Former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, center, meets with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, and his wife Sarah Brown as she arrives at 10 Downing Street in London Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Thatcher will unveil a portrait of herself inside the prime minister's official London residence.

UK's Thatcher sweeps back to 10 Downing Street

Former British leader Margaret Thatcher returned to London's Downing Street Monday as she unveiled her own portrait, which has been installed in the official residence of Britain's prime minister. 1259002472 Photo Gallery Available

Sri Lanka president calls for early election

Sri Lanka's president signed a decree Monday calling for early elections, hoping to take advantage of his popularity after ending the country's 25-year civil war to win a new six-year term. 1258989097

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, now known as Tuol Sleng genocide museum, is seen in the court room of the U.N.-backed tribunal, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Also known as Duch, Kaing Guek Eav is charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder and torture, and is the first of five defendants scheduled for long-delayed trials by the tribunal.

Trial of Khmer Rouge prison chief in final stage

The genocide trial of a prison chief for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge entered its final stage Monday, as closing arguments began in the historic effort to assign responsibility for the deaths of 1.7 million people three decades ago. 1258998682 Video Available Photo Gallery Available

An Indonesia police officer, center, talks with Michelle Ahmed as Sarah Willis walks by them at the two English teachers' home after unidentified gunmen fired shots at it in Darussalam, Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Officials say gunfire hit the home of the two American lecturers in Indonesia's western province of Aceh. No one was injured.

Gunfire at home of US teachers in Indonesia's Aceh

Gunfire hit the home of two American lecturers in Indonesia's western province of Aceh on Monday, but no one was injured. 1258989114 Photo Gallery Available

Australian blames Scientology for brother's death

A man who blames the Church of Scientology for his brother's suicide added his voice Monday to calls for an Australia Senate inquiry into the religion. 1258989086

Attack on election convoy kills 21 Filipinos

Dozens of gunmen hijacked a convoy carrying journalists, and family and supporters of a candidate for provincial governor, killing at least 21 of the travelers Monday in the southern Philippines' worst political violence in years. 1258990250

The Mistral French amphibious assault ship/helicopter carrier/hospital ship docks on the Neva River in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, with one of the city landmarks, St. Isaac's Cathedral, in the background. Russia is planning to buy a Mistral-class ship worth 400-500 million euros (around $600-$750 million) from France. Russian Navy and defense industry experts are expected to inspect the ship during the visit.

France shows off cutting-edge navy ship in Russia

A cutting-edge French warship sailed into St. Petersburg Monday to show off its capabilities to potential buyers in the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries. 1258993852 Photo Gallery Available

Philippine police search for US suspect

Philippine police searched for an American who escaped after allegedly killing a government official's son in a road-rage shooting - the second homicide case against him, officials said Monday.

China slams US report warning of spying by Beijing

Beijing on Monday criticized a U.S. government report that said Chinese spies are aggressively stealing American secrets, saying the report was "full of prejudice" and warning that it could damage US-China relations.

Police hold a protestor during a protest against the planned construction of a trash incinerator outside Guangzhou's main government headquarters, southern China, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Banners read, "Oppose the trash incinerator." Hundreds of residents protested Monday against the planned construction of a trash incinerator in the southern boomtown city of Guangzhou.

Hundreds protest trash incinerator plans in China

Hundreds of residents worried about property values and health risks protested Monday against the planned construction of a trash incinerator in the southern boomtown of Guangzhou. 1258998679 Photo Gallery Available

Children watch as Afghan National Army soldiers, front, and a U.S. Army soldier, back, patrol near the town of Baraki Barak, Logar province, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.

4 US service members die in Afghan attacks

Bomb attacks and a firefight killed four U.S. troops in 24 hours in Afghanistan, the military said Monday, adding to the growing toll as NATO and the U.S. consider whether to send more forces to the war. 1258997282 Photo Gallery Available

Woman found 25 hours after Indonesia ferry sank

Rescuers plucked a woman from choppy waters Monday, some 25 hours after she jumped from a crowded ferry that sank in a storm off Indonesia's Sumatra island. At least 29 people drowned, and 20 others were missing. 1258989116 Video Available Photo Gallery Available

Kangaroo tries to drown dog, attacks owner

A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs. 1258989106

Romania's president, rival in runoff election

The third-place candidate in Romania's presidential election threw his support Monday behind the Western-backed socialist who faces the centrist president in a runoff seen as key to the country's emergence from political and economic crisis. 1259001536 Photo Gallery Available

Demonstrators carrying Israeli and Brazilian flags protest the upcoming visit of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as they march along Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Ahmadinejad will arrive to Brazil's capital, Brasilia, on Monday.

Brazil: World should engage, not isolate Iran

Engaging, not isolating Iran is the way to push for peace and stability in the Middle East, said Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva as he headed into private talks Monday with his increasingly alienated Iranian counterpart. 1259002718 Video Available Photo Gallery Available

US sailor cleared of assaulting Sydney prostitute

A U.S. Navy serviceman was found not guilty Monday of sexually assaulting a prostitute at a brothel while on shore leave in Australia's biggest city.

8 women set out to ski to South Pole

Eight women set out Monday from their base camp on Antarctica to ski to the South Pole in a trek to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth grouping of 53 former British colonies.

FILE - In this April 5, 2000 file photo, Chinese computer engineer Huang Qi poses for photo in his office in Chengdu, in China's Sichuan province. A Chinese court handed down a three-year sentence in prison to the veteran dissident accused of spying, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.

China activist who spoke out on quake gets 3 years

A veteran dissident was sentenced Monday to three years in prison after casting a spotlight on poorly built schools that collapsed during China's massive earthquake last year, killing thousands of children - an apparent government attempt to squelch such information. 1258998685

This Aug. 22, 2009 photo shows a waiter leaning against the wall as he waits for customers at the Barba Azul night club in Mexico City. Once the bohemian underbelly of Mexico City's storied nightlife, legendary dance-for-peso nightclubs like the Barba Azul are dying.

Mexico City's famed dance-for-peso halls fading

Mirna Torres salsas with a gray-bearded man for $1.50 a dance in the Barba Azul, a dark yet garish cabaret decorated like an erotic carnival fun house. Video Available Photo Gallery Available

A video journalist films the site of a gas explosion at the Xinxing mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang province, China, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Rescuers worked in the frigid cold to reach some 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from the huge gas explosion in the northern Chinese mine more than doubled overnight.

Official: China mine that exploded was too crowded

The coal mine that exploded in northern China, killing 104, had too many workers underground in an effort to increase output, a government official said Monday, exposing the risks often taken to meet the country's insatiable energy demands. 1258998682 Video Available Photo Gallery Available

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