49 dead in Buenos Aires train crash

Paramedics carry away wounded passengers from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, today. By Leonardo Zavattaro, Telam, via AP

Paramedics carry away wounded passengers from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, today. By Leonardo Zavattaro, Telam, via AP BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires’ busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters as passenger More...

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Police and rescue workers surround a train that crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on February 22, 2012. At least 340 people were injured in the accident, authorities informed. JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
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Train wreck in Argentina injures at least 340 commuters

Police and rescue workers surround a train that crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on February 22, 2012. At least 340 people were injured in the accident, authorities informed. JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/GETTY More...

Forensic photographs obtained exclusively by ABC News show an explosive device hidden in a handheld radio allegedly designed to be used in a failed bombing attack in Bangkok, Thailand. Three Iranian suspects were taken into custody for their alleged role in the plot. (ABC News)
On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
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Iranian Hit Squad Hid Bombs in Radios

Forensic photographs obtained exclusively by ABC News show an explosive device hidden in a handheld radio allegedly designed to be used in a failed bombing attack in Bangkok, Thailand. Three Iranian suspects were More...

Unearthed in Western Australia, the Argyle Pink Jubilee is a rare pink diamond (Image: Rio Tinto)
On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
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Australia’s largest rough pink diamond unearthed

An Australian mining company says it has found a 12.76-carat pink diamond, the largest rough pink diamond found in the country. The rare diamond was found at Rio Tinto’s Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia’s More...

An Afghan man shouts anti-U.S slogans near a pile of wood and tyres, set on fire by the protesters, during a protest outside the U.S. military base in Bagram, north of Kabul February 21, 2012. More than 2,000 Afghans protested outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday over a report that foreign troops had improperly disposed of copies of the Koran and other religious items, Afghan officials said. Credit: Reuters/Mohammad Ismail
On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
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U.S. Embassy in Kabul on lockdown amid protests

An Afghan man shouts anti-U.S slogans near a pile of wood and tyres, set on fire by the protesters, during a protest outside the U.S. military base in Bagram, north of Kabul February 21, 2012. More than 2,000 Afghans More...

Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd speaks at a news conference in Paris in this January 19, 2012 file photo. Rudd resigned on February 22, 2012 amid speculation he was going to mount a bid to topple Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Credit: Reuters/Charles Platiau/Files
On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
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Australian foreign minister quits in leadership crisis

CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigned his ministry on Wednesday, saying he could no longer work with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, stoking speculation he would mount a leadership More...

Herman Nackaerts (L), head of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), checks in for a flight to Iran next to other IAEA delegates at the international airport in Vienna February 19, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Herwig Prammer
On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
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UN watchdog says nuclear talks with Iran failed

VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it had failed to secure an agreement withIran during two days of talks over disputed atomic activities and that the Islamic Republic had rejected More...

A woman casts her vote during the presidential elections at a polling station in Al Hasaba neighborhood in Sanaa February 21, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah
On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
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Violence as Yemen elects candidate to replace toppled leader

SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) – Separatist violence in the south loomed over a presidential election in Yemen that had just a single candidate, but Washington praised the vote ending three decades of rule by its More...

A damaged armoured vehicle belonging to the Syrian army is seen in the Syrian district of al-Khalidya in Homs February 20, 2012. Syrian government forces killed at least 16 people and wounded some 340 on Tuesday when they unleashed a heavy artillery barrage on a rebel-held district of the city of Homs, activists said. Picture taken February 20, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Stringer
On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
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U.S. signals possibility of arming Syrian rebels

WASHINGTON/AMMAN (Reuters) – The United States appeared to open the door to eventually arming Syria’s opposition, saying that if a political solution to the crisis was impossible it might have to consider More...

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
On Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
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Greece to get $170 billion bailout

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) BRUSSELS (AP) – After more than 12 hours of talks, the countries that use the euro reached an agreement early Tuesday to hand Greece €130 More...