

Italian authorities say divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia have found what appears to be four more bodies on the cruise ship.