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General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong secured more than 80 percent of the votes from delegates at a party congress to win election to the Central Committee, one of the two pillars of the ruling establishment says several delegates
In ‘Letters Never Sent,’ Mirjam Bolle writes about dark bureaucracy of Jewish intermediaries responsible for implementing Nazi orders
Government memo says there is intelligence that 13 Taliban fighters recently entered country from neighboring Afghanistan and were planning suicide attacks on schools across Pakistan
US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and slew of American business executives meeting in Nigeria to encourage trade they say will create jobs on both continents
Temperatures plunge to a low of 16.1 degrees C (61 F); schools in Bangkok advised parents to bundle up their little ones with extra warm clothing
Thirty children from around the world posed questions in letters to the pope and letters were poignantly illustrated with their own artwork
CEO Jack Dorsey posts statement to microblogging service saying that Alex Roetter, Skip Schipper, Katie Stanton and Kevin Weil are exiting company
Facebook Sports Stadium debuts at NFL's conference championship games and then Super Bowl
Adventurer has died after suffering exhaustion and dehydration while attempting to become the first person to cross the Antarctic alone and unsupported
Officials hope to line pipes in chemical to contain lead, make water safe to drink; Flint mayor estimates price of $1.5 billion to replace damaged pipes
College Board, the New York-based testing firm, that oversees registrations for the SAT, says 45 testing centers were affected, but it could not immediately say how many students were due to take the tests this weekend
Exhibit includes unique work of artist that use ordinary clothing buttons and convert them into contemporary art
His wife, He Fangmei, says she last spoke to her husband, Li Xin, on Jan. 11 when he was riding a train in Thailand; she fears the journalist was taken back to China by Chinese security forces
With two women running for president and an increased focus on policies to support two-income families, this is shaping up as a different kind of presidential election in the United States
Curfew is aimed at curtailing growing unrest over unemployment as protests across the country descended into vandalism in several cities
Rising animosity personifies the struggle between insurgent conservative outsiders and old guard establishment
With a massive 1.25 billion population in India, including 6 million new Internet users every month, Silicon Valley tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft have set sights on expanding in the Indian market
Five restaurants are being prosecuted while 30 others, ranging from Shanghai dumpling joints to noodle shops in southwestern Chongqing, are under investigation
Stockpiled reels from 1930s to 1970s depict war and military life; digital versions eventually will go online
While diplomats, aid workers and UN officials say they are exploring all options to reach besieged communities, they say airdrops face deep complications both political and logistical
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