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Protesters reacts, during a anti-government rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 20, 2010. Thousands of protesters rallied Saturday in several cities across Russia to protest the government's economic policy and demand more political freedoms. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Russians Protest Economic Conditions, Lack of Freedom

Thousands rally throughout the country, demanding resignation of PM Putin

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Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful during his weekly general audience at St. Peter's square at The Vatican, 17 Mar 2010

Pope Apoligizes for 'Generations' of Sex Abuse by Irish Catholic Clergy

Pope Benedict orders investigation into Irish church but stops short of admitting any Vatican responsibility

British Airways Crew Strike Will Cost Airline Millions

Many flights are being canceled and it will cost the airline millions of dollars in lost revenue

Cartoonist Defender Asks Muslims to Accept Free Speech Principles

Robert Russell heads Cartoonist Rights Network

Map of Turkey

US Holds Firm on Issue of 1915 Massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks

Recently House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee passed non-binding resolution recognizing mass killings as genocide

Greek PM George Papandreou listens to questions during a media conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, 18 Mar 2010

Greece May Still Ask a Reluctant EU for Financial Help

PM has said Greece may ask IMF for a bailout in attempt to help his country out of financial crisis that threatens to destabilize euro

EU Confronts Iran on Satellite Jamming

European allies say they they are prepared to take action against Iran's jamming if the practice is not halted

Turkey Indicts 33 in Anti-Government Plot

Officials say suspects were planning to assassinate prominent members of country's Christian and Jewish communities

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (3rd L) during a meeting with Russian officials outside Moscow, 19 Mar 2010

US, Russia on Brink of Arms Agreement

US secretary of state says both countries are encouraged by progress negotiators are making on a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (l) and Russian FM Sergey Lavrov before their talks in Moscow, 18 Mar 2010

Clinton Urges Russia to Delay Launch of Iran's Nuclear Power Plant

US Secretary of State says move would be "premature" when Iran has yet to prove peaceful nature of its nuclear program

Bosnian Muslim women weep near the coffin of a relative among coffins of Srebrenica victims displayed at a memorial center of Potocari near Srebrenica, Bosnia, 10 Jul 2009

Retired US General: Gay Dutch Troops Contributed to Srebrenica Massacre

Gen. John Sheehan says Netherlands' inclusion of gays in military rendered peacekeeping troops unable to prevent slaughter in 1995

A wall-sized poster depicting the faces of 90 survivors of the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, in Yerevan, Armenia, 20 Apr 2005

Was 1915 Massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks Genocide?

Historians agree Armenians were massacred by Ottoman Empire during World War I, but not all agree that it was genocide

Greek PM George Papandreou listens to questions during a media conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, 18 Mar 2010

Greek PM Pleads for Lower Interest Rates on Debt

Papandreou tells EU lawmakers Greece cannot sustain austerity plan without lower interest rates for borrowed money

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (l) and Russian FM Sergey Lavrov before their talks in Moscow, 18 Mar 2010

US, Russia Close to Arms Reduction Agreement

Russian FM says negotiations are in final stage; US secretary of state cites 'substantial progress' in talks

Ukraine

Book Burning in Ukraine Stokes Controversy About History

Russian nationalists in Crimea burn Ukrainian history textbooks to protest what they say are distortions of the past