Bomb threats and other threatening messages have been sent to students and schools across Finland in the wake of a shooting rampage that left a total of nine dead, Finnish media reported.

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Saying evidence that a terrorist conspiracy existed was “overwhelming,” a judge found a suspect guilty in a plot to bomb Canadian government offices and attack the prime minister.

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China’s Shenzhou VII spacecraft counted down to blastoff Thursday on a mission that as expected to include the country’s first attempt at a space walk.

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Pakistani troops fired at American reconnaissance helicopters patrolling the Afghan-Pakistan border Thursday, an American military spokesman said.

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An explosion that may have been a bomb rocked Yangon’s City Hall district Thursday. According to the Associated Press, at least 31 people were killed.

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Austria makes history in the European Union on Sunday by becoming the first member to give 16-year-olds a voice in national elections.

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Zimbabwe’s president is only four Cabinet posts away from carrying out an agreement with the opposition, he said ahead of his address to the U.N. General Assembly.

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Pakistani troops fired at U.S. helicopters patrolling eastern Afghanistan, NATO said on Thursday, in an incident that will likely strain relations.

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Kidnappers holding 11 European tourists and eight Egyptians moved from Sudan into Libya with their hostages Thursday, a Sudanese spokesman said.

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South Africa’s Parliament chose Kgalema Motlanthe as the country’s interim president on Thursday, sealing the political demise of Thabo Mbeki.

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