The death toll from a tunnel collapse last week at an underground mine training facility in Indonesia has risen to 21 after emergency workers recovered more bodies from the rubble, the mining company said Tuesday.

Raha Moharrak is the first Saudi woman to ever climb Mount Everest. CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva reports.

Emergency teams sift through rubble in Oklahoma suburbs where up to 91 people are feared dead.

At 17, Sonali Mukherjee's life changed in a instant when three men threw acid on her. She lost her ability to see, hear, eat, walk and talk. Ten years and 27 surgeries later, she is still fighting for justice and her recovery.

It's the staple of almost every kung fu action film ever made: the hero is targeted for revenge after teaching the deadly and closely guarded secrets of the martial art to outsiders and, even worse, foreigners.

She never displayed the boundless energy of other children -- all she seemed to do was cry,

Twelve people killed in blasts in capital and beyond amid escalating violence.

It is 6am and Sue Biggs is surveying the preparations for the 100th anniversary of the Chelsea Flower Show.

Officers die in Herat province roadside bomb blast as police and troops engage in deadly battle with Taliban in Helmand.

Vice president amends constitution to allow President Evo Morales to stand for election in 2015.

A glass microscope slide with a trace of the late Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi's blood is among an array of memorabilia due to be sold at auction Tuesday in England.

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China's Xi Will Meet Obama Earlier Than Expected
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China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than expected, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat ...
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Sixteen men and boat seized two weeks ago by armed group released, easing tensions between the two traditional allies.

Ghana's fast growing economy is experiencing a building boom - the BBC's George Alagiah takes a tour of a new luxury apartment in Accra.

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Spain hosts talks seeking to unify diverse opposition against Assad and forge a common position on Syria's conflict.

US president declares major disaster with 91 people feared dead and scores more injured and missing.

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Military fires back after Israeli patrol on Golan Heights comes under fire from Syria
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JERUSALEM – The Israeli military says gunfire from Syria hit an Israeli patrol on the Golan Heights overnight, damaging a vehicle and prompting the troops to fire back. The military said on Tuesday that the Israeli troops reported a "direct hit" from the return ...
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President Obama has welcomed Burma's president, Thein Sein, to the White House.

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Guatemala's top court annuls Rios Montt genocide conviction
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By Mike McDonald. GUATEMALA CITY | Tue May 21, 2013 12:43am EDT. GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's highest court on Monday overturned a genocide conviction against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and reset his trial back to when a ...
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