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Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years on Monday.

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Israel demands French TV correct 13-year-old report on boy's death

JERUSALEM - Israel demanded a French television station on Sunday correct a report from nearly 13 years ago which helped fuel anger across the world and ignite a bloody uprising against the Jewish state.

Israel 5:09pm EDT

Militants kill 10 Iraq policemen in checkpoint attacks

RAMADI, Iraq - - Militants killed at least 10 Iraqi policemen in a series of attacks on checkpoints in the West of the country on Sunday, police and local officials said.

Iraq 6:29pm EDT

Nigeria offers amnesty to insurgents who surrender

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Nigeria offered an amnesty on Sunday to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast.

Africa 6:02pm EDT

Canadian prime minister's top aide quits over expenses scandal

OTTAWA - The top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper abruptly resigned on Sunday over his role in an mounting expenses scandal which is threatening to undermine the Conservative government.

3:57pm EDT

Protesting Egyptian police block Israel border crossing

CAIRO - Egyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel on Sunday to pressure the Cairo government to help free the men, security sources said.

Egypt 3:17pm EDT