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• Rights group: Violence threatens Afghan elections
  KABUL, Afghanistan – The legitimacy of Afghanistan's parliamentary elections is severely threatened by insurgent attacks on candidates and the lack of security provided by the government, an international rights group saidToday 5:13 am
• Teachers killed in southern Thailand
  BANGKOK – Panicked teachers in Thailand’s restless south stayed home from school today after two teachers were killed in broad daylight amid threats from suspected Muslim insurgents that 20 would die.Wednesday
• Sides clashing over stoning
  The international crossfire over Iran’s stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery intensified Tuesday with a top European Union official calling it “barbaric” and an Iranian spokesman saying it’s about punishing a criminal and not a humanWednesday
• Egypt ready to unveil ruins
  Today, it’s a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt’s wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast.Wednesday
• Iran scoffs at European concern over stoning case
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iran is scoffing at European concern over the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death on an adultery conviction.Tuesday
• Indonesian volcano erupts again; strongest one yet
   TANAH KARO, Indonesia – An Indonesian volcano shot a towering cloud of black ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 15 miles away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from four centuries ofTuesday