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The referendums reflect a growing public view that Switzerland is under siege from foreign workers eroding its Alpine culture.

Traffic was snarled on I-395 after protesters in Washington, D.C. shut down the highway.

Questions have arisen concerning whether a Florida homeless shelter is taking advantage of its residents.

An American couple in Qatar has been cleared of charges of killing their daughter, but can't leave the country.

Thousands of emails between a former IRS official and the White House are part of an investigation by the Department of Justice.

The committee is looking at Britain's relations with Hong Kong 30 years after it agreed terms for handing the city over to China.

The airliner crashed in Ukraine in pro-Russian rebel-held territory on July 17, killing 298 people.

There has been no official confirmation of Gill Rosenberg's capture by either the Israeli or the Canadian governments.

Darren Wilson won't be receiving a severance package or additional pay after his resignation from the Ferguson police force.

Beijing will outlaw smoking in all public spaces in the city, as of next June 1.

The Palestinian Authority president says the U.S. is blocking Palestinian statehood.

Within the past week, dozens of ISIS fighters have been killed in a wave of airstrikes.

A group of children in Australia discovered the shallow grave of a baby while playing on the beach Sunday.

Police again clashed with pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong, dousing crowds with what looked to be pepper spray.

No reason was given from Kabul police for the police chief's resignation.

The city's top police officer resigned after the third attack in 10 days on foreign guest houses in the Afghan capital.

President Alassane Ouattara has received credit for overseeing Ivory Coast's economic renaissance, but has struggled to reform the army.

A dossier compiled by England's Football Association alleges multiple instances of improper conduct in relation to World Cup bids.

Five people, including the boy's father and stepmother, have been arrested and charged with false imprisonment and cruelty to a child.

At least 28 jihadists were receiving Danish unemployment benefits while they were fighting for groups linked to the Islamic State.

ISIS made advances toward Kobani Saturday.

Darren Wilson says he has decided to leave police work because of security issues.

The British Home Office has found an estimated 13,000 people in the U.K. are slaves.

Months after being detained by police, Nicholas Sarkozy is elected to lead French conservative party.

Protesters say they believe if Mubarak goes free, their long-fought revolution will be reversed.

NAACP organized the "Journey for Justice," a 120-mile march from Ferguson, Missouri, to Jefferson City, to protest the Michael Brown shooting.

Though record sales were made on Black Friday, President Obama shows his support on Small Business Saturday

After Jiang Yi-huah's Nationalist Party lost the election to the Democratic Progressive Party Saturday, the Taiwanese premier stepped down.

Arab League foreign ministers have created a draft resolution on Palestinian statehood for the U.N. Security Council.