Tim Hetherington, the Oscar-nominated co-director of the 2010 film "Restrepo" and Vanity Fair contributing photographer, was killed Wednesday in the western city of Misrata, Libya, amid a battle between rebel and government forces.
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France and Italy are joining Britain in sending military officers to Libya to help rebel forces organize and to bolster the NATO air campaign that has failed to rout Gadhafi's military.
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Protesters took to Syrian streets, mosques and universities on Wednesday and planned demonstrations for Friday that could prove a watershed moment for a family autocracy that has ruled the country for more than four decades.
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Protesters clashed with police in southeast Turkey for the second day after several Kurdish parliamentary candidates were disqualified from national election ballots in June.
Parcel bombs sent to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and two prominent supporters of the Glasgow soccer club were live devices police said, the latest example of sectarian violence that is often played out among soccer fans.
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Gunmen on motorcycles sped by and opened fire on hundreds of demonstrators camped out in the early hours of the morning Wednesday in a Yemeni port city, killing one and wounding several protesters, an opposition activist said.
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RWE Chief Jürgen Grossmann criticized the German government's temporary suspension of the country's seven oldest nuclear plants following the crisis in Japan, saying the forced shutdown was hasty.
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The European Commission said it is seeking a 4.9% rise in the European Union's budget for 2012, a move that immediately ran into national opposition.
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European companies are being unfairly shut out of much of China's huge market for public procurement, according to a study by the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, which echoed previous complaints by foreign firms.
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Russia has abandoned an effort to transform its army by creating combat-ready units staffed by professional soldiers, not draftees, posing problems for the Kremlin.
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Unreliable data on oil production—starting with the world's largest exporter, Saudi Arabia—are adding to the price volatility triggered by unrest in the Middle East, despite efforts to improve transparency.
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Figures released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed that only five of the 38 nations that have committed to stamp out bribery of foreign officials imposed penalties during 2010.
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The head of the International Energy Agency called on China to more quickly reduce subsidies on gasoline, diesel and electricity, saying that prices should reflect the fact that the age of cheap energy is over.
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The Bank of Thailand raised its benchmark rate for a fourth straight meeting, continuing its normalization efforts as inflationary pressure builds.
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Several members of the U.N.'s top human rights body are pressing for an emergency meeting to examine the government crackdowns against popular protests that have swept the Mideast and North Africa.
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Japan's government is considering prohibiting people from entering an evacuation area within a 20-kilometer radius of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Housing prices are rising rapidly in Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Singapore, South Africa and Sweden. Housing prices are flat—or falling—in Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the U.S. Welcome to the two-speed global economy.
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will raise China's human rights record in talks with President Hu Jintao during her first official visit to the country April 25-27.
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Singapore dissolved parliament Tuesday and set May 7 as the date for a general election in which the ruling party is expected to face its toughest political challenge in decades.
As they push deeper into China, the world's largest car market, automakers are using a major trade fair to tout eco-friendly vehicles of the future and luxury cars that they say will power sales.
Relations between Poland and Lithuania deteriorated to a new low when Poland summoned its neighbor's ambassador to express anger over what it called "the atmosphere of hostility" toward the Polish minority in Lithuania.
Here is a roundup of news from Indian newspapers, news wires and Web sites on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. The Wall Street Journal has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
The Metropolitan Opera plans to proceed with a tour to Japan this summer, citing the U.S. State Department's lifting of its travel advisory to Tokyo.
The U.S. embassy in Seoul showed off the new electric powered Chevrolet Volt because its key component came from South Korea.
Mohammed El Senussi, the exiled crown prince of Libya, said in Brussels that he is ready to serve as king of a new Libya, or work on the transition to a republican democracy.
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In today's pictures, a Christian woman takes part in a baptism in the Jordan River, Italian police investigate a recently found ancient mausoleum, cyclists race across Belgium, reindeer show their strength and more.
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China is accelerating efforts to push its currency deeper into world markets, racing ahead with moves toward a new financial ecosystem with the yuan at its center.
In today's pictures, Libyan orphans await aid, a wildfire darkens the sunset in Texas, a sunny day calls for ice cream in England, and more.
Grete Waitz, a Norwegian runner who won nine New York City Marathons and the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57 years old.
A Florida-born artist has become the leading agent provocateur of the nascent Afghan art scene.
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