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Vladimir V. Putin took over as Russian president for the third time Monday, even as hundreds protested against his taking over the mantle again.

In a vote marked by widespread anger over austerity measures, high unemployment and an economy in slowdown, Francois Hollande was elected France's first Socialist president in nearly two decades, defeating Nicolas Sarkozy.

Militants from the global terror network Al Qaeda in a surprise attack killed at least 32 Yemeni soldiers hours after a US drone strike killed a top commander of the terror group who was wanted for his alleged role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in the Indian capital, where she is scheduled to meet the country's highest officials. Clinton is pressing energy-starved India to continue weaning itself off oil imports from Iran.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Sacked Chinese politician Bo Xilai reportedly plotted three ways to kill Chengdu police chief Wang Lijun to hide the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood by his wife Gu Kailai.

Armenian voters look for their names on publicly displayed voter lists, at a precinct in Ararat on election day, 6 May 2012.

A voter collects his ballot papers at a polling station in Staro Sajmište, Belgrade, during the parliamentary elections and early presidential elections in Serbia, 6 May 2012.