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Dec 27, 2013
1:05 am
This was the year that Bitcoin, a virtual currency that can be traded anonymously via peer-to-peer exchanges, emerged from the shadows of crypto-e-commerce into the global spotlight.
Dec 27, 2013
1:05 am
Analysis: For the holiday season, a look at the foreign adventures this year that have brought joy and heartbreak to America and its, ahem, allies.
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Dec 27, 2013
1:05 am
Earth felt the full wrath of Mother Nature this year, with massive storms, wildfires and earthquakes.
Dec 27, 2013
10:41 am
The government of South Sudan announced it was "committed to an immediate ceasefire" on Friday, urging rebel leader Riek Machar to do the same.
Dec 26, 2013
5:25 pm
But the Kurdistan Regional Government's hold on stability is complicated by campaigns for Kurdish rights next door in Syria.
Dec 27, 2013
12:52 pm
A federal judge in New York has ruled that the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ phone records is lawful.
Dec 27, 2013
10:00 am
Back to the future in Egypt, Pussy Riot's punk rebellion continues, 2013's list of naughty and nice, and Thailand still wants a few good men.
Aug 1, 2013
6:02 am
As the topless feminist protest group FEMEN expands from its base in Ukraine, it’s finding the costs of its activism are growing.
Nov 15, 2013
1:49 am
Here are some of the most patronizing campaigns aimed at helping a very large and diverse continent. Fortunately, some Africans are starting to turn the tables.
Dec 26, 2013
9:34 am
China's political elite paid homage to Mao, visiting his mausoleum in Tiananmen Square, though it appears the party avoided fervent praise.
Dec 26, 2013
10:53 am
Many in the Central African Republic insist that the origins of the bloodshed have little to do with religion.
Dec 26, 2013
1:21 pm
Several thousand people are now believed to have been killed in a week-and-a-half of fighting in South Sudan.
Dec 26, 2013
9:58 am
The Muslim Brotherhood was Egypt's best organized political force until this summer's crackdown.
Dec 26, 2013
2:02 am
ISON was supposed to be the comet of the century. Turns out it's just is the Best Comet of 2013.
Dec 26, 2013
2:01 am
Watchdog groups question the bank’s new plan to give the private sector a central role.
Dec 26, 2013
6:44 am
Analysis: Global risk is lurking for Joe CEO.
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Dec 26, 2013
8:44 am
China's official Xinhua news agency said the Japanese leader "knows perfectly what he is doing and the consequences."
Jul 16, 2013
6:03 am
A bloody massacre in the streets of Cairo challenges the army's version of events.
Dec 23, 2013
12:28 am
Commentary: As we approach the 20th anniversary of one of humanity's darkest moments, a look forward in five parts.
Sep 1, 2013
6:02 am
Some Koreans cry foul over K-Pop’s growing raunchiness. Others revel in it.
Dec 25, 2013
7:09 am
Once a safe haven for Middle Eastern Christians, Syria has become a place where Christians are targeted for kidnapping and murder.
Dec 25, 2013
1:18 am
East German woodcarvers who helped keep the Christmas market tradition alive are still in demand.
Dec 25, 2013
8:40 am
Pakistan, surprisingly, was founded on the idea of religious tolerance. On Dec. 25, a divided nation remembers the man whose vision of a secular state didn't materialize.
Dec 24, 2013
6:31 pm
Children born today will 'never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves — an unrecorded, unanalyzed thought,' the NSA leaker said.
Dec 25, 2013
3:31 am
The UN humanitarian chief in the country has given the first clear indication of the scale of the conflict engulfing South Sudan.
Protesters called on Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to step down, as the political turmoil caused by a corruption probe spread. 2:44 pm
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