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• Strong Earthquake Rattles Greek Island
• China Muslims Target of Deadly Riots
• Iraq Government Faces Accusations of Prisoner Abuse
• Iran Accused of Torturing Political Detainees
• Qaddafi Hugs Lockerbie Bomber, Praising 'Friend' Gordon Brown
• African-Born Fruit Merchant Dubbed the 'Russian Barack Obama'
• Ousted Honduras President Describes Abduction Details
• Spanish Fleet Narrowly Escapes Pirate Attack
• Religious Fanatic Accused of Hijacking Mexican Jet
• Qaddafi's Son Blasts Lockerbie Release Critics
• European Dogfighting Gang Jailed
• German Publisher, Fearing Muslim Retaliation, Cancels Honor-Killing Novel
• England's Manchester Airport Tests 'Naked' X-Ray Machine
• Video Released of Updated Digital Images of Madeleine McCann
• Israel Lowers Terror Threat Alert
• Report: Iran Tested Advanced Nuclear Warhead
• Somali Insurgent Group Bans Cell Phone Ringtones
• Germany Celebrates Fall of the Berlin Wall
• Vatican Seeks Signs of Alien Life
• Royal Navy Witnessed Pirate Kidnapping of Couple
• Father of Dead British Soldier Slams New Army Report
• Karzai's Cabinet Members Face Corruption Charges
• British University Seeks Lap-Dancing Researcher
• Alleged Nazi Guard's Trial Marks End of an Era
• High-Ranking Al Qaeda Leader Reportedly Killed
• Madeleine McCann's Parents Launch Libel Case
• Coming Soon: An 'International Environmental Organization'?
• Lockerbie Bomber's Health 'Deteriorating,' Hospital Says
• Chinese Demolition Team Accidentally Creates Leaning Tower of Liuzhou
• London Museum Unveils Display of Forged Art
• Al Qaeda's Tribal Ties Make Yemen a Terror Hub
• Afghan Militants Making Deadlier Bombs
• Sticker Shock: Experts Say World Food Program's Afghan Relief Effort Overpriced
• Iran Announces Production of 'High Precision' Attack Drones
• Iran Begins Making Highly Enriched Nuke Fuel
• French Politicians Blast Fast Food Chain's New Halal Menu
• Image of Boozing Jesus Christ Upsets Christians
• Dubai Claims DNA proof of Hamas Assassin
• Russia Cancels Tsunami Warning
• Pakistani Kidnappers Free Young British Boy
• U.K. Police Warned Not to Ask for 'Christian' Name to Avoid Offending Other Faiths
• Brit Recognized as World's First 'Genderless' Person
• Putin Says Iran's Nuke Plant Should Be On Line by Summer
• British Man Enraged by Junk Mail Addressed to 'Mr. Illegal Immigrant'
• Iran Jails Former Vice President for Spreading 'Propaganda'
• British Man Had Sex Change to Dodge Debt Collectors
• Strike Looms as Talks Between British Airways, Union Collapse
• Iran Trains Taliban to Use Roadside Bombs
• U.K. Brothers Convicted for Plotting Terrorist Attack
• Reversal Lets U.K. Teachers Confiscate Legal Drug 'Meow Meow'
• Chavez Denies He's Trying to Control Internet
• Afghan Bagram Prison Could Become the New Gitmo
• UK to Expel Israeli Diplomat Over Assassination
• Dubai Lifts Ban on Restaurants That Cook With Alcohol
• 5.1-Magnitude Quake Rattles Eastern Turkey
• Teacher in China Jailed for Stabbing Kids With Syringe
• Sarkozy Vows to Ban Muslim Veil in France
• North Korea's Kim Jong Il Reportedly Has Chronic Kidney Failure
• Stunned Passengers on Caribbean Flight Witness Volcano Erupting
• U.K. Teen Dies in Blast After Cigarette Sparks Hair Bleach
• Saudi Royal to Stand Trial in London Strangling Death
• British School in Hot Water for Fake Playground Shooting
• British Students 'Traumatized' After Fake School Shooting
• Teachers Leave Boy, 5, Stranded in Tree Because of School Policy
• Danish Journalist Found Not Guilty of Killing Fish With Shampoo
• French Bishops Denounce 'Abominable Acts' of Child Sex Abuse
• Japanese Man Acquitted 17 Years After Forced Murder Confession
• Babysitters Convicted of Murder After Torturing British Toddler
• Chinese Wife-Swappers Could Get Five Years in Prison
• Iran Suspected of Planning More Nuclear Sites
• Mass Grave of Rare Animals Found at Chinese Zoo
• Body of UAE President's Brother Found in Morocco
• Moscow Cathedral Evacuated After Bomb Threat
• Thieves Tunnel Into Paris Bank to Steal Safe Deposit Boxes
• Indian Guru Resigns Amid Sex Tape Probe
• Son Who Kicked Parents to Death Under 'Sleepwalking' Defense Found Guilty
• Spanish Cabin Crew Show Busts to Fight Airline Gone Bust
• Islamist Group Denies Involvement in Moscow Subway Bombings
• Tourist Dies After Falling Into Active Bali Volcano
• Fox News Poll: How Americans View Iraq
• Yemen Ministry Denies Prisoners Escape After Bomb Blast
• U.K. Girl, 6, Allegedly Stripped, Sexually Abused by 23 Classmates Daily
• Iran Nuclear Ring Probed
• Ahmadinejad: Iran Will Move Forward Despite World Pressure
• Murder of White Supremacist May Make Him a Martyr
• Cops: Twin Girls, 6, Caught Smuggling Cocaine in Underwear
• Two Canadian Men Discover They're Not Just Neighbors, They're Brothers
• Jordan's King Issues Rebuke to Israel, Asks U.S. to Direct Peace Talks
• Real-Life 'Weekend at Bernie's' Could Land Fliers in Jail
• British Army Sorry for Firing Range Models Resembling Mosques
• Muslim Woman Strangled by Burqa in Go-Kart Accident
• U.K. Military Apologizes for Having Fake 'Mosques' at Firing Range
• Obama, World Leaders React to 'Unthinkable Tragedy'
• Somali Islamic militants ban music on airwaves
• Southern Spain Hit by Strong Quake
• 8 International Red Cross Workers Kidnapped in the Congo
• Car Bomb Explodes Outside British Spy Agency Headquarters in Northern Ireland
• U.S. Drone Missile Strike Kills 5 Militants in Pakistan
• Yacht Feared Lost at Sea After Chile Quake Reappears
• Russian Boy Allegedly Kills Dad Over Video Game Ban
• Russian Boy Allegedly Kills Dad Over Video Game Ban
• 3 Foreigners, 3 Afghan Soldiers Killed in Blast
• Man Describes How He Stabbed Ex to Death During Her Divorce Party
• Blasts at Burma New Year's Water Festival Kill at Least 9
• Greek Police Find Evidence Linking Terror Group to U.S. Embassy Attack
• Pricey Peacekeeping: Ban Gets Blasted for Billion-Dollar Mismanagement
• U.N. Blames Inadequate Security by Pakistan for Bhutto's Death
• Hamas Executes 2 Suspected Informers for Israel
• Chile's Pinera announces $8.43B plan to rebuild
• 4 U.N. Soldiers Die in Haiti Chopper Crash
• 2 pilots jailed in DomRep on trafficking charges
• Scientist says Icelandic volcano activity increases, warns of more travel disruptions, EU
• China Tries to Sterilize 10,000 Parents Over One-Child Rule
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Calderon: Most Mexico drug war dead are criminals
• Volcanic cloud casts pall over interwoven world
• Police say 2 bombs at refugee camp in northwest Pakistan kill several people, AS
• Mexico rejects church criticism of sex education
• NKorea accuses South of framing it in ship sinking
• Ash may hover for days over uncertain Europe
• Poland holds public memorial for crash victims
• Pakistan: Bombers kill refugees waiting for food
• Cambodia, Thai soldiers exchange gunfire at border
• Haiti lawmakers OK Clinton-led rebuilding panel
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• A Kyrgyz interim leader says US base unjustified
• English Courts Bans Woman From Drinking at Bars
• Thai PM not planning crackdown on protesters
• Young China quake survivor survived by sleeping in
• Pakistan's army acknowledges civilians killed in recent air strikes, apologizes for the deaths, AS
• Afghan 'friendly fire' may have killed UN employee
• AP Top International News At 4 p.m. EDT
• Malawi president weds in colorful ceremony
• Iran calls US nukes tool of terror, intimidation
• Pope on pilgrimage in nation hit by sex scandal
• Armed Thai troops patrol Bangkok business district
• Suicide bomb at police station kills 7 in Pakistan
• 10 injured in 2 bombs near Indian cricket stadium
• SAfrican judge says he won't attend bar mitzvah
• Afghan president appoints electoral officials
• Vote monitors: Sudan elections short of standards
• A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash
• Iran Calls U.S. Nukes Tool of Terror, Intimidation
• Volcano-stranded Europeans seek alternate routes
• Priest involved in sex case has left job in Italy
• US Embassy: Syria allows American school to reopen
• A royal widow takes on the 'realists' over nukes
• Israel seals West Bank as security precaution
• Pope meets with sex abuse victims, says church will do all in its power to safeguard children, EU
• A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash
• 2 shows to honor German artist Neo Rauch
• Taliban Signals Willingness to Talk Peace With West
• Chinese President Hu Flies to Tibetan Quake Zone
• Turkish Cypriot hard-liner wins election
• Zimbabwe female activists arrested, jailed
• Zimbabwe business take overs stay, Mugabe pledges
• European airlines test skies, press to end ban
• AP Top International News At 9 a.m. EDT
• Tearful pope says church will better protect young
• Polish leader buried in ceremony of patriotism
• Hydrogen still in the eco-car race
• Palestinian dies in Israeli prison
• Cookbook pulped over 'ground black people' typo
• Pakistan prosecutor: Americans linked to militants
• Iran nuclear conference urges Israel to join NPT
• Bangladesh sentences border guards for 2009 mutiny
• Landmine in Somali capital kills at least 10
• Homicide Bomb at Police Station Kills 7 in Pakistan
• US soldier dismissed for threats in Iraq protest
• Aussie Cookbook Recalled After Recipe Includes 'Freshly Ground Black People'
• Philippines drops charges vs 2 massacre suspects
• China Quake Death Toll Rises to 1,484
• Journalist in war ponders troubling questions
• 2 Hurt in Explosion Near Indian Cricket Stadium
• Rail, Ferry Prices Double, but Companies Deny Profiting From Travel Chaos
• Cuban writer, activist Carlos Franqui dies at 89
• Iran sentences critic filmmaker to prison
• Flood of aid reaches China's remote quake zone
• Kyrgyz Interim Leader Says U.S. Base Unjustified
• 29 militants die in fighting in north Afghanistan
• Hydrogen still in the eco-car race
• Zimbabwe marks 30 years under President Mugabe
• US soldier killed in Iraq helicopter crash
• Israel remembers fallen soldiers, attack victims
• Thai protesters fortify camps in heart of Bangkok
• 2 bombs hit northwestern Pakistani city; 23 dead
• US military: No threat from abandoned Afghan base
• Turkish Cypriot hard-liner wins election
• Swazi environmentalist wins international prize
• US aid cuts hit Egypt's democracy groups
• Final official results show hard-line challenger winning Turkish Cypriot leadership election, EU
• Peru town copes with being devoured by mine
• Close to India, Pakistan shows military might
• Cuba's 'seed man' wins global environmental prize
• Afghan deputy mayor slain while praying
• Hard-liner claims victory in Turkish Cypriot leadership election, says he will work for peace, EU
• Nigeria: 2 Germans kidnapped in oil-rich region
• Iceland's farmers try to save herds from toxic ash
• Official: Kyrgyz president leaves Kazakhstan
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• US soldier dismissed for threats in Iraq protest
• Italy says 3 medical workers detained in southern Afghanistan on April 10 have been freed, EU
• Iran picks site for new enrichment facility
• Turkish navy commandos capture pirates
• China factories break labor rules
• Behind the scenes of a Pakistani suicide bombing
• Airline losses from ash climb over $1 billion
• AP Exclusive: Taliban say buildup under way
• Russia: US adoptions freeze to last for weeks
• Bangladesh special court convicts 56 border guards of mutiny in 2009 uprising, AS
• Bangladesh sentences border guards for 2009 mutiny
• UNHCR concern as Australia detains asylum-seekers
• Sherpa team plans to clean Everest's death zone
• 3 Italian aid workers freed in Afghanistan
• Israeli defense minister says occupation must end
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Europe resumes some air travel despite volcano
• 10 million roses ruined, 5K Kenya workers laid off
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• 7 killed, 30 injured in northern Afghanistan quake
• Quake rattles Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic
• 2 al-Qaida members killed in clash with Yemen army
• Cuba blocks opposition march
• US soldier dies in non-combat incident in Iraq
• Airline losses from ash climb over $1 billion
• AP Top International News At 2:10 a.m. EDT
• SKorea's Lee vows strong action in ship sinking
• British Airways chief executive says test flight proves blanket restrictions 'unnecessary', EU
• Iran sentences 3 opposition activists to prison
• NATO: F-16 fighters damaged by volcanic ash
• Iraq election official says Baghdad votes will be recounted after complaint by Iraqi PM, ML
• Icelandic forecasters say new ash plume from volcano is lower, less threat to aircraft
• A Glance at Flight Disruptions Due to Volcanic Ash
• Hardline challenger projected to win Turkish Cypriot election with 84 percent of vote counted, EU
• Police say blast outside school rocks NW Pakistani city of Peshawar, no word on casualties, AS
• World stocks fall amid Goldman case, China measure
• Oil Plunges Below $82 on Volcano Jitters
• Icelandic forecasters say new ash plume from volcano is lower, less threat to aircraft, EU
• Top al-Qaida leaders killed in Iraq, US says
• 3 rescued, 5 days after China quake killed 2,000
• Iran: Nuclear fuel swap a chance to boost trust
• AP Top International News At 4:05 a.m. EDT
• Pole wins key award for protecting forest valley
• Air authority: Lufthansa granted permission to fly 50 planes back to Germany with passengers, EU
• Volcano causes Clinton to cancel visit to Finland
• Quake hits western Australian mining town
• Mexico sets stimulus for quake-damaged Mexicali
• Brussels Declares Vacation Time a Human Right
• Cuba's Catholic cardinal says country in crisis
• US and Russia highlight nuclear partnership
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Oil rises above $82 as stock markets rebound
• Millions spent on malaria but problems remain
• France says European countries can gradually resume air traffic in designated 'caution zones', EU
• Indian minister quits over cricket graft charges
• Police find 12 fetuses dumped in India
• Crocodile forces Australian aerobics class to wait
• Fugitive Assassin Says He Wants to Come Home to America
• World markets edge higher on earning, data
• UK: British flight restrictions largely remain; no set time for London airports to reopen, EU
• Indonesia court upholds blasphemy law
• Lebanese PM says Scuds accusations like Iraq's WMD
• Civil aviation authorities say flight restrictions on Scottish airspace to be lifted Tuesday, EU
• Iraqi prime minister says US, Iraqi forces kill 2 of country's most wanted al-Qaida terrorists, ML
• 9 companies win bid for huge Amazon dam project
• New Zealand backs indigenous rights, US to review
• German prosecutors drop Afghan probe
• A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash
• Communist rebels in Philippines kill 4 police
• Police say 21 people have been killed in blast close to police station in NW Pakistan
• Rights group sues paper for Bosnia genocide denial
• Hamas leader vows to capture more Israeli soldiers
• Church pedophilia scandal grows in Latin America
• WHO now says volcano ash cloud no health risk
• Baghdad recount could change Iraq election results
• Haiti judge: No decision on missionaries' charges
• Belarus says ousted Kyrgyz president in Minsk
• China quake awakens new fears for school safety
• Official: 2 police shot dead in Russia's Dagestan
• Malaysian lawmaker in trouble over polygamy
• Iranian Cleric Says Promiscuous Women Are to Blame for Earthquakes
• Activist: NKoreans fired torpedo at SKorean ship
• Expedition recreates 'Bounty' survival-at-sea saga
• Thai protesters fortify camps in heart of Bangkok
• Anand wants chess title match postponed
• Nick Clegg's surge brings new twist to UK election
• To fly through ash or not? That's no easy question
• Egyptian security warns it may fire on protesters
• Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend to help Chernobyl kids
• Iraq's oil exports dip in March by 11 percent
• British group asks how best to boost organ supply
• Pole wins key award for protecting forest valley
• Mission impossible: Escape from Europe
• Pakistan: Islamist blames US for suicide bombing
• Pole wins key award for protecting forest valley
• Chavez says Colombian candidate would pose threat
• Ethnic group in Myanmar gears up for war, peace
• Flights resume in Europe but travel chaos not over
• Boxer Valero kills himself in jail, police say
• Europe resumes some air travel despite volcano
• Mission impossible: Escape from Europe
• Sri Lanka ruling party increases gains in revote
• Somalia hits pause on edict that radio play music
• Murder Suspect 'Too Upset' to Resuscitate Wife
• Prominent Serbian human rights activist dies at 58
• German priest ordered home from US in abuse case
• SAfrica's ANC to discipline fiery youth leader
• Britain's government says UK airports will reopen Tuesday night, passenger flights to resume, EU
• AP Top International News At 4:45 a.m. EDT
• Pro-government crowd harasses Nicaraguan congress
• Deposed Kyrgyz leader says he is still president
• Red Shirt protests change Thai political landscape
• Iraqi testified he was beaten by US troops
• 9 companies win bid for huge Amazon dam project
• Lap dance teachers now out of work
• Hamas burns recreational drugs, taxes cigarettes
• Tibetan monks ordered out of China's quake zone
• 2 NKoreans arrested in alleged assassination plot
• Indonesia must remain vigilant against terrorists
• Anger rises against Red Shirt protests in Bangkok
• Crocodile forces Australian aerobics class to wait
• Britain's Queen Elizabeth II turns 84
• Saudi cleric fired for advocating mixing of sexes
• British Airways says first flight has arrived at London's Heathrow since UK airspace reopened, EU
• Uruguay, Argentina agree to cooperate on river
• Azerbaijan puts off joint military drills with US
• Analysts say NKorea hinting at 3rd nuke test
• Poland sets new presidential election for June 20
• Guyana political gadfly arraigned in child rape
• American Idol winner sparks smoking debate
• NATO troops kill 4 unarmed Afghans
• Hotels in Bangkok sending tourists packing, AS
• Argentina's last dictator convicted of human rights abuses, sentenced to 25 years in prison, LT
• Experts: Airlines must intensify engine checks
• President Karzai delays Afghan peace conference
• Some EU flights resume but travel chaos not over
• Argentina's last dictator gets 25 years in prison
• EU: Pirates seize 3 Thai fishing vessels, 77 crew in farthest hijacking off Somali shore, AF
• Helicopters collide at Colombia base, killing 6
• Shanghai's Expo trials get crowded, rocky start
• Rare Borneo rhino maybe has baby
• Lap Dancing High School Teachers Now Out of Work
• UK's smaller parties could be big election winners
• Russian boy, 12, abandoned in Dominican Republic
• Hotels in Bangkok sending tourists packing
• Dutch court: New appeal for alleged arms smuggler
• Church pedophilia scandal grows in Latin America
• Bolivian leader knocks industrial chicken, soda
• Stuck tourists in Caribbean provide economic boost
• Iran to hold war games in Strait of Hormuz
• Study: Brain games don't make you smarter
• World Court backs Uruguay in paper mill dispute
• Lengthy eruption would put economy under a cloud
• Hope, misery define Brazil's dream city at 50
• Indonesia: Terror chief's relative gets 8 years
• Filipino slaying suspect endorses a prez candidate
• Threat of new, larger Icelandic eruption looms
• President of Belarus says Kyrgyzstan's ousted president is in Minsk, EU
• Are pirate ransoms legal? Confusion over US order
• Earthquake strikes near Pacific island of Tonga
• Fans bid farewell to boxer Valero
• Chechen leader allegedly ordered killing of rivals
• Campaigning UK Conservative leader hit with egg
• Lawyer: TV Psychic Won't Be Beheaded for Witchcraft in Saudi Arabia
• EU keeps eye on US financial regulation bill
• Kenya: Rwanda's most wanted not in the country
• European airlines press to get everyone home
• 4 Saharan countries set up joint military base
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Egypt: Leading Islamists, including Saudi, charged
• Israel rejects US calls for east Jerusalem freeze
• Ukraine, Russia to extend Black Sea Fleet lease
• Hospital: former International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch has died, EU
• Bosnian war veterans clash with police
• 3 Auschwitz thieves are no-shows at Polish prison
• Sarkozy to submit bill banning Islamic face veils
• Greek debt fears continue to shake world markets
• Public Smoking Banned in Syria, Where Many Light Up in Hospitals
• 5 headless bodies found in rebel-held Mogadishu
• Hospital says former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch has died at age 89
• Bosnian war veterans clash with police
• 6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Samoa
• Ash cloud grounds Metallica tour but show goes on
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Baghdad election recount could start next week
• On the run, Pakistan militants find new haven
• Jerusalem reopens popular Old City gate
• Troubled NATO attempts to solve thorny issues
• Report: SKorea warned of NKorean submarine attack
• $65 Million Diamond Thieves Reportedly Hired Makeup Artists for Heist
• Snow the latest challenge in China quake recovery
• Report: German bishop offers to quit
• Mexico: report of problems in producer's marriage
• 2 China lawyers who defended Falun Gong face ban
• Ash cloud has jet fighters grounded in Europe
• Attacks in Thai capital kill 3 amid tense standoff
• Cargo plane crashes in the Philippines; 3 dead
• From up close, volcano shows off might and beauty
• US official: Iran military strike 'off the table'
• In UK election, frugal Labour takes on rich Tories
• Germany honors 14 US troops
• Saudi Girl, 12, Wins Divorce From 80-Year-Old Husband
• Clinton says no to early end of US nukes in Europe
• Gunmen abduct 6 from hotels in northern Mexico
• Oil eases hovers near $84 in Asia
• AP Top International News At 10:42 a.m. EDT
• Lenin exhibit returns to Ukraine after 2 decades
• Amorous slug, orange snake among finds on Borneo
• French President Nicolas Sarkozy to submit bill on banning face-covering veils in public, EU
• Bishop: 'Shame' on Brazil church in sex scandal
• Ash cloud's silver lining: bluer skies
• Paraguay president cancels trip after attack
• Srebrenica survivor testifies he hid under corpses
• UK's Clegg laughs off leaked debate notes
• Press group: Honduras must probe reporter slayings
• Chile says computer virus hits court system
• Runaway luxury train derails in S.Africa, 3 dead
• Ex-Red Army Faction member charged with murder
• Irish church: Pope accepts bishop's resignation
• Kyrgyzstan's ousted president vows not to return
• Singer settles suit over alleged Nazi-performance
• Tanning bed tax worries beleaguered industry
• US Secretary of State Clinton rules out early removal of US nuclear weapons from Europe, US
• Driver wearing Islamic face veil fined in France
• Roman Catholic Church in Britain apologizes for child abuse scandals that rocked the clergy, EU
• UK Catholic Church sorry for abuse by priests
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Greek debt crisis worsens as EU revises figures
• Court dismisses murder conviction of Calif. Marine
• Colombia cardinal defends church's abuse policies
• US detains NY-bound passenger in Puerto Rico
• UK military temporarily suspends training flights in Typhoon jets after ash found in engines, EU
• US can maintain Kyrgyz air base, Clinton says
• Alleged top drug dealer caught near Mexico City
• Language spat splits Belgian government
• Iran's President Ahmadinejad visits Zimbabwe
• Jordan says rocket hits Red Sea port city of Aqaba
• More than just red shirts in Bangkok protest zone
• G-20 officials convene for talks on global economy
• Witnesses say 3 small explosions take place near protest site in Bangkok; injuries reported, AS
• All victims in Polish plane crash identified
• Ex-general: Cubans involved in Chavez's military
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• US concerned about arrest of Moldovan journalist
• Mexico church bars priest with abuse conviction
• Jordan says Russian-made missile fired from outside the country hit site in Aqaba, US
• Iranian officials to argue against more sanctions
• UNICEF: Measles hits tens of thousands in Africa
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Croatia: Ex-ambassador guilty of embezzling money
• Emirates police ask: marriage license, please
• HRW: Saudi should free prisoners who ended terms
• A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash
• Paraguay president wants military rule in north
• Bombs targeting homes of Iraqi policemen kill 7
• Sierra Leone polio shots delayed by volcanic ash
• Mexico City offers bikes in its clean air campaign
• German bishop offers to resign over abuse
• US military jury clears Navy SEAL in Iraqi abuse case linked to Blackwater 2004 killings, ML
• Deutsche Bahn taking over Arriva PLC
• Cigarette sponsor pulled from Kelly Clarkson show
• Clegg shows he's no 1-hit wonder in Britain debate
• Merkel seeks public support for Afghan war
• Clinton: US sees value in diplomatic ties to Syria
• UN launches website to track Haiti aid
• SKorea targets Internet addicts; 2 million hooked
• Nigeria's budget hopes for bullish oil production
• Greek debt crisis worsens as EU revises figures
• After ash cloud, uncertainty for airline industry
• Somali MPs risk death, get little pay
• Netanyahu: Iran provoking Israel-Syria conflict
• Pakistan army says militants kill 7 soldiers
• 5 indicted in Israeli organ trafficking ring
• AP Top International News At 4:06 a.m. EDT
• Armenian freezes Turkey pact ratification
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Commission proposes limited commercial whale hunts
• Congo to start anew in case against 2 Norwegians
• Emergency center says 1 dead, more than 50 hurt in blasts near Bangkok protest site, AS
• ICC Prosecutor condemns Sudan noncooperation
• UK manufacturing center is election battleground
• Israeli PM rejects calls for east Jerusalem freeze as US envoy launches new peace mission, ML
• Rwandan opposition leader freed on bail
• Witnesses say 4th explosion heard near Bangkok protest site; cause, casualties unknown, AS
• Marmite in uproar over its use in UK far-right ad
• NATO: 2 US soldiers killed in Afghan firefight
• Trial opens in German school attack case
• Germany reopens investigation of alleged Nazi
• Israeli museum unveils rare Renaissance manuscript
• Iraq airmen blues: No MiG today; no F-16 either
• Greece asks for EU-IMF bailout
• African business takes on malaria
• US clears 2nd Navy SEAL in Iraqi abuse case
• 10 policemen wounded in suicide attack in Pakistan
• China says monks advised to leave quake area
• Turkey's FM says Cyprus peace talks will continue
• Israeli police arrest attacker at Christian shrine
• US envoy aims to renew Israeli-Palestinian talks
• Nigeria: Detained passenger didn't come from here
• Cambodian war correspondents mourn ex-colleagues
• Chilean priest allegedly abused 5 young men
• Oil still near $84 in Europe amid Greece crisis
• UK politicos go online, seeking elusive youth vote
• Greek PM calls for activation of eurozone-IMF rescue plan to pull country out of debt crisis, EU
• Cambodian war correspondents mourn ex-colleagues
• Attacks against contractors surging in Afghanistan
• Driver wearing Islamic face veil fined in France
• Bolivian president creates 'Mother Earth Ministry'
• Driver wearing Islamic face veil fined in France
• US soldier dies of non-combat injuries in Baghdad
• European stocks buoyed by Greek bailout activation
• AP Top International News At 12:07 p.m. EDT
• Iraqi officials say bomb targeting Baghdad office of anti-US Shiite cleric kills 14, ML
• Driver wearing Islamic face veil fined in France
• Thai protesters want Parliament dissolved in month
• Will tough love fix Greece's economic woes?
• Niger police confirm kidnap of Frenchman, Algerian
• AIDS vaccine researcher hopeful
• Iraqi officials: 6 killed in series of roadside bombs near western city of Ramadi, ML
• Iran drops bid for UN Human Rights Council seat
• Thailand turmoil shuts down scores of businesses
• Death toll in Iraq bombings targeting mainly Shiite worshippers hits 58, ML
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Europe seeks new air traffic control system
• Armenians mourn victims of mass killings
• Judge Clears Second Navy SEAL in Iraqi Abuse Case
• Germany: Plans for compensation in abuse scandal
• Allies aim to start handover of power to Afghans
• Iraqi officials says bombs targeting Shiite mosques kill 9, raising day's death toll to 17, ML
• Spanish hospital claims 1st full-face transplant
• Correction: South Africa-Train Derailment story
• Meningitis kills 718 in Burkina Faso
• France Wants Records on Unexplained Disappearance of Packed Jetliner
• Some of the recent attacks in Iraq
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Fire chief in deadly Australian wildfires resigns
• Author says he wrote vicious reviews, not his wife
• Germany's Merkel: No aid for Greece until talks with IMF finished; amount still unclear, EU
• Iran's Ahmadinejad seeks new partners in Africa
• Iran's President Ahmadinejad: war games ordinary
• NKorea to seize SKorean assets at resort in North
• US rethinks tiny, remote but vital Afghan outposts
• Mexican link to Interpol shot in El Salvador
• Greece seeks bailout from IMF, European Union
• Diplomats: Iran agrees to more IAEA overview
• Colombia anti-politician a contender for president
• Greek official: Athens will ask today for the activation of the eurozone-IMF rescue package, EU
• Kyrgyzstan's ousted president vows not to return
• NATO says 2 US soldiers killed in Afghan firefight
• Armenians mourn victims of mass killings
• AP Top International News At 10:40 a.m. EDT
• USVI police charge man with killing sister, niece
• Airlines: passengers should give seats to stranded
• Rights group: UAE must investigate abuse claims
• China replaces party boss in region hit by unrest
• Abbas calls on Obama to impose Mideast peace deal
• Experts see Polanski extradition in coming months
• Iraq bombings raise specter of Shiite militia
• Heavy snow, sandstorm hinder China quake relief
• Iranian cleric: Alms and prayer prevent quakes
• Mexican army kills 5 attackers in northern town
• Brazilian judge orders boy returned to US father
• Thai protest leader calls off talks after government rejects demand to dissolve Parliament, AS
• Strong earthquake rattles eastern Indonesia island
• Commission proposes limited commercial whale hunts
• Thousands protest in Ukraine over deal with Russia
• Nigeria: Residents flee over fears of new violence
• Official: Abuse victims receive threats in Brazil
• SAfrica hosts developing countries on climate talk
• Suicide attack kills 3 in southeastern Afghanistan
• Queen Elizabeth's husband suffers ankle injury
• In UK election race, newspapers play politics
• Egypt police arrest Israeli who crossed into Sinai
• Russia's Medvedev says he may seek second term
• Airlines: passengers should give seats to stranded
• Israeli Arab members of parliament visit Libya
• Long-hated one-child rule may be eased in China
• 3 dead when New Zealand military chopper crashes
• Officials: Army kills 9 insurgents in NW Pakistan
• Correction: US-Iran-Nuclear story
• SKorea hoists 2nd half of sunken warship from sea
• Yemen cleric: fight draft law banning child brides
• Police, protesters clash in south Sudan; 2 killed
• Diplomat: 2 Germans hostages in Nigeria released
• U.S. Missile Strike Kills 7 Militants in Northwest Pakistan, Officials Say
• Paraguay suspends due process to combat kidnappers
• Set for Heartbreak Hotel? UK's Brown enlists Elvis
• Thai protesters pull out of talks with government
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Austria signs on to Russian gas pipeline
• Leader of notorious German colony dead in Chile
• Gaza report judge to attend grandson's bar mitzvah
• Large protests held in Spain in support of judge
• Iran offers amnesty to Sunni insurgents
• Congo volcano symbolizes death, rebirth
• Iran's Ahmadinejad: proposed sanctions not legal
• Most ash-stranded Europeans to be home by Monday
• South African president says he is HIV-negative
• Swiss police: US, Moroccan die in cliff fall
• One dead, thousands homeless in Manila slum fire
• Long-hated one-child rule may be eased in China
• British author Alan Sillitoe dies aged 82
• Indo-Pakistan proxy war heats up in Afghanistan
• No exit seen from Thailand's very un-Thai crisis
• Signs of progress as Obama envoy wraps up mission
• China mayor told to resign after villagers kneel
• Top Spanish bullfighter gored in Mexico
• Story on toxic waste wins Pearl reporting award
• Cuba's 'Ladies in White' march blocked again
• Iran marks anniversary of failed US rescue attempt
• SKorea defense minister says torpedo likely tore apart warship near sea border with NKorea, AS
• Austrian president bests rightist to win election
• Stay home ET. UK scientist: Aliens may pose risks
• Iran makes little headway in diplomatic offensive
• Hot air balloon crashes in Emirates, killing 2
• Hamas releases cartoon about captured Israeli
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Good camp, bad camp: The shortfalls of Haiti aid
• AP Top International News At 11:19 a.m. EDT
• Cubans hold municipal elections; belie criticism
• Rocket found in waters off Israel's southern coast
• Okinawans rally for US base to be moved off island
• An al-Qaida front group in Iraq declares the terror network's 2 top figures are dead, ML
• Brazil woman appealing order to give boy to US dad
• Hungary's center-right Fidesz wins 2/3 majority
• Chilean cardinal pledges full abuse investigation
• Afghan police: Explosions hit Kandahar, 2 dead
• Israel ends ban on iPad
• Iranian homosexuals carve out a refuge in Turkey
• Suspicion of polygamy stokes France's veil debate
• Europe studies lessons of living with volcanos
• Developing nations: Climate change treaty in 2010
• Suspicion of polygamy stokes France's veil debate
• Somali militants execute man, sever thief's hands
• Chavez foes seek unity through election primaries
• Pakistan: US missiles kill 4 insurgents in NW
• Egypt: Change should not threaten the nation
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Greece still under siege despite aid pledge
• UN scales back in dangerous southern Afghanistan
• Pakistani officials: US strikes kill 4 insurgents
• Tibetan writer detained after quake critique
• Jamaica gunmen kill 5 in apparent gang feud
• PR police search for transgender woman's killer
• Afghan police say 2 explosions hit downtown Kandahar; 2 civilians are killed, AS
• Colombia nabs major drug, paramilitary suspect
• Somali militants push toward pirate stronghold
• Austrian slaying probe sees link to Chechen leader
• Britain's odd election: Where third equals first?
• Nigerian newspaper journalist shot dead
• Early days: the schooling of a British politician
• Kyrgyz gov't wants ousted president's extradition
• Belgian King Albert II has accepted the government's resignation, EU
• Swiss police foil bomb attack against IBM
• EU: Airspace closure cost up to $3.3 billion
• Somalia pirate leader: 2 British hostages moved as Islamist insurgents approach pirate haven, AF
• Greece still under siege despite aid pledge
• Thai king speaks for 1st time in political crisis
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Dubai World creditor expects debt resolution soon
• Nigeria: Ruling party leader faces fraud charges, AF
• Swimmers cross Orinoco River in test of endurance
• Iraqi court bans candidates in election disarray
• APNewsBreak: Israel halts east Jerusalem building
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• AP Top International News At 11:52 a.m. EDT
• Nigeria: 3 journalists killed in weekend violence
• Peru: Top cop under cloud put on rights commission
• Chavez dismisses 'Cubanization' accusations
• EU presses to unify Europe's fragmented skies
• Iceland's main airport reopening after ash closure
• Twin of Polish president who died in plane crash says he will run for same office, EU
• Major earthquake hits off Taiwan coast
• SKorea mourns sailors killed in sinking of warship
• Gored Spanish bullfighter recovering in Mexico
• Rome priest on trial for abuse in Vatican backyard
• Ahmadinejad calls UN veto power 'satanic tool'
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• Ukraine leader says Chernobyl reactor a threat
• Swiss take time on Polanski extradition decision
• Sudan: scores dead in clashes in south Darfur
• Nigeria: Ruling party leader faces fraud charges
• Palestinians ban sale of Israeli settlement goods
• Iraq Officials: 2 Winning Candidates Disqualified
• Arizona immigration conflict heats up
• Boxer Pacquiao runs for office in Philippines
• Retrial begins for Egyptian accused in diva murder
• Iran's opposition leader assails ruling clerics
• AP NewsAlert, AS
• King accepts resignation of Belgian government
• EU: Airspace closure cost up to $3.3 billion
• USGS says a 6.9-magnitude earthquake has struck off the southeast coast of Taiwan, AS
• Muslim says mistresses are the French way of life
• Pedophile priest was volunteer in Dutch church
• Chavez: Venezuela wants better ties with Bogota
• Australia postpones carbon pollution curbs
• Shanghai Expo designer denies mascot copy of Gumby
• Iran FM hopeful for nuke fuel deal, no sanctions
• Panama's ex-dictator Noriega jailed in France
• Hugo Chavez rebuffs US report that Iranian soldiers have a presence in Venezuela, LT
• Brazil official urges more sex for better health
• EU moves to help aviation heal $3.3 billion losses
• South Korean becomes first woman to reach all 14 of highest Himalayan peaks, AS
• Palestinian girls get ticket to Intel science fair
• Key dates for ex-Panama dictator Manuel Noriega
• Mexico gives body of TV producer's wife to family
• Scottish police once believed in Loch Ness monster
• Tunisian journalist freed after 6 months in prison
• Police: Suicide bomber kills 4 in NW Pakistan
• Nigeria: Court removes injunction for ruling party
• Venezuela's Chavez rebuffs Pentagon report
• Role of Afghan forces eyed in 4 UN staff deaths
• Researchers: Chimps deal with death like humans
• Russia proposes new UN court for Somali pirates
• DOD, Senate at loggerheads on Fort Hood case
• Hong Kong police make largest drug bust
• Trinidad lifts entry ban for US stragegist
• NKorea launches telemedicine network with WHO help
• Chavez accuses US plane of 'electronic warfare'
• Haiti drops kidnapping case against 10 missionaries; lesser charge pends for only one jailed
• Austrian cop faces trial in attack on American
• Greece downgraded to junk status by S&P
• World stocks tank as euro debt crisis intensifies
• Czechs approve defense research deal with US
• Dissidents steal headlines from Cuban election
• Arrested Italian mobster doesn't lose his fans
• Haiti: Int'l aid needed to hold elections
• Amy Winehouse bruises ribs in fall at home
• Egypt: Scud controversy ups Israel-Lebanon tension
• At least 5 dead after boat capsizes in Congo lake
• Canada says it won't fund abortions in G-8 plan
• 14 Somali civilians killed in battle
• Egypt's prosecutor corrects name of wanted Saudi
• A new style of politics in the West Bank
• EU moves to help aviation heal $3.3 billion losses
• Thai protesters threaten broader demonstrations
• New probe in killings of Honduran journalists
• Oil hovers above $83 in Asia as investors eye weak US crude demand, European debt crisis
• Norway, Russia agree on new Barents Sea border
• Ukraine: No genocide by Russia in 'Great Hunger'
• Officials look to Iran for help on AIDS
• Brazil's outgoing prez plans to stay in politics
• Israeli forces demolish settlers' 'Obama's Shack'
• Insurgents attack in Kandahar in south Afghanistan
• Former PM urges interim government in Iraq
• Hungary's Gypsies fear post-election bad times
• Mexico arrests 5 suspects in police slayings
• Europe Wants Total Ban On Smacking Kids In UK
• Study links drug enforcement to more violence
• Colombia: Chavez meddling in election campaign
• Russia considers new powers for KGB successor
• Interim authorities say Kyrgyzstan's ousted president is charged with organizing mass killing, AS
• Haiti tosses kidnapping charges against Americans
• Mexico issues travel alert over new Arizona law
• Thai authorities fire in the air as protesters parade through Bangkok suburb, AS
• Australian cleaners destroy famed Banksy graffiti
• No fines now for Palestinian settlement workers
• Police say suicide bomber kills 4 police near northwest Pakistan's Peshawar city, AS
• Brazil VP says was targeted by extortion scam
• Police say 3 killed in attack outside Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, AS
• Terror Attacks Decline Globally, but Rise in Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Paraguay: Wounded sen. compares border to Juarez
• China lifts travel ban against people with HIV
• Scuds or no Scuds, south Lebanon beckons tourists
• Leaders of India, Pakistan to hold talks Thursday
• Rome priest on trial for abuse defends pope
• Knife-wielding man stabs 28 children, 3 adults at kindergarten in China, 2nd attack this week
• Sierra Leone: free health care to mother and child
• US soldier killed in northern Iraq
• China executes man who killed 8 schoolchildren
• Austria probe links slaying to Chechen president
• Noriega extradition to France angers abuse victims
• Venezuela's online battleground: Chavez starts tweeting to counter Web-savvy opponents
• Germany says aid for Greece could be approved by May 7 as debt crisis spreads to Spain
• Canada defends decision not to fund abortions
• Anne Frank's full diary on display in Amsterdam
• Colon cancer test could save thousands in Britain
• Rights group: Torture routine in secret Iraq jail
• Pilot error blamed for 2007 crash that killed 114
• Chile Catholic church hit by abuse claims, bomb
• Tokyo population tops 13 million for first time
• US officials put Guatemalans on drug kingpin list
• Volcano spreads ash across western Guatemala
• Egypt convicts 26 of spying, plotting attacks
• China lifts travel ban against people with HIV, AS
• St. Croix diverts sewage to popular beach, CB
• India accuses diplomat of spying for Pakistan
• Judge orders former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega jailed in France, EU
• Greek debt downgraded to junk status by Standard & Poor's, EU
• Asian markets fall amid European debt worries
• First Elvis, now US TV. UK's Labour taps "24"
• Former PM urges interim government in Iraq
• Unpaid Somali soldiers desert to insurgency
• Italy says Ischia volcano, near Naples, could blow
• Haiti judge: Silsby deceived fellow missionaries
• Hamas: Egyptian forces pumps gas into cross-border smuggling tunnel, killing 4 Palestinians
• Gunmen kill 16 people in violence-torn Mexican border city, including 8 dragged out of bar
• Afghans protest death of lawmaker's brother-in-law during raid in eastern Afghanistan
• Rival protesters demand military action to end 'anarchy,' restore peace in Thailand
• Aids groups accuse Zambia prisons of violations
• Yemeni bomber had been jailed as al-Qaida suspect
• Chavez foes manage to put aside differences and field unified slate for Venezuela's elections
• Gunmen ambush caravan of rights observers, leftists in southern Mexico, killing Finn, Mexican
• Prosecutors investigate disorder in Ukraine's legislature during vote on Russian navy deal
• Hamas: Egyptian forces pumps gas into cross-border smuggling tunnel, killing 4 Palestinians
• Gunmen kill 16 people in violence-torn Mexican border city, including 8 dragged out of bar
• Afghans protest death of lawmaker's brother-in-law during raid in eastern Afghanistan
• Nigeria: Major Disruption at Italian Oil Field
• Venezuela's online battleground: Chavez starts tweeting to counter Web-savvy opponents
• Iraqi PM's moves to hold office threaten stability
• Greek debt crisis shows Europe's clash of cultures
• Desmond Tutu: release 3 US hikers held in Iran
• Panama's Noriega settles into French prison
• Briton, translator get 2-yr terms for Afghan bribe
• Noriega not the only dictator with Paris property
• Deadly school attacks in China
• Major disruption at Italian oil field in Nigeria
• Australia poised to force tobacco companies to sell cigarettes in plain packs, a world first
• Northern Ireland police arrest 2 suspected IRA dissidents over pipe bombs
• Roman Catholic priest in Brazil charged with abusing 8 young boys, dating back to 1995
• Russian court bans neo-Nazi group
• Hezbollah slams Gates' remarks over weapons
• Iran's president seeks visa for UN nuclear summit
• Media group: 17 journalists killed in April
• Egypt rejects allegations that it gassed cross-border smuggling tunnels, killed 4 Palestinians
• Intel official: Pakistan Taliban chief now believed alive, not killed by US missile in January
• How the poll on Vietnam was conducted
• Intel official: Pakistan Taliban chief now believed alive, not killed by US missile in January
• Asian markets mostly higher as stronger US finish helps offset European debt fears
• Radioactive material that killed scrap dealer traced to university lab in India
• Puerto Rico accused of violating Dominican squatters' rights before international commission
• Mexico's Supreme Court orders 2 Indian market vendors freed after almost 4 years in prison
• Coroner: McQueen took drugs before his suicide
• Most famous Shanghai activist kept quiet for Expo
• Screenwriter of classic Italian comedies dies
• AP-GfK Poll: 35 years after end of war, Vietnamese are upbeat, capitalist, focused on future
• Dozens of urns with human ashes in Lake Zurich
• Perfect crime: Did NKorea pull off deadly attack on warship without leaving shred of evidence?
• Mexico acknowledges abuse of migrants, praises Amnesty report, pledges changes
• Gaza's manly men vie for bodybuilding trophies
• Serbia seeks US help over Facebook threat
• Greek debt crisis shows Europe's clash of cultures
• India, Pakistan leaders agree on new peace talks, sign of thaw after 2008 Mumbai attacks
• Detainee bombs Myanmar police station, kills self
• Standard & Poor's downgrades Spain debt rating to AA; blames subdued economic growth, EU
• US reportedly offered 5-year deal in Gitmo case
• Swiss MPs to vote on new ex-dictator cash law
• Belgian leader steps aside, early election ahead
• Rights group says female house maids in Middle East remain at risk of exploitation, abuse
• Official: Suicide bomber kills 2 police, wounds 7 people in Russia's Dagestan province
• Iraqi officials say 8 killed, 20 injured in car bomb outside Baghdad liquor store
• France's Catholic Church seeks to recruit young priests and improve scandal-tainted image
• The Phenom: Will Nick Clegg change Britain? An underdog surges to center stage in UK politics
• Appeals court says Brazil mom can keep son until child abduction case with US dad is final
• Pakistan militant leader survived US attack, officials say in blow to fight against militants
• Lawyer: Iranian reporter jailed in Rome in arms trafficking probe gets house arrest
• Study: Doctors use 1 man's genetic sequence to predict his disease risk and response to drugs
• Mexican Indian women exonerated by Supreme Court after 4 years in prison demand public apology
• Iraq slams Kuwait for attempting to confiscate Iraqi Airways plane after landing in London
• Argentine activists stage 'people's trial' in campaign to discredit critical media
• Iraqi PM criticizes opponents' calls for international involvement in post-election impasse
• Central African Republic says May 16 election delayed; no new date set for vote
• France's Catholic Church seeks to recruit young priests and improve scandal-tainted image
• German teen who attacked school with ax, Molotov cocktails convicted of attempted murder
• Ethiopian police detain opposition members after scuffle breaks out at party headquarters
• Madagascar's political factions discuss parliamentary vote in 3 months, then presidential poll
• UN extends Sudan's north-south peacekeeping mission another year
• Activist: Cuban reporter who supports Ladies in White jailed for 'mistreating' daughter
• Lebanon's foreign ministry criticizes visit by US anti-terrorism team to border with Syria
• Report: Japan Coast Guard gets arrest warrant for head of Sea Shepherd anti-whaling group
• Guyana fisherman recovering from jaguar attack; second reported in region
• Villagers in southern Mexico chase down 3 suspected kidnappers, kill them and free victims
• Asian stock markets push higher after Europeand US markets gain; Tokyo up 1 pct
• Putin attaches satellite tag to tranquilized polar bear in Russia's Arctic
• US gives $7.5 million more to help pay for Charles Taylor war crimes trial, Rapp says
• West Bank settlers hurl rocks at Palestinian village to avenge arrests
• Syria-based Saddam loyalists blast US 'occupation' of Iraq, vow to continue resistance
• EU assures negotiators are working "day and night" to rescue Greece, avoid wider troubles
• French military says troops killed 4 Afghan civilians by mistake
• Swedish Princess Reportedly Runs Off to New York After Leaving Fiance
• Colombia detains congressman who was president's peace commissioner for alleged drug ties
• China requires telecom, Internet companies to inform on clients who leak state secrets
• Dutch Queen Beatrix unveils monument to spectators killed in last year's national day attack
• Belgium ban burqa-type dress; Law cites public security, securing emancipation of women
• British police say they held July 7 suicide bomber's fingerprints before attacks
• Italy: Brunello regains US trust; Tuscan wine no longer needs special approval for shipment
• UN pays out $590 million from Iraqi oil fund to victims of 1990 Kuwait invasion
• Police bring 82 burglary-related charges against double murder suspect who once flew queen
• U.K. Teacher Found Not Guilty of Attempting to Murder Student
• Tribal elders refuse to return to former Pakistani Taliban base, jeopardizing military gains
• Independent reporters in authoritarian Belarus complain of harassment, confiscated computers
• Daddy Yankee lawsuit accuses record companies of profiting illegally from 'Barrio Fino' album
• Thai chaos leaves many wondering why government can't restore order
• Up, up and ... crunch! Space balloon, heavy payload break free, overturn SUV in Australia
• Japan's patchy recovery leads to higher factory output but more jobless, falling prices
• French Justice Ministry says former dictator Manuel Noriega won't have POW status in France
• Study: Adult death rates lowest in Iceland and Cyprus, highest in Swaziland and Zambia
• Zimbabweans to protest N. Korean soccer team visit
• U.S. Navy Reports Close Encounter With Iranian Jet
• EU assures negotiators are working "day and night" to rescue Greece, avoid wider troubles
• Venezuelan police investigating stabbing death of American priest in eastern city
• Authorities rescue Mexican journalists stranded after ambush on international convoy
• Venezuela arrests man on suspicion of trying to incite assassination of Hugo Chavez
• More funds needed to help Myanmar recover, rebuild from devastating 2008 cyclone, UN says
• Army investigation finds drug traffickers killed 2 children in northern Mexico drug shootout
• Unemployment soars over 20 percent in Spain, adding to debt fears about eurozone nations
• Albanian opposition Socialists in hunger strike to demand recount in recent election
• Germany, Mexico hosting meeting of 45 nations in Bonn to push talks on climate deal ahead
• UK: Convicted murderer and ex-royal aide won't face charges for escaping from prison
• AP Interview: Captured militant recounts role in leading forces to al-Qaida in Iraq leaders
• In posthumous message, Jordanian CIA bomber calls on Muslims to wage holy war
• Berlusconi insists government will last full term, despite infighting, troubles in coalition
• 'Old Hacks' who covered Vietnam War reunite in former Saigon 35 years after war's end
• A year of spiralling food costs are forcing many Indians do cut back to survive
• Buzz off! Beekeeper to the rescue after thousands of bees swarm woman's SUV in Michigan
• Regulators close 3 troubled banks in Puerto Rico; assets go to other lenders in consolidation
• Iraqi PM criticizes opponent's calls for international involvement in post-election impasse
• Britain's 3 main candidates agree: With less than a week left, this race is wide open
• Dispute over limited water resources adds to India-Pakistan tensions
• Leader says Hezbollah can hit Israeli infrastructure in case of war, but won't confirm Scuds
• Land and rubble issues slow construction of transitional shelters in quake-ravaged Haiti
• Kenyan church leaders vow to campaign against draft constitution over abortion issue
• Critics express fears for Botswana's lauded democracy, but president says he's no dictator
• Top US state department official goes to Central America to discuss fighting crime, drugs
• Reckless behavior of private companies protecting NATO convoys angers Afghans
• Greek PM: New austerity measures needed along with bailout loans for country's survival
• Supreme Court rejects change in Brazil's amnesty law to try alleged human-rights abusers
• Police say suicide bomber kills 2 civilians in Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley
• China's Xinhua News Agency says it will launch international English TV network this week
• Vietnam celebrates 35th anniversary of the war's end, trumpets its economic progress
• German pigs find World War II anti-tank weapon when digging for food
• Swiss reject secret testimony sought by Polanski's lawyers
• WHO chief: North Korea needs to strengthen health system, pay attention to malnutrition
• North Korea says imprisoned American allowed to speak with family by phone
• Police say man dumped from N. Ind. trash bin into garbage truck narrowly missed being crushed
• China says diplomat beaten, injured by Houston police; US says State Dept taking it seriously
• Recent violent attacks at schools in China
• Belgium Bans People Wearing Burqas in Public
• Catholic bishops in India to adopt zero-tolerance policy on child sex abuse
• Police say arrested American had hashish on Bali island; conviction carries 4-year sentence
• Unemployment soars over 20 percent in Spain, adding to debt fears about eurozone nations
• NATO investigating Afghan official's accusation that military convoy killed 2 women, child
• Brazil's Vale buying stake in British BSG Resources, with big iron-ore holdings in Guinea
• Major Bangkok hospital evacuates after anti-government protesters storm in to hunt for troops
• EU official: China agrees to discuss targeted sanctions on Iran to increase pressure
• Brazilian police recommend that prosecutors charge 3 priests with the sexual abuse of boys
• Chinese reports say 5 preschool children hurt in new attack at kindergarten in eastern China
• Nigerian militant group claims attack on Royal Dutch Shell pipeline; oil company denies attack
• Ireland mourns loss of top broadcaster Gerry Ryan, found dead in Dublin apartment aged 53
• German police say a couple of hungry pigs digging for food found a WWII anti-tank weapon
• Thousands gather for protests in Athens as anger mounts over expected harsh austerity plan
• South African police arrest 2 over large explosives cache found in Johannesburg
• Children malnourished in Ivory Coast because of inflated food prices, civil war legacy
• Tajikistan to start polio vaccination campaign to combat outbreak
• Man, mother and baby head to prison after Cambodian court convicts cocaine smugglers
• 50 years after U-2 pilot Gary Powers is shot down, his son comes on own mission to Russia
• China orders tighter school security after 3rd attack on students in 3 days
• Oversight report: Construction of barracks for growing Afghan army delayed
• Romanian-born Israeli artist Avigdor Arikha dies at 81
• Greek Prime Minister says he will do anything to avoid the country going bankrupt
• Authorities rescue Mexican journalists stranded after ambush on international convoy
• UN reports massacre of 100 Congolese by Ugandan rebels; Attackers cut off woman's lips
• Bangladesh world leader in lifesaving diarrhea remedy; millions continue to die globally
• Syria compares US missile charges to pre-war WMD claims against Iraq
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• Russia investigates another death in the Moscow jail where lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died
• Polygamy banned but some immigrants in France use system to make money on their wives
• Iraq foreign minister appeals for stronger US, British help in resolving election dispute
• Britain's New Tories: More women, more minorities _ and maybe _ more troublemakers?
• Alleged child-bride marriage stuns Nigeria, home to uneasy population split between faiths
• US, Canada, Australia warn citizens of 'imminent' terrorist attacks planned in Indian capital
• Maoists shut down Nepal with general strike trying force prime minister's resignation
• Small fire spreads smoke at US Embassy in Pakistan before being extinguished, no one hurt
• Pakistani helicopter gunships pound insurgents' NW hideouts, kill 10 militants, official says
• 2 Puerto Rico policemen get prison time for beating death of man accused of stealing squad car
• Afghan suicide attack kills 1 at entrance of military base
• Rioters clash with police at Athens rally as anger mounts over expected harsh austerity plan
• Pope all but endorses authenticity of Turin Shroud, calls it an 'icon written with blood'
• Thai premier says Bangkok zone occupied by protesters will be cleared
• Taiwanese-American man held after claiming explosive was in his luggage on flight to China
• Thailand's Cabinet to hold emergency meeting amid fears of growing unrest from street protests
• Taiwan executes 4 inmates, first death sentences carries out since 2005
• Nicaragua opposition seeks OAS intervention in political struggle, says democracy threatened
• Gordon Brown says he's the underdog in 3-way race for British leadership as papers desert him
• Greek Prime Minister says agreement reached with IMF, EU on rescue package
• Chinese city urges citizens to 'trust the government' following protest over school attack
• Panama police find arsenal of assault rifles, grenades at sociology professor's house
• Eurozone, IMF rescue plan for Greece worth euro110 billion euros over 3 years
• 120,000 Maoists rally against government in Nepal's capital; set to stage general strike
• Iraq begins recount of Baghdad ballots demanded by PM after his narrow loss to challenger
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• Jamaica judge awards paraplegic $230K in damages, 16 years after man shot by police
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• Boom, bust, volcano: Iceland reels after years of crisis, but hardy inhabitants vow to rebuild
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• Fire Breaks Out at U.S. Embassy in Islamabad
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• Mexico, Germany urge the world to act on climate change at conference with 45 countries
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• Monitoring group: Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for car bomb attempt in New York
• Guatemala to push for immigration reform during visit by top State Department envoy
• In effort to assert control, China orders tighter school security after attacks on children
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• Mild earthquake shakes Haitian capital but no major damage reported
• Leader of Pakistan's Taliban appears in video, threatens attacks against the US
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• Report: Attacker at Iranian university stabs faculty member who was in reformist ex-government
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• Zimbabwe promises media reforms, opens door for new independent newspapers and broadcasters
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• Fire damages West Bank village mosque; Palestinian mayor suspects arson by Jewish settlers
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• Reports: NKorean leader Kim to meet top Beijing officials during rare trip to China
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• Iraq's Shiite parties throw aside differences and unite to try to form new government
• Germany says there is progress at climate meeting of some 40 nations near Bonn
• Democracy icons' son ready to lead Philippines with 'people power'-style campaign
• Thai protesters welcome government plan to end political crisis, but want to talk
• Cuba dismisses its transportation and sugar ministers, citing professional mistakes
• French parliament approves return of Maori heads to New Zealand
• Spain takes in 2nd inmate from Guantanamo Bay prison; Yemeni will be able to work, can't leave
• Pakistani couple beats indecency charge in Dubai after claiming their car was private place
• Iran's president defiant in face of new sanctions, says they would represent Obama failure
• Greek unions hold general strike, plan rallies to protest new deep spending cuts
• Parents of children sickened in China by tainted milk sue NZ company in Hong Kong
• After years of violence and war, Iraqis start to face their psychological scars, mental trauma
• Report: Israeli reporter returns classified military documents obtained from whistleblower
• Convoy of food, fuel enters Nepal capital on 3rd day of Maoists' crippling general strike
• Magnitude 6.4 Quake Strikes Chile
• Greek unions hold general strike, plan rallies to protest new deep spending cuts
• Spain takes in 2nd inmate from Guantanamo Bay prison; Yemeni will be able to work, can't leave
• Parents of children sickened in China by tainted milk sue NZ company in Hong Kong
• Tribal elder gunned down in southern Afghanistan; Taliban claims responsibility
• World's oldest person dies a week before her 115th birthday in Japan
• UN health agency hopes new snake venom website will take bite out of 100,000 yearly deaths
• EU calls creating single airspace a top priority; Germany, France demand binding ash rules
• Magnitude 6.4 quake hits Chile, no injuries, damage reported
• EU calls creating single airspace a top priority; Germany, France demand binding ash rules
• Poll says Australian government loses support after shelving climate change law
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• Lee call sinking of warship no 'simple accident,' order full review of military readiness
• Greek unions hold general strike, plan rallies to protest new deep spending cuts
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• Thai protesters accept deal to end violent political crisis that has paralyzed central Bangkok
• Germany says progress reached at climate meeting of some 40 nations near Bonn
• Supermarket singer and painter of pop-culture crime scenes nominated for art's Turner Prize
• In reversal, Japan's leader says part of key US Marine base will remain on Okinawa
• German who says he was abused by priest seeks compensation from church in letter to pope
• Flights Resume as British and Irish Airspace is Reopened
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• Greek court convicts 4 over carbon monoxide poisoning of 2 British children
• French investigators: Atlantic hunt for crashed Air France jet to go on, with fewer resources
• Oil giant Shell says attacks, vandalism led to loss of 14,000 tons of oil in Nigeria last year
• Pakistani intelligence officials say man detained over links to Times Square bomb attempt
• After years of inaction, idea of nuke-free Mideast rises on global agenda at treaty meeting
• Israel assumes chairmanship of international organization dedicated to memory of Holocaust
• Honduras launches truth commission with US support but repudiation from coup opponents
• New wave of dense volcanic ash from Iceland chokes air traffic in Scotland, Ireland
• Montenegro Police Arrest Suspected Pink Panther Jewel Robber
• French court to hear Noriega appeal to be released from provisional detention
• FBI director discusses battle against al-Qaida with Yemen's president
• Lithuanian woman accused of plotting suicide attack in Russia
• Investigators say 1 or 2 emergency exits were blocked during stampede at Mexican fair concert
• Prison authority: Riot in Venezuelan lockup leaves 8 dead
• US transfers 2 Guantanamo prisoners to Spain and1 to Bulgaria, leaving 181 still held
• Feared Shiite Mahdi Army militia led by hardline cleric reviving in post-election Iraq
• Thai protesters welcome PM's proposed compromise to end violent political crisis in Bangkok
• La Scala strike cancels a 'Boccanegra' performance by Domingo, workers protest gov't measures
• Despite muted expectations, Israelis and Palestinians stand to gain from indirect peace talks
• With national election headed for stalemate, Britain ponders hung Parliament scenarios
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• South American leaders name ex-Argentine President Nestor Kirchner as Unasur secretary-general
• Thais take political time-out to honor country's revered monarch on Coronation Day
• Palestinian President Abbas warns West Bank mosque fire endangers renewed peace efforts
• Croatian justice minister chosen as assistant UN secretary-general for human rights
• Indian court to sentence Pakistani convicted in 2008 Mumbai terror attacks on Thursday
• France's opposition Socialists present bill limiting Islamic veils, softer than Sarkozy's
• U.S. Renews Sanctions Against Syria
• Militants kill Somali journalist from state radio station, colleagues suspect targeted killing
• SAfrican police hunt for suspect who called, confessed to killing flamboyant strip club owner
• Germany's Holocaust memorial marks 5th anniversary, says millions have visited
• Fellow passengers: No panic on plane after arrest of Times Square bomb suspect
• Serbian Orthodox Church retires spiritual leader of Kosovo Serbs over embezzlement
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• Pakistan detains several with possible links to suspect in Times Square bomb attempt
• Fire brigade: 3 people dead in fire at Greek bank during riots in Athens
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• Iran kicks off new war games in strategic Persian Gulf waters, 2nd such exercise in a month
• China hit with world's fastest-growing syphilis epidemic; fueled by economic growth
• Scientist: Elephants' fear of bees could help prevent fatal conflict with humans
• Pentagon officials tell Congress things are looking up, even though violence is getting worse
• Iran's Ahmadinejad welcomes Brazilian mediation with West over nuclear fuel deal
• Police arrest 7 IRA dissidents following wave of bomb attacks in Northern Ireland
• Airports in Ireland, Scotland reopen after 2-day disruption as volcanic ash exits to Atlantic
• 5 nuclear powers favor 'concrete steps' toward nuclear weapons-free Mideast
• Taliban suicide squad attacks Afghan government compound; 13 dead including 9 bombers
• EU Naval Force: Somali pirates board oil tanker, Russian warship rushing to intervene
• Pakistan army doubts Pakistani Taliban were connected to the Times Square bomb attempt
• Former president of South Africa's Black Sash, a leading anti-apartheid movement, dies
• UN refugee chief: Security worse in Afghanistan, foreign staff can't access half of country
• IAEA chief asks for help in opening Israel's nuclear program to inspection
• India Court Bans Truth Drugs, Lie Detectors
• Deal uniting Iraq's rival Shiite factions gives clerics potential voice in political decisions
• Democracy icons' son ready to lead Philippines with 'people power'-style campaign
• African Union mission in Somalia warns of suicide attacks against civilians in capital
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• US senators call for $3.5 billion in American aid to help Haiti recover from quake
• In shadows of Mexico's drug war, deadly ambush highlights tensions over ancestral lands
• After months of diplomacy, US launches indirect Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
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• Britain holds historic election that could transform politics steeped in tradition
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• Philippine justice chief, under public pressure, keeps massacre charges vs. 2 clan members
• French court rejects US request for extradition of Iranian engineer
• Nigeria: Case dropped against anti-corruption czar who faced death threats and moved abroad
• Congo: Civilians capture rebel leader in northwest Equateur province where 200,000 displaced
• Official says religious beliefs appear to be behind the theft of 11 bronze statues in Tehran
• Indonesian auction of ancient treasures stymied by short notice, high entry fee
• Congo: Civilians capture rebel leader in northwest Equateur province where 200,000 displaced
• Nigeria: Case dropped against anti-corruption czar who faced death threats and moved abroad
• Times Square bomb suspect seen as near-perfect recruit for militant groups
• Maoist supporters block Nepal government's main offices on 4th day of crippling general strike
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• French court rejects US request for extradition of Iranian engineer
• The number of children in Japan hits new low for 29th straight year
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• Pakistan politicians shelter militants in Punjab as army fights other extremists in northwest
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• Mexico investigating death of Texas high school student as homicide
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• In Tanzania, Zimbabwe president tries to fight Western influence while PM seeks help from West
• Gay marriage approved in Argentine House _ now goes to Senate over strong church opposition
• Spokesman: Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has died after long illness
• Moody's puts Portugal's credit rating on review for downgrade, warns of possible 2 notch cut
• Ex-arms-industry lobbyist convicted of tax evasion in Germany, sentenced to 8 years
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• Demjanjuk trial testimony: All guards at Sobibor death camp involved in killing process
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• Syria criticizes renewal of US sanctions on Damascus, says they fuel hostility in region
• 6.3 Magnitude Earth Quake Strikes Off the Coast of Indonesia
• Report: Brazil archbishop says teenagers are 'spontaneously' gay, need guidance on sexuality
• China to provide region where ethnic riots killed nearly 200 with $1.5 billion economic boost
• Chinese Boy Left Dangling by His Ears From Side of Highrise
• Suu Kyi's Myanmar opposition party holds last event before authorities dissolve it
• Philippines to proceed with Monday's presidential polls despite counting machine defects
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• South Korean woman ready to hit streets after getting driver's license on 960th try in 5 years
• Italian opera silenced by strikes as austerity politics clash with artistic passions
• Indian court hands death sentence to Pakistani gunman convicted in 2008 Mumbai siege
• Official: Researchers pin down zone in Atlantic depths that held Air France crash black boxes
• Italian opera silenced by strikes as austerity politics clash with artistic passions
• Goodluck Jonathan sworn in as Nigeria's president hours after death of elected leader
• Police detain 2 in separate threats on children following attacks at schools
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• Magnitude 6.4 quake hits southern Peru and northern Chile, no reports of casualties
• Tarantino to head Venice film festival jury, cited as major creative force in cinema
• Euro-zone nations to meet in Brussels to finalize Greek rescue plan
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• European markets steady despite Asian drop as eyes turn to ECB to help contain debt crisis
• South African police seize weapons, explosives; link suspects to right-wing groups
• Grenada man accused of beheading 2 men denied bail as angry crowd gathers
• Fringe candidate in UK election escapes with minor injuries after light aircraft crashes
• Nigeria: Fire hits Royal Dutch Shell oil pipeline, Italian firm Eni fixes production problem
• Gulf Arab security chiefs say Iranian espionage group dismantled in Kuwait
• Iran invites UN human rights chief who criticized Tehran's crackdown on opposition
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• Thai PM offers to dissolve Parliament in September if protesters cease Bangkok occupation
• Merkel risks reverse as key German state votes after government squabbling, Greek crisis
• Afghan police arrest 16 people accused of plotting suicide, rocket attacks in Kabul
• Niger junta sets presidential vote for December, spells out plan to restore civilian rule
• China says North Korea's Kim Jong Il reaffirmed importance of nuclear talks during China visit
• Cuban folk legend Silvio Rodriguez set to play Carnegie Hall _ but his US visa still pending
• Haiti president seeks to remain in office if post-quake election for successor is not held
• Israel refuses to address mounting international pressure to join nuclear treaty
• Foreign troops to join ceremony marking Soviet Union's decisive role in WWII
• War No More: Swiss government to debate whether army still needs to be able to fend off attack
• Official: Researchers pin down zone in Atlantic depths that held Air France crash black boxes
• Russian Defense Ministry says a warship has freed tanker boarded by pirates off Somalia
• Egypt's Mubarak cautions opposition against fomenting "chaos" amid mounting push for reform
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• 80 boat passengers missing, feared dead after overloaded canoe capsizes on Congo river
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• Kyrgyzstan's security chief warns that allies of deposed president may fund disturbances
• Goodluck Jonathan sworn in as Nigeria's president as nation buries elected leader
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• Crucial Greek austerity bill wins enough votes for passage in parliament; voting still ongoing
• Russian special forces storm hijacked oil tanker, freeing 23 sailors; 1 pirate killed
• Greek austerity bill passes with 172 votes in favor
• Japan restarts troubled fast-breeder reactor for first time in 14 years
• With protests over wages, anger over meat prices, Egyptians' economic woes turn political
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• Palestinian president warns of Hamas arms smuggling in West Bank
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• Gordon Brown: A skilled politician plagued by bad timing struggles to avoid defeat
• Greek lawmakers approve crucial austerity bill, minor clashes as tens of thousands protest
• Tornado Leaves 23 Dead, More Than 160 Injured in China
• Faction of Suu Kyi's dissolved party announces plans to form new Myanmar opposition party
• Ordinary but extraordinary: Nick Clegg uses a common touch to expand party base
• Romanian shoe designer creates skyscraper sandal with a 12-inch heel (31 centimeter) heel
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• Karachi mosque draws investigators seeking link between accused NY bomber, extremists
• Vietnam discovers nearly 2 tons of elephant tusks hidden in seaweed shipped from Kenya
• Britain's Prince Harry chosen to fly formidable Apache attack helicopters
• 2 NATO service members die in eastern, southern Afghanistan; civilians killed by roadside bomb
• AP Interview: Dalai Lama says Tibetan exile movement must press talks with China government
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• Report: German bishop linked to sexual abuse charge; attorney denies claim
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• Iranians host dinner for UN Security Council in hopes of avoiding more sanctions
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• Britain's Prince Harry chosen to fly formidable Apache attack helicopters
• The Dalai Lama says Tibetan exile movement must press forward with talks with China
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• 6 rebels, 2 Indian soldiers killed in fierce forest clash in restive Indian Kashmir
• Russia says pirates who held oil tanker off the coast of Somalia have been released
• Mudslide in remote area of Tajikistan kills 7, including 4 children, many feared missing
• Worn and frail, NKorea's Kim Jong Il scales down secret visit to China over nukes, aid
• Northern Ireland power-sharing leader Robinson surprise loser in British election
• Dubai Names Five More Suspects in Hamas Killing
• Report: Dubai identifies 5 new suspects in Hamas murder, bringing hit squad to 32 people
• US vows greater transparency over fuel supply deals for its air base in Kyrgyzstan
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• Mammoth cloud of volcanic ash blocks North Atlantic air routes, causes long-haul traffic jam
• Pentagon bans 4 Guantanamo reporters who published name of witness after being told not to
• Russia's parliament refuses to halt American adoptions of Russian children
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• European leaders seek to calm fears Greek rescue won't be enough
• Canada's Supreme Court rules journalists do not have a blanket right to protect secret sources
• Parliament president says Germans needed time to find end of WWII was liberation
• Nigeria: Royal Dutch Shell says it can't meet production target after fire on major pipeline
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• Venezuela cracks down on butchers, arresting dozens while trying to control inflation
• Faction of Suu Kyi's opposition forms new party, will run in Myanmar's upcoming election
• Death of president, often first warning of coup, offers new stability to oil-rich Nigeria
• Afghan leader's visit to Washington expected to smooth rocky relations with US
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• Gunmen kill 2 Egyptian peacekeepers in ambush on convoy in Sudan's south Darfur region
• Turkish lawmakers OK constitutional amendments; opposition says secularism at risk
• Iranian that US accuses of selling technology to Iran's military returns home from France
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• Japan premier faces more local rejection over US Marine base relocation
• Obama's arms control agenda may set US up for success at nuclear treaty conference
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• APNewsBreak: UN nuke agency set to put spotlight on Israel's secretive program
• Philippines says Monday's vote will be successful despite computer glitch and violence
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• Pakistan test-fires 2 ballistic missiles, says world should recognize it as nuclear power
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• International Criminal Court prosecutor: Investigations of Kenya violence to be an example
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• South Africa, changing track on AIDS, faces lack of resources and stigmas
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• Pakistan to probe Times Square car bombing suspect's alleged links to militant groups
• Pope Benedict appoints a new top church official for Poland
• Taliban threaten to launch series of attacks in Afghanistan while Karzai visits US
• Thai political conflict spills from streets to cyberspace, where censorship on the increase
• Worn and frail, NKorea's Kim Jong Il scales down secret visit to China over nukes, aid
• Italy's culture chief to snub Cannes to protest film spoofing Berlusconi and his quake relief
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• Iraqi Kurds protest the kidnap and murder of journalist, blaming government for his death
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• Russian president turns gives long-sought Katyn massacre files to Polish leader
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• UN's Ban pushes for activating nuclear test ban treaty, asks, 'How long must we wait?'
• Thailand's government warns of more violence if Red Shirts don't end crippling protest
• Reports: Indonesian sentenced to death in Malaysia wedding shooting that killed 5
• 2 China lawyers who defended Falun Gong practitioner slapped with lifetime ban
• Fidel Castro: Gulf oil spill shows world governments powerless to stop major corporations
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• Explosives planted in home of policeman in northern Iraq kill 3
• Catholic Church returned convicted priest to Sierra Leone villages where he had preyed on boys
• Spain's King Juan Carlos undergoes lung surgery after growth discovered during checkup
• Taiwanese Fishing Boat Hijacked by Pirates Off Somali Coast
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• Violent clashes erupt between Maoist protesters and police in Nepal's capital, several injured
• Thai PM pleads for end to 2-month street protests, acceptance of reconciliation plan
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• Thai army announces water, electricity cuts to clear Bangkok protest area
• Official says torrential rains, flooding kill 70 in southern China
• Russia warns Israeli-Arab tensions could spark catastrophe, as Moscow adds weight to diplomacy
• Teenager kills student at Albanian high school, then commits suicide
• Families of 17,921 missing face painful milestone 2 years after China's devastating earthquake
• Pakistan foreign minister says Indian counterpart to visit Islamabad in July for peace talks
• German government gets package under way; markets slip on long-term debt fears.
• U.S. Missiles Kill 24 in Taliban Sanctuary in Pakistan
• Chilean police: Pakistani man detained in US Embassy while carrying traces of explosive
• Vietnam court rejects appeals of 2 dissidents, reduces jail term for a third
• US Embassy confirms Arizona man found dead in northern Mexico; 3 detained in case
• Pakistani, Indian foreign ministers to meet, hope to resume peace talks abandoned after Mumbai
• Satellite drifts out of control miles above Earth, threatens US cable programming
• Indonesia's ex-top detective, who became corruption whistle-blower, arrested on bribery charge
• Security driver accused in French bank heist says he stole to get back at his boss
• US Special Forces, Marines train African armies to face terrorists and traffickers in Sahara
• German government gets package under way; markets slip on long-term debt fears.
• UN human rights experts say Arizona immigration law could violate international standards
• Suspected U.S. Missiles Kill at Least 10 in Pakistan
• Spanish official: embattled judge Garzon who indicted Pinochet, bin Laden seeking leave
• US soldiers share rugged Afghan outpost with some of world's deadliest creatures
• Russia's president urges active US role in Mideast peace process
• Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says anxious to resolve Britain's political impasse
• Taliban shoot 2 in NW Pakistan accused of spying for the US, bodies dumped with notes attached
• Egypt extends emergency law as rights groups dismiss government promises to limit scope
• Security driver accused in French bank heist says he stole to get back at his boss
• Brown leaves Downing Street into an uncertain future he says will not include politics
• New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in London to view subway system CCTV network
• Correction: Thailand-Politics-Censorship story
• Belize to join Caribbean Court of Justice, leave colonial-era British Privy Council
• Aquino promises lean, graft-free government as Philippines vote-counting nearly complete
• Malaysia probes police shooting of suspect amid allegations police use arms indiscriminately
• Puerto Rican authorities arrest dozens in raid to break up alleged $65M drug-trafficking ring
• Muhammad cartoonist 'head-butted' as protesters disrupt free-speech lecture in Sweden
• Once the wrangling stops, how Britain's handover of power will unfold
• 3 members of German neo-Nazi group convicted of indoctrinating children on camping trips
• Sudan seeks arrest of Darfur rebel leader after group breaks off peace talks with government
• Pakistani ambassador to Iran assaulted during argument with Afghan man in northern Tehran
• Poor get better health care in post-quake Haiti due to foreign aid dollars, but will it last?
• Russia, US differ on how close they are to signing a new accord on adoptions
• Israel FM: Arms-Laden N. Korean Plane Was Bound for Hamas, Hezbollah
• 3 members of German neo-Nazi group convicted of indoctrinating children on camping trips
• North Korea claims its scientists have succeeded in elusive nuclear fusion reaction
• Taliban claims responsibility for death of prison official, bomb blast in Afghanistan
• Iraqi officials: 7 killed when parked car explodes near Sadr City cafe
• Venezuela lawmakers to give Central Bank control over bond trading, aiming to cut inflation
• Reports: Berlusconi and wife agree to separation; alimony to be decided
• China, US to renew human rights talks amid Chinese attacks on legal profession, NGOs
• South Africa's governing party disciplines youth leader
• Iran says it warns off US surveillance aircraft trying to observe naval exercise in Gulf
• Myanmar military leaders reject election monitors, but ask for US support of vote
• EU lays out tighter rules, economy oversight to stem debt crisis, use of bailouts
• New leaders for elite police in Afghanistan underpin NATO hopes to one day return home
• Prime Minister David Cameron's office: he, President Barack Obama discussed Iran, Afghanistan
• APNewsBreak: US reconsidering pace of troop pullout amid violence and instability in Iraq
• Thai army announces new measures to clear Bangkok protest area starting at midnight
• 7 children, 2 adults hacked to death at kindergarten; assailant commits suicide
• South African woman killed by deadly kick from giraffe in northeastern South Africa
• Airline spokeswoman says Libyan airliner crash lands at Tripoli airport
• Israel halts medical care for assassinated Hamas militant's relative
• Some of the recent attacks in Iraq
• UK sees new political era with Conservative PM David Cameron paired with Liberal Democrats
• Russia's president urges nations to work to end "human tragedy" in Gaza
• Israeli foreign minister calls Iran, Syria and North Korea the new 'axis of evil'
• Satellite drifts out of control miles above Earth, threatens US cable programming
• Israel claims arms-laded NKorean plane seized in Bangkok was bound for Hamas and Hezbollah
• Macedonian police: 4 killed in shootout between armed group, police, near border with Kosovo
• European Parliament chief says 8-year-old child has survived Libyan air crash
• Bodies of Groom, Wedding Party Members Found 4 Days After They Were Kidnapped at Church
• Asian stocks mixed amid concerns global economic growth may slow; Europe gains
• Police search trekking trail in northern Nepal for Colorado woman missing on solo trek
• Viswanathan Anand retains world chess title by beating challenger Veselin Topalov
• Malaysia opposition leader Anwar loses bid to get police documents that could derail sex trial
• Oxford Dictionary to Correct 99-Year-Old Mistake
• Thai army says it will limit water, food, electricity to protesters to clear protest zone
• Caribbean nations expect to receive $100 million grant from US government to fight AIDS
• China environmentalist released after prison term for what he says were trumped up charges
• Britain's new PM David Cameron is a privileged politician with a modernizing touch
• President Obama is first leader to congratulate UK's new leader David Cameron
• Argentine foreign minister, former prisoner of dictatorship, describes crimes against humanity
• U.S. Mulls Adding Pakistan Taliban to Terror List
• European Parliament chief says he has been told around 100 people died in Libyan air crash
• Reports: Berlusconi and wife agree to separation; alimony to be decided
• Archeologists find aqueduct that brought water to Jerusalem for nearly 600 years
• Euphoria Fades Over $1 Trillion Euro Rescue
• Recent violent attacks at schools in China
• Giuliana Camerino, who designed timeless bags carried by Grace Kelly, Liz Taylor, dies at 90
• Gulf oil spill could hurt aquatic species in Mexico, even though slick expected to stay away
• Paraguay won't back Oscar-winning filmmaker's plan for film on Triple Border region
• Viswanathan Anand retains world title by winning 6.5-5.5 against Veselin Topalov
• World newspaper executives forum in Beirut called off because of funding problems
• Brazil council of bishops to prepare guidelines on how to combat child abuse by priests
• Germany says GDP posts 0.2 percent rise in first quarter as economic recovery gains momentum
• 4 killed in shootout with police near Macedonia-Kosovo border
• Lawyer: US approves visa for Cuban folk icon Silvio Rodriguez for June 4 show at Carnegie Hall
• Thailand readies lockdown over Red Shirts, says will shoot 'terrorists' who defy
• Workers find World War II-era mine; explosion rocks Brazilian beach resort
• Spanish Supreme Court throws out appeal, removing last obstacle for trial of judge Garzon
• After 7 months at sea, Australian teen sailor nears finish line of her round-the-world trek
• Somali pirates seize Greek ship off East Africa; 26 crew members onboard reported to be safe
• Taliban shoot 2 in NW Pakistan accused of spying for the US, bodies dumped with notes attached
• 2 Russian pilots arrested at Berlin airport after witness overhears suspicious conversation
• 3 wins in Philippine elections mark Marcos family's highest rise since dictator ousted in 1986
• Austrian bishop questions celibacy, says married men should be allowed to become priests
• Dutch prime minister says dozens of Dutch aboard plane that crashed in Libya
• Boys Aged 10 and 11 Go on Trial for Rape
• Invesitagors say search in new area for Air France plane that crashed in Atlantic a failure
• WFP: Food aid still needed in Zimbabwe after crop failures led to harvest shortfalls
• Libyan transport minister confirms at least 96 dead in plane crash, 1 Dutch boy survived
• Charity events are held around South Africa to mark the countdown to Mandela's 92nd birthday
• Police find pile of young men's bodies, total of 7 dead in city in northern Mexico
• More than a thousand protesters rally in northern Iraq against killing of Kurdish reporter
• Dutch Foreign Ministry says injured boy from Libyan crash undergoing surgery in Tripoli
• Pope recalls assassination attempt on John Paul, other sufferings of church in Fatima
• Sarkozy emerges buoyed from euro rescue effort with high-spending French accent
• Nigeria's government says they will relaunch an amnesty program for militants to disarm
• Judge in Argentine province orders Facebook to shut youth group used to organize truancy
• Bill Gates checks on progress of polio eradication program in remote village in eastern India
• Laughing with, no longer at, each other, odd couple at Britain's helm vow to tackle deficit
• Venezuelan police arrest 3 suspects in strangling of American priest
• World stocks rise as traders look to global economic growth, easing Europe debt crisis
• Neighbors thought China school attacker who slashed and killed 9 was a good, quiet man
• Gaza banking system safe, regulator says, after Arab Bank closes 2 of 3 branches there
• Dealers, not pilgrims: Police say drugs brought to Italy via convent cocaine contact
• German court: Web users must secure wireless connection to stop others from using it illegally
• Indonesian police kill 5 militants suspects, including 2 linked to bombings
• German court: Web users must secure wireless connection to stop others from using it illegally
• 8 South Koreans found dead in 2 separate cases of suspected group suicide
• Official: 2 killed, 10 wounded in fire following explosion at Russian hydropower plant
• Germany's Merkel, facing pressure, seems ready to press the "reset button"
• Former Venezuelan diplomat challenges seizure of family's farm by Chavez government
• Netherlands tourism authorities say 61 victims of Libyan plane crash were Dutch
• EU lays out tighter rules, economy oversight to stem debt crisis, use of bailouts
• Cannes Film Festival opens with star-studded action flick, but focuses on emerging filmmakers
• Egyptian FM rebuffs US criticism of Cairo's extension of 3-decade-old emergency law
• Abu Dhabi adds new Gulf glitz with gold-dispensing machine at hotel
• 6 men killed, 2 wounded in drive-by shooting near kindergarten in northern Mexico border town
• Spanish diocese says court probing alleged abuse of disabled at religious order home
• Jamaica's prime minister: I authorized firm to lobby against drug suspect's extradition to US
• Venezuela to open military trial for 5 Colombians accused of espionage, sabotage
• Gazan says Hamas police beat him over allegations he had sex with women who are not his wife
• Russia's president urges active US role in Mideast peace process
• EU air safety agency proposes adopting US volcanic ash rules for a much smaller no-fly zone
• Man pleads guilty in decapitation of gay Puerto Rican teen; sentenced to 99 years
• French court refuses to free Noriega ahead of money laundering trial
• China vice president tells Communist Party cadres to reduce use of political jargon
• Mexico worries seasonal shift in currents could bring Gulf oil spill to Mexican shores
• International conference on Somalia next week will tackle security, piracy and reconstruction
• Mexican mayor allegedly beats wife at mother's day event, sparks national criticism
• Iraqi officials: 7 killed when parked car explodes near Sadr City cafe
• Swedish Muhammad cartoonist wants to repeat lecture interrupted by crowd violence
• Poke, punch, kick: Kenya's grannies learn self-defense in slums where elderly women are raped
• Prosecutors reopen bribery case against Ukraine's former prime minister
• UN's Ban urges Canadian PM to put environment, global poverty on G20 agenda
• Israel marks anniversary of capture of Jerusalem sector claimed by Palestinians
• Germany's Merkel, facing pressure, seems ready to press the "reset button"
• FBI says man once convicted in bomb scares accused of new threats at main Puerto Rico airport
• Iran Eases Grip on Al Qaeda
• US says negotiations on new Iran sanctions are making 'good progress'
• Main Spanish union calls civil servant strike to protest government salary cuts
• 14 US troops receive German medals for airlifting wounded troops in Afghanistan
• Once-rival parties in Britain hold inaugural meeting of new coalition government
• Clashes in Kyrgyzstan injure at least 30 people in bid to retake gov't building
• Serbia plans to open mass grave believed to contain up to 350 bodies of Kosovo Albanians
• Police: NATO, Afghan forces kill at least 3 dozen suspected insurgents in raids across nation
• Kremlin: Medvedev and Obama speak by telephone about Middle East
• Unknown blight could drop Afghan opium poppy yield by a third; officials worry as prices soar
• 5 killed in attack on repairmen in Russia's Dagestan
• Rescue work suspended at Russian mine where 24 missing; death toll reaches 66
• Zimbabwean baby elephants won't survive airlift into North Korea, conservationists warn
• Blog describes dream vacation in South Africa that turned to tragedy for child crash survivor
• 3 Suspected Islamic Militants Arrested in Indonesian Raid
• To succeed UK's Brown as Labour's new chief: brother takes on brother, husband may face wife
• Libyan Airbus may have been attempting go-around in poor visibility after problems on approach
• Kazakh lawmakers give president lifetime immunity and powers after he retires
• Palestinian Suspected of Murdering Pregnant Wife Because Ultrasound Showed She Was Having a Girl
• Japan's prime minister sags to dangerously low support levels in latest polls
• Killings based on homophobia rise in Mexico despite government tolerance campaign, report says
• Brazil launches Latin America's largest home-building effort designed to eliminate slums
• Cannes directors sign petition in support of Roman Polanski
• US businessman falls to his death in Jordanian capital; authorities say no sign of foul play
• New British foreign secretary says no 'artificial deadline' for troops to quit Afghanistan
• Israeli officials vow to build for Jews, demolish Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem
• Catholic Church in Brazil says sex abuse by clergymen is criminal, must not be covered up
• South African-Irish novelist Bree O'Mara among victims of Libya crash
• Outspoken foe of Venezuela's Chavez released while awaiting trial for remarks on talk show
• In Mexico, gunmen kill mayoral candidate, son in drug-plagued area near Texas border
• Haiti prosecutors seek 6 months in prison for US woman who tried to remove kids after quake
• Libya, Angola and other countries accused of rights violations elected to Human Rights Council
• Botched bus bomb in Baghdad's Sadr City raises fear of attempts to provoke Shiite militia
• Beirut daily blames financial crisis, regional tensions for cancellation of newspaper forum
• Pakistani man in Chile terror probe described as calm and gentle; police raids continue
• 1 hurt in bomb blast outside Greek prison, dozens windows shattered
• Man dies after giant cocktail party that drew thousands in French city of Nantes
• Haiti prosecutors seek 6 months in prison for US woman who tried to remove kids after quake
• Russian judge who denied release of woman inmate who later died steps down
• UN prosecutor for ex-Yugoslavia files amended Mladic genocide indictment
• Poland unveils memorial honoring fighters of Warsaw ghetto uprising of 1943
• Somali middleman describes how pirate ransoms are negotiated
• Sudan independence vote would make humble city of trash-filled dirt roads newest world capital
• AP IMPACT: After 40 years, $1 trillion, US War on Drugs has failed to meet any of its goals
• New Zealand leader offends Maori with cannibal joke
• Analysis: Syria handles Scud affair with eye on vital ties with Washington
• Japan's government could fall on fate of Marine base essential to US, unwanted by Okinawans
• Offshore Natural Gas Platform Sinks off Venezuela
• Iraq starts official negotiations with US to reclaim Hebrew-language archive
• Man who spent 11 years in China jail after being tortured into false confession given $96,000
• Safari vacation ends in tragedy for Dutch boy who survived Libya crash; parents, brother die
• Jamaican woman killed by police bullet when caught in crossfire of shootout with gunmen
• Nigeria: President Goodluck Jonathan names Muslim northerner as tentative VP pick
• Offshore natural gas platform sinks off Venezuela, 95 workers rescued
• Zimbabwean baby elephants won't survive airlift into North Korea, conservationists warn
• Pope on Fatima pilgrimage decries abortion and same-sex marriage as insidious threats
• Israeli government follows Jesus, tells Sea of Galilee fishermen to 'cast aside their nets'
• NATO, Afghan Forces Said to Kill Militants
• Pakistan evacuating villages, digging spillways to drain lake expanding behind landslide
• Ex-governor of Nigeria's oil-rich Delta state arrested in Dubai on corruption charges
• Former Russian air force chief says nation's air defense have weakened
• Nigeria: Ruling party chairman, who had said new president couldn't run for office, resigns
• Police say bomb threat on flight from Latvia to Berlin believed to be hoax
• China condemns 4 robbers who used explosives, heavy machinery to plunder ancient tombs
• Italy expels 2 Moroccans for security threat, report says they wanted to kill pope
• Israel to name Salvadoran diplomat to 'Righteous Among the Nations' list for saving Jews
• Asian stocks fall in early trading on disappointing US jobs data
• Turkish prime minister leads delegation to debt-plagued Greece on landmark visit
• Pope wraps up Portugal trip marked by admission of church guilt with appeal to spread faith
• Russia's top children's rights official says U.S.-Russia treaty to be drafted in coming months
• Iranian cleric wants to see creation of 'Greater Iran' to rule over Middle East, Central Asia
• Relatives break news to surviving Dutch boy that family died in Libya plane crash
• Head of UN panel on climate defends scientists despite errors, but welcomes review of work
• Savage school attacks in China put spotlight on country's mental health, social problems
• Chinese scientists say cigarette butts can help prevent steel from corroding
• Homicide Bombers Kill 10 at Iraqi Soccer Game
• State media says death toll in coal mine blast in southwest China rises to 21
• State media says death toll in coal mine blast in southwest China rises to 21
• Clashes in Kyrgyzstan kill 1, injure more than 60 people in battle to control gov't buildings
• US patrol highlights deadly terrain that awaits troops in southern Afghanistan
• New Zealand Leader Offends Maori With Cannibal Joke
• US engineer held in China on accusations he misused trade secrets released without charge
• Judge who indicted Pinochet, bin Laden suspended from post pending trial in Spanish case
• Italian police arrest suspected member of Pink Panthers jewel thieves
• Ex-governor of Nigeria's oil-rich Delta state freed on bail in Dubai after corruption arrest
• Italian police arrest suspected member of Pink Panthers jewel thieves
• Police Uncover Plot to Kill Indonesia's President, Set Up Islamic State
• Search for 24 missing Russian miners can't resume for at least a week
• Protest at Iranian Embassy in Sweden Turns Violent
• Police: 28 die as bus touches high-voltage wire in central India
• Protesters allege NATO killed Afghan civilians; alliance says it targeted insurgents
• Palestinian boy found dead in West Bank; Palestinians blame settlers
• New British Cabinet criticized for lacking diversity, failing to include enough women
• Pope wraps up Portugal trip marked by admission of church guilt with appeal to spread faith
• Bomb explodes in courthouse in northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, 1 wounded
• New al-Qaida in Iraq leader warns of blood-soaked days, says new attack campaign already begun
• Iranian cleric: Promiscuity, sin do cause earthquakes but God may be holding His fire
• EU navy force says Somali pirates free British-flagged chemical tanker after receiving ransom
• Crisis looms in Nepal as temporary constitution expires amid sharp political divide
• Al-Qaida in North Africa says it has abducted French engineer in Niger
• Electricity Cable Kills at Least 28 Wedding Guests on Indian Bus
• Founder of banned Malaysian Islamic sect dies, leaving behind 3 wives, 38 kids, 200 grandkids
• Pakistan Has 2 Alleged Financiers in Custody in Times Square Bomb Case
• China says Internet service in western Xinjiang region fully restored 10 months after riots
• Upriver Nile countries sign compact pitting the 4 countries against Egypt and Sudan
• BBC, Sky News report British lawmaker stabbed in east London; condition unclear
• Right-wing lawmaker creates ruckus in Hungary's parliament by wearing outlawed clothing
• Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli faces fines after failing to declare iPad at Tel Aviv airport
• Judge who indicted Pinochet, bin Laden suspended from post in Spanish case
• Chile police find more traces of explosive in terrorism probe of Pakistani, seek others
• Sweden expels Syrian diplomat in alleged plot to kidnap daughter
• Prosecutors drop investigation of German bishop over sex abuse allegations
• Vietnam bans use of 'China Beach' nickname amid tensions with China over disputed islands
• Frederick Van Zyl Slabbert, white who helped South Africa chart way out of apartheid, dies
• Official: No fraud found in Iraq's parliamentary election, official results due Monday
• Violence surges in Indian Kashmir after years of decline; authorities worry of bloody summer
• British Labour lawmaker Stephen Timms attacked in east London, injuries not life-threatening
• Turkish prime minister leads delegation to debt-plagued Greece on landmark visit
• Timeline of major flashpoints in Thailand's deepening political crisis
• Bomb explodes outside courthouse in northern Greek city of Thessaloniki
• Aquino says if elected he will not take oath as Philippine president before new chief justice
• North Korea denies any involvement in spreading weapons of mass destruction
• Nicaraguan banana workers deny they conspired in fraud to win pesticides case against Dole
• Police find body of Haitian kidnapped during post-quake reconstruction effort
• Gunmen open fire at bar in northern Mexico killing 8, wounding 20
• Chile Judge Frees Pakistani Man Detained at U.S. Embassy
• US Embassy offers to evacuate family of staff in Bangkok, tells American citizens to stay away
• Jamaican police: Suspect in killing of 5-year-old may have sought revenge against boy's father
• WFP says gunmen in central Somalia have killed 1 of the agency's contracted drivers
• Two North Korean Naval Boats Briefly Cross Western Sea Border With South Korea
• Family files complaint against ex-rebels in 1975 killing of Salvadoran poet
• Barbados prime minister says he is ill, needs medical tests in US
• Federal prosecutors say former Mexican presidential candidate missing amid signs of violence
• Thai army designates a riot-wracked neighborhood in central Bangkok as 'live firing zone'
• 4 Lebanese workers kidnapped in Nigeria in attack that killed 4 others, security officials say
• Algerian security forces kill 3 suspected Islamic militants, capture 1
• China court sentences to death school attacker who hurt 29 children at kindergarten
• Britain's new prime minister meets Afghanistan's president
• Germany lashes out at Google after company admits privacy breach with Wi-Fi data
• New music school teaches street children in Kabul, where music was illegal a decade ago
• Sudanese security forces say more than 160 killed in clashes with JEM rebels in Darfur
• Iraqis uneasy about a possible return to sectarian warfare, avoid crowded places
• Low turnout in Hong Kong special elections deals blow to democracy campaign
• 8 Killed, 18 Wounded in Massacre at Mexican Bar
• Jamaica's prime minister faces growing calls for resignation over handling of extradition case
• Bahamas police charge 2 tourists from Florida in killing of man during alleged drug deal
• U.K. Police Secretly Investigate 47,000 Airline Passengers
• At UN treaty conference, ambitious draft report sees timetable for abolishing nuke arms
• Niger government that took power in February coup to distribute 21,000 tons of food
• Hong Kong activists make final appeal for special election touted as referendum on reform
• Dutch boy who is sole Libyan crash survivor leaves for home on medical evacuation flight
• Ruling party candidate's killing stokes fear that Mexico drug cartels will control elections
• Cuban appeals court voids jail sentence for dissident blogger linked to Ladies in White
• Small plane crashes in Suriname, all 8 aboard feared dead
• Prosecution rests in trial of 5 Americans charged with planning terrorist attacks in Pakistan
• Development bank seeks $2 billion to overhaul ruined Haiti schools after earthquake
• Afghan officials: At least 30 militants killed in allied raids; 5 security guards die in east
• Dutch boy who is sole survivor of Libya crash returns home to face life without parents
• Officials say suspected US missile strike kills 5 in northwest Pakistan
• Hugo Chavez confirms he won't go to Madrid summit, because Honduran leader will attend
• Cuban gay and lesbian activists hold march against homophobia around the world
• Regional governor says Kyrgyz interim authorities in charge following outbreak of violence
• Haiti kidnappers release British reconstruction worker, Haitian victim still in captivity
• Aussie teen becomes youngest to sail solo, unassisted around world at 16; finishes in Sydney
• Federal prosecutors say former Mexican presidential candidate missing amid signs of violence
• Australian teen becomes youngest to sail solo, unassisted around world, and now wants to drive
• Chile terror suspect's lawyer denies US claim of bomb residue, says chemical commonly found
• Algeria Earthquake Kills Two
• Russia's arms trade chief: Moscow to sell fighter jets, air defense systems and armor to Syria
• Palestinian rivals march together to mark displacement in 1948 Mideast war
• Thai gov't rejects Red Shirts' offer of talks, vows to continue crackdown that had killed 30
• Muhammad cartoonist's home vandalized in Sweden, police suspect arson attempt
• Model Claudia Schiffer, director Matthew Vaughn welcome baby girl, their third child
• Police say militants ambush, kidnap about 60 people in troubled Pakistani tribal region
• Drifting cloud of volcanic ash invades British airspace, closing Northern Irish airports
• NKorean navy boats cross tense sea border with SKorea in first violation since ship sinking
• Wisdom of Woody: Allen talks love and death at Cannes with 'Tall Dark Stranger'
• Demand for ivory soars in Asia, leads to death of African elephants
• Lawyer says Iran will allow French academic to leave Sunday after $300,000 fine paid
• Woman charged with attempted murder after British lawmaker attacked
• Puerto Rico struggles to address its premature birth rate, one of the highest in the world
• Trinidad police arrest 5, seize weaponry in alleged plot to disrupt elections
• Pakistani detained at US Embassy charged with bomb possession, freed pending probe
• Maoist rebels kidnap and kill 6 villagers in central India alleging they were police informers
• Maldives president says accepting 2 Guantanamo detainees would be goodwill measure
• Zimbabwe's prime minister accuses outsiders in party violence, calls on neighbors for help
• Germany's Merkel and ECB official say $1 trillion rescue only buys euro zone time
• Iraq Recount Affirms Win For Sunni-Backed Bloc, No Widespread Fraud
• Thai news reports say Red Shirt military strategist shot by sniper last week has died
• Pakistani military kills 58 suspected militants in northwest, officials say
• Oil falls below $70 in Asia as euro, equities drop as traders eye Europe debt crisis
• Israeli official: Noam Chomsky denied entry to Israel, West Bank
• Volcanic ash shuts airports across Britain, Ireland, Netherlands; Heathrow, Schiphol closed
• Somali president promises to name new Cabinet in bid to overcome political paralysis
• Reports: Japan PM, Clinton to Discuss U.S. Base
• Magnitude-5.8 quake strikes Puerto Rico, damaging homes but no injuries reported
• Dominicans pack polls in vote that could strengthen president's grip on legislature
• Brazil's president seeks nuclear compromise with Iranian leaders, as US pushes for sanctions
• Food, glorious food: US soldier in Afghanistan does his duty, but his calling is food
• Afghan counterinsurgency means grueling hikes, village banter and a water pump standoff
• Red Shirts offer cease-fire to end bloody Bangkok battles as Thai govt ultimatum passes
• Suicide bomber strikes Afghan border police compound in Kandahar
• Police find 4 decapitated bodies in northern Mexico
• French academic returns home after fighting spying charges in Iran
• US, Europe look to China for clean energy sales, but Beijing wants to create own competitors
• Swedish Muhammad cartoonist says he doesn't feel safe at home after arson attack
• Honduran strongman and twice-president Lopez Arellano dead at 89
• Wreathed robot with flashing eyes, pigtails conducts wedding between humans in downtown Tokyo
• Huge collection of dead snakes, spiders, scorpions lost in fire at Brazil institute
• Saudi journalist who interviewed and traveled with bin Laden resigns from leading newspaper
• Australian round-the-world teen sailor says she doubted herself before setting sail
• Ex-presidential candidate's disappearance rattles Mexico
• Nigeria: Lawmaker names oil-rich nation's vice presidential pick; hearings set for Tuesday
• Thai authorities abandon plan to impose curfew in Bangkok despite fighting
• Life in Bangkok: Trapped in 'Land of Smiles' as gunfire and chaos erupts outside the window
• Chavez asks Venezuelan tweeters to blow the whistle on speculators
• Jamaica's governing party rejects calls for PM's resignation over US extradition case
• Yemeni tribesmen kidnap 2 Chinese engineers and 2 guards in Yemen's troubled south
• Despite low turnout, Hong Kong democracy activists say call for reform strong
• 2nd top German banker doubts Greece's ability to repay its debt due to low growth prospects
• Ultra-Orthodox Israelis protest removal of ancient graves to make way for new emergency room
• Germany's Merkel and ECB official say $1 trillion rescue only buys euro zone time
• Ash From Iceland Volcano Closes British Airports
• Afghan troops free 5 Afghan UN workers who had been held hostage for a month
• Chavez asks Venezuelan tweeters to blow the whistle on speculators
• UN study: Link between cell phone use and brain cancer inconclusive
• Crash investigators search debris field of Libyan plane for clues to cause of disaster
• Ultra-Orthodox Israelis protest removal of ancient graves to make way for new emergency room
• Yemeni tribesmen kidnap 2 Chinese engineers and 2 guards in Yemen's troubled south
• Germany's Merkel and ECB official say $1 trillion rescue only buys euro zone time
• Ash From Iceland Volcano Closes British Airports
• Major U.K. Airports Reopen; Amsterdam Stays Shut
• Thai authorities to send Red Cross to protest zone to evacuate women, children, elderly
• Hundreds of drug offenders executed each year despite drop in states carrying out sentences
• Police: 2 dead, 9 injured as stampede breaks out at a crowded train station in India's capital
• Nearly 600 drug addicts escape from rehabilitation center in northern Vietnam
• Police: 1 person killed, 28 wounded in latest grenade attacks to hit Rwandan capital
• Japan's PM to meet Clinton, discuss impasse over future of US base
• Thai government says army crackdown on Red Shirts will continue despite offer to hold talks
• Brazil poll shows Silva's favored successor gains ground over leading opposition candidate
• Zimbabwe prime minister wants top aide Roy Bennett to join Cabinet after acquittal
• Bad romance: Abu Dhabi could jilt 'Sex and the City' sequel
• Speeding bus plunges off bridge killing 11 people, injuring 32 in eastern Bangladesh
• Thai authorities say death toll in 4 days of fighting in Bangkok has risen to 30
• Woody Allen comes out in support of embattled French filmmaker Roman Polanski
• Israel dedicates huge sea-water purification plant to counter chronic fresh water shortage
• Hamas rulers evict Gaza residents, tear down dozens of homes it says were built illegally
• Marchers decry Haiti president's earthquake response in 2nd protest in capital
• Nigeria politician tells cops he swallowed 2 kilos of cocaine to smuggle to fund election bid
• Divisions, incompetence in Thai security forces exacerbate anti-government protest
• Portugal's president says he is ratifying a bill allowing gay marriage
• Court overturns ban on 9 Iraqi candidates barred for ties to Saddam Hussein's party
• Report: Nigerian police kill suspects at will, rape sex workers as a 'fringe benefit'
• German police investigating arson attack on synagogue
• Iraq Says It Uncovered Al Qaeda Plot on World Cup
• Nigerian Politician Caught With Bellyful of Cocaine Meant to Fund Election Campaign
• Cleaver-wielding man kills 1 woman, wounds 5, kills self, in latest China rampage
• Japan's PM to meet Clinton, discuss impasse over future of US base
• Spanish climber Edurne Pasaban becomes 2nd woman to conquer world 14 highest peaks
• Dominican leader's party dominating election returns, poised for big gains in Congress
• Iran agrees to ship enriched uranium abroad _ but rolls out new obstacle to nuclear compromise
• Official says Red Shirt protest leader calls Thai prime minister on phone, proposes cease-fire
• Rift between Somali president, prime minister, further threatens fight against Islamist rebels
• UN study on cell phone link to cancer inconclusive; more time needed to tell for sure
• Greek deputy minister resigns over singer husband's millions in tax debts
• New manager of Nigeria's state oil company fired; president calls for 'comprehensive audit'
• France signs order that could free convicted killer of former Iranian PM from prison
• Official news agency says Iran has agreed to send enriched uranium to Turkey in fuel swap deal
• Attackers pepper TV station with bullets and grenades in western Mexico, but no one injured
• Latin America urges EU to avoid discrimination against immigrants
• India to consider airstrikes against Maoist rebels after bus attack kills 31
• Police say still no sign of kidnapped German banker's wife, despite hundreds of tips
• UN secretary-general names Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica as new UN climate chief
• German president: No clemency for Red Army Faction terrorist convicted of murdering US soldier
• NATO unveils draft of new mission statement focused on Afghanistan, Russia, other missions
• Afghan official: Passenger plane missing between Kunduz province and Kabul
• Jamaica's prime minister reverses course, says alleged drug lord will be extradited to US
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• Mexican police say shelter workers forced residents to work without pay, give up children
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• Spanish bullfighter Julio Aparicio out of intensive care after brutal goring in throat
• UN chief urges Security Council action on 'overwhelming' evidence of NKorea attack
• UN peacekeeper killed in ambush in Congo, where violence calls into question force's abilities
• Clinton: U.S., China Must Act Together on North Korea
• Iranian president's speech to crowd in southern Iran town marred by shouts of discontent
• Lebanese PM in Washington to discuss Mideast peace, security issues with Obama
• Owner of communications satellite says it avoided interference by a second, rogue satellite
• Australia asks Israel to withdraw diplomat over the forging of Australian passports
• Hard-line cleric suspected in Mumbai attack keeps freedom after Pakistani court ruling
• UN fish stocks review conference opens with dire outlook for high seas species
• Opposition seeks to impeach Thai prime minister, curfew to be extended for another week
• Report: Handcuffed theft suspect in Malaysia escapes by fleeing in police car
• Indian prime minister: 'Major effort' under way to bridge Indo-Pakistan divide
• Australia moves to expel Israeli diplomat over forged passports used in Dubai slaying
• Huge crowd celebrates Ethiopia's ruling party victory, but rights group calls vote corrupted
• UN-sponsored sitcom aims to entertain, educate thousands living in dangerous earthquake camps
• Afghans: 7 arrested in car bomb that killed 6 NATO troops in Kabul
• Zimbabwe police arrest 2 employees of gay organization, raid group's offices, attorney says
• White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel visits Israel for son's bar mitzvah celebration
• Study: Fewer kids may be dying than experts previously thought, but progress still slow
• Zimbabwe police arrest 2 employees of gay organization, raid group's offices, attorney says
• Clinton: Koreas security situation 'precarious;' Obama tells US military to 'ensure readiness'
• Clinton: situation on Korean peninsula 'highly precarious' after sinking of SKorean ship
• Films on dying and loss dominate 63rd edition of glitzy Cannes film festival
• White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel visits Israel for son's bar mitzvah celebration
• Official: Human error possible cause of Air India Boeing crash killing 158 people over weekend
• Britain bans doctor who claimed link between autism and MMR vaccine from practicing medicine
• Israeli president denies newspaper report he offered South Africa nuclear warheads in 1975
• Gunmen kidnap 2 American tourists traveling in Yemen, demand release of jailed tribesman
• Power of Thai monarchy wanes amid political turbulence, but aging king remains widely revered
• SKorean president says Seoul will take NKorea to UN Security Council over sinking of warship
• Afghans: 7 arrested in car bomb that killed 6 NATO troops in Kabul
• Peru shaken by 5.9-magnitude earthquake; no reports of injuries or damage
• Israeli academics decry decision to block Chomsky from entering West Bank
• Iraqi officials: Lawmaker from Sunni-backed list killed in drive-by shooting in northern Iraq
• Australian officials say boat carrying 100 asylum seekers from Indonesia could have sunk
• 6-year-old girl killed in Germany as rare tornado hits the nation
• AL-Qaida in Iraq denies government allegations of World Cup plot
• Greek cash troubles surface on Acropolis, as officials unveil major restoration project
• Record-breaking Everest climber says global warming is making scaling the peak harder
• Hillary Clinton, in China, turns on charm, promotes people-to-people exchanges
• Turkish official says at least 16 Russian tourists killed in bus crash
• El Salvador's leftist president to hold meeting on reincorporating Honduras into regional body
• Australia moves to expel Israeli diplomat over forged passports used in Dubai slaying
• Floods kill 115 in southern China, cause $2.2 billion in damages
• The Jag stays in the garage: UK austerity gov't plans to curb the use of cars by ministers
• Iraq's history is written across the graves of Najaf's vast cemetery
• Queen Elizabeth II says UK gov't priority will be to reduce deficit, restore growth
• 6.5-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Remote Area of Brazil
• Former dictator emerges as strong candidate to gain power in Suriname despite murder trial
• Costly renewed search for Air France plane crashed in Atlantic depths ends in failure
• China noncommittal on US calls for support of action against NKorea over SKorean ship sinking
• Lawyer: Pakistan's top court dismisses government move to arrest cleric blamed in Mumbai siege
• Guatemala orders DNA tests prior to all adoptions to prevent stolen-child cases
• Huge crowd celebrates Ethiopia's ruling party victory, but EU observer calls vote unfair
• Brazil's Amazon hit by magnitude-6.5 earthquake; No deaths, damage reported
• Retired Colombian police officer accuses Uribe's brother of leading 1990s death squad
• Planned deployment of German ex-soldiers to Somalia draws criticism, probe at home
• Short of evidence, witnesses, Dutch prosecutors face tough case against 5 Somali pirates
• Clinton says Iran nuclear fuel swap offer marred by deficiencies, sanctions push to continue
• Asian stocks fall sharply amid renewed Europe debt worries as euro continues slide
• Pop singer cancels Monterrey concert, citing concern over violence in northern Mexico
• Masked gunmen kill 15 in robbery of Baghdad gold jewelry shops
• With U.S. Support, South Korea Cuts Trade With North Korea
• North Korea Accuses South of Trespassing, Threatens Military Action
• Colombia says 9 marines killed, 2 wounded when attacked while searching for rebel arms cache
• Thousdns pray for peace in Bangkok in wake of protest violence, killings
• Election board: provisional results show Ethiopia's ruling party has won national vote
• Foxconn worker falls to death in China, the 10th this year at iPod maker
• Top Italy bishop asks for families to trust church despite sex abuse scandal
• Israeli police recommend indicting Foreign Minister Lieberman for breach of trust
• US issues warnings after 2 citizens killed during kidnapping attempts in Nigeria
• Semiofficial news agency says Iran has released renowned filmmaker after 2 months in custody
• Yemen airstrike on alleged al-Qaida hide-out, ensuing clash between tribesmen, police, kill 6
• US military says American soldier dies during operations in northern Iraq
• Italian bishops' conference: 100 cases of priest sex abuse in Italy over 10 years
• Mexican senators to travel to Arizona to hold forum on immigration law, but won't protest
• King of Mandela clan dies, remembered for working to improve life in rural South Africa
• Investigators find flight data recorder three days after Air India flight crashed, killing 158
• Iran has released renowned filmmaker after 2 months in custody
• Texas man charged with assaulting Delta flight attendant on flight from Puerto Rico
• Report: Police warn Iranian opposition over rally planned for June election anniversary
• Israeli police question Ex-PM Olmert on corruption charges
• US admiral complains military relations with China lagging behind other bilateral ties
• Teatro Colon opera house, Buenos Aires jewel, reopens for Argentina's bicentennial
• Genocide fugitive Ratko Mladic's family in Serbia wants him declared dead
• 8 ships with supplies, activists sail toward blockaded Gaza, likely showdown with Israel
• Peruvian judge grants house arrest for Lori Berenson after 15 years in jail for aiding rebels
• American John Tate accepts Norway's Abel mathematics prize for life's work on number theory
• Gabriel Vargas, creator of Mexico's beloved 'La Familia Burron' comic strip, dies at 95
• Former dictator Bouterse's political party gains advantage in Suriname election
• Mauritania sentences to death 3 alleged al-Qaida members for 2007 murder of French tourists
• UN: shortfall in donations for Chad relief puts 2 million at risk of hunger
• Cyprus' Orthodox Church leader tells senior clerics opposing Pope's visit to pipe down
• Bernanke: Fed must protect ability to make economic decisions free from political meddling
• Queen Elizabeth delivers message of austerity in Britain, rest of Europe follows suit
• US Secretary of State Clinton arrives in South Korea for crisis talks.
• Mexico says US has agreed on second round of anti-drug aid, more focus on social programs
• Sarkozy gets tough with problem students, and one responds by lobbing bottle at him
• Turbulence forces plane to make emergency landing in Montreal; 5 injured
• Hezbollah leader threatens to hit Israeli ships in the event of a new war
• Foxconn opens sprawling China plant to reporters after 10th suicide this year
• Polish priest seeks release in Brazil sex-abuse case after accusation he had 'erotic dungeon'
• Kidnappers Release 2 American Hostages in Yemen
• Clinton says world must respond to 'unacceptable provocation' in sinking of South Korean ship
• Killer Stomach Bug Found in Australia for The First Time
• 3 Alleged Al Qaeda Members Sentenced to Death for 2007 Murder of French Tourists in Mauritania
• Conservation group declares water bird in Madagascar extinct, 25 years after last sighting
• Mexican prosecutor quits amid outcry over case of girl found dead in bed after 9-day search
• Peru judge paroles American Lori Berenson after 15 years in prison for aiding leftist rebels
• UN climate chief reminds rich countries of promised billions in help for poor nations
• Analysis: Turkey's role in Iran standoff shows confident stance in Mideast but irks allies
• Italy's largest unions unhappy with euro24 billion in cuts aimed at avoiding Greek tragedy
• Croatia hopes and strives for EU membership, but will Greek debt, euro crisis block it?
• Dominican beauty queen gives up crown for candidacy, will represent region where she grew up
• Japan prime minister's flamboyant style goes further than ever before _ inspiring copies
• Gadhafi's son says Lockerbie bomber released from UK jail on compassionate grounds is very ill
• Jamaica police say at least 30 have died in battle between police and drug gang
• Couple, guests arrested after apparent transgender marriage ceremony in NW Pakistan
• Dominican beauty queen gives up crown for candidacy, will represent region where she grew up
• Jamaica police say at least 30 have died in battle between police and drug gang
• Couple, guests arrested after apparent transgender marriage ceremony in NW Pakistan
• World stocks rebound, but investors wary of European debt crisis, Korean tensions
• Peruvian judge paroles Lori Berenson after 15 years in prison for aiding leftist rebels
• Japan prime minister's flamboyant style goes further than ever before _ inspiring copies
• Gadhafi's son says Lockerbie bomber released from UK jail on compassionate grounds is very ill
• Momentum for free polls in Guinea unstoppable, analysts say, despite junta-allied candidates
• 2 anti-Chavez politicians barred from office in Venezuela, blocking them from congress races
• Hugo Chavez launches website in Venezuela, starts blogging to boost presence online
• Iraq vote results going to Supreme Court for certification, clearing way to form government
• NKorea to sever all ties with Seoul and expel South Koreans working at joint factory park
• Birthday celebration shows sentimentality for Tito, former dictator of Yugoslavia
• Argentines celebrate their bicentennial, while rival politicians hold competing festivities
• Austrian Police Arrest Man Who Blackmailed FBI Over Bomb Attacks
• Africans assess progress since 1960, the year a third of continent gained independence
• UN agrees to gradual pullout of UN peacekeeping force from Chad by end of year
• Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Montreal, 6 Injured
• Egypt's ruling party wants Mubarak to run for another term in 2011 election
• Red Cross Gives First Aid Training to Afghanistan's Taliban, Report Says
• Palestinian hospital officials say 15 people wounded in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip
• British government reveals size of its nuclear stockpile; says it has 225 warheads
• Flood of 'millions' of frogs forces Greek officials to close major northern highway for hours
• Mexican authorities arrest Cancun mayor on drug, money laundering charges
• Scottish protesters hatch plan to send Trump's golf course plans into the rough
• Germany and Norway pledge $1.5 bln to fight deforestation on eve of conference
• CIA director Panetta visits Romania to discuss terrorism, counterespionage and web security
• Officials: Suspected terror blast in southern Russian city kills 5, wounds at least 20
• Ahmadinejad urges Obama to accept nuclear swap deal or lose chance of cooperation by Iran
• Egypt hands 5-year sentence to Cairo deputy governor for 2008 rock slide that killed 119
• Elton John performance in Morocco raises outcry from Islamists about his homosexuality
• Rising tensions over sinking of South Korean warship put China in an uncomfortable bind
• Malaysian indigenous tribe wins $1.9 million in landmark settlement on land rights
• Mexican authorities arrest Cancun mayor on drug, money laundering charges
• Assad's free market policies transform Damascus, but no political reform in sight in Syria
• Government says it will dissolve Iraqi Airways over decades-old financial dispute with Kuwait
• Obama adviser extends White House invitation to Israeli prime minister
• In somber routine, NATO soldiers at southern Afghan base salute coffin of Canadian soldier
• Ethiopia PM rebuffs election critics; opposition calls for rerun amid claims vote was flawed
• International Criminal Court reports Sudan to UN for failure to arrest war crimes suspects
• After years of indefinite detention, U.S.-held prisoners in Afghanistan get right to trial
• Union calls for ground staff walkout at Berlin airports on Thursday
• Red Cross says first aid courses for Taliban are part of its humanitarian mandate
• Dutch prosecutors demand 7-year prison sentences for 5 suspected Somali pirates
• Poland welcomes arrival of US soldiers with Patriot missile battery; Russia criticizes move
• Air raid sirens sound in Israel as part of national defense drill
• French detain Rwandan doctor wanted by homeland for alleged role in 1994 genocide
• In the lion's den: Rome to let tourists see Colosseum underground, where gladiators waited
• German pledge boosts UN program to $4 bln for protecting world's forests on eve of conference
• UK gov't offers 1st accounting of its nuclear stockpile; says it won't exceed 225 warheads
• 3,200 Ghanaian refugees fleeing ethnic strife in country's north cross border into Togo
• Strong earthquake shakes southern Japan, no danger of tsunami
• Youngest Everest climber aims to climb Mt. Cho Oyu later this year
• EU-US agreement on privacy protection conditions may take up to 2 years, official says
• British government to publish long-awaited report into Bloody Sunday killings June 15
• Thailand's Parliament angrily debates government's handling of protests in Bangkok
• Couple convicted under Malawi's anti-gay laws separated for safety reasons
• Explosion heard near NATO base in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan
• Strong quake with a magnitude of 6.1 rattles southern Japan, no danger of tsunami
• Conference to set up global forest-protection agency, hopes to boost progress in climate talks
• The mother of late Polish president Lech Kaczynski finally learns of son's tragic death
• Malaysia parents seek return of son exiled for allegedly possessing stolen motorcycle
• Car bomb explodes outside NATO base in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan
• Arrest of Cancun politician heightens fears that drug gangs infiltrating Mexican elections
• Nepal political leaders meet but fail to reach agreement; constitutional crisis looms Friday
• US senator who won release of American prisoner who visited Suu Kyi to go to Myanmar for talks
• China says weighing evidence in sinking of South Korean warship Seoul blames on North Korea
• Bangladesh police arrest 4 Islamic militant suspects, seize bomb-making material
• Jamaica ombudsman says at least 44 people have died in battles between police and gunmen
• Israel sets up tents for sea-borne pro-Palestinian activists hoping to breach Gaza blockade
• Sociologists Zygmunt Bauman and Alain Touraine win Spanish Prince of Asturias award
• Latest suicide at Foxconn, maker of iPods, comes after visit to China plant by company boss
• Spanish lawmakers pass emergency austerity measures by only 1 vote; strong resistance seen
• 2 get suspended death sentences in China for murder of mentally ill man in mine extortion
• British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates appear in new video pleading for help
• New contemporary art and architecture museum to open in Rome
• Geithner urges global cooperation on financial reform, stresses need to support recovery
• What is your caste? Potential census question exposes sensitive divide in Indian society
• Hezbollah Theme Park Woos Fighters for Next War With Israel
• Sudanese president sworn in for another term in office after April election win
• Nuclear 'haves' and 'have-nots' debate into final days of UN treaty conference
• HIV/AIDS patients being turned away in Africa because of donor cuts, aid group says
• Union calls for ground staff walkout at Berlin airports on Thursday
• French strikers protest President Sarkozy's plan to raise retirement age past 60
• Militants kill pro-government elder and his family in northwestern Pakistan
• Iraq vote results go to Supreme Court for certification, clearing way to form government
• Russian foreign minister brushes off Iranian criticism, expresses frustration with Tehran
• Security camera shows shopkeeper saving 4-year-old boy as he falls at Istanbul mall
• Dad in China Chains Up Boy, 8, Tries to Auction Him
• Report: Turkish airstrike last week kills 19 Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq
• Dozens of ships cross the English Channel to mark 70th anniversary of Dunkirk evacuation
• US sergeant retired his rodeo spurs a decade ago, but bomb blasts have rocked him plenty since
• Leader of Indian protests against oil work in Peru's Amazon detained upon return from exile
• Israel indicts 2 Arab citizens for allegedly helping Lebanese Hezbollah militants
• Colombian beauty queen denies to judge she lured Argentine models into drug trafficking ring
• Polish priest in Brazil sex-abuse case was suspended 2 years ago, Catholic Church says
• China's moves to sap housing bubble, cool prices turn bull market bearish
• Cuba's top judge: No legal case yet against jailed US contractor nearly 6 months after arrest
• Russia, China and other G20 countries frustrating global human rights progress, Amnesty says
• New Yorker Lori Berenson released on parole after 15 years in prison for aiding leftist rebels
• New Yorker Lori Berenson released on parole after 15 years in prison for aiding leftist rebels
• Cuba's top judge: No legal case yet against jailed US contractor nearly 6 months after arrest
• Indian president makes rare state visit to China amid trade disputes, border tensions
• Singapore closes beaches along east coast as oil spill spreads
• British lawmaker propose bill to reform libel laws, criticized for curtailing free speech
• Anti-whaling activist pleads guilty in Tokyo trial for disrupting whale hunt
• APNewsBreak: 3 years after US-Mexico crackdown on narcos, changes are sought in funding
• Jamaica's Prime Minister Denies Having Links to Drug Kingpin
• Fugitive former Thai prime minister denies he fomented violence, calls charges political
• AP tally: US military suffers 1,000th death of Afghanistan war
• Chinese court orders suspended death sentence for Tibetan linked to 2008 Lhasa riots
• British police question suspect in murders of 3 prostitutes in northern England
• Foe of capitalism in life, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara spawning own tourism industry in death
• World stocks rise on hopes Asian, US economic growth; euro up from near four-year lows
• New contemporary art and architecture museum to open in Rome
• Former dictator Bouterse's political party emerges as biggest parliament bloc in Suriname
• Geithner urges global cooperation on financial reform, stresses need to support recovery
• China gives no sign of plans to join US in blaming North Korea over sinking of South warship
• Polanski's life, 8 months on: blue skies, daffodil garden and an Alpine spring in Gstaad
• Mexico takes aim at junk food in schools in fight against childhood obesity
• Canadian leaders under fire for projected $1 billion security tab at G-8, G-20 summits
• European shares powered by Wall Street gains, exporters up on solid euro bounce back
• Mexico's Supreme Court upholds law giving rape victims morning-after birth control pill
• Debate over Muslim immigration makes way for balancing the budget in Dutch elections
• Report says tobacco companies are courting young women, after already hooking men
• Newly declassified papers reveal English prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn's role in Panama coup
• New Yorker Lori Berenson freed after 15 years in Peruvian prison for aiding leftist rebels
• Netanyahu says it's time for direct talks with Palestinians
• Jamaica police say 73 people have been killed in this week's manhunt for reputed drug lord
• Canada's prime minister to travel to Europe to lobby against bank tax
• Canada says spending nearly $1 billion on security for G-8 and G-20 summits is worth it
• Israel opens part of West Bank highway to Palestinians after Supreme Court ruling
• Gunmen steal jewelry worth $1.5 million from prominent Swedish auction house
• Mexican prosecutor dismisses remarks by lawyer on Cancun hotel where TV producer's wife died
• New contemporary art and architecture museum to open in Rome
• UN rights expert delivers report on Colombia military killings, claims impunity remains high
• German court rules school not required to provide prayer room for Muslim student
• Syria Accused of Arming Hezbollah From Secret Bases
• Ban: Iran must make clear nuclear program for peaceful purposes, praises Brazil-Turkey deal
• Britain scraps ID card program for UK citizens, foreigners will still need biometric document
• UNICEF chief warns of 'dangerous' precedent trying Guantanamo child soldier
• Zimbabwe court frees 2 gay organization employees after 6 days in jail
• Apparent suicide kills two in Chile: Woman jumps from window, lands on a cleaning lady below
• Haitian gov't and UN to form commission to investigate deaths of prisoners following quake
• Mexican President Calderon wants Canada to do away with visa requirement
• US, Japan agree to keep contentious Marine air base in Okinawa amid Korean tension
• Israel: 2 right-wing activists arrested for shouting insults at White House chief of staff
• Investigator's report says at least 205 ex-students claim abuse at Jesuit schools in Germany
• Magnitude 7.2 quake hits South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, triggers brief tsunami watch
• New York woman freed from Peruvian prison after serving 15 years for aiding rebels
• Official: World control body to give Zimbabwe go ahead to sell controversy-plagued diamonds
• Debate over Muslim immigration makes way for balancing the budget in Dutch elections
• Analysis: Answers to why North Korea would attack South warship may lie in succession question
• Myanmar opposition quietly marks anniversary of 1990 election victory
• Thais step up surveillance of Red Shirts, Montenegro says no warrant yet for ex-PM
• Rich countries pledge $4B to stop deforestation in developing world
• British police charge man, 40, with the murders of 3 prostitutes in northern England
• Nuclear treaty conference takes up plan of early steps toward global disarmament
• Mexican marines arrest port captain of Pacific import hub on suspicion of ties to drug cartels
• Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega threatens to dissolve legislature over stalled appointments
• Amid criticism of lax child porn laws, Japan moves toward blocking online access
• Paul McCartney setting up giant screen to allow Mexicans to watch his concert for free
• Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake Reported Off Coast of Vanuatu in South Pacific
• Parents to visit Pakistani man held on explosives charge after US embassy arrest in Chile
• International Court states to discuss how to prosecute illegal attacks by one state on another
• South Africa's neighboring countries hope to see more tourists as a result of World Cup
• Scientist calls for growth of fish farms in Malawi as fish stocks in huge Lake Malawi plunge
• UN experts say Congo rebels are illegally imposing taxes and receiving international support
• Israeli commandos to block pro-Palestinian activists sailing to Gaza
• 4 lions freed under Bolivia circus ban fly to Bob Barker-financed refuge in California
• Togo's opposition and ruling party say they struck a deal to form power-sharing government
• Back for more, Mr. Bond? Thriller writer Jeffrey Deaver chosen to pen new 007 novel
• Study: Giving some addicts heroin may be more effective than methadone in breaking addiction
• Australia takes Japan to international court to stop whaling; Tokyo cites scientific research
• Weekend forecast: Mostly froggy with threat of traffic; horde of frogs blocks Greek road again
• Lawyers' association demands release of US lawyer charged with denying Rwanda's 1994 genocide
• French court keeps Noriega behind bars pending money laundering trial
• Israeli aircraft strike Gaza metal workshop, militants' smuggling tunnel; no injuries
• Peru's Cabinet soon considers whether to expel paroled New Yorker convicted of aiding rebels
• Canada says it has no choice but to spend a $1 billion on security for G-8 and G-20 summits
• Militants attack Afghan police convoy, kill 5 officers with roadside bomb, official says
• UN council votes to redefine Congo mission, withdraw up to 2,000 troops
• Undertones of European debt crisis creep into Eurovision Song Contest extravaganza
• Police arrest suspected initiator of brazen poker heist in Berlin
• How low can it go: Lower currency could help rescue eurozone _ if drop isn't too fast
• South Africa park expert says rhino poaching is escalating; investigations underway
• Police investigating prostitute deaths in northern England find more human body parts in river
• Israel's baffling blockade of Gaza: Salmon permitted, cilantro considered contraband
• Pakistan families decry unexplained detentions in Times Square case: 'What has he done wrong?'
• Protests at Kashmir funeral of 3 men allegedly killed by Indian army
• North Korea accuses South of faking ship attack, says war is approaching
• Official: Suicide squads kill 56 in attacks on minority sect's mosques in eastern Pakistan
• Beyond the catcalls, Venus Williams' lingerie tennis dress gives hope to lace industry
• Official: Death toll in Pakistan mosque attacks climbs past 70
• Continental in spotlight as 4-month trial into 2000 crash of Concorde supersonic jet wraps up
• Sprawling market next to slum occupied by Jamaica's military gutted by fire
• British Man Claims in Court He Killed Prostitutes
• Bank robbers in Iraq steal $5.5 million after guards drink drugged tea
• Turkey PM: Critics of Iran nuclear fuel-swap deal should get rid of their own nuclear weapons
• U.N.: North Korea Is Exporting Nuclear Missile Technology
• How low can it go: Lower currency could help rescue eurozone _ if drop isn't too fast
• UN human rights expert calls for new rules on use of lethal drones, cites CIA accountability
• Media reports say 65 dead in train collision in eastern India
• Go-ahead for conference to take first step to ban nuclear arms in Mideast - if Israel agrees
• Spanish city bans women from wearing face-covering Islamic veils in municipal buildings
• Somali lawmakers elect president's ally as new speaker
• In impoverished Niger and other arid African countries, food crisis looms as cattle starve
• Israeli gunships head to sea to block flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists bound for Gaza
• SKorean Internet addicts convicted of abandoning 3-month-old daughter who starved to death
• President of Panama apologizes to family for disappearance of activist in 1970 under dictator
• Iraq Bank Robbers Drug Guards, Steal $5 Million
• U.N. Inspectors Say Iran Removed Nuclear Equipment in Possible Cover-Up
• APNewsBreak: Diplomats say Iran removed equipment used in possible nuclear program
• Gotta have it: In Europe, Asia, throngs mob Apple stores for gadget of the moment _ the iPad
• Medvedev sends arms control pact with US to Russian parliament for ratification
• Asian stocks rise in early trading as investors cheered by Wall Street jump
• Rescue official says at least 20 killed in attacks on 2 mosques in Pakistan
• Official: Somali militiamen wound 5 people in attack on Kenyan village
• TV reports: gunmen attack mosque of minority sect during Friday prayers in Pakistan's Lahore
• Police arrest suspected initiator of brazen poker heist in Berlin
• Georgian elections pit fractured opposition against Pres. Saakashvili's governing party
• Nepal's PM agrees to resign, lawmakers extend term of Nepal's legislature
• South African hip hop star charged in fatal car crash faces angry crowd at courthouse
• Obama's strategy in Afghanistan faces greatest test as US toll reaches 1,000 deaths
• Must be in the name: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's wife wins motorcycle in drawing
• Swiss naked hiker wins appeal in country's first trial on nude hiking
• Saudi prince pleads not guilty to murdering traveling companion in Britain
• Auction house to sell rare memorabilia of comic strip reporter Tintin
• Big volcanic eruptions shake Guatemala, Ecuador, forcing thousands to evacuate
• Vandals desecrate 95 graves of German soldiers in a cemetery in France
• Government minister says Nepal's prime minister has agreed to resign
• Honoring the dead: US works to save military memorials at bases across Iraq as troops go home
• Report: Kurdish rebel chief to withdraw from process of seeking dialogue with Turkey
• Jamaican troops occupy fugitive don's slum stronghold; locals allege military abuses
• Police say Lahore mosque attackers belong to Pakistani Taliban, trained in North Waziristan
• Hong Kong Police Confiscate Tiananmen Statue
• Colombia's President Uribe defends brother against death squad charge, blames criminals
• Spanish bullfighter Julio Aparicio back in intensive care with infection after throat goring
• Chinese premier avoids backing UN sanctions on NKorea over sinking of SKorean warship
• Oliver Stone: Venezuela's Chavez spends too much time on TV, but leads with vision
• China executes man who attacked 29 children, 3 teachers at kindergarten
• Nigeria: Gunmen release 3 Chinese technicians kidnapped in country's restive southern delta
• Aid flotilla organizer says ships to set sail for blockaded Gaza Strip on Sunday
• Terror Plot Prompts U.S. to Weigh Military Option in Pakistan
• Jamaica cops vow to track down reputed drug lord who escaped raid; claims of innocents killed
• Analysis: Spain struggling amid recession, pressure from international institutions and voters
• Vatican abuse prosecutor warns of hell for perpetrators of child sex abuse
• Investigation faults US drone crew in deadly February airstrike; US officers censured
• Big demand for World Cup tickets with 2 weeks left
• U.N. Nuclear Session Adopts Detailed Plan Toward Nuke Disarmament
• Mexican Indians seize about 20 police in land dispute, demand cancellation of arrest warrants
• Malawi's president says he has pardoned and ordered the release of a jailed gay couple
• Diana's daring debut dress _ black, strapless and very sexy _ goes up for sale
• Go-ahead for conference to take first step to ban nuclear arms in Mideast - if Israel agrees
• Big volcanic eruptions shake Guatemala, Ecuador, forcing thousands to evacuate
• Canada bestows honorary Canadian citizenship on the Aga Khan
• At a Tibetan precipice: With the Dalai Lama nearly 75, what happens after he dies?
• Germany has won the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest
• Military: chief of Canadian forces in Afghanistan relieved after 'inappropriate relationship'
• Thai prime minister lifts curfew imposed after Bangkok violence; state of emergency remains
• Mexico offers rewards up to $1 million for 33 suspects allegedly tied to drug cartels
• 2 short gay pride parades take place in Moscow amid strict policing, no arrests reported
• Military: Canadian commander in Afghanistan relieved after 'inappropriate relationship'
• Israel says it won't take part in conference on establishing nuclear-free Mideast
• R&B Superstar Rihanna says being in the holyland is an "amazing experience" before Israel show
• Malawi's leader pardons gay couple, orders them freed from prison; still rejects homosexuality
• Tropical Storm Agatha's torrential rains unleash floods, slides in Central America; 16 dead
• Pakistan frees ex-army major who had been held in connection with failed Times Square bombing
• 3 Czech center-right parties say they are ready to form new coalition government
• Disaster official: Rains brought by Tropical Storm Agatha kill 12 in Guatemala
• Police say Lahore sect attackers belong to Pakistani Taliban, trained in North Waziristan
• Ex-Trinidadian PM Patrick Manning resigns as party leader after parliamentary election loss
• Europeans vie for pop dominance at Eurovision Song Contest, but event hurt by debt crisis
• Iraq's al-Maliki says he's only PM nominee from his party, rejects consensus candidate
• Hong Kong police confiscate Tiananmen statue, arrest 13 activists
• Analysis: Spain struggling amid recession, pressure from international institutions and voters
• Lawyers' association demands release of US lawyer charged with denying Rwanda's 1994 genocide
• Lost ark or African treasure? A British scholar's relic theory stirs Zimbabwean passions
• Germany's Angela Merkel goes from glory to disgrace over handling of Europe's financial crisis
• British Treasury minister resigns for claiming taxpayer money for rent in partner's homes
• Toronto robbers spray feces at victims making cash withdrawals, then steal money
• India cancels trains after derailment blamed on Maoist rebel sabotage; death toll hits 115
• Russia seeks EU's help with visa-free travel, foreign investment at a summit Monday
• Oil rises to above $74 in Europe amid forecast of busy hurricane season
• Death in the Valley: An American battalion fights and bleeds in a key Taliban stronghold
• Israeli Army Radio plays 1962 interview with legendary spy executed by Syria 45 years ago
• Police arrest 7 men suspected of links to attacks on minority sect in Pakistan
• Authorities recover 20 to 25 bodies from abandoned silver mine in Mexico
• Israeli army: At least 4 pro-Palestinian activists killed in operation against Gaza flotilla
• Pakistani court lifts ban on Facebook after site removes page deemed offensive to Muslims
• Normal service resumes as death toll from train accident in eastern India rises to 145
• Duchess of York Reportedly In Serious Debt
• Zimbabwe paper says US is trying to stop Zimbabwe from selling its diamonds internationally
• Former Uribe defense minister defeats outsider in Colombia election but headed for runoff
• Tropical Storm Agatha's torrential rains unleash floods, slides in Central America; 16 dead
• Malaysian official defends animal test lab, says God made monkeys for experiments
• Noxious gas leak leads 300 to fall ill in N. Nigeria after welder cuts into chlorine tank
• Mexican police, army probe silver mine where gangs tossed numerous bodies
• Central American officials: At least 83 people killed in flooding, landslides caused by storm
• Israeli army: At least 4 pro-Palestinian activists killed in operation against Gaza flotilla
• Tropical Storm Agatha's torrential rains unleash floods, slides in Central America; 16 dead
• Malaysian official defends animal test lab, says God made monkeys for experiments
• British Airways cabin crew launch new round of 5-day strikes as bitter dispute continues
• Malawi gay couple freed hours after presidential pardon, warned homosexuality remains illegal
• Paroled rebel collaborator Lori Berenson seeks expulsion from Peru
• NATO bombs eastern Afghanistan region taken by Taliban; commander says militants train in Iran
• Up to 25 Bodies Found in Mexican Silver Mine
• Croatian president honors Serb victims killed by Croatian forces in Bosnia
• Future Pope Refused Defrocking of Convicted Priest
• Polls: Public support for Japanese PM falls to 17 percent amid rising calls for resignation
• Gaffe-prone Pope Benedict XVI will be tested on delicate trip to divided island of Cyprus
• 2 rescued in lifeboat after US-flagged charter sailboat sinks off Puerto Rico
• Israeli army says more than 10 activists killed in commando operation against Gaza flotilla
• As US pushes Pakistan to step up war on Taliban, power cuts weaken government's credibility
• Colombia ex-Defense Minister Santos well ahead in presidential vote, runoff highly likely
• Georgians vote for local leaders in 1st ballot since country's 2008 war with Russia
• Turkey's Foreign Ministry says at least 2 killed, more than 30 wounded in Israeli raid
• EU Calls For Investigation Into Israel Military Action
• Statue, sketches of comic book globetrotter Tintin net $1.3 million in Paris auction
• Russian experts review results of probe on ship sinking blamed on NKorea; war drills in South
• 17 miners killed in explosion at coal mine in central China
• Statue, sketches of comic book globetrotter Tintin net $1.3 million in Paris auction
• Loss of Treasury minister ends short honeymoon for Britain's coalition government
• Frontunner in Colombia's presidential race hopes to fix ties with Venezuela, Ecuador
• Authorities say 17 miners are killed in an explosion at a coal mine in central China
• Turkey's Foreign Ministry says at least 2 killed, more than 30 wounded in Israeli raid
• Kurdish rebels kill 6 soldiers rocket attack on Turkish military vehicle
• Kosovo police use tear gas to prevent clashes between ethnic Albanians and Serbs
• Media reports say more than 30 people killed in bus accident in southern India
• In Colombia presidential vote, maverick outsider vies with Uribe disciple
• Small Japanese party leaves ruling coalition over broken promise on US base
• US laywer being held in Rwandan prison on charges of genocide denial sees legal team
• Turkish Protesters Try to Storm Israeli Consulate
• Bangladesh blocks Facebook over campaign to draw images of Islam's Muhammad
• Honoring the dead: US works to save military memorials at bases across Iraq as troops go home
• Federal police: 20 to 25 bodies found in abandoned Mexican silver mine
• Africa-France summit looks to business to spur development, French ties to continent
• Bloody Israeli raid on Gaza-bound ships, killing 9, sparks harsh criticism, diplomatic crisis
• Bones believed to be remains of Mexican independence heroes removed from crypt for exams
• Squabbling marks first day of new UN climate talks in Germany
• Many in danger as battered Haiti's heads into hurricane season
• Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu: Soldiers in flotilla raid were attacked, were defending selves
• Bus on overnight journey in western Cameroon overturns at sharp bend in road, killing 45
• Asian shares lower in early trade after US market holiday
• Russia says probe into 1940 katyn massacre can't be reopened
• Government official: Gunmen attack a hospital in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 8 people
• Pakistani army declares victory over Taliban in stronghold in northwestern Orakzai region
• A year after Air France Flight 447 crash, victims' families demand new search for wreckage
• Future of the European Union in doubt as crisis exposes deep divisions
• New U.S.-Russian space crew qualify for their mission
• Iran foreign minister calls uranium deal a chance to break deadlock over nuclear program
• Israel tells its citizens to avoid travel to Turkey after deadly clash with Gaza flotilla
• Russia gives Poland copies of probe into April 10 plane crash that killed Polish president
• Report: Man Held in Canada Is U.S. Terror Suspect
• Israeli prime minister cuts short visit to North America amid flotilla raid crisis
• Israel Blames Activists for Fatal Ship Raid
• Chinese Police Rescue Tortured Slave Laborers Held Captive in Brick Factory
• Cuba dissidents say they are still waiting for promised changes from government
• Man arrested after US forces Paris-to-Mexico City flight to divert to Montreal
• Turkey's state-run agency says Turkey decides to withdraw its ambassador to Israel
• A year after Air France Flight 447 crash, victims' families demand new search for wreckage
• Pig-tailed Peruvian girl becomes symbol of US undocumented after revealing her parents' status
• Israeli prime minister's office says he's canceling White House visit to deal with Gaza crisis
• Israel, Egypt easing blockade on Gaza after 9 activists killed in Israeli raid on aid flotilla
• Mexican prosecutors get arrest warrant naming TV producer in wife's killing at Cancun resort
• Security Council calls for impartial investigation of Israel's deadly raid on flotilla
• Australia files lawsuit with international court over Japan's controversial whaling program
• Taliban scorn Afghan national peace conference in Kabul
• Israel Defends Self at U.N. Security Council Amidst Controversy Over Flotilla Raid
• 2 Christian Aid Groups Suspended in Afghanistan
• Taliban scorn Afghan national peace conference in Kabul, threatening death to delegates
• Analysis: Bungled, bloody high-seas raid deepens Israeli isolation, threatens ties with Turkey
• Afghans to roll out peace strategy at national conference in Kabul
• Turkey's prime minister describes Israeli raid as 'state terrorism'
• Pope appoints 9-member panel to investigate Ireland abuse, including bishops from US
• Man kills 3 judges, himself in central China court shooting spree
• Mourning in Mongolia: herders bury carcasses and tally losses after a harsh winter
• German president resigns after remarks about military, creating new headache for Merkel
• Afghan officials suspend 2 Christian aid groups for allegedly proselytizing to convert Muslims
• Arab League Calls Israel's Raid a "Terrorist Act"
• Turkish deputy PM says Turkey is canceling military drills with Israel
• US flies Afghan troops to recapture mountain district from Taliban
• Israeli defense minister expresses regret for flotilla casualties but blames organizers
• The Gaza Strip: Decades of unrest, conflict between Israelis and Palestinians
• Town shuts Internet cafes to help teens focus for college entrance exams in China
• Algerian security forces say top al-Qaida operative surrenders to authorities
• Turkey withdraws ambassador as deadly Israeli raid on Gaza boats sparks protests, condemnation
• AP Interview: Iranian ambassador says no deal on release of US hikers held in Tehran
• President Saakashvili's party leads in Georgia local elections
• Iraq's top court ratifies election results, declares secular Iraqiya alliance biggest winner
• Author Salman Rushdie says fatwa over 'Satanic Verses' only minor issue now
• Report: Iran opposition formally asks for permit to hold rally on anniversary of June election
• German President Horst Koehler Steps Down
• IAEA report on Iran likely to boost West's opposition to Tehran's fuel swap offer
• Thousands of Turkish protesters march in Istanbul to denounce Israel
• Protesters March in Istanbul, Denounce Israel
• UN Security Council calls for impartial investigation of Israel's deadly raid on Gaza flotilla
• Spain warns it will impose labor market reforms if unions, businesses fail to reach agreement
• Aid or undue influence? Cuba sends Venezuela experts to train military, work on security
• US woman loses eye after being hit by tear gas canister in anti-Israeli protest
• Black Boxes in Polish Crash Reveal Pilots Warned
• Dutch prosecutors say Trafigura knew Ivory Coast waste was toxic, tried to hide it
• Thai PM survives no-confidence vote after months of protests killed 89, cost economy billions
• Palestinian medical official says 3 militants killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
• Cancun mayor charged with organized crime, money laundering; barred from running for governor
• Warship sinking expected to help South Korea's conservative ruling party win local elections
• US woman loses eye after being hit by tear gas canister in anti-Israeli protest
• Study: Breast cancer genes not worsened by lifestyle factors, many cases are preventable
• Japan's prime minister says he is resigning
• Philippines tests sex education in public schools over Catholic Church objections
• Human rights official says Cuba has begun moving political prisoners, part of deal with church
• BP shares plunge in London trading after latest attempt to stem Gulf of Mexico leak fails
• Egypt Temporarily Opening Blockaded Border With Gaza for Aid
• Russian mission control says capsule carrying three astronauts from space station has landed
• Jordanian police chief says 124 Gaza flotilla activists deported from Israel arrive in Jordan
• Andrei Voznesensky, poet who pushed Soviet limits of expression, dies at 77
• Jury finds Nigerian politician's sister guilty of laundering stolen money from oil-rich state
• First hearing begins for detainees held by US forces in Afghanistan
• A year on, families of victims of Air France Flight 447 remember loved ones in Paris ceremony
• Somali security forces free pirated ship after gangs refused to surrender and killed captain
• Japan PM resigns over US base, scandals; ruling party scrambles to find new leader
• Brazil's foreign minister says nation will oppose, but respect, any new Iran sanctions
• Iraqi court seals secular bloc's election margin but Shiites still likely to form government
• Russian space capsule with 3 astronauts from space station lands in Kazakhstan
• Cuba moves 7 political prisoners nearer homes, part of deal to better conditions behind bars
• Crisis over Israeli shooting of Turks on aid ship appears unlikely to damage long-term ties
• First Obama climate report to UN projects 4 percent emissions rise by 2012
• Reports say North Korean man has defected by sea to South Korea
• Ahmadinejad Demands U.N. 'Cut Off' Israel's Hands
• Turkey's Foreign Ministry says 4 Turkish citizens among the dead on Gaza aid ship
• Public TV NHK says Japan's prime minister has decided to resign over handling of US base row
• Lawyer to appeal Somali terror suspect's extradition from Netherlands to Minneapolis
• Afghan president opens national peace conference to discuss outreach to Taliban
• US ambassador welcomes Okinawa base decision, but says plenty of work remains
• Jamaica's prime minister says government plans island-wide assault on deeply entrenched gangs
• Bill Clinton returns to Haiti on new assignment to speed recovery from devastating earthquake
• British Climber Dies Hours After Conquering Mount Everest
• Former dictator's party in Suriname says it is close to forming coalition government
• 5 of 7 candidates pull out from Burundi presidential elections, citing violations
• Venice wants citizens to attract bats in battle against disease-carrying tiger mosquito
• German labor minister early favorite for presidential nomination, report says
• A year on, families of victims of Air France Flight 447 remember loved ones in Paris ceremony
• Turkey Wants U.S. Condemnation of Israeli Raid
• Pakistani army declares victory over Taliban in stronghold in northwestern Orakzai region
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began
• Three Killed by World War II Bomb in Germany
• 124 Gaza aid flotilla activists deported from Israel arrive in Jordan
• Turkey's PM says Israel's bloody 'massacre' on aid ship is blow to world peace
• James Bond's 1964 Aston Martin for sale at London auction, expected to fetch $5 million
• Dutch prosecutors say Trafigura knew Ivory Coast waste was toxic, tried to hide it
• Death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha climbs to 180 as Central America struggles to recover
• Neighbors flee after cavernous sinkhole in Guatemala gobbles intersection, clothing factory
• Turkey's PM calls on Israel to immediately end the 'inhumane' blockade of Gaza
• Black boxes reveal pilots of Polish president's plane ignored multiple warnings of danger
• UN envoy warns that Haiti's democracy 'in jeopardy' if reconstruction effort fails
• Police say Dutchman arrested in Natalee Holloway case is suspect in murder of Peruvian woman
• UN expert says 'targeted killings' by CIA, others may lead to war crimes prosecutions
• Israel: 5 planes carrying activists, 9 bodies from flotilla clash take off for Turkey, Greece
• Polish police arrest US fugitive wanted by FBI for money laundering and fraud
• A clearer picture emerges of bloodshed aboard Gaza-bound ship
• S. Africa's ruling party challenges labor leader's claims of government corruption
• Japan finance minister says he will run for party leader to replace prime minister
• Iran's supreme leader pardons jailed opposition supporters before election anniversary
• Police say a rocket has struck near a national peace conference in Kabul; no injuries reported
• 16 die in Zimbabwe after taxi van crashes into military bus; police blame driver error
• Prosecutors investigate top German Catholic cleric over claim he was accessory to abuse
• Aging mothers of victims in China's Tiananmen crackdown fear history will die with them
• US, human rights leader call for freedom for Cuban political prisoners
• Analysis: Erdogan's harsh Israel rhetoric tests Turkey's role as bridge between East and West
• Catholic Church Faces Fresh Scandal as 'Wives' of Priests Speak Out
• American, Israeli biochemists win Spanish Asturias prize for their work on pain
• Chile police check hotels, homes in hunt for longtime Holloway suspect sought in Peru killing
• 3 killed trying to disarm a WWII-era bomb found in central Germany
• Study: Mexican drug cartels avoid banks, opt to stash money or spend it at home
• Carter Condemns Israeli Raid on Gaza-Bound Ships
• Fidel Castro warns of possible US attack on North Korea; says Obama lives in fantasy world
• Butoh legend, Japanese dancer Kazuo Ohno dies at 103, lauded for spreading form abroad
• UK Prime Minister David Cameron says at least 5 people have been killed in shootings
• Protests in Namibia after 3 HIV-positive women say they were sterilized without their consent
• Yemen detains Americans, Britons, Australian woman in al-Qaida probe
• Baby koala becomes namesake for political reconciliation in Thailand
• Iran says nuke agency guilty of false reporting on Tehran's activities
• South Korea's ruling party wins Seoul race, upset in other key polls in local election
• Islamic charity group defends beating Israeli soldiers in self defense
• Thai PM survives no-confidence vote after months of protests killed 89, cost economy billions
• Decomposed food discovered at Venezuelan port spoils President Chavez's day
• US Treasury names jailed son of former Guinean dictator a drug kingpin, freezing assets
• Danish police drop investigation into church sexual abuse cases seen as obsolete
• Report: More than 14,500 South Koreans committed suicide last year
• Magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattles Papua New Guinea; no reports of casualties or tsunami risk
• Taliban claims responsibility for suicide attack on peace conference in Afghan capital
• Trust me, I'm a snake: Vienna experts wary of abandoned cobra's venom-free label
• Four-story apartment building collapses in Bangladesh's capital, 20 bodies found
• Israeli PM: Breaking Gaza blockade could lead to missile attacks on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem
• International team of researchers to spend 520 days in isolation imitating mission to Mars
• Police and witnesses report gunfire near Afghan peace conference
• Kyrgyzstan's interim government says no talks yet with US on new fuel supply deal
• Report: Bus collides with truck hauling mango in Bangladesh; 16 killed and 50 others injured
• Turkish television says first plane carrying hundreds of activists have landed in Istanbul
• Police say suicide bomber blows himself up near Afghan peace conference
• Never mind the meltdown: Hay literary fest shows Britain still leads the world in words
• China bans schools for charging for security to protect students, following violent attacks
• Turkish state-run TV says ambulance plane carrying wounded activists has landed
• Security Council president expects vote on new Iran sanctions soon, possibly in next 10 days
• US Embassy in Iraq Missing Property Worth Millions
• Taiwanese president faces hurdles in key China trade deal
• UK police say death toll in shooting spree in northern England has risen to 12
• Turkey's parliament calls on government to review political, military ties with Israel
• UN Rights Body Condemns Israel for Flotilla Raid
• Taxi driver kills 12, wounds 25 in shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England
• Turkey's foreign minister says Turkish planes carrying hundreds of activists have left Israel
• Israel says all foreign activists detained in raid on aid flotilla to be deported by day's end
• US lacks good options for responding to successful terrorist attack linked to Pakistan
• A look at the short terms of recent Japanese prime ministers
• Israeli blockade of Hams-ruled Gaza Strip at heart of flotilla crisis
• Animals die as Zimbabwe's Starvation Island lives up to its name, lake waters submerge it
• Swiss crack down on Texas hold 'em tournaments, say games of luck should be limited to casinos
• British climber dies after reaching summit of Mount Everest, being unable to descend
• US military says American soldier dies in noncombat accident in Baghdad
• Somali security forces free pirated ship after gangs refused to surrender and killed captain
• Suriname's ex-dictator joins one-time rebel leader in alliance to form government coalition
• Finance chief Naoto Kan, straight-talking populist, seen emerging as Japan's next leader
• 8 Afghan civilians killed in crossfire, roadside bombing in restive southern province
• British Airways apologizes for magazine image of fake Bin Laden boarding pass, seeks culprit
• Fire races through apartment buildings in Bangladesh capital, killing at least 116
• Afghan peace conference backs Karzai plan to approach Taliban for talks
• Palace: Sweden's Princess Lilian has Alzheimer's, will not attend royal wedding
• At disarmament conference, Pyongyang official warns that war could be near on Korean peninsula
• Award-winning author Lionel Shriver takes on US health system in new novel
• Official: 17 civilians killed during heavy shelling and gunbattles in Somali capital
• US defense chief blames Chinese military for lack of progress in improving ties to US
• Study: South Pacific coral islands hold size or grow despite sea-level rise over past 60 years
• World share markets up strongly after gains in the US with Japan's Nikkei up 3.2 percent
• Zimbabwe activist arrested; allegedly gave false information to world diamond control body
• Scientists begin 520-day Mars mission simulation in Moscow research center
• Israel's use of 'captured' video from flotilla raid draws criticism from foreign reporters
• Dozens protest Mexican man's death on border after stun gun incident
• G-20 finance officials begin talks on global economy in shadow of European turmoil
• 8 scientists winners of lucrative Kavli Prizes in astronomy, neuroscience and nanoscience
• German minister: Facebook still not doing enough to protect data, will leave network
• Activists slain by Israel hailed as martyrs; Turkey warns of permanent harm to relations
• Belgian police detain suspected gunman in courthouse killings of judge, clerk
• G20 finance chiefs meet, focus on keeping growth on track, fending off financial crises
• Argentina court opens dirty war trial focusing on Operation Condor torture dungeon
• Al-Qaida's Yemeni offshoot urges supporters to kidnap Saudi royals, Christians
• Pakistan, India warn fishing boats, prepare shelters in advance of Cyclone Phet
• Jamaicans wary of new promises to end decades of entrenched ties between politicians, gangs
• Turkish court charges driver with murder of Roman Catholic bishop
• Turkish group behind raided flotilla says it has millions to spend on Gaza aid
• Chilean police say Dutchman Joran van der Sloot has been detained in death of Peruvian woman
• Cuba urges water conservation amid drought that leaves its reservoirs at 40 pct capacity
• Study: Bangladeshi kids who lose a mom more likely to die; dad's death shows no difference
• Zimbabwe lion kills SAfrican volunteer at animal sanctuary; lion shot and killed in attack
• Mexican prosecutors begin process to ask US to extradite TV producer in wife's death at resort
• North Korean Official Says War Possible at 'Any Moment'
• China using drones, helicopters to track down poppy crops grown in Beijing suburbs
• US nuclear negotiator hopes 'New START' with Russia can spur global disarmament action
• German government nominates Wulff as next president; lawmakers to vote on June 30
• AP Impact: Despite calls for more troops, data shows US-Mexico border is actually pretty safe
• Evangelical rally draws at least 1 million people in Sao Paulo
• Sierra Leone parents seek children adopted by Americans in late 1990s, saying no consent given
• China rebuffs US defense chief; Gates says Chinese military blocks better ties east and west
• US senator postpones Myanmar trip, cites concerns over nuclear weapons allegations
• German minister: Facebook still not doing enough to protect data, will leave network
• Iran's nuclear chief says report by UN watchdog misinterpreted Tehran experiments
• Put down that energy bar: Experts say to burn more fat, try working out on an empty stomach
• Dolphin hunt film 'The Cove' canceled in Tokyo after warnings of nationalist protests
• SKorea hands over letter officially referring NKorea to UN Security Council over ship sinking
• UN Chief Mulls New Probe Into Gaza Flotilla Raid
• American Citizen Among Those Killed in Gaza Flotilla Raid
• China gives no explanation for turning down US Defense Secretary Gates' visit
• Pope in Cyprus finds himself listening to attack on Turkey from Greek Cypriot leaders
• Official: China faces challenge on cutting pollution emissions, 'not optimistic' about efforts
• Finance chief Naoto Kan elected as Japan's prime minister
• Slew of grisly public attacks shatter illusions of super-safe China
• Afghan peace conference steers toward talks with Taliban, but details remain elusive
• Exiles, Hong Kongers, Taiwanese president break silence on 21st Tiananmen anniversary
• Mexico president wants to replace local police with state forces as drug war intensifies
• Report: Myanmar beginning a nuclear weapons program
• Lawmakers approve bill to enshrine Ukraine's nonaligned status into law, won't join NATO
• New cargo ship aims to breach Gaza blockade but Israel has vowed it will not reach land
• Congolese rights activist found dead; Amnesty says he may have been killed for his work
• Analysis: After sea raid, Gaza's Hamas rulers get boost for efforts to lift blockade
• German police say Berlin-based Iranian artist missing for 11 days
• Turkish court charges driver with murder of Roman Catholic bishop
• At shrine of Iran revolution leader, Ahmadinejad warns opposition, blasts Israel for raid
• Thai PM to shuffle Cabinet ministers to shore up coalition, shaken by protest aftermath
• UN health agency: spike in cholera cases in Somalia as uprooted lack water, basic services
• France's interior minister convicted of making racist comments, fined euro750
• Low-cost airline easyJet unveils plans to fit ash detectors on planes
• Iranian refugee charged with manslaughter in killing of judge, clerk in Brussels courthouse
• 1979 Ixtoc oil spill suggests there will be no quick fixes for Deepwater Horizon
• UK prime minister meets with survivors of taxi driver's mass shooting in northwest England
• SKorean leader says his country has referred NKorea to UN Security Council over ship sinking
• Gaza-Bound Aid Vessel Defies Israeli Commands
• Report: Tiananmen student leader arrested in Tokyo for trespassing at Chinese Embassy
• American injured in Palestinian suicide bombing 7 years ago dies of wounds, wife says
• Turkish court charges driver with murder of Roman Catholic bishop
• Activist: cargo ship trying to breach Gaza blockade could reach 20-mile limit by late Friday
• Spanish bullfighter who was gored in the throat leaves hospital after a swift recovery
• Pornography, some other previously blocked websites accessible in China; reasons unclear
• French interior minister convicted of making racist comments, fined €750
• Amsterdam's ex-mayor counters anti-Islam politics with tolerance in bid to be prime minister
• US Pacific commander says no sign North Korea plans another provocation after ship sinking
• Spanish bullfighter who was gored in the throat leaves hospital after a swift recovery
• Gaza-Bound Aid Vessel Defies Israeli Commands
• US defense chief Gates says plugging oil leak is beyond military's expertise, no role seen
• Turkey's deputy PM says economic, military cooperation with Israel will be reduced
• US, South Korea may wait to hold joint military exercise until UN considers ship case
• AP Interview: Adoptees in Argentine DNA fight defend right to not know where they come from
• Dutch court approves extradition of 10 Somali piracy suspects to Germany
• Falling windows from high-rise buildings a pane-ful problem in densely populated Singapore
• NATO says it has killed a top Taliban commander for southern Afghanistan's largest city
• Activist: cargo ship trying to breach Gaza blockade could reach 20-mile limit by late Friday
• Panama requests extradition of ex-dictator Manuel Noriega from France to face murder charges
• European rights watchdog: WHO's handling of swine flu outbreak was wasteful, unjustified scare
• Japan's new leader faces urgent test: Win back voters' trust by July elections
• After Rangers conquered Pointe du Hoc, the job is now to save the fragile cliff from erosion
• British physicist Stephen Hawking arrives in Canada for research post
• Militants kill 3 hostages in southern Philippines; soldiers kill 2 gunmen
• Israeli military says forces have not taken over new Gaza-bound aid ship
• With no bank accounts, Uruguay's president says 23-year-old VW beetle is all he owns
• Germany, Russia declare support for sanctions over Iran's nuclear program
• Egyptian court upholds decision to strip citizenship from Egyptians married to Israeli women
• Chilean police deliver Dutch murder suspect van der Sloot to Peru
• Correction: China-US-Gates story
• Peruvian mountain police recover body of freeskier Arne Backstrom, killed in steep fall
• Nigeria: Court to hear case over whether religion allows senator to take child bride
• Pope urges support for dwindling Christians in Middle East, calls them key for peace in region
• G-20 agrees on need to push ahead on financial reforms, curb deficits to safeguard recovery
• Food crisis not over in developing countries as surging prices make many staples unaffordable
• Guatemalans living near cavernous sinkhole anxiously keep watch, worrying it could expand
• Official: Bangladesh lifts Facebook ban imposed over prophet drawings
• Afghan police say bomb outside Kandahar governor's office wounds at least 6 people
• Congo police say several arrests made in connection with rights activist's death
• Swedish politics could meet choppy waters as outsider party taps into anti-immigrant passions
• Californian-born Free Gaza group to continue aid missions despite deadly Israeli raid
• Californian-born Free Gaza group to continue aid missions despite deadly Israeli raid
• In phone call, Obama and Naoto Kan, Japan's new prime minister, promise cooperation
• UN aid official frustrated with slow progress in providing shelter in devastated Haiti
• French interior minister convicted of making racist comments, fined euro750
• Israeli Commando Who Shot Six Activists in Aid Convoy in Line for Medal
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• Chilean authorities hand over murder suspect Joran van der Sloot to Peruvian police at border
• Blasts kill 6 in Baghdad, including policemen targeted by suicide attacker in bomb-rigged car
• Venezuela government takes over archive of independence hero Simon Bolivar's documents
• Challenging China, Pentagon chief Gates says world can't give North Korea a pass after attack
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• Defense chief Gates tells Asian powers to stand up to North Korea after ship attack
• Security Council votes to temporarily add 680 international police to UN force in Haiti
• Gunmen raid girl's coming-out party in Mexico; 3 men killed
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• Afghan interior, intelligence chiefs replaced over peace conference attack
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• UK police study family feud and tax inquiry as triggers for taxi driver's killing rampage
• Briton becomes 1st woman to row solo across Pacific, receives warm welcome in Papua New Guinea
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• Church beatifies Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish priest slain by communists in 1984
• Grizzlies listed as threatened in Alberta even as bears rebound elsewhere
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• Hunger striker's health worsening in Venezuela; daughter calls for Red Cross to intervene
• Japan names new Cabinet, maintains key ministerial posts
• Turkish aid organization releases photos of Israeli soldiers hurt in raid on Gaza-bound ship
• South Africa's president declares the country ready for World Cup kickoff in 5 days
• Death toll from southern China flooding, landslides climbs to 53; more heavy rain expected
• Normandy ceremonies mark 66th anniversary of D-Day invasion
• Second flood wave breaks dikes, forces thousands to evacuate in southern Poland
• Tiananmen student leader released after allegedly trespassing at China Embassy in Tokyo
• 10 foreign troops killed on deadliest day this year for international forces in Afghanistan
• South Korean Leader Stresses Peace With North Korea
• Swiss lawmakers demand concessions ahead of key vote on deal with US over UBS tax evasion row
• After 25 years, Indian court convicts 7 for roles Bhopal toxic gas disaster
• Yonhap news agency says North Korea names a new premier in rare parliamentary session
• Indian court convicts seven of 'death by negligence' for roles in 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy
• Family of taxi driver who killed 12 say they have no clue what sparked his rampage
• Correction: Myanmar nuclear story
• American freelance journalist denied entry to Egypt
• Malaysia tycoon pledges millions to charity to curb Muslim criticism of sports betting launch
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• Abu Sayyaf gunmen in Philippines kill 2 villagers after slaying 3 hostages
• Boy matador 'Michelito,' 12, knocked around by 850-lb. bull in debut at Mexico's main ring
• US, family ask for Israeli inquiry after American woman lost eye in pro-Palestinian protest
• Blasts kill 6 in Baghdad, including policemen targeted by suicide attacker in bomb-rigged car
• Mexican father who reported 2 kids kidnapped charged with giving them away to settle debt
• Vatican charges international community ignores plight of Christians in the Middle East
• Actor Don Cheadle is named a goodwill ambassador for the UN's environmental program
• Afghan Interior Minister, Spy Chief Quit Over Attacks
• Report: NKorean leaders son denies asylum rumors, says father's health is good
• North Korea promotes Kim relative to key post, making him possible kingmaker in succession
• President orders review of all cases of Taliban suspects being held in Afghan jails
• Surfer in stable condition after shark attack off Australian west coast
• China's high school grads compete for elite schools in an increasingly competitive job market
• Guatemala raises Tropical Storm Agatha's death toll to 172; at least 205 killed in region
• Mexican officials examine 55 bodies recovered from abandoned mine, 6 more from Cancun cave
• US defense chief courts the put-out president of Azerbaijan, key supply hub for Afghan war
• Venezuela's Chavez calls for investigation of Web column that talks of 'inevitable' transition
• France: EU can check cargo on ships heading to Gaza
• Australia police investigating Google over private data gathered during mapping service
• Iranian missing for nearly 2 weeks turns up in Germany, taken to hospital
• Turkey calls on Israel to accept international probe into deadly flotilla raid
• US, family ask for Israeli inquiry after American woman lost eye in pro-Palestinian protest
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• BP chief executive says he won't quit over Gulf of Mexico oil spill, company will recover
• Clinton, in Latin America, seeks elusive solidarity on immigration, security, Honduras coup
• Malaysia rescues 2 baby pygmy elephants on Borneo island in 1st cases of parental abandonment
• Yonhap news agency says North Korean leader attends rare parliamentary session
• As pressure builds to find Gaza solution, Egypt says it will keep border open indefinitely
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• On the defensive, Israel says Turkish activists on Gaza aid ship prepared in advance to fight
• US defense secretary backs longtime associate as Obama's pick to oversee national intelligence
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• A look at North Korea's parliament and main political bodies
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• Muhammad Cartoonist Retires, Citing Old Age, Not Murder Threats
• Poland: money stolen in Russia from account of presidential plane crash victim
• British Politician Jokes About Wanting to 'Assassinate' Former PM Margaret Thatcher
• Rwandan judge turns down bail application by US lawyer charged with denying Rwandan genocide
• Venezuela announces new trading system for bond market used in currency exchange
• Leader of UN anti-corruption commission in Guatemala resigns, accuses new AG of corruption
• US defense chief nudges Karzai to name replacements of 'equal caliber' for top security posts
• Tate's 'Rude Britannia' exhibition revels in 300 years of saucy, satirical British art
• NATO: 5 coalition service members die in blast in eastern Afghanistan
• Twelve Americans Detained in Yemen
• British twin sisters left seriously injured after attack by fox in their beds
• Police say they had to abandon hunt for UK gunman when he turned weapon on unarmed officers
• Rwandan judge turns down bail application by US lawyer charged with denying Rwandan genocide
• Bullfight backers get reprieve in Spanish region as lawmakers decide to hold off on ban vote
• Accused French rogue trader Kerviel, on trial this week, casts himself as victim of system
• Portuguese lesbian couple weds in Catholic country's 1st gay marriage
• Gunmen and car bombs kill 13 in Iraq; attackers destroy homes of policemen
• Georgia Gov. Perdue in Cuba to talk trade, tourism with top island officials
• U.S. Soldier Charged With Murder in Deaths of 3 Afghan Civilians
• Iraq protests to Iran over shelling in northern Kurdistan region
• Funeral Mass held for Roman Catholic bishop stabbed to death in Turkey
• IAEA chief describes Iran as special case because of possible military nuclear program
• US military in Iraq detains soldier linked to leaked video showing killing of journalists
• Top Kyrgyz official resigns as interim government shows signs of weakness
• Imitating arson in protests, student sets fire to his school
• Warm-up match stampede a wake-up call at World Cup
• Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates applauds Nigeria's anti-polio work, but warns more needed
• Iran TV airs video of man identified as missing nuclear scientist, says US abducted him
• Greek Priest Punished for Rowdiness at Soccer Games
• US agents seize cocaine, arrest 5 Hondurans on boat intercepted in Caribbean
• Tourists mesmerized by spectacular lava flows in Guatemala disregard warnings after explosion
• Canada spends nearly $2 million on fake lake inside G-20 and G-8 media center
• Experts ask Bristol-Myers not to shut factory making AIDS drugs, thousands of kids could die
• Yemen says second al-Qaida suspect surrenders to government in northeast province
• South Africa: Robber shot, arrested near tourist-frequented Parliament building in Cape Town
• Suriname's US Embassy bans staff from using local Blue Wing Airlines due to safety concerns
• Cameron: UK Deficit 'Even Worse Than We Thought'
• Masters of disaster: Foreign firms set up shop in Haiti and wait for construction boom
• Accused French rogue trader Kerviel, on trial this week, casts himself as victim of system
• Sri Lankan president meets Tamil leaders, promises political solution to ethnic conflict
• UK's Prince Charles taking time off to shake chest infection, will miss Royal Ascot horse race
• UN chief says international component in Israeli raid investigation is crucial
• Swiss lawmakers block deal with US over UBS tax evasion dispute
• Benigno Aquino III wins Philippine presidential vote by landslide, official count shows
• Mexico's president calls stun gun death of migrant at US border near San Diego 'unacceptable'
• Who is Jerome Kerviel? As trial opens, court seeks motivations for accused rogue trader
• Final count shows Benigno Aquino III has won Philippine presidential polls by a landslide
• Oil hovers above $74 in Asia as US crude inventories drop suggests demand is improving
• China's wage hikes a mixed picture for companies: higher costs but richer customers
• Japan's new leader, stressing grass-roots past, names Cabinet, gears up for polls
• Bolivian President Evo Morales re-elected head of country's largest coca-growers union
• UN refugee agency says it is being expelled from Libya without explanation
• On visit by Vice President Biden, Kenya asks US to lead greater int'l effort in Somalia
• Russian PM says gas pipeline unlikely to be extended to Israel because it has its own supplies
• 15 wounded in bomb attack on police in Istanbul
• Jack Harrison, British veteran of Great Escape of World War II, dies at 97
• Who is Jerome Kerviel? As trial opens, court seeks motivations for accused rogue trader
• Japan's new prime minister says he will honor deal with US over Marine base on Okinawa
• Iranian president says fuel-swap deal is an opportunity for US, its allies
• Lineup of Japanese Prime Minister-elect Kan's Cabinet
• As Egypt opens Gaza's gate to the world a little, thousands of anxious Gazans try to get out
• 2 Australian soldiers killed in explosion in southern Afghanistan
• Australian Parliament House trashes 200 misspelt mugs that commemorated Obama's canceled visit
• China says North Korean border guard shot and killed 3 Chinese last week
• Spike in violence in Afghanistan takes NATO death toll to 24 in June
• Iranian president says fuel-swap deal is an opportunity for US, its allies
• Rare Warhol portrait of Liz Taylor expected to fetch $11.5 million at London auction
• Militants clash with troops clash in Pakistani tribal areas; 54 killed
• Taiwan court exonerates former president on embezzlement charge
• China says North Korean border guard shot and killed 3 Chinese last week
• Jack Harrison, British veteran of Great Escape of World War II, dies at 97
• Press group asks Thai probe of reporters' deaths during political protest violence
• Equatorial Guinea president defends UNESCO prize in his name that critics call disgrace
• Daring black dress worn by the future Princess Diana sold to Chilean fashion museum
• Peruvian police say Dutchman Joran van der Sloot has confessed to killing a young Lima woman
• Ecuador commission blames '80s right-wing leader for most rights abuses during quarter century
• China says will block online content it considers against its national honor
• Scientists say Philippines' Taal volcano showing activity that could precede eruption
• New Iraqi parliament to convene for first time next week; choosing president is first task
• Iranian president says fuel-swap deal is an opportunity for US, its allies
• Crime scene visit planned for Van der Sloot, who Peru police say confessed to woman's murder
• Hong Kong protesters picket Apple supplier Foxconn's annual meeting after spate of suicides
• Israeli president visits SKorea amid concerns over possible diplomatic backlash
• Six Bodies With Hearts Cut Out Found Outside Cancun
• Expert witness in Demjanjuk case testifies incriminating documents appear genuine
• Japanese pundits protest cancellation of dolphin-hunt film "The Cove"
• Prisoners slit throats of 6 fellow inmates at jail in drug-plagued western Mexico state
• Dominica opposition vows to contest 2 by-elections while continuing boycott of Parliament
• New British defense chief gives US strongest pledge yet that crucial US ally won't quit war
• World stocks gain after Bernanke says US recovery is on track despite European debt crisis
• Clinton says Latin American countries should tax their wealthiest citizens more heavily
• South Korea delays satellite launch due to fire safety problems
• Couple attacks judges, court officers with acid over loan dispute in China
• 4 NATO Troops Killed After Helicopter Shot Down in Afghanistan
• Anglican Communion cuts US Episcopalians from ecumenical bodies for electing lesbian bishop
• Guatemala convicts first suspects in drug-related attack that killed 15 passengers on bus
• Frontrunner in Belgian election may be uniting nation over need to split up
• 7 Killed in Attack on NATO Truck Convoy in Pakistan
• Nigeria council approves former academic to head electoral board; Senate must still approve
• Police: Mexico dad who reported giving away 2 children to settle debt now says he killed them
• NATO says hostile fire brought down a helicopter in Afghanistan and 4 troops have been killed
• Swiss police investigate American student's death in Swiss mountain avalanche
• Profiles of leading Dutch candidates
• Pakistani held in Chile terror probe says he was framed or ID mistaken
• Afghans burn effigy of pope to protest alleged proselytizing by foreign charities
• China court upholds 5-year sentence for activist Tan Zuoren, supporters protest in Hong Kong
• Spain to reopen Altamira caves with prehistoric paintings, despite scientists' warnings
• Clinton says new Iran sanctions have significant support, will be the toughest ever
• World's foremost authority on the book of Leviticus, Rabbi Jacob Milgrom, dies at 87
• From critic to beneficiary, China reaps oil and economic benefits of Iraq war
• 13 arrested as police find tunnel aimed at tapping into a fuel line
• Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, has surgery to treat carpal tunnel syndrome
• Right-wing parties lead polls ahead of Dutch vote; Immigration, spending cuts are top issues
• Aquino proclaimed president, promises justice and action on corruption, poverty
• US defense chief says public won't support Afghan war without progress this year
• Mozambique police says 9 are dead and 40 still missing after boat sinks off northern coast
• Thai Red Shirt leader facing terrorism charges freed on bail, but emergency decree extended
• Horns aplenty will sound at this year's World Cup
• Israeli, Palestinian officials say Israel eases Gaza blockade for some food items
• Frontrunner in Belgian election may be uniting nation over need to split up
• Chile's ambassador in Argentina resigns after causing uproar by praising Pinochet dictatorship
• North Koreans check publicly displayed newspaper on newly appointed officials
• NATO says a helicopter went down in southern Afghanistan; no word on casualties
• Australian study finds crocodiles make up for their poor swimming by surfing across the ocean
• Car trouble in royal family: Malaysian princes end feud over who can use $480,000 Bentley
• Israel Allows Some Once-Banned Products Into Gaza
• U.N. Security Council Powers Agree on Blacklist for New Iran Sanctions
• Venezuela to investigate website critical of government for publishing article
• CDC: Nigerian lead poisoning outbreak 'unprecedented' as doctors struggle to help ill children
• Countries that try to save environment will save, not lose, money, Gore says in Philippines
• U.K. Grandma Rescues Dogs From Burning Home, Forgets Grandson
• Dutch voters choose on economy, immigration policy; right set for victory in national vote
• Former British PM Margaret Thatcher visits No. 10 Downing Street to visit her Tory successor
• Profiles of leading Dutch candidates
• US college returns long-lost letter by philosopher Descartes to French library
• Crime scene visit planned for Van der Sloot, who Peru police say confessed to woman's murder
• Suicide attack on a wedding party kills 40 in Afghanistan; suspicion falls on Taliban
• Israel's ultra-Orthodox add market clout to arsenal of pressure tactics
• New UN climate chief says nations have no choice but to take action against global warming
• Palace: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will visit ground zero in New York as part of US trip
• Fakelakegate: Canada accused of not living up to its claim of fiscal prudence for summits
• Science fiction stories by teenage Stieg Larsson uncovered in Swedish library archive
• Japan's rapid leadership turnover reflects demanding voters, shift away from 1-party dominance
• Police: Man survives Vienna-to-London flight hidden next to jet's landing gear
• Stranded pink river dolphins prompt rescue effort in Bolivian Amazon
• Japanese prosecutors demand 2 years in prison for New Zealand anti-whaling activist
• Britain's government decides that foreign spouses of citizens must have basic English
• US prods a war-weary Europe to fulfill pledge for more trainers for Afghan security forces
• A plea from Chile: 106 signees, but 70 nations yet to join global ban on cluster bombs
• Swiss scientist Michael Graetzel wins €800,000 technology prize for cheap solar cells
• Video released showing man believed to be French security agent kidnapped in Somalia
• Bomb blast near mosque wounds 23 in restive southern Thailand; teen girl in critical condition
• Police say mosque in north Israel vandalized day after settlement construction knocked down
• In pro-Obama crowd, Biden highlights ties to president, pushes Kenya toward new constitution
• Colombian retired colonel gets 30 years for disappearances in 1985 Palace of Justice takeover
• UK appoints first envoy to deal with post-Holocaust issues related to property, art
• Taliban Executes 7-Year-Old on Suspicion of Spying, Reports Say
• Accused rogue trader Kerviel says he didn't invent his betting tricks
• Report: 3 Iranian policemen killed in roadside bombing by Kurdish rebels
• French government selling off 1,700 properties, from chateaux to barracks, to help cut debt
• International monitor says Zimbabwe should be allowed to sell diamonds internationally again
• Report: 3 Iranian policemen killed in roadside bombing by Kurdish rebels
• Taliban Executes 7-Year-Old on Suspicion of Spying, Reports Say
• 43 countries agree on international guidelines for returning property stolen by the Nazis
• Mexican Navy, relying on US intelligence, finds large cache of explosives in capital
• Prince Charles to visit British community where shooting rampage claimed 12 lives
• International monitor says Zimbabwe should be allowed to sell diamonds internationally again
• Vatican No. 2: While painful and damaging, abuse scandal shows need for spiritual renewal
• Concerns over global reputation, frustration with Iran prompts China's about-face on sanctions
• Clinton reassures Colombia on bulwark against Venezuela's Chavez; tries to allay suspicions
• European rights chief: Rendition flights probes are weak because countries fear upsetting US
• South Africa revels in its World Cup moment
• Pro-business VVD party claims win in Dutch elections, tough coalition talks ahead
• Asian stocks mixed amid lingering worriers over Europe's crisis, BP bankruptcy fears
• UK health watchdog recommends against breast cancer drug for patients with advanced disease
• Honduran president Lobo says plot afoot to overthrow him, offers no proof
• Pro-business VVD party claims win in Dutch elections, tough coalition talks ahead
• Swiss scientist Michael Graetzel wins euro800,000 technology prize for cheap solar cells
• New UN sanctions on Iran for its suspect nuclear program
• Swiss scientist Michael Graetzel wins euro800,000 technology prize for cheap solar cells
• Conn. senator says Machu Picchu artifacts held by Yale belong to people of Peru
• FBI: Mexican soldiers used rifles to chase off U.S. Border Patrol
• Iran's foreign minister heckled in Dublin; Iranian security guards rough up 2 protesters
• Taliban Reportedly Adding HIV-Infected Needles to Explosive Devices
• Iraqi officials say 3 gold jewelers killed during robbery in southern city of Basra
• Analysis: Newest United Nations sanctions are unlikely to stop Iran's nuclear drive
• Senegal flag raised at French base as Dakar prepares to retakes bases from former colonizer
• Russian security chief: top militant captured in North Caucasus
• Short people might be more susceptible to heart problems, new study says
• American Natalie Zemon Davis receives Norway's Holberg Prize for narrative approach to history
• Activists, politicians call off aid caravan heading to conflictive village in southern Mexico
• Clinton says Iran sanctions vote a victory for US diplomacy
• Newt Gingrich, a Catholic convert, co-produces film on Pope John Paul II
• Zimbabwe's white farmers report new surge in violence, 16 farms attacked in a week
• Witness in Demjanjuk case concedes incriminating documents could be fakes but appear genuine
• French government selling off 1,700 properties, from chateaux to barracks, to help cut debt
• FBI: Mexican soldiers used rifles to chase off US Border Patrol after shooting of teenager
• Gambia charges 12 foreigners with drug trafficking; arrest led to seizure of 2 tons of cocaine
• Egypt ruling party wins 90 percent of seats in midterm vote for upper house of parliament
• Often apart, Bill and Hillary Clinton catch up over dinner in Colombia
• Accused rogue trader Kerviel says he didn't invent his betting tricks
• Report: Iran's parliament plans to revise relations with UN nuclear watchdog over sanctions
• Exhibition on homosexual love to open at Poland's National Museum
• Gen. David Petraeus tells British military leaders that Afghan mission will fail without UK
• Iran's president dismisses new UN sanctions, says they are 'like a used tissue'
• Malaysia hopes to trap mate for rare male rhino in Borneo in bid to save species
• Truck driver finds mass grave in eastern Bosnia after seeing human bones in load of gravel
• Preliminary exit poll in Dutch election says pro-business VVD party and Labor tie as top party
• Man in Brazil imprisoned daughter for 12 years, had 7 children with her
• US urges Iran to fulfill human rights pledges ahead of anniversary of postelection crackdown
• Teen Couples Arrested For Kissing in Public
• In breezy Alexandria, Egypt cracks down on smoking with new resolve to enforce ban
• US Vice President Biden holds talks with SAfrican leaders ahead of World Cup opening ceremony
• Cuba's Roman Catholic church hopes for more movement on political prisoners
• The City of Light honors US actress Jane Fonda in Paris ceremony
• French spy who talked too much gets preliminary charges of compromising defense secrets
• Officials say US missile strike kills 2 people in militant-controlled part of NW Pakistan
• Grisly Afghan attack claims 40 lives, raises fear of more bloodshed in the south
• Tainted ponds kill cattle and children play in contaminated fields in Nigerian lead crisis
• 74 Cuban opposition activists sign letter supporting bill to lift US travel ban on Cuba
• Swiss authorities investigating whether acupuncturist infected at least 15 people with HIV
• Expert witness says photo once removed from Nazi ID card being as evidence against Demjanjuk
• Energy central as Putin visits France; activists want France to press him on human rights
• Car bomb hits US-Iraqi patrol, killing at least 2 Americans, 3 Iraqis north of Baghdad
• UN court imprisons 2 Bosnian Serbs for life for genocide in Srebrenica massacre
• AP Exclusive: Iranian dissident who went missing in Germany says he was kidnapped
• SKorea's audit agency seeks punishment of 25 military officials over sinking of warship
• Right-wing alliance possible after indecicive Dutch election, but talks likely to take months
• Court in Congo sentences 2 Norwegians, including one with UK citizenship, to death for spying
• Swiss businessman held by Libya for nearly 2 years at center of diplomatic row released
• US to close base near camp housing Iranian exiles; residents fear violence
• UN refugee agency says some 60 Iraqis deported from Europe are back home despite safety fears
• Young Saudi Man Gets Prison, Lashes for Kissing Woman in Mall
• NATO chief urges nations to send more troops to Afghanistan training mission
• US, China, Japan welcome Aquino's victory in Philippines; huge problems await new president
• Study finds 60 million living in the shadow of Himalayan glaciers could suffer food shortages
• Malaysian wins $1M from government over being wrongfully held 3 years under harsh security law
• Pope strongly defends priestly celibacy in vigil with priests, doesn't dwell on abuse scandal
• Turkey's Erdogan emerging as leader in Muslim world, hosting Arab League on home soil
• New British leader makes first visit to Afghanistan, pledges more money for troops
• UN court gives life sentences to 2 Bosnian Serbs for genocide at Srebrenica
• Top US refugee official says Myanmar election must be fair for refugees to return home
• Canada's Supreme Court upholds right of defendants to seek ban on reporting of evidence
• 4 heads found in Guatemala near Congress, fire station, shopping plaza; organized crime blamed
• China deflects US criticism for failing to join in condemning North Korean attack
• Court in Congo sentences 2 Norwegians, including 1 with UK citizenship, to death for spying
• Ordinary Gazans hurt most by 3-year-old border blockade meant to squeeze Hamas
• Arab lawmaker on Gaza-bound flotilla sparks outrage and anger in Israel
• U.S. Commander Says Kandahar Operation Will Take Longer Than Planned
• Clinton pledges US help to fight illegal drug, weapons trade in Caribbean
• South Korean media say communications with rocket lost following liftoff
• Global peace report says United States is more violent than China and Cuba
• Prince Philip celebrates his 89th birthday with royal salute _ and a day off
• Japan dolphin hunt film triggers freedom of speech debate as theaters cancel showings
• Zimbabwe wildlife department: poachers kill 10 elephants in single attack
• South Korean rocket blasts off from country's space center a day after being delayed
• South Korea says rocket carrying observation satellite is believed to have exploded in flight
• New study suggests British viewers are relaxed about swearing on television
• Conservation success: Endangered Siamese crocodiles hatched in Cambodia
• Iran opposition leaders cancel plans for mass protest on anniversary of presidential election
• Kenyan suspect says he killed 19 people but that target was 100; police find 4 bodies so far
• Serbian police arrest man convicted for helping to assassinate a prime minister
• Taliban Hang 7-Year-Old Afghan 'Spy'
• Unemployed? All You Need Is a Husband, Dutch Program Tells Jobless Women
• UK government: Police forces abused anti-terror laws to illegally search thousands of Britons
• BP shares fall sharply in London as US political pressure from Gulf oil spill grows
• EU sets tight standards for biofuels to reduce harm to the environment
• UK says British-Norwegian man has been sentenced to death for spying in Congo
• 19 fatally shot at drug rehab center in northern Mexico
• Health officials say death toll in Kyrgyz violence has reached 26, at least 450 hurt
• Chavez's government condemns critical Clinton remarks about Venezuela
• Turkey's president uses Twitter to speak out against country's ban on YouTube, Google services
• Peruvian judge orders Joran van der Sloot held on murder charges in death of Lima student
• World stock markets hit as poor US retail sales offsets strong Chinese exports data
• Conservation success: Endangered Siamese crocodiles hatched in Cambodia
• Israeli police kill Palestinian driver whose car struck other officers in east Jerusalem
• Brazil police: Daughter forgives dad who allegedly imprisoned her and fathered 7 children
• An Afghan official says a roadside mine blast in southern Afghanistan has killed 9 civilians
• South Korean navy recovers possible debris from fallen rocket
• 2 US troops, 11 civilians killed in Afghanistan's volatile south
• Guatemala court ousts attorney general amid allegations of corruption, organized crime ties
• German 'anti-pop pop artist' Sigmar Polke dies at 69
• Guatemala probes cause of massive sinkhole, orders evacuation of neighborhood as people return
• Hugo Chavez lifts electricity rationing in Venezuela
• Rescue boats heading to 16-year-old sailor drifting in frigid Indian Ocean on damaged yacht
• Dutch politician Rutte visits queen after election, wants to be prime minister
• Taiwan court upholds conviction of former president, but cuts sentence to 20 years
• Google says new Vietnamese Internet regulations raise disturbing concerns about access
• Car bomb hits US-Iraqi patrol, killing 2 Americans, at least 3 Iraqis north of Baghdad
• Ahmadinejad slams US while visiting Shanghai Expo, says sanctions will only help Iran
• Long-lost collection of modern art found in Paris bank vault to go on sale in London, Paris
• China sentences man to death after he wounded 16 students, teacher in knife rampage at school
• After 12-year probe, Northern Ireland's disputed 'Bloody Sunday' killings face moment of truth
• EU urges China to release convicted dissident who investigated deaths of students during quake
• Ex-UN weapons inspector Hans Blix, former UK leaders among witnesses at Iraq war inquiry
• Pope begs forgiveness for abuses by priests, vows to 'do everything possible' to protect kids
• 4 Sudanese men sentenced to death for killing US diplomat in Khartoum escape from prison
• Rich and poor countries unimpressed with new climate change proposal in Bonn
• China sentences man to death for knife rampage at school in April
• Searchers hope to radio US teen sailor in distress midway between Australia and Africa
• American military says car bomb kills 2 US troops, wounds 6 others in Iraq
• Scientists waiting in Australian Outback for Japanese space capsule that visited asteroid
• US study: Marine health of Puerto Rico's Vieques island on par with region
• NATO chief: Developments now favor alliance war effort in Afghanistan.
• New premier warns that Japan could face Greece-like debt crisis if urgent action not taken
• In reversal, Russia now says UN sanctions bar delivery of S-300 air-defense missiles to Iran
• Brazil Green Party nominates noted environmentalist as its presidential candidate
• Top Iran human rights official expects trial soon for 3 detained Americans
• A Finnish court sentences Rwandan Francois Bazaramba to life for 1994 genocide in home country
• Ordinary Gazans hurt most by 3-year-old border blockade meant to squeeze Hamas
• Governing council flees Afghanistan's Nimroz province, says insurgency growing in southwest
• Mandela family death casts shadow over World Cup
• French court sets date for trial of 15 ex-officials under Chilean dictator Pinochet
• Exhibition depicting Jewish, Polish fate under Nazi occupation opens in Krakow
• Somali pirates free cargo ship, 25 crew after 5 months in captivity after ransom drop
• BP shares bounce back in London, a day after hitting a 13-year low
• Australian woman detained in al-Qaida probe in Yemen freed, leaves for home with her 2 kids
• Pope begs forgiveness from abuse victims, promises to 'do everything possible' to protect kids
• Officials: US missile strike kills 15 suspected militants in northwestern Pakistan
• Wife appeals for release of Lebanese TV psychic held in Saudi Arabia on witchcraft charges
• Finnish court sentences Rwandan Francois Bazaramba to life for 1994 genocide in home country
• Investigator: Tube left in body after surgery caused death of jailed Moscow businesswoman
• Japan's new premier warns of Greece-like debt crisis if action not taken
• Long-lost collection of modern art found in Paris bank vault to go on sale in London, Paris
• Experts examine mummy of 13th-century saint, say she died of a heart defect
• No laughing matter: Killing by imposter clowns outrages professional funnymen in El Salvador
• Top Portuguese science award goes to 2 US neuroscientists researching human sight
• Putin in Paris: Russia presses for French warship technology, France reaches for Russian gas
• Mexican reporter shot during university clashes in southern state of Oaxaca
• Official says fighter jets kill 10 suspected militants in northwestern Pakistan
• Chavez preaches against drinking in Venezuela, calls for crackdown on boozing in public
• 60 years on, memories of comradeship, pain, sacrifice in 'forgotten' war draw old GIs to Korea
• Gunmen kill 19 people at drug rehab clinic in northern Mexico; 16 slain in another city
• Poland's prime minister wants NATO to plan its withdrawal from Afghanistan
• John Travolta, wife Kelly Preston donate to Nelson Mandela Children's Fund in SAfrica visit
• 155 dead in China flooding as 1.3 million moved to shelters and losses top $6.5 billion
• Venezuelan authorities issue arrest warrant for owner of anti-Chavez TV channel Globovision
• Sudan's president replaces army general on US sanctions list for his role in Darfur war
• Relative driving in crash that killed Mandela's great-granddaughter after World Cup concert
• Slovak PM says he will try to form coalition after opposition gets majority in vote
• Iran Opposition Leader Vows to Continue Struggle One Year After Disputed Election
• Killing of Congolese activist reflects struggle for power in Congo ahead of 2011 elections
• 9 dead when suicide bomber rams into police barracks east of Algiers
• Family says Egyptian police beat their son to death; rights groups demand investigation
• Top Portuguese science award goes to 2 US neuroscientists researching human sight
• Even though injured, Beckham still at World Cup
• A defiant Iran says it will begin construction of a new uranium enrichment plant by March
• Colombian awaits US extradition in Argentina, accused of laundering billions in cocaine money
• Anniversary of disputed Iranian election that triggered calls for change passes quietly
• Pope on European meltdown: Solutions must protect human dignity, only 'capital' worth saving
• Quake Jolts Northern Japan, Felt in Tokyo
• North Korea Vows to Blow Up South Korean Propaganda Facilities
• Thousands of Uzbeks flee ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan; Russia says no to govt request for troops
• Belgians vote on future of their linguistically divided country, union is in doubt
• US, Cuba to hold new round of immigration talks next week in Washington
• British contractor fights report he is mentally able to stand trial in Iraq shooting death
• FBI investigates possible excessive force in fatal shooting of Mexican teen by Border Patrol
• Nearly quarter million state employees to lose free lunches as Cuba slashes gov't spending
• North Korea threatens to blow up SKorean propaganda equipment, turn Seoul into 'sea of flame'
• Finland's governing Center Party elects new female leader _ expected to become prime minister
• Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her official birthday with military pomp and ceremony
• Mexican police say 20 people killed in drug-plagued northern city
• Top Portuguese science award goes to 2 US neuroscientists researching human sight
• Afghan President Karzai seeks support for Kandahar security operation
• British contractor fights report he is mentally able to stand trial in Iraq shooting death
• Colombian awaits US extradition in Argentina, accused of laundering billions in cocaine money
• Anniversary of disputed Iranian election that triggered calls for change passes quietly
• Obama, Britain's Cameron try to smooth diplomatic waters as tensions rise over BP oil spill
• Governing coalition faces strong challenge from center-right opposition in Slovakia election
• Strong 7.7 Quake Hits Ocean West of Indian Islands
• Goalie blunder lifts US to 1-1 tie vs. England
• Puerto Rico panel to investigate hate crimes amid outcry over 'epidemic' of anti-gay violence
• Food critic Egon Ronay, who helped rescue British dining from postwar austerity, dies at 94
• Kyrgyzstan's interim leader says she has asked Russia to send troops to quell ethnic violence
• Small French cinema chain protests Israeli raid on flotilla heading for Gaza
• Kremlin says Russia won't immediately send troops to Kyrgyzstan to quell ethnic violence
• Tribal chief: Yemeni tribesmen blow up oil pipeline after government bombing of their area
• Preliminary results: Center-right opposition is leading in Slovak parliamentary election
• Iraqi premier, top challenger discuss stalled government for first time since March vote
• Magnitude 7.5 quake reported in Indian Ocean west of Nicobar Islands
• Catherine Zeta-Jones, rocker Graham Nash among Britons honored by Queen Elizabeth II
• German official: Poland arrests alleged Mossad agent in connection with Hamas slaying in Dubai
• The Kremlin says it will not immediately send Russian troops to Kyrgyzstan
• Cuba frees ailing political prisoner, transfers 6 closer to home in deal with Catholic Church
• 4 legs good, again, as equine competitor wins Britain's annual human vs horse race
• New cyberattacks on South Korean government websites, but no major damage
• Myanmar government denies allegations it is developing nuclear weapons
• Israeli police officer killed in West Bank shooting attack
• Indonesians cast aside social taboos to grapple with first-ever celebrity sex-tape scandal
• Gunmen Storm Iraq's Central Bank; 26 Killed
• National Guard soldiers patrol Puerto Rico's heartland in bid to curb soaring homicide rate
• For second year running, organizers decide not to award $5 million African leadership prize
• Separatist party emerges as biggest winner in Belgian general election
• Gunmen who try to storm Iraqi central bank battle security forces after bombings; 15 dead
• At Australia's worst suicide spot, one man saves lives with a kind smile and a cup of tea
• Al Qaeda-Linked Abu Sayyaf Militants Behead 3 Loggers in Southern Philippines
• Pakistan's main spy agency still arms, trains Taliban despite US pressure, research says
• Indigenous landowners briefly kidnap 13 Mexican reporters on gov't tour to promote tourism
• How Kyrygyzstan was plunged into its deadliest ethnic chaos in 20 years
• Son of Al Qaeda Mentor is Killed in Iraq By U.S. Forces, Friend Says
• South Korea Strengthens Military As It Pushes to Respond to Torpedo Attack
• Interfax: Russia sends paratroop battalion to increase security at its air base in Kyrgyzstan
• Deputy director of China's drug regulator dismissed amid investigation
• For Dutch murder suspect Van der Sloot, a five-year slide of world travel, poker and lies
• Guyana minister says US security advisers not needed to help fight crime in violent nation
• 2 quakes in ocean off India's Nicobar Islands; no damage reported
• Colombian forces find fourth rebel hostage who ran away during raid to free 3 others
• Arab League chief tours Gaza, meets with Hamas leader in push to help end 3-year blockade
• Head of British military to leave job early as new government reassesses Afghan strategy
• Colombian government rescues one of FARC's longest-held hostages on his birthday
• 35 feared drowned as boat capsizes in Ganges river in northern India
• Scientists recover Japanese space probe with possible asteroid clues to solar system creation
• Huge obstacles seen in exploiting vast Afghan mineral resources
• Ivory Coast stampede kills 2, wounds 30, during concert to promote peace and reconciliation
• Police say at least 35 feared drowned as boat capsizes in Ganges river in north India
• 300 tortoises saved after Malaysian airport staff see bags wriggling; 2 kilos of pot found too
• Police: US designer known for transforming Versace mansion in Miami found dead in Bahamas
• Sporadic gunfire heard, fresh fires rage in southern Kyrgyzstan as ethnic violence persists
• Obama Backs Israel's Inquiry Into Flotilla Raid
• Strong earthquake hits northern Japan; no tsunami danger
• Israel proposes Gaza flotilla inquiry headed by judge with 2 observers from Canada, Ireland
• Russian media quotes Uzbekistan as saying 75,000 Uzbek refugees have fled Kyrgyzstan
• West Bank tensions divide roads, pushing Palestinians onto dangerous, time-consuming byways
• Egyptian forces beat protesters at demonstration against police brutality
• Royal wedding triggers monarchy debate in egalitarian Sweden buckling down to austerity
• Vatican beatifies Slovenian student killed by communists during WWII
• Israel's defense minister calls off Paris visit amid pro-Palestinian threats to bring charges
• Kenyan churches blame gov't for explosions at rally; police comb park as death toll rises to 6
• Philippine bus accident kills 20 people, mostly Iranian students and doctors
• Party that wants independence for Belgium's Dutch speakers heads for gains in general election
• Report: Pakistan Is Funding, Training Taliban in Afghanistan
• South Africa: 14-year-old Texan dies in fall while hiking down Cape Town's Table Mountain
• Australia proposes penalty of 10 years in jail for those who threaten to bomb planes, airports
• Pope praises priests as a gift to church and world; doesn't mention sex abuse scandal
• Chilean police: Van der Sloot initially said unidentified intruder killed woman in Peru hotel
• Kenyan officials say an explosion at a political rally in Nairobi has killed 3 and wounded 75
• Germany Beats 10-Man Australia 4-0 at World Cup
• Mandela Foundation says family friend drove in crash that killed Mandela's great granddaughter
• Karzai gets nod from residents to ramp up security in Kandahar although skepticism remains
• Study: Blood pressure pills could raise cancer risk but doctors say not to ditch drugs
• Chile president gives corporations key roles in quake response, raising conflicts of interest
• Family of Swiss man speaks of joy at his release from Libya after deal ends 2-year dispute
• Mass wedding for 53 former Tamil Tiger couples interned at a Sri Lankan camp
• Mexican federal police say 10 of their officers killed in an attack near a high school
• Light plane crashes in Sydney neighborhood, narrowly missing houses and schools; 2 killed
• Prosecutors say 17 inmates killed in prison riot in northern Mexico
• Tigers maul and kill a man who entered an enclosure with son at northern China wildlife park
• 4 men confess to raiding German poker tournament as trial opens
• 4 men confess to raiding German poker tournament as trial opens
• SKorea: North raised military readiness but shows no signs of provocation
• US officials applaud release of Cuban political prisoner; trial date set for another
• Pope Benedict XVI hails bishop slain in Turkey as pastor of dialogue and reconciliation
• Iran closes office of late dissident cleric after raid by hard-liners, his son says
• Tigers Kill Father in Front of Son at Chinese Zoo
• US-Albanian archaeologists believe they have found WWII Italian ship sunk by British sub
• Barcelona to Ban Burqa in Municipal Buildings
• EU agrees on new set of Iran sanctions; Revolutionary Guards says it's not worried
• World Cup officials deaf to vuvuzela complaints
• Natalee Holloway's father returns to Aruba for news of daughter after suspect jailed in Peru
• Blair Hopeful Israel Will Ease Gaza Blockade
• Royal British brothers start southern Africa tour; Harry praises Botswana
• 4 men confess to raiding German poker tournament as trial opens
• Influential Iranian cleric calls for 'special weapons' in veiled reference to nuclear arms
• Owner of anti-Chavez TV channel says he won't surrender despite arrest warrant in Venezuela
• Kenya police post reward for grenade attack information; politicians arrested for hate speech
• Raging bull, running matador: Mexican bullfighter drops cape, leaps wall and flees ring
• Swiss man released from Libya says he was 'kidnapped', kept in solitary captivity for 53 days
• Officials say rain-triggered landslides kill at least 23 in southeastern Bangladesh
• 10 Mexican Federal Police Killed in Gang Attack Near High School
• Philippine bus accident kills 21 people, mostly Iranian students and doctors
• Nepal orders probe in killing of 28 rhinos, seeks new strategy to protect endangered giants
• Mixed feelings, deep anxiety about the future define the 'Mubarak children' generation
• Adventurers tell salty tale of high seas, hunger as they re-enact legendary HMS Bounty voyage
• EU blasts blockade of Gaza, offers help as Israel names inquiry into Gaza flotilla attack
• UN agency: record low of 251,500 refugees returned home last year
• Zimbabwe activist accuses police of mistreatment after arrest for documenting diamond abuses
• Sarah Brown, wife of former British prime minister, to pen memoir on life in Downing Street
• Moody's downgrades Greece's debt to junk status
• EU Agrees on New Iran Nuclear Sanctions
• Study: Experts say a cheap drug could stop bleeding and save tens of thousands worldwide
• Barcelona will ban use of face-covering Islamic veil in city buildings
• UN Security Council condemns violence in Kyrgyzstan, calls for calm and return to rule of law
• Mexican federal police say 10 of their officers killed in an attack near a high school
• Belgian king consults with political leaders after big win by Flemish separatists
• Honest Vietnamese taxi driver returns bag filled with $26,500 left by forgetful passenger
• Bill Gates, Carlos Slim announce $150 million health donation for Mexico, Central America
• Gang clashes kill 29 inside Mexican prison; 3 guards injured
• Ahmadinejad's Spiritual Mentor Calls for 'Special Weapons' to Deter Enemy
• Uzbek leader in Kyrgyzstan says 100,000 refugees who fled ethnic clashes stuck at Uzbek border
• Palestinian President: Israeli Flotilla Probe No Good
• Colombian forces find fourth rebel hostage who fled for life during surprise hostage rescue
• Scientists recover Japanese space probe with possible asteroid clues to solar system creation
• First stages fo Egypt's new museum completed, including state-of-the-art conservation center
• Officials: Rain-triggered landslides kill at least 49 people in southeastern Bangladesh
• Iraq's new parliament convenes 3 months after inconclusive national elections
• Moody's cuts Greece's government bonds to junk status, citing risks of Eurozone/IMF package
• Environmental legacy: US promises to remove all hazardous waste before pulling out from Iraq
• Uzbek leader in Kyrgyzstan says at least 200 Uzbeks have been killed in ethnic clashes
• Mexico limits dollar transactions to fight money laundering amid bloody drug cartel attacks
• US astronauts upbeat and ready for upcoming space mission despite scuttling of shuttle fleet
• Indonesian militant gets 8-year jail sentence for twin hotel bombings
• Finns find mummified corpse in chimney, could be man who died nearly 20 years ago
• Report: European newspapers are weathering media crisis better than those in US
• Mexican Defense Department official says 15 gunmen killed in shootout with soldiers
• Merkel in trouble: German government's future questioned amid bickering over presidential vote
• Japan warns it may quit whaling commission if no progress made in easing of ban
• US, European nations lead reproach of Iran over human rights record
• 'The Cove' star calls on Hollywood to stop dolphin hunt, seeks dialogue with Japan
• Guatemala lowers death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha from 174 to 165
• 2 traditional healers in Swaziland fined for using parts of crocodiles, lions and pythons
• President Calderon asks for Mexicans' support in drug war as violence escalates
• Security Chief Warns Lifting Gaza Blockade Puts Israel in Grave Danger
• Report blames British soldiers fully for Bloody Sunday; victims' families cry tears of joy
• Russian rocket carrying US-Russian crew blasts off successfully for space station mission
• North Korea warns that military forces will respond if UN condemns it for ship sinking
• Police say death toll rises to 52 in northern India boat accident
• Hamas-run TV: France-based satellite provider will halt Gaza station's broadcasts to Europe
• 5 NATO troops die, Afghan official assassinated as violence rises in Afghanistan
• Italian police arrest an alleged top mobster of the Camorra crime syndicate
• China premier Wen Jiabao urges improved treatment of migrant workers amid labor unrest
• Egyptian prosecutor orders new autopsy for victim of alleged police beating
• Swiss adventurers to take solar-powered plane up for all-night test, plan to circle in 2012
• China orders police to recognize, settle conflicts before they escalate to violence
• Spanish government says it backs restricting use of burqas in government buildings
• UNESCO delays awarding contested prize named after president of Equatorial Guinea
• Radio broadcaster fatally shot on stage as he hosted Philippines singing contest
• Kenyan suspect who claims he killed 19 people but hoped for 100 victims is charged with murder
• Irish expel Israeli embassy official over forged passports used by assassins of Hamas official
• Excerpts from Van der Sloot confession
• Court says foreign homosexual marriage is only 'civil partnership' in Germany
• Iraqi officials say bombings in Baghdad kill 1, wound 8 people
• A Russian rocket carrying U.S.-Russian crew has lifted off successfully from Kazakhstan
• Thai protest leaders charged with terrorism, could face death penalty
• US Marines storm Estonian coast in first amphibious landing exercise on the Baltic Sea
• Gunmen kill Honduran TV reporter outside his station; 9th journalist slain this year
• Merkel in trouble: German government's future questioned amid bickering over presidential vote
• Police: American hunting Osama bin Laden with a gun detained in northern Pakistan
• Kenya arrests 3 politicians for hate speech days after deadly rally where grenades killed 6
• Cuba reacts angrily to inclusion on US list of countries that fail to fight human trafficking
• US Calls NKorea a "Criminal State"
• 2nd carcass of endangered Javan Rhinoceros found in Indonesian national park
• Britain's royal brothers make a snake urinate in Botswana
• UK Prime Minister David Cameron says some soldiers' actions on Bloody Sunday were unjustified
• Iraqi conjoined twins to fly to Saudi Arabia for separation surgery
• Cuban military official says Gulf oil spill's possible arrival to Cuba threatens 'disaster'
• UN: Donors to spend $9.3 million to prosecute Somali piracy suspects in Kenya, Seychelles
• Hong Kong says small radiation leakage at southern Chinese nuclear plant contained
• French police ban planned street party serving pork and wine in heavily Muslim neighborhood
• Jamaica offers reward for tips leading to arrest of reputed drug lord
• Irish Prime Minister Cowen fends off opposition challenge, wins confidence vote 82-77
• Irish expel Israeli embassy official over forged passports used by assassins of Hamas official
• North Korea urges UN to handle warship sinking impartially, warns of nuclear war
• Hostages released uninjured from German store after being held for several hours
• International Red Cross says 'several hundred' killed in Kyrgyzstan since start of unrest
• UNESCO delays awarding contested prize named after president of Equatorial Guinea
• Philippine inmates perform in orchestra, 'scaling' prison walls with their music
• British woman received lungs from a 30-year smoker, family complains they weren't told
• UK prime minister apologizes on behalf of government and country for Bloody Sunday killings
• Greece's crucial tourism industry under threat as strikes and riots scare visitors away
• Mercy Corps suspends Pakistan aid operations after kidnapped employee is killed
• Greece's crucial tourism industry under threat as strikes and riots scare visitors away
• Extra pounds can cramp your sex life: Study says being fat raises the risk of sexual problems
• Top Cuban, Vatican officials optimistic landmark discussions on dissidents will continue
• Congo: 230 UN peacekeepers signal start of withdrawal of 2,000 troops by end of June
• Transplant groups win Spanish Prince of Asturias award for International Cooperation
• Mexico arrests 2 drug cartel suspects in ambush that killed 12 federal police
• Military: Turkish troops cross into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels
• Brunei's sultan announces divorce from Malaysian wife of 5 years
• Two Injured After United Airlines Plane Slides Off Runway in Canada
• Paraguay jails US-Lebanese man accused in Philadelphia of financing terrorism
• US man claims mission to kill Osama bin Laden was God's order, say Pakistani officials
• Argentine Nobel winner Perez Esquivel finally testifies against his alleged torturers
• Poles prepare to pick a new president in election that could shape the country's direction
• Iran summons British ambassador over possible links to bomb plot
• Owner of anti-Chavez TV channel flees Venezuela, leaving station to uncertain future
• Statements show ex-Nazi camp official did not remember Demjanjuk, but said ID card looked real
• Afghan president in Japan to seek Tokyo's support for funds, aid projects
• US geological agency say earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6.4 rocks eastern Indonesia
• 35 years after war, panel says $300 million needed to cope with Agent Orange legacy in Vietnam
• Zimbabwe begins the process of rewriting its constitution, later than planned
• Pakistani militancy spreading from remote border areas to country's heartland
• Indonesia's anti-terror campaign under fire after police gun down top suspects
• Death toll from landslides in Bangladesh rises to 53; 500 sheltered at makeshift camps
• Israeli troops shoot at men sneaking across border with Egypt, kill 1 drug smuggler
• Colombia army chief says $1.2 million reward being shared by informants in rescue of 4
• Mexican rights agency says army shot 2 children, altered evidence to blame traffickers
• UN: Israel removes 20 percent of checkpoints but limits Palestinian access to some lands
• 6 police, 8 millitants killed in Russia's restive North Caucasus
• Dunga Acknowledges Brazil Needs to Improv
• 7 killed, 1 injured in blast at Chinese factory dormitory blamed on illegal explosives
• Human Rights Watch calls on Iraqi Kurds to ban female circumcision
• United States asks citizens to avoid travel to Nepal because of protests, violence
• Journalist killed by gunmen in Philippines; second broadcaster shot dead in past 24 hours
• Uruguay Beats South Africa 3-0 at World Cup
• Egyptian police stop man at airport trying to smuggle 8 foxes, 50 chameleons to Thailand
• EU to publish stress tests showing potential bank losses in July
• Al-Qaida in Iraq claims responsibility for deadly attack on central bank in Baghdad
• Rebel attacks in once-safer parts of Turkey threaten an unusual government outreach to Kurds
• Iraq: Bomb attached to car kills chief of government-backed Sunni militia west of Baghdad
• Jamaica imposes 48-hour slum curfew in parts of capital to round up gangsters, guns
• Malawi's government at pains to convince Christian sect that measles vaccine is good for them
• Labor minister says France to raise retirement age from 60 to 62 in 2018
• China reaches out for foreign actors as non-Chinese roles mushroom in TV and movies
• Military: Turkish troops have crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels
• German bishop facing sex abuse claims says he was pressured into resignation by his peers
• Vatican foreign minister visits Cuba as opposition hopes for more prisoner releases, transfers
• Rwanda Tribunal defends 1 US lawyer, but another American now faces contempt charge
• International court says 2 men suspected of war crimes in Sudan have surrendered voluntarily
• Oil hovers near $77 in Asia as investors eye rallying stocks, euro
• Indonesian earthquakes kill at least 3 people, destroy homes as officials fear higher toll
• Poll: 86 percent of Germans dissatisfied with government, Merkel's ratings slide
• Philippine troops rescue 72-year-old Filipino-Swiss businessman from kidnappers
• Labor minister says France to raise retirement age from 60 to 62 in 2018
• Taliban attack police in SE Afghanistan; US death toll for June at 31
• Genocide fugitive Ratko Mladic's family asks court to declare him dead in Serbia
• Lawyer for suspected drug trafficker awaiting US extradition says police nabbed the wrong man
• Virginia man has been stuck in limbo in Egypt for 6 weeks after he appeared on US no-fly list
• US official fires back at Cuba, says Washington has every right to comment on island matters
• Flashy British book dealer takes limo to face charge of stealing first edition of Shakespeare
• 35 Pakistani troops missing along Afghan border after militant attack, officials say
• Marc Louis Bazin, ex-Haitian prime minister who lost election to Aristide, dies at 78
• Tito's secret nuclear bunker in Bosnia given unlikely new fate _ as an art gallery
• 5 Somalis are convicted in first piracy trial in Europe; each sentenced to 5 years
• Afghan president vows to use Japan's aid money effectively to restore stability
• Icelandic court allows exhumation of chess great Bobby Fischer in paternity suit
• US, South Korea express solidarity over ship sinking blamed on North Korea
• Dutch court extends custody 1 month for girl, 14, who wants to be youngest to sail world solo
• Biologist fears stranded fin whale in Danish fjord will soon die
• Kuwait breathes easier after record heat nearly tops out power supply
• Rwanda court grants release to US lawyer Peter Erlinder on medical grounds
• Dozens still missing after explosion in Colombian coal mine kills at least 16
• Gunmen kill Iraqi irrigation worker, his wife and 2 children in tribal dispute west of Baghdad
• Mexican archaeologists to tunnel sideways from unusual slab in search for Aztec emperor's tomb
• Thai court charges Australian, Briton with crimes during anti-government protests
• UN humanitarian office says number of people uprooted by Kyrgyzstan unrest reaches 400,000
• Iran rejects West's criticism over human rights record, calls it politically motivated
• 25 dead in French Riviera floods, new thunderstorms forecast as residents mop up
• US officials meet with American detained in Pakistan on a mission to kill bin Laden
• Brother of top Colombian guerilla leader arrives in Nicaragua after political asylum granted
• Inquiry concludes Canadian police should have known Air India jet could be terror target
• Israel says it is easing land blockade of Gaza, hoping to quell international criticism
• Surprised angler catches piranha in British pond, suspected dumped by pet owner
• 2 Sudanese rebels charged with attack on African peacekeepers appear at war crimes court
• South Africa: protesters march on US consulate to demand raise in AIDS funding for Africa
• Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews stage mass protests against religious school integration ruling
• Pope meets with head of scandal-tainted Legionaries pending announcement of delegate
• Mumbai Jewish center whose rabbi was killed in November 2008 terror attacks gets new leader
• Prosecutors open investigation into Demjanjuk witness that defense accuses of perjury
• US returns 7 sculptures dating from Angkorian period that had been smuggled from Cambodia
• UK Parents' Joy as Second Fox Attack Twin Leaves Hospital
• Somalia's government orders investigation into reports that military is using child soldiers
• Chavez says government to seize assets of Venezuelan opponent after bank shutdown
• Hurricane Center says tropical depression off Mexico's southwestern coast has dissipated
• Aruba authorities seek to discuss Holloway disappearance case with Joran van der Sloot in Peru
• Germany commemorates 1953 workers' uprising against communist regime
• Philippines: Gunmen abduct fisherman day after rescue of Filipino-Swiss businessman
• European stocks buoyed by BP oil spill fund deal, successful Spanish bond sale
• Flooding, landslides kill nearly 50 people in Myanmar; Bangladesh toll rises to 56
• Death toll rises to 16 in Colombian coal mine explosion, president says
• Royals from Japan, Jordan, Europe among 950 guests for Swedish crown princess' wedding
• Experts say they've identified the bones of 10th-century English Princess Eadgyth
• EU to publish stress tests showing potential bank losses in July
• Mandela attends funeral for great-granddaughter, whose death cast shadow over World Cup
• Insiders say Iraq's top Shiite cleric has plunged into politics, tipping the balance
• Nigeria: Ex-southern governor named as head of ruling party ahead of presidential election
• Rights group: Kenyan police rape, beat, detain Somalis fleeing conflict in their country
• After years of neglect, Israel wakes up to potential of Arab sector
• SAfrica man allegedly shoots himself in the head before being hit by a truck _ and survives
• Clinton kicks off commission's work in Haiti, pledges to speed-up reconstruction process
• Russia, US officials negotiate new child adoption accord, still discussing details
• Dutch judges sentence 5 Somalis to 5 years each in first piracy case to reach European court
• 8 are dead, 72 trapped in Colombian coal mine explosion, President Alvaro Uribe says
• UN says 400,000 uprooted by Kyrgyzstan unrest; witnesses report rapes of pregnant women, girls
• South African Man Killed by Family in Fight Over Watching World Cup on TV, Police Say
• Official: Turkey might not send Israel envoy back until Israel apologizes for raid
• Ethnic Albanian man arrested in Kosovo on terrorism charges following US extradition request
• Shell warns Nigeria that $40B in investments at stake over proposed oil overhaul bill
• Afghanistan gears up to award contracts for vast iron ore deposits in peaceful province
• Internet service company to show 'The Cove' in Japan, where protests canceled screenings
• Elton John plays to 50,000 in Israel after other artists cancel citing Israeli policies
• Argentine activists end 4-year blockade of bridge to Uruguay over factory emissions
• Peruvian judge to interrogate Joran van der Sloot about killing of woman
• Iceland's parliament votes for laws to create 'haven' for investigative journalists
• European stock markets steady as worries over debt crisis ease
• Bishop: Roman Catholic leaders in Cuba hope Pope Benedict XVI can visit island in 2012
• France's Sarkozy visits London to mark de Gaulle's famed wartime appeal, cement new UK ties
• Austria: Police arrest man who hoarded more than a million child porn pictures, videos
• Scandal-linked resignation of Australian retail company's CEO sends share price diving
• Lori Berenson apologizes to Peru for aiding rebels, asks government to commute sentence to US
• Turkey's military says air raids in northern Iraq have killed more than 100 Kurdish rebels
• Sri Lanka marks 1st anniversary of civil war's end amid rising criticism over alleged abuses
• Elton John may rock in Israel, but Israelis feel sting of growing international isolation
• Toyota says China car assembly plant operations unaffected by strikes at suppliers
• Parents of 49 children killed in Mexico fire to seek justice at UN
• Quake with magnitude of 6.3 rattles northern Japan, no tsunami danger or damage
• Reconciliation is the word in Bangkok, but indulgent parties don't ease anxiety below surface
• Twitter a hit in Japan as 'mumbling' tweeters give micro-blogging a distinctly Japanese flavor
• Negotiators reach agreement to end 8-week strike at University of Puerto Rico
• Gen. Bigeard, who led French forces in colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, dies at 94
• Vietnam to halt firing squad executions, instead use lethal injection after criticism
• Police Foil British Murderer's Plot to Escape Jail Using Codes Hidden in Sudoku Puzzles
• New Zealand lawmaker claims Chinese security attacked him during protest over Tibet
• South Korea's new army chief vows to bolster readiness to deal with any NKorean provocations
• Greek police match RPG launcher seized in hideout with extremist attack on US embassy
• Mexican army seizes more than $1 million in cash, drugs from house in northern Sinaloa state
• Oil extends losses in Asia but holds above $76 amid concerns over US economic recovery
• UN refugee agency examining claims that British authorities mistreated Iraqi asylum seekers
• Son kills father who translated for US troops in Iraq; at least 27 dead in attacks nationwide
• Future of commercial whaling ban in place 25 years rests with proud hunting nation, Japan
• Jose Saramago, first Portuguese Nobel Literature laureate, dead at 87
• Polish presidential contender Kaczynski visits his twin brother's tomb on their birthday
• In Paraguay, 2 police officers killed in battle with guerrillas
• Mexico Beats France 2-0 at World Cup
• Smoked anteater in the suitcase? Tons of bushmeat smuggled into Paris, study finds
• Flooding, landslides kill nearly 60 people in Myanmar, more than 2,000 people flee the area
• Russian newspaper: Kyrgyzstan's interim leader says likely 2,000 killed in ethnic violence
• Dozens still missing after explosion in Colombian coal mine kills at least 16
• Colombian officials say chances of survival minimal for some 50 trapped in coal mine blast
• Denmark leaves suspected ill whale stranded in fjord to die naturally
• Nearly 500 little-known Cuban dissidents oppose US proposal to lift travel ban to Cuba
• Is there an app for blood donations? Journal calls for Facebook drive to get young donors
• US funds program to train Guinea presidential guard
• Turkish military: More than 100 Kurdish rebels killed in northern Iraq air raid in May
• Iran's top security body rails against UN sanctions, says they show double standard
• Zimbabweans top world asylum seekers by far, UN refugee agency reports
• Iraqi Interpreter for U.S. Military Murdered by Family for Refusing to Quit Job
• British author, eccentric, and self-styled dandy Sebastian Horsley has died aged 47
• Finland's prime minister resigns, as planned, to make way for ruling party's new leader
• Canada's transportation board investigates United Express plane that skidded off Ottawa runway
• South Korean fighter jet crashes into sea during training mission; 2 airmen killed
• Greater drilling scrutiny urged as Australia reviews report on oil rig leak similar to Gulf's
• UN says as many as 1 million people may need aid as a result of Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes
• Postcard sent by Bosnian soldier from World War I front reaches his grandson
• Irish don sombreros as France loses to Mexico
• Venezuela says TV channel owner in Miami, calls for his capture through Interpol
• UN chief urges Israel to agree to international investigation of deadly commando raid on ship
• Spokeswoman: BP chief Tony Hayward attends yachting event off English island
• AP Exclusive: UN Africa corruption case buried amid broader decline in self-policing
• China says no major change expected in exchange rate following move toward greater flexibility
• Sarkozy's top rival, former PM Villepin, starts movement seen as base for France's 2012 vote
• Local official says suspected US missile strike killed 13 in Pakistan's N. Waziristan region
• International news agencies not covering Swedish royal wedding due to reporting restrictions
• Myanmar's isolated junta denies again reports it is trying to develop nuclear weapons
• Officials say insurgents killed 7 Iraqi soldiers in a checkpoint ambush near the Syrian border
• Suspected US missile strike kills 13, roadside bomb kills 1 in Pakistan's NW, officials say
• Korea, the war without end, casts a long shadow as 60-year mark nears
• UN prosecutor urges Serbia to intensify search for Bosnian Serb wartime chief Ratko Mladic
• Turkish jets raid northern Iraq, after Kurdish rebel attack troops near border
• Afghanistan's movie stars: defying the Taliban, one (bad) movie at a time
• Northern Ireland village evacuated as IRA dissidents leave bomb in van outside police base
• Not your usual blue cheese: Italy seizes thousands of mozzarella balls after they turn blue
• Major climate decisions brewing in obscure ozone treaty talks
• iMass: Italian priest develops missal application to let priests officiate with iPad on altar
• Ottawa police charge 3 men in bank firebombing ahead of G-8 and G-20 summits
• Analysis: US confronts prospect of a longer, tougher fight to secure Afghanistan
• Death toll in southern China flooding reaches 90 as officials say 1.4M residents evacuated
• Human Rights Watch calls for release of Syrian political activist after completing jail term
• Japanese scientist wins Kyoto Prize for stem cell research without using embryos
• US envoy urges independent probe into Kyrgyz violence, video shows unarmed Uzbeks in riots
• US attorney charged in Rwanda is at airport to travel to Kenya
• AP reporter sees four North Korean football players said to be missing at WCup training camp
• Lawyer: US attorney charged in Rwanda to return home soon after court grants his release
• Protest over power cuts turns deadly in Iraq, underscoring rising anger over lack of services
• Somali cook gives guns to hostage crew who kill pirate captors, but where is Ahmed now?
• Witnesses: At least 12 killed in Somalia fighting between government forces, Islamic militia
• Well-known ex-priest charged with sexually molesting 12 youths in Italy
• Abbas' Fatah Party in disarray, afraid of election even with main rival, Hamas, out of picture
• Car Bombs in Northern Iraq Kill 5, Wounds 79
• Dog-tired of your pet's look? China's coloring craze turns dogs into turtles, tigers or pandas
• Berlin Tourist Plane Makes Emergency Landing, 7 Slightly Injured
• Argentine foreign minister resigns, replaced with ambassador to US
• Tens of thousands of revelers pack Berlin streets to mark Christopher Street Day
• Trial of Tibetan long in favor in Beijing exposes China's growing pressure on intellectuals
• Police in resort city of Cancun find 12 bodies in caverns, search for more
• Nobel-winning Portuguese novelist Jose Saramago's body taken from Spain to Lisbon for funeral
• Police storm Haitian earthquake camp in pre-dawn raid, arrest 30 for robbery, other crimes
• Myanmar democracy icon marks 65th birthday in confinement amid global calls for her freedom
• Chechen Police Reportedly Paintballing Women With Uncovered Hair
• Kyrgyzstan violence threatens China's burgeoning economic influence with neighbor
• UN chief: Security in Afghanistan has not improved as bombings and assassinations skyrocket
• B.C. inquiry into death of Polish immigrant finds police not justified in using Taser stun gun
• A look back at headline names, places of Korea 1950-53, a 'forgotten war'
• Hundreds of people attend sausage, wine party in Paris after ban forces it to be relocated
• Tropical Storm Celia strengthens off Mexico's Pacific coast, expected to stay well off shore
• UN appeals for $71 million to help multitude affected by ethnic unrest in Kyrgyzstan
• No financial meltdowns here, Canada boasts, and world leaders want in on the secret
• 2 blasts rock southern Afghanistan in weekend violence across Afghanistan
• Iraqi officials raise casualty toll in Baghdad bombings to 27 killed, 55 wounded
• Hong Kong publisher halts purported Tiananmen memoir by former Chinese Premier Li Peng
• Celia swirls into hurricane while heading away from Pacific coast of Mexico
• China's yuan gains, though Beijing says more currency flexibility won't rebalance world growth
• Blast Heard at World Cup Stadium 'Controlled Industrial Explosion'
• Suicide bombs kill 33 in Iraq as insurgents seek to take advantage of political deadlock
• Philippine military acknowledges it will not meet June 30 deadline to crush communist rebels
• New Iran Sanctions Could Hurt Pakistani Companies, U.S. Says
• Out of poverty? For South African woman, one of many, World Cup holds out an elusive dream
• For wildlife's sake, Peruvian officials ban use helicopters at Machu Picchu tourist site
• Yemen arrests suspected mastermind of brazen attack on southern intelligence headquarters
• US lawyer jailed in Rwanda, now free, says US Embassy refused to help him get food, medicine
• Found in Haiti quake rubble, a child is rescued _ and orphaned again after adoption freeze
• Carlos Monsivais, renowned Mexican journalist, social critic, leftist activist, dies at 72
• 11 soldiers killed when Mexican military helicopter crashes in mountainous area in north
• 3 Australians, 1 American die in military helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan
• Nico Smith, white anti-apartheid cleric who lived in black township, dies at 81
• Compromise to end 25-year ban on whaling runs into rough weather before intl whaling meeting
• AP Exclusive: Dozens of Uighurs flee China in year after riots, relate fear of government
• Iran hangs man accused of leading insurgent group active near border with Pakistan
• South African police arrest 6 after exiled Rwandan general shot in Johannesburg
• UNHCR goodwill envoy Angelina Jolie meets with Haitian, UN officials on low-profile visit
• Aircraft carrying executives from an Australian mining company missing in Cameroon
• Poles seem poised to elect dead president's rival over grieving twin running in his place
• Iraqi officials have raised the toll from twin car bombs in Baghdad to 16 killed, 47 wounded
• Vatican says Naples cardinal will cooperate in Italian corruption probe
• US special envoy cautions Pakistan about possible repercussions of gas pipeline deal with Iran
• Ex-defense minister routs Green Party maverick in Colombia presidential runoff election
• Wife says Rwandan general who fell out with Kagame shot in South Africa
• Afghan official: Civilians among casualties in 2 explosions that rock southern Afghanistan
• Company formerly known as Blackwater gets Afghan contract
• With US money, Pakistanis dig hills in former Taliban land for gems and marble
• Report: Dubai wants 'cameras everywhere' to increase surveillance after Hamas man assassinated
• Mexican ruling party leader says federal police needed to secure local elections in 14 states
• Fearing for their lives, ethnic Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan refuse calls to return to their homes
• Bangladesh university closes after students fight over watching World Cup matches
• Vatican says Naples cardinal will cooperate in Italian corruption probe
• Telstra and the government strike $10B deal on broadband network for Australia
• Paramilitary soldiers open fire on stone-throwing protesters, killing 1 in Indian Kashmir
• Turkish PM vows to crush Kurdish rebels who launch attacks on Turkey from Iraq
• Investigators consider new charges against UK doctor who admitted helping patients die
• Myanmar democracy icon marks 65th birthday in confinement amid global calls for her freedom
• In Open Letter to Obama, American Al Qaeda Spokesman Repeats Conditions for Peace With U.S.
• Out of poverty? For South African woman, one of many, World Cup holds out an elusive dream
• 132 killed in massive floods in south China that have forced hundreds of thousands from homes
• Lebanese authorities allow Gaza-bound ship to sail to Cyprus
• Human Rights Watch calls for Zimbabwe to be removed from diamond oversight body for its abuses
• Chilean archbishop sends pedophelia file to Vatican; priest breaks silence to deny accusations
• Jerusalem revives plan to raze 22 Palestinian homes in eastern sector, risking new tensions
• Ex-defense minister Juan Manuel Santos wins Colombia presidential runoff in a rout
• BP says its costs for Gulf of Mexico spill have reached $2 billion
• Nigerian leader: State 'security personnel' hid and blocked access to ill president
• Exit polls show Komorowski leading Kaczynski in Polish election; runoff needed July 4
• Russian oligarch Khodorkovsky gets boost in embezzlement trial testimony
• Abnormal radiation detected near border, but SKorea says NKorea did not conduct nuclear test
• Roman Catholic Church warns of growing influence of drug cartels in some Mexican cities
• Bright sunrise marks summer solstice for 20,000 revelers at Britain's ancient Stonehenge
• Relief operations continue as death toll hits 63 in Myanmar from flooding and landslides
• Vatican foreign minister, Raul Castro meet amid hopes for more prisoner releases, transfers
• Colombia president-elect gets congratulations from Venezuela, Ecuador, hinting at better ties
• Egyptian security beat and detain dozens in latest protest against police brutality
• Report: Peru murder suspect Van der Sloot retracts confession
• 3 Javan rhino deaths adds to the urgency of saving the animals from extinction
• BP says its Gulf of Mexico spill costs reach $2 billion, says partners are also liable
• Iran prevents 2 UN inspectors from entering for making 'false' reports on its nuclear program
• Iraqi electricity minister resigns after deadly protests over power outages
• Britain's Prince William celebrates birthday, leaves fans wondering if it'll spark engagement
• World markets rally after China agrees to let yuan appreciate against the dollar
• Kyrgyz police attack ethnic Uzbek village, killing 2 and wounding 20, witnesses, activists say
• Ex-defense minister Juan Manuel Santos has commanding lead in Colombian presidential runoff
• Yemen: 2 Army Officers Killed in Southern Ambush
• China puts on hold trial of Tibet environmentalist as brother prepares to face court
• Flooding death toll rises to 175, with 107 more missing in southern China
• Vietnamese legislators reject $56B bullet train in rare move against Communist leaders
• Gulf oil spill is just one of the messes American BP exec will be charged with cleaning up
• Late Polish president's twin heads to runoff vote with moderate interim leader
• Ex-defense minister Juan Manuel Santos has commanding lead in Colombian presidential runoff
• Kyrgyz police attack ethnic Uzbek village, killing 2 and wounding 20, witnesses, activists say
• Number killed in eastern Indonesian quake climbs to 17
• French 'Cannibal' on Trial for Killing and Eating Cellmate
• Disgruntled worker drives over people at Mazda plant in Japan, killing 1 and injuring 10
• Dolphin-hunting movie 'The Cove' to start showing in Japan despite protests
• Zimbabwe rights activist who leaked details on diamond crimes denied bail, High Court rules
• Spare tires pop up beside bikinis in Brazil as bad diets and no exercise feed obesity
• Followers of jailed Shining Path leader want to participate in regional elections in Peru
• Malaysia tears down iconic mural wall at century-old prison, refuses to make it a museum
• Commando units from across Americas compete at US-sponsored event in Dominican Republic
• French national soul-searching over WCup fiasco
• PM vows Pakistan will go ahead with Iran gas deal despite US sanctions
• Murder defendant Van der Sloot won't talk to presiding judge, reportedly retracts confession
• Spain returns 2 independence war flags to Mexico on 200th anniversary of rebellion's start
• Ivory Coast minister accused of stealing compensation meant for victims of toxic waste spill
• Archaeologists in Cyprus uncover barracks belonging to 2,500 year-old Phoenician fort
• South African police arrest 6 after exiled Rwandan general shot in Johannesburg
• Students ratify pact ending strike against fee hikes, budget cuts at Puerto Rico university
• World stock markets mostly down as Europe woes overshadow China's move to free up yuan
• NATO, Afghan forces capture senior Taliban figure; NATO service member killed in south
• Gunmen in Darfur attack Rwandan peacekeepers, killing 3 in hour-long firefight
• War-crimes charges sought 49 years later in assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba
• Ethiopia election board confirms ruling party landslide; says election was free and fair
• Indian Cabinet ministers recommend government take more action on 1984 Bhopal disaster
• Bangladesh Bigamist’s Friends to Decide Faith as ‘Wives’ Fight Over Corpse
• Top UN rights body elects Thailand's ambassador as president for 1 year
• Human rights report about oil companies in Sudan leads to Swedish probe
• French inmate goes on trial for suspected killing, cannibalism
• Gaza's top UN official says Israel needs to take quick action to alleviate blockade hardships
• US Senate report says Haiti rebuilding has stalled, calls for president and donors to lead
• Television reports say at least 3 killed in bomb attack on bus carrying soldiers in Istanbul
• Swiss president: officials considered using force to free citizens detained in Libya
• Cameroon gov't says wreckage of plane carrying top executives of Australian mining firm found
• Death toll reaches 34 in Colombia mine blast; nearly 40 workers trapped with little hope
• North Korea watches live as its team loses big
• Saudi Arabia Beheads and Nails Murderer's Body to Cross
• World Gold Council: Saudi central bank gold reserves more than double earlier estimates
• Stranded whale dissected in Denmark to determine cause of death
• Contentious whaling commission meeting holds 2 days of closed talks on suspending hunting ban
• Killer of English toddler charged with child pornography offenses
• Report: suspected Kurdish rebels kill 3 in bomb attack on military bus in Istanbul
• As Erdogan drifts away from West, Turkey opposition gains ground under popular new leader
• World Cup Fan on Trial for Entering England Locker Room, Scolding David Beckham
• U.N. to Pull Out Some Foreign Staff in Afghanistan
• Egypt confirms oil leak from rig operating off Red Sea coast near resort of Hurghada
• Father and Daughter Allegedly Hack, Stone Neighbor to Death in Mexico
• Blazing summer heat causes blowouts in Saudi electric grid as people struggle to stay cool
• Kids, 5, and 7, Kill Wanted Indian Criminal
• Cameroon gov't says wreckage of missing plane carrying Australian mine execs has been found
• Afghan opiate use doubled in 5 years, as US struggles to curb trade that fuels insurgency
• British Man Denies 'Night Stalker' Rape, Burglary Spree
• US commander in Afghanistan apologizes for remarks to magazine critical of US administration
• UK Special Envoy Is Taking Extended Leave Amid Reports of Rifts With U.S.
• British soldier wounded in Afghanistan dies, taking death toll in campaign to 300
• Citing security risks, UN pulling out some foreign staff in Afghanistan
• Cardinal under investigation for corruption denies wrongdoing, forgives accusers
• Correction: Thailand Politics story
• Venezuela's Catholic Church calls scandal over rotten food 'a sin,' blames Chavez's government
• Armani lights up signature line with chartreuse; DSquared2 easy as a 1970s sit-com
• UK Treasury chief says Queen Elizabeth II accepts freeze on financial support from government
• Italy blames bacteria for making mozzarella blue; German maker insists cheese now OK
• Thousands of Thai opposition supporters mourn renegade general slain during demonstrations
• UK police investigating alleged Google privacy breach through public Wi-Fi networks
• Slight up-pick of European holiday plans this summer, though not to pre-crisis levels
• Sunni militia leaders targeted as bombs kill at least 9 people in Iraq
• China Public Security ministry claims to have uncovered 'major' terrorist group
• Suspected Kurdish rebels kill 5 in bomb attack on military bus in Istanbul
• Never-before-published Michael Jackson photos to be auctioned in Paris
• US repatriates 3 sets of remains believed to be of 3 servicemen killed during Vietnam War
• Afghan spokesman: President Karzai believes Gen. McChrystal 'best commander' of the war
• Human Rights Watch says Kyrgyz troops launch new raids of Uzbek areas in southern Kyrgyzstan
• Britain's 150-year-old budget box, first used by William Gladstone, takes its last bow
• UN: Peru coca production up for 4th straight year, gaining on Colombia as top producer
• Stolen tiger, camels recovered in east-central Canada
• US-Japan security alliance strained by base decision, other pressures on its 50th anniversary
• Activist criticizes SKorea's conservative president over deadly warship sinking
• At least 48 killed in Republic of Congo train crash, more than 400 hurt, health minister says
• Spending cuts, tax hikes in UK emergency budget focused on cutting record national deficit
• Israeli defense minister criticizes Jerusalem plan to demolish Palestinian homes, US concerned
• Finnish lawmakers elect new prime minister to head center-right coalition
• 2 US service members killed in bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan
• Public fury over power shortages poses major test for Iraqi leader struggling to keep his job
• Truck rams tractors ferrying wedding guests in southern India; kills 18 including groom
• Brazil scrambles to aid flood victims after 41 killed, 120,000 driven from homes
• Laser uncovers first icons of Apostles Peter and Paul in catacombs under Rome office building
• Leading candidate for president wants Poland's troops out of Afghanistan in 2012
• Railway official says more than 60 people dead after train accident in Republic of Congo
• Austere budgets in Europe show a rift with US over global economic growth
• Child mortality rates up in 6 African nations despite UN Millennium Development Goals push
• Kremlin chief on hunt for American investors, advice in Silicon Valley
• Cuban opposition activist found guilty of buying black-market cement, but freed on time served
• Saudi court convicts 11 men, 4 women for mingling at party, sentences them to lashes, prison
• Humiliation now complete for France at World Cup
• France supporters cheer for South Africa
• Indonesia pop star detained over sex-tape scandal; faces possible jail time
• Russian minister boosts defense of imprisoned oil tycoon Khodorkovsky, charged with oil theft
• Intel: Times Square bomber was eager to attack US, other suspects helped him reach Taliban
• France supporters cheer for South Africa
• Finnish lawmakers elect new prime minister to head center-right coalition
• Spending cuts, tax hikes in UK emergency budget focused on cutting record national deficit
• Israeli defense minister criticizes Jerusalem plan to demolish Palestinian homes, US concerned
• Russian minister boosts defense of imprisoned oil tycoon Khodorkovsky, charged with oil theft
• Railway official says more than 60 people dead after train accident in Republic of Congo
• Intel: Times Square bomber was eager to attack US, other suspects helped him reach Taliban
• PM defies US warning, says Pakistan will go ahead with Iran gas deal despite new sanctions
• Central America declared free of anti-personnel mines after Nicaragua says territory's clear
• Never-before-published Michael Jackson photos to be auctioned in Paris
• Lithuania: Belarus cut off 30 percent of Russian natural gas supplies amid dispute
• Study: Kids whose moms lived near cell-phone towers in pregnancy don't have more cancer risk
• World stock markets mostly fall after cautious Fed statement on economic outlook
• Rights group: Syrian court sends prominent rights activist to prison for 3 years
• Doctor: Polish man who had both hands transplanted simultaneously is doing fine
• Palace: Prince Albert of Monaco is engaged to former South African swimmer Charlene Wittstock
• Zimbabwe's PM fires 4 ministers who failed performance reviews and repositions another
• Striking workers prevent passengers from boarding ferries in main Greek port of Piraeus
• Romanian journalist, producer formally arrested, detained for blackmail, threatening a mayor
• Al-Qaida front group claims responsibility for Iraq bank bombing that killed at least 18
• Critical Austrian Catholics emboldened by sex abuse scandal in quest of church reform
• Israeli premier: Gaza flotillas aimed at breaking military embargo, bringing weapons
• Palace: Prince Albert of Monaco is engaged to former South African swimmer Charlene Wittstock
• Security tight as verdict expected in Pakistan in case of 5 American terror suspects
• Puerto Rican senator accused of approving legislation in exchange for Vegas trip, boxing match
• Former Germany bishop accused of misconduct apologizes, agrees he was right to resign
• Out-of-control truck rams roadside diners in Philippines; fire from gas cargo blast kills 9
• Nations fail to reach agreement to curb whale hunts by Japan, Norway, Iceland
• New documents surface on Hitler's time in jail in 1924; to be auctioned
• Gunmen fire on town hall in northern Mexico, killing at least 3 police officers
• World markets slide as unexpected drop in home sales sparks worries over US recovery
• Romanian journalist, producer formally arrested, detained for blackmail, threatening a mayor
• Death toll in China flooding climbs to 211, more torrential rains forecast for affected areas
• Media group condemns fine of Albanian TV station for video of official asking woman to strip
• Report: Drunk New Zealand driver opens another beer as he lies trapped in smashed car
• State radio: Train driver in Republic of Congo blamed for derailment that killed 76
• Cambodia gets 257 military vehicles from key ally China after US cancels shipment
• Groups slam Indonesia for allegedly refusing treatment for Papuan 'prisoner of conscience'
• SAfrica: Charges dropped against 2 of 6 arrested in attack on exiled Rwandan general
• New documents surface on Hitler's time in jail in 1924; to be auctioned
• Australia's ruling party ousts Kevin Rudd, installs first woman prime minister
• Malaysian rescuers search for 15 Indonesians missing after rickety boat capsizes; 2 dead
• New documents surface on Hitler's time in jail in 1924; to be auctioned
• Ireland, relatives mark 25th anniversary of Air India terrorist attack that claimed 329 lives
• Sri Lanka opposes appointment of UN rights panel to advise on alleged war abuses
• Myanmar elections: New rules bar shouting or marching to rally political support
• Report: Kurdish rebels vow to fight on; Turkish police detain 27 over deadly bomb attack
• Striking workers prevent passengers from boarding ferries in main Greek port of Piraeus
• Thousands were evacuated after days-long heavy rainfall in Bosnia made rivers spill over
• South Korean prosecutors seek prison terms for North Koreans in alleged plot to kill defector
• UN peacekeepers in Darfur say gunmen abducted 2 German aid workers
• Jamaica media reports say drug lord at center of bloody manhunt turns himself in
• Media group condemns fine of Albanian TV station for video of official asking woman to strip
• Gunmen Fire on Mexican Town Hall; Kill 3 Police
• Australian prime minister to call vote on his leadership after challenge from deputy
• Australia could start withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan in 2 years: defense minister
• Indonesia's president hopes high-profile arrest cripples new cell accused of plotting attacks
• Bulgaria to send 65 more troops to Afghanistan this year
• Hong Kong passes Beijing-backed electoral reforms that critics say will delay democracy
• Toronto man arrested on explosives charge in G-20-related investigation
• Kyrgyz authorities claim former president's family colluded with Taliban to stir up violence
• Parents of abducted Israeli soldier say state abandoned their son, held in Gaza
• South Korean, Japanese activists send anti-North Korea leaflets toward border
• Flood-damaged railway to famed Incan citadel at Machu Picchu to be fully restored July
• Relief greets Obama's choice of Gen. Petraeus as new Afghanistan war commander
• McChrystal says in statement he resigned because of his 'desire to see the mission succeed'
• Hong Kong passes Beijing-backed electoral changes critics say delay full democracy
• UK: Brit general temporarily takes charge of NATO-led forces following McChrystal's departure
• Correction: Honduras President story
• New iPhone sells out quickly in Tokyo stores as hundreds line up for global launch
• The Kremlin says Russia is resuming gas supplies to Belarus since it has paid its debt
• U.K. PM Cameron to Talk BP Spill With Obama at G20
• Mexico requests extradition of US television producer charged with killing wife in Cancun
• AP INTERVIEW: Leader of Argentine grandmothers rights group vows to pursue DNA fight
• Thousands of Palestinians live in fear of being expelled as Israel tightens rules on movement
• Magnitude-5.0 earthquake reported in Canada, no reports of damage
• Chicago Cardinal George consulting with priests in eastern Cuba, will visit patron saint
• Venezuela's Hugo Chavez shuffles Cabinet ahead of September's key congressional elections
• UK: Brit general temporarily takes charge of NATO-led forces following McChrystal's departure
• 7 die as plane crashes into residential backyard near Quebec airport
• Israeli police to reinvestigate its shooting of pro-Palestinian US activist last year
• Toyota's Chief Test Driver Reportedly Dies in Highway Crash
• AP count: June becomes deadliest month of Afghan war for international force with 76 deaths
• Picasso 'blue period' painting sells for nearly 38 million pounds ($52 million) in London sale
• Ruling party ousts Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and elects Australia's first female leader
• 3 Sentenced in Russian Case of Human Meat Sold to Kebab Stall
• South Korean central bank says North Korea's economy shrank in 2009
• Taiwanese couple in US Virgin Islands receive long prison sentences for illegal coral trade
• State Department cheers release of Cuban activist Ferrer, says he shouldn't have been jailed
• US ambassador to Afghanistan: Time to move on after McChrystal ouster
• As Russia resumes natural gas supplies to Belarus, new threat keeps dispute alive
• The United States has advanced at the World Cup
• Afghan Officials Relieved About Petraeus' Selection
• North Korea threatens more punishment for detained American over 'hostile' US policy
• Student soldiers who were wounded fighting Korean War warn of complacency in South today
• 5 Americans sentenced to 10 years in Pakistan for plotting terrorist attacks
• Oil drops to near $76 in Asia on renewed concerns over pace of global economic recovery
• Queen puts royal pressure on Murray, top seeds in first visit to Wimbledon in 33 years
• New autopsy backs Egypt police claim that man allegedly beaten by police died swallowing drugs
• June becomes deadliest month of Afghan war for NATO; 76 dead
• El Salvador's president sends troops to prisons to help fight gangs, organized crime
• Jamaican gang leader at center of deadly violence agrees to US extradition
• SKorea questions North Korean over reported crossing of sea border
• Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen kill 4 commuters, wound 6 others as victims run for their lives
• New autopsy backs Egypt police claim that man allegedly beaten by police died swallowing drugs
• Turkey sounds upbeat note about joining EU despite tensions with West, eastward turn
• Top defense body criticizes Romanian media as threat to national security; journalists protest
• Hurricane Darby forms off Mexico's Pacific coast, could turn toward land later
• Swaziland study shows death rate has doubled in African kingdom with world's highest HIV rate
• Toyota president apologizes to shareholders, says company doing its best to improve
• Small-scale flooding reported in Gonaives, northwest Haitian city housing quake refugees
• French 'Hannibal Lecter' Tells Court How He Ate Cellmate's Lung
• Taiwan, China in final talks on landmark trade deal likely to change island's character
• NATO says 4 of its service members killed in a vehicle accident in southern Afghanistan
• June becomes deadliest month of Afghan war for NATO; 76 dead
• Queen puts royal pressure on Murray, top seeds in first visit to Wimbledon in 33 years
• Nations can't agree on how to curb whaling; Japan can still raid marine sanctuary unchecked
• Oil drops to near $76 in Asia on renewed concerns over pace of global economic recovery
• From TV to political stardom, a straight-talking Japanese woman breaks the mold
• Magnitude-5.5 earthquake reported in Canada, no reports of damage
• Asian shares open lower after United States retail data hints at weak recovery
• South Korea says North set no-sail zone off western coast, but no unusual military moves seen
• Dutch justice minister: use of 'decoy Jews' to fight anti-Semitism an option
• Re-arrest of Indonesia's most-wanted terror suspect highlights flawed deradicalization efforts
• World leaders agree to disagree on best economic strategy to focus on other issues at summit
• 2 soldiers, 1 villager killed in Kurdish rebel ambush in southeast Turkey
• Rights group: Hamas must end 'cruel and inhuman' treatment of captive Israeli soldier
• Singapore sentences Swiss man to caning for spraying graffiti on subway car
• Bomb disguised as gift explodes at Greek public order ministry; kills aide
• Suicide bombings, other attacks targeting Iraqi security forces, allies kill at least 10
• Details of British-US Cold War intelligence-sharing pact made public
• Former Tunisian Premier Mohamed Mzali, International Olympic Committe member, dies at 85
• Nigeria: New independent election chief confirmed by lawmakers as 2011 presidential race looms
• Brazil's president surveys flood-hit areas; residents hope for more help
• China says drug cases shot up 16 percent last year with more than 56,000 people convicted
• Prosecutor's spokesman: police raid home, office of Belgian bishop in sex abuse investigation
• Australia's new prime minister tells Obama Australian commitment to Afghanistan remains firm
• Israel's plan to expel Hamas politicians from Jerusalem threatens new crisis over city
• Police arrest top separatist leader, 40 others in Kashmir to halt anti-India protests
• At least 12 killed as Spanish train slams into partygoers at beach south of Barcelona
• Arab youths throw stones at Jewish dancer in Germany, force them to cancel street performance
• French train drivers, teachers strike to protest Sarkozy's plans to raise retirement age to 62
• British man jailed for 5 years over planned terror plot to kill Tony Blair, Gordon Brown
• Floods in Bosnia wash away river banks containing land mines planted during the war
• Kyrgyz arrest nephew of deposed president, accuse him of organizing ethnic riots
• Austrian judge sends case of black American assaulted by policeman to a higher court
• Kyrgyz authorities claim former president's family colluded with Taliban to stir up violence
• BP shares down 8.9 pct in London; company says Gulf leak cost rises to $2.35 billion
• Court rules some austerity cuts unconstitutional after Romanians try to storm palace
• Tibetan environmentalist gets 15 years on grave robbing charges, marking pressure on activists
• G20 countries face split on issue of stimulus spending versus tackling soaring deficits
• Lawyer: Jamaican gang leader won't fight extradition, will be on his way to US within hours
• SKorea: NKorea releasing songs, poems praising Kim Jong Il's son in succession campaign
• Death toll in China flooding climbs to 377 as workers begin repairs on breached river
• Lucrative heroin trade lurks in background of ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan
• India to push for extradition from United States of ex-Union Carbide chief for Bhopal leak
• Hurricane Darby forms off Mexico's Pacific coast, could turn toward land later
• Official says police raid home, office of retired Belgian archbishop in sex-abuse probe
• Hong Kong passes 2nd set of electoral changes critics say boost undemocratic political system
• Report: Pollutants taint whales even in remote regions, could threaten humans' seafood supply
• North Korea condemns US on war anniversary, South seeks apology over ship sinking
• Former US President Clinton meets with Nelson Mandela in South Africa
• Indonesia president hopes arrest will cripple group accused of plotting terror attacks
• Venezuela says it captures suspected drug smuggler wanted in US on cocaine trafficking charges
• Japan court orders protesters away from theater set to show dolphin-hunt movie 'The Cove'
• Malaysia bans political cartoons critical of government; artist vows to keep drawing
• Ever-ambitious Dubai targets goal of world's busiest airport despite financial woes
• French court hands out 30-year prison term for prisoner accused of eating cellmate's lung
• Iraqi minister says govt workers not exempt from power cuts; urges people to limit AC
• Common-law wife of man arrested on explosives charge charged in G-20-related investigation
• Surprise move by formerly loyal deputy delivers Australia's first female prime minister
• Victory for online porn peddlers as Internet agency says they may get .xxx Web address
• AI: 3 Guantanamo inmates on hunger strike in Slovakia, protesting detention conditions
• Opposition leader joins protest against police abuse after alleged beating death of Egyptian
• Brit. Racing Boss Dies After Intense Session with Dominatrix
• Workers begin repairs on breached river as China struggles with widespread flooded areas
• UK medical group says fetus cannot feel pain before 24 weeks; no need to change abortion law
• Petraeus to face complaints over Afghan war rules that sometimes leave troops at risk
• Intelligence officials say US missile strike kills 2 suspected militants in NW Pakistan
• Global media rights group says gunmen have killed top Rwandan editor
• Court rules some austerity cuts unconstitutional after Romanians try to storm palace
• NATO: US troop dies, Taliban commander, disguised as woman, killed in southern Afghanistan
• 10 killed when fire rips through crowded Indonesian nightclub; 5 others in critical condition
• California teen sailor Abby Sunderland reunited with brother after remote ocean rescue
• Panel set up by Austria's Catholic Church recommends up to euro25,000 ($30,700) for abuse victims
• 10 killed when fire rips through crowded Indonesian nightclub; 5 others in critical condition
• German court rules assisted suicide not punishable if patient has consented
• British PM David Cameron Will Dodge German Counterpart When the Two Nations Meet in the World Cup
• Court says developer whose project was opposed by Prince Charles is entitled to damages
• Refugees cautiously return to Kyrgyzstan, seeking shelter and safety guarantees
• French prime minister calls for massive effort to cut debts, defends raising retirement age
• Pakistan to monitor Google, other major sites for blasphemy; 17 smaller sites to be blocked
• European Court rules gay marriage not universal human right, says countries can make own rules
• British and Russian leaders pledge to work to mend troubled relationship
• After dictatorship, army rule, Guinea readies for first free election in its history
• Turkey expands Internet bans in feud with YouTube over insults to Turkish leader
• UK court says Taliban detainees at risk of torture, but rejects bid to stop prisoner transfers
• Iran Cancels Blockade-Busting Ship Bound for Gaza
• Rwandan opposition figure denied run for president; group complains of crackdown
• British jury convicts 1 accused in huge London jewel heist, still deliberating on 6 others
• Pakistan to monitor Google, other major sites for blasphemy; 17 smaller sites to be blocked
• European Court rules gay marriage not universal human right, says countries can make own rules
• Turkey expands Internet bans in feud with YouTube over insults to Turkish leader
• British and Russian leaders pledge to work to mend troubled relationship
• Rwandan opposition figure denied run for president; group complains of crackdown
• British jury convicts 1 accused in huge London jewel heist, still deliberating on 6 others
• Opposition leader joins protest against police abuse after alleged beating death of Egyptian
• Man Arrested in France for Insulting President Sarkozy
• UK doctors say human fetus cannot feel pain before 24 weeks; no reason to change abortion law
• WORLD SUMMIT NOTEBOOK: Fake lake no big deal except for Canada's prime minister
• Oscar the cat lands on his feet; after farm accident, British bionic cat gets faux paws
• Frenchman convicted after hacking Twitter, peeking at Obama's account
• Newborn Baby Dies As Mother Gives Birth During Fire at Indonesia Nightclub
• China leaders contend with strident nationalists, increasingly outspoken military
• French prime minister calls for massive effort to cut debts, defends raising retirement age
• With eyes on larger economic strategy, China takes hands-off approach to labor strikes
• Whaling commission conference ends in deadlock over hunting, calls for 1 year 'pause' in talks
• Oscar the cat lands on his feet; after farm accident, British bionic cat gets artificial paws
• Indonesia Reportedly Foils Plot Against Danish Embassy Over Muhammad Cartoons
• Entire New Zealand Village for Sale for $708,000
• U.S. Soldier Threatens to Kill German Neighbors Over Vuvuzela Noise
• Polls busy but calm as Somaliland, peaceful breakaway region of Somalia, votes for president
• Bribe Suspects Toss $300,000 From Car During Moscow Getaway
• Brazil: Number of people missing in massive floods drops to 76; Deaths up to 51
• Letter bomb that killed Greek ministerial aide sent through regular mail, police say
• Vatican says it is 'astonished and outraged' at the Belgian police raid
• Panel set up by Austria's Catholic Church recommends up to euro25,000 ($30,700) for abuse victims
• Mafia fugitive wanted in Italy is arrested in France
• Venezuela state oil company faces possible legal battle with fishermen over oil slick
• Strong quake hits in Pacific near Solomon Islands, but no tsunami or damage reported
• Fraud rings steal Puerto Ricans' identities for sale to illegal immigrants
• Loud, dirty, pricey, but generators a godsend for electricity-starved Iraqis in summer heat
• Police nab alleged top figure in Mexico's powerful Sinaloa drug cartel
• Venezuela's Chavez meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad, vows to fight US 'imperialism'
• Algirdas Brazauskas, 1st president of Lithuanian after independence, dies aged 77
• Obama invites Chinese President Hu Jintao for state visit, Hu accepts invitation
• Thanking its troops, Britain marks Armed Forces Day with parades, tributes
• Kyrgyz vote on constitution aims to legitimize interim leaders; investigators dig up corpses
• Guinea holds first free election after era of army rule
• Obama says he will submit a free trade deal with South Korea to Congress by early next year
• Top industrial economies condemns Iran, North Korea, calls Gaza situation unsustainable
• India asks Pakistan to arrest more suspects in 2008 Mumbai attacks; Islambad vows to cooperate
• Zimbabwe detains 2 Pakistani men; 1 suspected of links to 2008 Mumbai, India terror attacks
• Blast Rocks Kabul's Diplomatic Area
• Rwanda dismisses rights group's assertions of government involvement in death of top editor
• Sixteen-year-old California sailor Abby Sunderland reunited with brother
• 7.1 Quake Hits Off of Solomon Islands
• Geithner says G-20 must focus on keeping global recovery on track
• Afghan government reports explosion in the capital near embassies and government offices
• Tens of thousands of Taiwanese demonstrate against trade pact with China
• Obama: North Korea must be 'held to account' for sinking of South Korean ship
• Russian gay rights activists detained at St. Petersburg museum after unannounced rally
• Ecuadorean President Correa offers to mediate guerrilla conflict in Colombia
• SUMMIT NOTEBOOK: Chopper broken, Obama invites British PM Cameron into his for a lift
• Guyana garbage collector fined after pleading guilty to exhuming woman's body, abusing it
• American service member killed by bomb attack in southern Afghanistan
• California teen sailor Abby Sunderland reunited with brother Zac after remote ocean rescue
• Top industrial economies condemn Iran, North Korea, calls Gaza situation unsustainable
• Obama: US will resume talks to resolve issues blocking South Korea free trade deal
• US pilot detained at Brazilian security checkpoint for dropping trousers, showing underwear
• Head-on collision between bus, truck kills 23 in India, say police
• US pilot killed as helicopter crashes in Malaysian jungle on Borneo island
• President Obama invites Chinese President Hu for a state visit; Hu accepts
• Vatican No. 2 says Belgian raids in abuse case are unprecedented even under communism
• World's largest gold coin weighing 220 pounds sold for $4 million at Austrian auction
• China vows not to bow to outside pressure on currency reform
• Voting-day clash kills 4 in contested area of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia
• Malaysia's government reverses decision to let non-Muslims bet on sports after criticism
• Iraqi officials say 4 jewelers killed in Fallujah amid rising street crime
• Police say head-on collision between bus, truck kills 23 in India
• Obama, South Korean leader say North Korea must face consequences for alleged ship sinking
• Activists blame Hong Kong's 'dysfunctional' political system for failing to clean up dirty air
• World's largest gold coin weighing 220 pounds sold for $4 million at Austrian auction
• Pakistan school chain focuses on secular elites to win converts to conservative Islam
• Tropical Storm Alex now a depression, heads for Gulf of Mexico; could become hurricane
• New Indian welfare plan largest in world, helps one village to overthrow age-old hierarchies
• Obama and British leader Cameron say critical to get Afghanistan war right this year
• Gunmen open fire in Mexican drug rehab center, killing 9
• Latin American immigrants mourn Spain train crash victims, protest to demand investigation
• Report: Britain to impose temporary cap on economic migrants from outside the European Union
• NKorea to elect new party leaders in possible campaign to elevate Kim Jong Il's son as heir
• Tropical Storm Alex drenches Caribbean coast of Belize, Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula
• NKorea says it must bolster nuclear capability in new way to deal with 'hostile' US policy
• Philippine troops kill 2 communist rebels, capture jungle camp containing bombs
• When are those hot flashes coming? Scientists propose test that could predict menopause
• Weeks after ethnic purge, Uzbeks and Kyrgyz alike flock to polls to OK Kyrgyzstan constitution
• World leaders pledge to slash deficits in half by 2013, but leave themselves wiggle room
• NATO says Taliban leader killed in Kandahar operation; residents claim troops killed civilians
• UN says 'culture of fear' prevents Egyptian youths from participating in country's development
• Hurricane watches for Mexico, US Gulf coasts, as Tropical Storm Alex gains strength
• China says 150 people trapped in a landslide caused by rain in southwest
• Israel says 7 Israeli Arabs inspired by al-Qaida charged in attacks on Jews, Christians
• Lawyer for 5 Americans convicted of plotting terror in Pakistan files appeal
• Pirates hijack Singapore ship in Gulf of Aden carrying antifreeze chemical, 19 Chinese sailors
• Burundi votes for president amid grenade attacks; blast explodes outside EU mission office
• China, Taiwan sign trade deal further linking their economies 6 decades since split
• Georgian authorities pull down another Stalin monument, at night to avoid protests
• Pope calls Belgian church sex abuse raids by police deplorable; stresses church autonomy
• Indonesian court says retired Saudi Arabian school teacher did not finance terrorist attacks
• Israeli court frees ultra-Orthodox parents who defied school segregation ruling
• Rescued teen sailor Abby Sunderland embarks on flight home to California
• Venezuela's Chavez denounces 'genocidal' Israel during 1st visit by Syria's Assad
• N. Korea Says It Must Bolster Nuke Capability
• World stock markets post modest gains amid G-20 progress on deficit reduction
• Obama cites 'obsession' with Afghanistan withdrawal timeline, says he's focused on succeeding
• Trial of ex-NY college basketball player accused of beating NYC student postponed
• Senegal terrace collapse kills 11 fans watching Uruguay-S. Korea World Cup match, police say
• Israeli flotilla inquiry begins work, will question Prime Minister Netanyahu, defense chiefs
• Obama pledges to make trip to Indonesia after twice postponing visits to Asia this year
• Karachi wracked by spate of targeted killings, reflection of problems throughout Pakistan
• Vote counting under way in Guinea after West African nation's first free election
• Female Israeli Cadets Being Trained to Confront All-Women Peace Ship
• Table made of wood taken from supports of old London Bridge to be auctioned
• Obama says he looks forward to visiting India, a crucial ally, later this year
• Overloaded bus plunges into ravine while traveling to funeral in China; 11 dead, 31 hurt
• Chinese painter and force behind Chinese modern art, Wu Guanzhong, dies at age 90
• Ex-NY college basketball player accused of beating NYC student goes on trial in Serbia
• Pope says Belgian church sex abuse raids deplorable; stresses justice but also church autonomy
• Guinea holds 1st free election after era of military rule
• Truck carrying chemicals accidentally explodes in Pakistan, killing 18, say police
• Kyrgyzstan's interim president says a new constitution has been approved in a referendum
• British Prime Minister David Cameron bolsters reputation, wins key ground at Canada summits
• Trial of ex-NY college basketball player accused of beating NYC student postponed
• US pilot killed as helicopter crashes in Malaysian jungle on Borneo island
• Pakistani officials: Suspected US missile strike on house kills 3 people near Afghan border
• Chinese leader takes aim at currency critics, says exchange rate swings can threaten markets
• Boats ferrying tourists collide near popular Thai beach; 42 injured
• NKorea says it must bolster nuclear capability in new way to deal with 'hostile' US policy
• Kyrgyzstan's successful referendum raises democratic hopes, but troubles lie ahead
• Panama's ex-dictator Noriega goes on trial in France for money laundering
• Armed mob breaks up political rally in Mexico; 3 dead, 6 wounded
• Thousands protest summit in Canada; vandals smash windows, torch police cars
• Floodwaters begin to recede in hard-hit southern China, workers finish fixing dike breach
• Over 200 arrested during opposition-called general strike in Bangladesh
• NKorea says it must bolster nuclear capability to deal with 'hostile' US policy
• UN, Hamas compete for hearts of Gaza's children with rival summer camps
• Australia's first woman prime minister makes minimal changes to cabinet ahead of elections
• New Indian welfare plan largest in world, helps one village to overthrow age-old hierarchies
• World Cup rivals Cameron and Merkel take time out from economic negotiations for key game
• Arsenic in drinking water of millions in Bangladesh, called worst mass poisoning in history
• Official: Turkey closes airspace to some military flights; commercial flights not affected
• Analysis: Obama and other world leaders take the deficit-cutting pledge at G-20
• Aboriginal leader calls for woman to be deported from Australia for stripping on sacred site
• NATO stresses change in top commander for Afghanistan is not slowing operations
• Iran refuses talks with the West over nuclear program until late August, warns of retaliation
• Pope to create new Vatican office to fight secularization, re-evangelize West
• Russia acknowledges its citizens are among suspected spies, calls for US understanding
• Strengthening Alex expected to become hurricane as it moves toward US-Mexico border area
• Thousands of Czechs oppose plan to erect column with Michael Jackson's bust in Prague park
• US surgeon convicted of manslaughter for botching operations that led to 3 deaths in Australia
• Mexican officials confirm slaying of gubernatorial candidate in northern state; 4 others dead
• Demjanjuk trial session called off after defendant hospitalized
• 12 dead, 2 missing in northeastern Romania after heavy rain and flooding
• UN report says crime gangs in Europe make $3 billion a year trafficking in humans
• Intel: Suspected U.S. Missiles Kill 6 in Pakistan
• US, Russia top UK's list of nations who refuse to pay traffic tolls, citing diplomatic rules
• Israeli foreign minister says 'no chance' of deal on Palestinian statehood by 2012
• Berlusconi attacker found unfit for trial, placed under psychiatric care
• Rights group slams Equatorial Guinea leader's pledges of reforms in transparency, human rights
• Doctor: Kenyan prime minister stable after doctors make hole in head to drain fluid buildup
• Renowned Austrian museum director and art collector, Rudolf Leopold, dead at 85
• Petraeus gives private evidence to British government inquiry into Iraq war mistakes
• Cyprus police arrest Canadian citizen wanted in US on espionage charges
• Russia's Foreign Ministry says US arrests of alleged Russian spies is throwback to Cold War
• Alfred Donath, who helped Holocaust victims in Switzerland, dies
• Officials: 2 wounded in 5 grenade attacks in Burundi hours after presidential polls close
• Soyuz capsule moves to new module at International Space Station after delay
• A trafficker's best friend: Aging sniffer dogs blamed for cocaine on Guyana-US flights
• Mexican president blames candidate's killing on drug cartels, warns of election infiltration
• Under legal pressure, Britain's government promises new guidelines on torture
• Panamanian ex-dictator Noriega says French laundering charges against him trumped up
• Rescuers use heavy equipment to search for 107 trapped in China landslide
• Octopus Paul predicts Germany will beat Argentina in tough game at World Cup
• Congolese army says they've killed 80 rebels in E. Congo from neighboring Uganda, Rwanda
• Intel officials: Suspected US missiles hit Pakistan's S. Waziristan area, 6 killed
• As Rwanda's August election nears, critics fear country's president is smashing dissent
• Reports: Kim's youngest son is NKorea parliament member, another indicator of succession
• Grenade attacks suppress voter turnout in Burundi's presidential elections, officials say
• Youths clash with police as Greek unions strike over proposed pension, labor reforms
• SKorea's Defense Ministry seeking sharp budget increase amid tension over warship sinking
• Belgium tells Vatican that it, not the church, will investigate clergy abuse
• American doctor found guilty of manslaughter in deaths of 3 former patients in Australia
• UN starts $5M cleanup of Agent Orange contamination at former US base in Vietnam
• Candidate's killing by suspected cartel gunmen shrouds Mexican vote in fear
• Russian foreign minister says CIA assessment on Iranian nuclear capabilities is not new
• Eyewitnesses report a UN vehicle has been shot up in Afghanistan's capital
• 107 trapped in a landslide caused by rain in China's southwest; little hope for survivors
• Iran says it won't enter talks with the West over disputed nuclear program until late August
• ETA terror suspect wanted by Spain denied bail in Northern Ireland, admits using fake ID
• Russian news agency quotes cabinet official as saying BP's Hayward to resign; BP denies
• In departure from the past, Palestinian president courts American Jews
• Long-billed vultures, nearing extinction in wild, hatch in captivity in India for first time
• EU, US to share financial data in terror probes but set limits to protect customer privacy
• China, US open Shanghai field epidemiology center, to train disease sleuths, boost prevention
• Rare white elephant captured in Myanmar jungle, seen as a good omen in the Buddhist country
• Bosnian police arrest 2 terrorism suspects linked to fatal explosion at police station
• Queen arrives in Halifax at start of nine-day Canadian tour
• Hezbollah not interested in dialogue with US until it changes its 'pro-Israel' Mideast policy
• Study: Heavy women have higher chance of a miscarriage after artificial reproduction
• Spanish court upholds most of charter granting more self-rule to Catalonia region
• Police seize stolen Caravaggio painting in Germany, arrest suspected art thieves
• Greek unions hold general strike over proposed pension, labor reforms
• South Korea parliament votes to legalize chemical castration for child sex offenders
• Vatican admonishes Austrian cardinal for his critical comments about former Vatican No. 2
• Icelandic prime minister weds her partner after nation legalizes same-sex marriage
• Queen arrives in Halifax at start of nine-day Canadian tour
• Hezbollah not interested in dialogue with US until it changes its 'pro-Israel' Mideast policy
• Russian foreign minister says CIA assessment on Iranian nuclear capabilities is not new
• Analysis: Gen. Petraeus faces daunting challenges when he assumes command in Afghanistan
• Study: Heavy women have higher chance of a miscarriage after artificial reproduction
• Spanish court upholds most of charter granting more self-rule to Catalonia region
• Officials say suspected US strike kills 10, including possible al-Qaida operative, in Pakistan
• China, US open Shanghai field epidemiology center, to train disease sleuths, boost prevention
• Rare white elephant captured in Myanmar jungle, seen as a good omen in the Buddhist country
• Afghan working for UN killed when his vehicle is shot up in Afghanistan's capital
• Candidate's killing by suspected cartel gunmen shrouds Mexican vote in fear
• EU, US to share financial data in terror probes but set limits to protect customer privacy
• Gaza's smugglers are in limbo as Israel weighs how far to go in easing blockade
• Iranian Woman Faces Being Stoned to Death for Adultery
• Benigno Aquino III sworn in as new Philippine president, promises to fight graft and poverty
• E. Europe's migrants _ and families left behind _ hit by troubles in richer Western Europe
• German presidential election drags out in embarrassment for Merkel
• Egypt believes ancient tunnel part of secret unfinished tomb inside pharaoh's grave
• AP reporter: powerful explosion shakes capital of Russia's restive Chechnya; several wounded
• French trial probes whether L'Oreal heir was coerced into giving away $1 billion to man
• Amnesty International calls on Petraeus to focus on protecting civilians in Afghanistan
• Main South African power union threatens to strike over wages; strike could start next week
• Strike over pay cuts shuts down Madrid subway for second day
• Germany's troubled Merkel facing another test in election for new president
• Eight-year prison terms imposed in first sentencing of Colombia far-right militia leaders
• 2 police charged in brutal killing of businessman despite official autopsies clearing them
• Street violence roils Kashmir for a 3rd summer amid enduring anger over Indian rule
• UN genocide tribunal gives Rwandan man 25-year sentence for leading a 1994 massacre
• Britain's unlikely coalition government shows first signs of political strain
• Toronto police face calls for public inquiry after 900 arrested during global summit protests
• Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen sickened by swine flu and recovering, officials say
• Getting schooled: Scores of Pakistani lawmakers accused of claiming fake degrees
• 6.5 Magnitude Quake Hits Southern Mexico
• Zimbabwe to resume diamond sales despite world control body deadlock on rights abuses
• 8 militants killed in fighting at airport outside Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan
• Spanish court agrees to study whether streamlined abortion law is constitutional
• French trial probes whether L'Oreal heir was coerced into giving away $1 billion to man
• South African government concerned about spike in deaths after traditional circumcision rites
• Iran sentences 2 suspects to death in case of prison slayings of anti-government protesters
• Former US prosecutor testifies that alleged Nazi guard Demjanjuk's story inconsistent
• Pope shuffles Vatican bureaucracy, names head of new office to fight secularization
• Kyrgyz Humanitarian crisis enters 'most difficult phase' as US and U.N officials visit
• French prosecutors seek 10-year prison term, asset freeze for Panama's ex-dictator Noriega
• E. Europe's migrants _ and families left behind _ hit by troubles in richer Western Europe
• 5 injured in suicide bombing in heart of Chechen capital
• US calls accusations it was behind Honduras coup 'absurd'
• Archeologists uncover 51 horse skeletons in the Netherlands, likely killed in 17th-century war
• US army plane makes emergency landing in Germany during training excercise
• Candidate's killing by alleged cartel gunmen shrouds Mexican vote in fear, but elections a go
• Attacks on Rwandan Hutu dissidents spark fears of assassination campaign
• British Supreme Court says soldiers serving abroad are not covered by human rights laws
• Amusement park accident in southern Chinese city kills 6, injures 10
• Loveless Chinese troops banned from online dating
• Major events in the life of new Philippine President Benigno Aquino III
• Afghan government says donor nations must share blame for corruption, cash trafficking
• Maoist rebels ambush troops in eastern India, killing 27 in latest bold attack
• Magnitude 6.5 quake reported in southern Mexico
• Court allows Charles Taylor's prosecutors to summon model Naomi Campbell on "blood diamond"
• Queen reviews flotilla of international warships in eastern Canada
• Mexico rights agency mourns killing of yet another journalist, demands investigation
• Rare Napoleon memorabilia, including a lock of his hair, sold in New Zealand auction
• UN takes on US dollar, urging broad changes to fix global economic failings
• Colombian in Argentina agrees to US extradition on money-laundering, drug- trafficking charges
• Ghana officials say 80 trapped after heavy rains led to collapse of illegal gold mine
• Nepal's former rebels ask other parties to form new coalition government after PM resignation
• Blast in Center of Chechen Capital Injures Cops, Civilians
• Icelandic prime minister's historic gay marriage follows long tradition of Nordic tolerance
• Afghan prosecutor says he's not being pressured to go easy on suspected corrupt officials
• World stock markets mixed as concerns mount over global economic recovery
• 3 protesters killed amid angry protests as authorities lock down major towns in Indian Kashmir
• Palestinian leader gives rare interview to Israeli reporters, seeks support for peacemaking
• Heritage group says more than 10 percent of England's historic churches in bad state of repair
• Canadian man says alleged Russian spy stole his dead brother's identity
• Tweeters in Japan fall silent in election campaign over what critics call outdated Net rules
• Chinese Communist Party opens door to secretive school for elite members
• European court hears appeal by 9 governments over ruling against crucifixes in Italy's schools
• Congo, brutalized under Belgian colonizer, still suffering 50 years after independence
• Turkey asks US to speed up delivery of attack helicopters to fight separatist Kurdish rebels
• Belgian man complains over police raid of church sex abuse files, claims privacy violated
• Benigno Aquino III is sworn in as the Philippines' 15th president
• British doctors say there could be twice as many cases of Huntington's disease as once thought
• Chinese democracy activist who has spent a decade in jail detained by police again
• 17 Somali civilians die in fighting between gov't forces and insurgents in Mogadishu
• Police: Gunmen kill 2, leaves 1 wounded, in Sodertalje in central Sweden
• 'How to Make Bomb in Kitchen of Mom' Featured in Al Qaeda's 1st English Magazine
• Official: Turkey, Israel Hold Secret Talks
• SAFrican police: American robbed and shot in Johannesburg street en route to hotel
• Egypt's smokers hit with new tobacco tax as government combats high smoking rates
• Deadly new militant group emerges in Pakistan to avenge army assault on Red Mosque 3 years ago
• Haiti's president rejects US Senate advice on how to prepare for fall presidential election
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began
• Sweden abolishes compulsory military service for men in peacetime
• At Least 35 Dead as Blasts Rock Religious Shrine in Pakistan
• Cypriot police say they are search for alleged Russian spy who vanished after release on bail
• Nepal former rebels ask other parties to form new coalition government after PM's resignation
• Documents hidden for 33 years by Argentine torture survivor reveal fate of 293 prisoners
• NATO intensifies attacks on Taliban leaders in hopes of dismantling midlevel leadership
• German World Cup patriotism still causes unease _ but country rallying around multiethnic team
• World stocks fall on worries that growth in major economies will slow
• Alex, Atlantic's 1st hurricane of season, pounds Mexico's Gulf coast as Category 2 storm
• Toyota says 270,000 vehicles have faulty engines worldwide; reports say autos to be recalled
• Nepal former rebels ask other parties to form new coalition government after PM's resignation
• East African economic bloc creates common market to boost cross-border employment and trade
• Scientist studying Indonesia's last glacier says it will disappear in years, not decades
• Court fines 29 activists for breaking into Swedish nuclear plant site
• Representatives of Bedouin Sinai tribes tell Egypt to stop repression after government warning
• Surgeon known as 'Dr. Death' in Australia sentenced to 7 years in prison for manslaughter
• Court subpoenas unwilling Naomi Campbell to testify at Charles Taylor war crimes trial
• Sweden abolishes compulsory military service for men in peacetime
• Taiwan president says China trade deal skirts political hazards
• Tropical storm Alex unleashes severe flooding in northern Mexico, killing at least 2 people
• Official: Turkey reiterated conditions to improve ties during secret meeting with Israel
• Canine Profiling? Austrian dog license law has some pet owners frothing at the mouth
• Swiss team postpones 24-hour test flight with solar plane prototype after equipment problem
• In shift, China welcomes visit by US defense chief at a time 'workable for both sides'
• Gunmen kill 2 soldiers and 2 members of a pro-government Sunni militia in Iraq
• Collector Charles Saatchi to donate 200 artworks and his modern art gallery to Britain
• Court subpoenas Naomi Campbell to testify about diamond war crimes suspect may have given her
• NKorea proposes joint investigation with South Korea of deadly sinking of SKorean warship
• Proposal to regulate media coverage stirs worries among Pakistani journalists
• Irish bookmaker says bettors think BP CEO won't survive the year
• Palestinian leader gives rare interview to Israeli reporters, seeks support for peacemaking
• China welcomes visit by US defense chief at a time 'appropriate to both sides'
• New Zealand greenhouse gas pricing system takes effect, immediately lifts gas, power prices
• Uzbek farmers fear hunger after returning to fields in Kyrgyzstan to find battered crops
• Germany's ruling coalition struggles to overcome divisions in German presidential election
• Sudan opposition leader cites his detention as evidence of continued oppression
• Pope lays out terms for accused German bishop to resume work; urges forgiveness
• Gov't official says death toll in Lahore shrine bombing rises to 35, more than 100 wounded
• Millions mourn death of religious leader in West African nation of Senegal
• 2 North Koreans sentenced to 10 years in prison for plot to kill prominent defector
• Glimpse at lives in secretive North Korea wins UK's lucrative Samuel Johnson nonfiction prize
• Italy sees possibility of intermediate steps at next UN climate summit in Mexico
• Mexico's Supreme Court orders release of 12 involved in violent 2006 protest that seized town
• Nigerian leader of radical Muslim sect issues videotaped threat of retaliation
• Irish bookmaker says bettors think BP CEO won't survive the year
• In Somaliland, opposition candidate wins vote for president, incumbent concedes peacefully
• Parents of twins attacked in London by a fox describe finding their bloodied children
• UK's new government: Thanks Washington, but it's time we made some new friends
• Top UN nuclear inspector Olli Heinonen resigns
• Outgoing US ambassador concerned Venezuela's agenda is focused on opposition to Washington
• Iranian official: new UN sanctions do not ban delivery of Russian S-300 air-to-ground missiles
• Malaysian woman acquitted of killing Indonesian maid amid domestic worker protection debate
• Blasts of $3 grenades rock Burundi's frail civil war recovery, disrupt elections
• Police fire pepper spray in clashes with protesters outside Puerto Rico's Capitol
• Russian mathematician says his final no to $1 million prize
• Court postpones trial of whether L'Oreal heir was coerced into giving away $1 bln to friend
• The fugitive: Alleged Russian spy paymaster jumps bail and disappears in Cyprus
• China's Xinhua News Agency launches international English TV network this week
• Climate monitor says no growth in global carbon emissions last year for first time since 1992
• Pope names Swiss archbishop Koch to head Vatican office for relations with Christians, Jews
• Workers at Japanese-owned electronics factory in N China strike over pay, benefits
• Iranian president to visit Nigeria as W. African nation assumes UN security council presidency
• Swedish prosecutor charges 2 men with arson for attack on Muhammad cartoonist's home
• Demjanjuk defense attorney questions credibility of witness
• Mideast envoy Blair expects construction material to flow into Gaza in 2-3 weeks
• Security official says militants kill 11 gendarmes in Algerian attack
• Germany threatens to cut off aid to Zimbabwe over attempts to seize German-owned farm
• Philippine president late for meeting as he keeps promise to sit in traffic like ordinary folk
• Call me Melville: Vicious-looking prehistoric sperm whale named for 'Moby-Dick' author
• Taliban Claims Responsibility for Deadly Attack on U.S. Aid Fffice in North Afghanistan
• South African police officers say Paris Hilton was detained for possession of marijuana
• Police: Suspected insurgents kill 8 in 2 days of bloodshed in Thailand's restive south
• Poland holds presidential runoff between acting leader and dead president's twin brother
• Correction: Germany right-to-die story
• Samba turns somber as top-ranked Brazil ousted
• Chavez steps up threats against Venezuelan TV channel, calling owners criminals
• Paris Hilton has appeared briefly in a South African courtroom before being led away
• US military says 2 American soldiers died in unrelated, noncombat incidents in Iraq
• Clinton praises Ukraine's pursuit of democracy but says actions _ not just words _ are needed
• Blast kills man at Serb protest, injures dozen others in ethnically tense northern Kosovo town
• Japan's top competitive eater hungry for July 4 Coney Island classic, but chokes on contract
• East Africa to become borderless region; tourists, workers would need 1 visa for 5 countries
• Paris Hilton's companion ordered to leave SAfrica after pleading guilty to marijuana charge
• European case over crucifixes in classrooms divides nations that will have to abide by ruling
• Tropical storm Alex unleashes severe flooding in northern Mexico, killing at least 2 people
• New Kyrgyz constitution touted as path to stability comes into effect
• Guatemalan government accuses critics of conspiring against it
• Elliott Kastner, Hollywood producer of "Where Eagles Dare," dies of cancer
• Shootout between drug, migrant trafficking gangs near US border leaves 21 dead
• Montenegrin convicted in 1990 killing of woman in New York; sentenced to 12 years in prison
• 2 years after storybook rescue, teary reunion for Betancourt, other captives
• Kenyans outraged over parliament's $175K pay proposal; farm laborers earn $40 a month
• Jamaica police probing if robbery at gov't minister's home is linked to gang crackdown
• China installs 40,000 security cameras ahead of 1-year anniversary of deadly ethnic violence
• Documents on Hitler's time in jail in 1924 auctioned off in Germany
• AP Television reporter in court says Paris Hilton marijuana charges have been dropped
• Unmanned Russian supply ship fails to dock with International Space Station
• Australia relents on 'super tax' on mineral company profits, aims for smaller resource tax
• Long-illegible letter, now deciphered, could help change what we presume about Dr. Livingstone
• Rwandan fugitive facing genocide charges arrested in Uganda, police spokeswoman says
• Australian alleged WWII Nazi collaborator wins appeal against extradition to Hungary for trial
• After twin suicide bombs kill 42 at a Sufi shrine, some Pakistanis blame United States
• Inquiry opened into 8 suspected of running illegal Eiffel Tower souvenir racket
• Documents on Hitler's time in jail in 1924 being auctioned in Germany
• Danish prosecutor charges Somali who attacked prophet cartoonist with terrorism
• Cyprus justice minister says he believes alleged Russian spy has fled island
• UN food agency declares operation in Niger an emergency as child malnutrition rises
• Guinea presidential vote to go to second round
• Turkish military says warplanes bomb Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq
• Britain to hold public vote on changing voting system, could bring sweeping political reforms
• Amid pain of debt crisis, Europe passes measures to deregulate hidebound eurozone economies
• SKorean, Japanese mourners bid farewell to popular SKorean singer-actor who killed himself
• Documents on Hitler's time in jail in 1924 auctioned off in Germany
• Chavez says Salvadoran man detained in Venezuela is suspect in Cuba bombings
• South Africa's ex-national police chief found guilty in long-running corruption case
• Death toll in Mexico flooding from former Hurricane Alex rises to 6
• For Gaza's antique auto aficionados, car conservation is a labor of love
• Clinton arrives in Ukraine on first leg of trip to promote democracy in post-Soviet states
• NATO chief hopes Afghan provincial power handover can begin in November
• India's gay community celebrates anniversary of landmark verdict decriminalizing homosexuality
• AP INTERVIEW: Jewish, Catholic leaders say Oberammergau Passion Play more balanced
• British novelist Beryl Bainbridge, clear-eyed chronicler of modern mores, dies at 77
• Trial begins for Argentine ex-dictator Videla, facing new charges of crimes against humanity
• British conman convicted of trying to sell famous Ritz Hotel for $380M in elaborate scam
• Mexican police say they arrested drug gang member who ordered US consulate employee's killing
• Vietnam frees 3 convicted rapists after acupuncturist claims dot on ear proved them virgins
• Drug Gang Enforcer Admits Ordering U.S. Consulate Worker's Killing, Mexico Says
• Inquiry opened into 8 suspected of running illegal Eiffel Tower souvenir racket
• Talks to prevent S.African power strike adjourned
• UN report fuels charges of manipulation in $2.7 billion carbon-cutting market
• Cyprus justice minister says he believes alleged Russian spy has fled island
• South Africa says foreign 'security operatives' involved in shooting of exiled Rwandan general
• Cyprus justice minister says he believes alleged Russian spy has fled island
• European stocks rise on miners' relief, but trading fragile ahead of key US jobs report
• Mexico offers armored cars, security details for candidates after candidate killed
• AP Interview: Commander says more prisoners are sharing meals and recreation, assaults down
• Toyota to recall 270,000 cars to fix faulty engines; latest woes for world's largest automaker
• Amid pain of debt crisis, Europe passes measures to deregulate hidebound eurozone economies
• Gazans endure worst power cuts in 4 years, as political rivals quarrel over electricity bill
• Cuban state media: dissident hunger striker could die after blood clot, but has gained weight
• 63 drug smugglers, terrorists killed, tons of drugs destroyed in Afghan south, gov't says
• Cyprus president says island's authorities not at fault for vanishing of Russian spy suspect
• Biden urges fast and peaceful government transition as suicide bombers hit 2 Iraqi cities
• 15 killed, 48 injured in bus crash in central Philippines; 2nd deadly recent accident in area
• Report: US wants Japan to pay hundreds of millions dollars extra to move Marines to Guam
• Queen Elizabeth II visiting Ground Zero, addressing UN for first time in half a century
• Arf, matey! Dachshund becomes real seadog as Russian owner teaches him to scuba dive
• Kenyan prime minister leaves hospital and denounces parliament's $175K pay vote
• Clinton says 'steel vise' is 'slowly crushing' global activists, threatening some democracies
• Before White House visit, Israel spells out goods to be restricted from entering Gaza
• Navy spokesman says 12 foreign sailors taken hostage by pirates have been safely released
• South Korean police say 12 dead after bus plummets off elevated road on way to airport
• France's low-key austerity: Sarkozy's government prefers piecemeal cuts to grand savings plans
• Nothing to snort at: Colombian authorities find World Cup trophy made of cocaine at airport
• South Korean police say 12 dead after bus plummets off elevated road on way to airport
• Van der Sloot files suit against first lawyer, charging her with posing as public defender
• Iran remembers those killed in 1988 downing of Iranian airliner by US warship
• France's low-key austerity: Sarkozy's government prefers piecemeal cuts to grand savings plans
• Princess Diana's hair at your breakfast table? UK company sells jam it says is royal hair
• UK considering letting gay couples include religious elements in civil partnership ceremonies
• Komorowski likely winner over twin of late president in Polish presidential vote
• Kyrgyzstan swears in caretaker president amid hopes for stability and democratic freedoms
• Hospital official says Lebanon's top Shiite cleric, Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, has died
• Swiss official says decision whether to extradite Polanski expected soon
• Chinese electronics workers end strike at Japanese-owned factory, report says
• 42 bodies pulled from landslide in SW China, 57 still missing with no signs of life detected
• SAfrica: Strike at power monopoly averted after unions reach agreement with company
• Far from Gulf disaster's glare, Nigeria's chronic oil spills are its 50-year nightmare
• Imagine Peace: Thai artists inspired by political turmoil call for peace in new exhibit
• Navy spox says 12 foreign sailors taken hostage by pirates off Nigeria coast safely released
• Analysis: Al-Qaida links are a big obstacle to Afghan govt's reconciliation with major group
• Allies of Mexican president see surprising victories in elections besieged by drug violence
• Congo: Burned survivors recover from deadly tanker explosion; UN says at least 230 dead
• Clinton appeals to leaders in Armenia, Azerbaijan to settle long-running territorial dispute
• Father, brother of Harry Potter actress charged with threatening to kill her
• Cargo ship docks with International Space Station 2 days after first attempt failed
• Somali prime minister names moderate Islamists to the Cabinet
• Swiss official says decision whether to extradite Polanski expected soon
• UN radio says 190 people have died in Congo when an oil tanker flipped over and exploded
• US Gen. David Petraeus calls for unity in military, civilian effort in Afghanistan
• Naval spokesman says 12 expatriate sailors kidnapped off coast of Nigeria's southern delta
• VP Biden arrives in Baghdad for July Fourth weekend with troops amid Iraq government deadlock
• Russian president says attempts to downplay gains with US won't work
• Nigeria: Out-of-control gas tanker flips over and explodes in northern city, killing 14
• Junta-ruled Niger to hold presidential election for Jan. 3
• Navy spokesman says 12 expatriate sailors kidnapped off coast of Nigeria's southern delta
• Afghan government: 63 drug smugglers and terrorists killed, tons of drugs destroyed in south
• Dolphin-hunting documentary 'The Cove' screens in Japan after protests delay opening
• Biden looks to ease tensions between Iraqi rivals, see new gov't seated before US troops leave
• Germany's Merkel, S.African president meet before World Cup match
• Top commander Gen. David Petraeus says 'we are in this to win,' takes command in Afghanistan
• Mexico's old ruling party seeks momentum in elections besieged by drug gang hits, scandals
• Gen. David Petraeus assumes command of US, NATO forces in Afghanistan in ceremony in Kabul
• Pope Benedict XVI says priests are precious presence in life "for all our weaknesses"
• Wave flips tour boat off Galapagos Islands; Danish man dead, other tourists and crew safe
• Police patrol streets in China's Xinjiang region on anniversary of ethnic rioting
• AP Exclusive: North Korean defector killed for going back with 20 bibles to spread Gospel
• As US fights, China spends billions to build a footprint in Afghanistan
• Hillary Clinton juggles demands of diplomacy, planning for daughter Chelsea's July wedding
• Villa Scores Late to Give Spain Win Over Paraguay
• Islamist hard-liners in Indonesia target Christians; government at a loss to respond
• Lebanon's revered Shiite cleric, Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, dies at 75
• Egyptian farmer calls newborn two-headed calf a 'divine miracle'
• Mexican police: Drug cartel enforcer says he targeted consulate employee for aiding rival gang
• Lebanon's revered Shiite cleric, Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, dies at 75
• China's urban dwellers to surpass 700 million, exceeding rural population for first time
• Mexico Ups Penalties for Migrant Trafficking
• Top commander Gen. David Petraeus says 'we are in this to win,' takes command in Afghanistan
• Mexico's old ruling party seeks momentum in elections besieged by drug gang hits, scandals
• Gen. David Petraeus assumes command of US, NATO forces in Afghanistan in ceremony in Kabul
• Spain's law allowing unrestricted abortion goes into effect despite opposition court challenge
• 2 Yemeni security officers killed in shootout with suspected al-Qaida members
• Local party leader slain in Philippines as human rights watchdogs call for end to killings
• British court holds extradition hearing for ex-Bosnian vice president accused of war crimes
• Quake with a magnitude of 6.3 rattles northern Japan, no danger of tsunami
• Quake with magnitude of 6.3 rattles northern Japan, no danger of tsunami
• Israeli man suspected of involvement in Dubai slaying appears in Polish court
• Shuttle bus carrying steel workers catches fire in central China, killing 24 people
• Serb lawmaker shot and wounded in north of Kosovo
• Somali pirates seize Marshall Islands-flagged tanker laden with lubricating oil in Red Sea
• Exit polls show Komorowski has slight edge over Kaczynski in Polish election
• Venezuela accuses US of unfairly attacking Chavez, rejects Clinton's criticism on human rights
• Kobe beef farmers worry that foot-and-mouth outbreak in southern Japan could hit their brand
• Dance clip featuring Israeli soldiers on patrol is widely viewed; military not amused
• Conservationists slam plan for coal power plant on environmentally delicate Borneo island
• Beleaguered Toyota Motor Corp. recalls nearly 92,000 vehicles in Japan over engine troubles
• No sign of violence on anniversary of ethnic rioting in China's Xinjiang region
• Interpol Seeks Public's Help to Find Top Fugitives
• Puerto Rico panel to investigate clash between police and protesters outside Capitol
• UK deputy leader promises May 2011 referendum on voting reform, outlines political shakeup
• Romanian authorities step up efforts to prevent flooding of major city on Danube
• Bullfighting bust: proposed ban and money woes dampen mood at famed Pamplona fiesta
• Australian pleads not guilty to arson, ordered to stand trial over deadly wildfire last year
• Ill-equipped police lack funds, intel to combat rising militancy in Pakistan's heartland
• Romanian authorities step up efforts to prevent flooding of major city on Danube
• Suicide car bomber attacks paramilitary base in northwest Pakistan, killing 1 soldier
• VP Biden talks to Iraqi president about ways to end deadlock over forming new government
• Rights group: Israeli settlements control more than 42 percent of the West Bank
• Chess icon Bobby Fischer's body exhumed in Iceland to determine whether he fathered girl
• Venezuela honors Simon Bolivar's lover, reunites independence heroes in National Pantheon
• 3 decapitated bodies found in burned car in Mexican drug state; heads left on hood of vehicle
• Komorowski's presidential win strengthens governing party's hold on Poland, offers challenges
• Bullfighting bust: proposed ban and money woes dampen mood at famed Pamplona fiesta
• World markets up as investors anticipate Wall Street gains, but outlook remains clouded
• Drug-smuggling submarine seized in Ecuador jungle is quantum leap for traffickers, DEA says
• Final count in Poland's election confirms Bronislaw Komorowski as new president
• Puerto Rico warns dengue outbreak may reach record as virus claims year's 3rd local fatality
• Congo's president pays a visit to the site of deadly tanker explosion; 242 dead
• Widows, grim and ubiquitous legacy of Iraqi wars, get little help from their government
• Dutch agency takes blame for error in UN report, but says climate change is already happening
• Chinese court sentences US geologist tortured by state security agents to 8 years in jail
• Drug gangs terrorize residents in small Mexican villages on Arizona's doorstep; roads are bare
• Germany's Bavaria bans smoking in pubs, beer tents _ even at Oktoberfest
• Catholic Church seeks pardons in Chile, including some guilty of crimes against humanity
• World stocks finish mostly lower after weak jobs report raises worries about US recovery
• State media say a bus fire in central China has killed 24 people and injured 19
• Cyprus justice minister says police searching Russian spy suspect's confiscated laptop
• Nigeria: Anti-human trafficking agency says it lacks evidence against senator with child bride
• Youth gored to death in festival days before Spain's famed San Fermin bull-runs
• Israel easing Gaza blockade, lets in goods but keeps restrictions on construction materials
• Death toll of military plane crash in Romania rises to 12
• Queen cost UK taxpayers less than $1 each last year, but royal coffers face further squeeze
• 2 police troopers killed in ambush in Russia's restive Ingushetia
• Interpol police agency seeks global public's help finding key fugitives _ even on Facebook
• Dissident Chinese author says police threaten jail for upcoming book criticizing top official
• Clinton calls on Russia to meet its cease-fire commitments in former Soviet state of Georgia
• Swedish feminists burn $13,000 in protest against unequal wages for women
• Ravaged village in north of Kyrgyzstan offers a blueprint for reconciliation in the south
• Several Tibetans on way to celebrate Dalai Lama's birthday detained in Nepal's capital
• World class African city: Poor drawn to Johannesburg live in squalid high-rises
• UK government to cut pay for laid off civil servants as it prepares to cut thousands of jobs
• Report: Singer George Michael arrested, on bail after car crash in London
• Dirty money: Zimbabweans turn to money laundering, washing filthy bills in soap and water
• Correction: South Africa-Rwandan General story
• German court allows screening for genetic defects in IVF embryos
• German gov't cuts health care spending, increases premiums in health care reform package
• Brazil, top ethanol exporter, to help Kenya produce biodiesel and improve agriculture sector
• APNewsBreak: Caster Semenya's father says sidelined world champion will be cleared
• Octopus Paul predicts Spain over Germany at World Cup semifinal
• EU bans most Iran Air jets from Europe for safety reasons, 2 Indonesian airlines off blacklist
• Disgruntled employee opens fire on colleagues in Egypt killing 6
• Elite Afghan police manning new checkpoints in Kandahar are visible sign of ramped up security
• Former SS sergeant Adolf Storms, 90, dies amid war crimes investigation
• EU Bans Most Iran Air Jets From Flying in Europe
• Officials: NATO airstrike accidentally kills 5 Afghan troops on patrol in eastern province
• Court tells Men at Work to pay royalites for copied flute riff in global hit 'Down Under'
• French parliament to start debating bill to ban burqa-style veils in public
• Thai government extends state of emergency in 18 provinces and capital, lifts in 5
• UN food safety meeting sets limit amount of melamine in food and feed
• Tens of thousands gather for mass funeral of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric
• Italy farmers protest import "blue" mozzarella scandal, cheer as border police check goods
• Report: Iran sends letter to EU detailing its conditions for nuclear talks with the West
• Dalai Lama celebrates 75th birthday with hundreds of cheering supporters; 22 in Nepal detained
• Panda in Chinese zoo accidentally crushes its new cub to death after abandoning its twin
• China objects to US sanctions against Iran, saying UN sanctions don't need expanding
• Ukrainian customs confiscate $60 million worth of cocaine in record drugs bust
• Australia proposes East Timor as offshore center for assessing refugee claims
• Spanish court orders reopening of probe into death of reporter hit by US tank fire in Iraq
• Caster Semenya cleared for immediate return to competition by track authorities
• No. 4 Most-Wanted Nazi Dies a Free Man in Germany
• Odierno: U.S. Might Seek U.N. Peacekeepers in Iraq After 2011
• Bharti Airtel promises $600M investment, rural focus in Nigeria's mobile phone market
• Personality cult rising up around Kazakh president as he celebrates 70th birthday
• Sri Lanka police break protester blockade of UN building, escort trapped workers out
• Widows, grim and ubiquitous legacy of Iraqi wars, get little help from their government
• Village Head, Infant Killed in China's Latest Stabbing Spree
• Cyprus case of the alleged Russian spy recalls Med island's rich tradition as an espionage hub
• British jury convicts 4 men of heist that netted $60 million in gems from London jeweler
• McCain: Kandahar Is Key to Victory in Afghan War
• SKorea to hold military drills with United States after possible UN action over ship sinking
• China rejects criticism of US geologist's 8-year prison sentence over oil industry database
• Britain names judge to lead inquiry into claims UK spies colluded in terror suspects' torture
• Art, antiques, carriages from family homes of Diana, Princess of Wales, is put up for auction
• Hamas launches arrest campaign against collaborators with Israel
• Sri Lanka police break protester blockade of UN building, escort trapped workers out
• Pakistan shouldn't try to influence Afghanistan's affairs, leader of opposition says
• German gov't cuts health care spending, increases premiums in health care reform package
• March of thousands for captive soldier Gilad Schalit divides Israel on sensitive issue
• Troubled Toyota recalls over 95K cars in Japan, SKorea, starting world action on engine defect
• Mexican state of Coahuila hit by flooding, evacuates hundreds, closes bridge on Texas border
• Hugo Chavez: Salvadoran man detained in Venezuela being sent to Cuba to face bombing charges
• Road to Heaven? Motorists in Italy steal €10,000 ($12,580) in coins after truck overturns
• Experimental solar-powered Swiss plane, batteries included, on 24-hour test flight
• Sarkozy lashes out at 'smear' campaign that has shaken French government
• Hamas Blocks Delivery of Outside Newspapers to Gaza Strip
• 15 killed by bombs in Baghdad on final day of Shiite religious holiday
• Road to Heaven? Motorists in Italy steal euro10,000 ($12,580) in coins after truck overturns
• Embattled CEO of BP Hayward arrives in Abu Dhabi to meet business partners as spill costs rise
• Iranian organization issues guidelines for modest hairstyles to combat 'Western' fashion
• China executes justice official caught in massive mob corruption crackdown in Chongqing
• US Army charges soldier suspected of leaking military video showing killing of unarmed Iraqis
• Iranian organization issues guidelines for modest hairstyles to combat 'Western' fashion
• Journalist gunned down in drug-plagued Mexican town; 6th killed this year
• Prosecutors probe allegations that France's richest woman secretly funded Sarkozy's campaign
• Appeals court upholds sentence of more than 4 years for Tunisian journalist
• Soccer City site is historic anti-apartheid venue
• New threats being tracked each day as Britain marks 5th anniversary of London terror attacks
• UK inquiry into climate e-mail scandal vindicates researchers, but finds lack of openness
• Indian army steps up patrols to check massive street protests in restive Indian Kashmir
• German artists creates Holocaust memorial with 25,000 plaques on sidewalks across Europe
• Mexico City records 271 homosexual weddings in first 4 months of same-sex marriage law
• Grammy-winning Russian pianist-conductor Pletnev charged with raping teen in Thai beach town
• Officials: NATO airstrike accidentally kills 5 Afghan troops on patrol in eastern province
• 2 international troops, including an American, killed in separate Afghan attacks
• Tokyo court gives NZ activist suspended sentence for obstructing Japanese whaling ships
• Sri Lankan protesters vow hunger strike to force UN to halt wartime abuses probe
• Wheat field full of bombs yields surprise cooperation for US soldiers, Afghans
• ET, phone Brussels: EU lawmaker calls for Europe to set up X Files center to investigate UFOs
• Tax hike talk from Japan's new leader could weaken ruling party in weekend elections
• South African pupils to learn in first language during early school years under new plan
• German museum finds rare work believed by expressionist Ludwig Kirchner in cellar
• French court hands Panama's ex-dictator Noriega 7-year prison term for money laundering
• Protesters from quake-stricken Italian region clash with police in Rome demonstration
• Chavez says suspected Colombian drug lord arrested in Venezuela, will be deported to US
• Aid group: NKorea sent relatives of officials blamed for currency reform to prison camp
• Church of England reportedly considers making gay priest a bishop
• Spain's running of the bulls kicks off with no gorings but 2 runners hospitalized
• British religious activist fighting Peru government's expulsion order for helping Indians
• Moscow curators face 3 years in prison for exhibit that offended Russian Orthodox Church
• Somalis in al-Shabab towns protest East African plan to send 2,000 more troops to Somalia
• Iran says sanctions may slow nuclear program but won't stop it
• Thousands evacuated from northern Mexico town where authorities fear dam will overflow
• Prosecutors probe allegations that France's richest woman secretly funded Sarkozy's campaign
• FM: Spain 'satisfied' with Catholic Church's work on human rights in Cuba, but wants more
• Scientists say Japanese spacecraft may have collected first samples from asteroid
• German artists creates Holocaust memorial with 25,000 plaques on sidewalks across Europe
• Hugo Chavez: Salvadoran man detained in Venezuela being sent to Cuba to face bombing charges
• Nigeria: militants say they were left out of amnesty deal in oil-rich southern delta
• UAE Diplomat Endorses U.S. Strike on Iran
• German official takes legal steps against Facebook over violation of data privacy laws
• Cuba Communist Party officials want academic expelled for criticizing corruption
• Pakistan president seeks Chinese investment in energy but makes no mention of nuclear deal
• Protest by merchants forces Iran's government to back down on plan to increase taxes
• Century-old hand grenade from Ottoman times found in wall in Jerusalem's Old City
• Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz promote 'Knight and Day' in Brazil, wow star-struck fans for premiere
• After decades of work, Diana Kennedy says more still needed to protect native foods, recipes
• East Timor's president cautiously backs refugee center plan, but warns against 'island prison'
• Sarkozy lashes out at 'smear' campaign that has shaken French government
• Vatican to soon issue sex abuse procedures, making permanent the amended norms currently used
• British Troops to Withdraw From Southern Afghan District, Turn Over to U.S. Forces
• Azerbaijani editor convicted on new charges following European court's demand to free him
• Bodyguard for Mexican governor ordered jailed on suspicion of belonging to drug cartel
• In Nigeria, gangs who once kidnapped wealthy foreigners now target middle-class countrymen
• Yemen convicts, sentences 2 al-Qaida members to death over attacks on police and army
• 4 pistols disappear from lost suitcase of Israeli prime minister's bodyguard
• Catholic Church says Cuba agrees to free 52 political prisoners, nearly a third of all held
• Israel will hold ships seized from blockade-busting flotilla at least until raid inquiry ends
• Strict curfew seals streets in most parts of tense Indian Kashmir after protest violence
• Leftist who lost close presidential vote says he will run for Mexican president again in 2012
• Computers blamed for outages on SKorea, US websites last year repeat attacks but do no damage
• Israel's Netanyahu says he thinks tough talks with the Palestinians will start very soon
• Surrendered Filipino captain accused of leading 2 coup attempts says he has no regrets
• Israeli military says Hezbollah has network of arms depots inside south Lebanon villages
• Swiss solar plane touches down safely after completing historic 24-hour test flight
• Venezuela extradites suspected terrorist to Cuba to face bombing charges
• Catholic Church says Cuba offers to free 47 political prisoners, let them leave country
• Peruvian judge suspends expulsion of British activist who gov't says incited unrest in Amazon
• Sen. Lieberman says US Congress supports military force if needed to prevent Iranian bomb
• Thai court releases British anti-government protester after guilty plea, will be deported
• Australian police probe poisoning of 7M veggie plants; tomato shortage could double prices
• Zimbabwe police play down terror reports around Pakistanis caught at South Africa border
• AP Exclusive: Vatican to crack down on priests who abuse mentally impaired adults
• Russian pianist Pletnev returns to Moscow after Thai sex arrest
• Spain bulls gore 2 in scary Pamplona run, 5 more injured on fiesta's 2nd day
• Australian police probe poisoning of 7M veggie plants; tomato shortage could double prices
• Zimbabwe police play down terror reports around Pakistanis caught at South Africa border
• Russian pianist Pletnev returns to Moscow after Thai sex arrest
• AP Exclusive: Vatican to crack down on priests who abuse mentally impaired adults
• Chile president turns from quake rebuilding to fighting crime, promising more officers, raids
• Sri Lankan minister begins hunger strike against UN probe of alleged human rights abuses
• Scientists: In colonizing Europe, humans braved northern climes earlier than first thought
• Thai court releases British anti-government protester after guilty plea, will be deported
• Pakistani man alleged to be al-Qaida plotter arrested in Britain on US extradition warrant
• Mexico evacuates tens of thousands, 6 killed in plane crash, as flooding hits Rio Grande basin
• ECB's Trichet welcomes plan to publish bank stress tests, sees falling need for bond buys
• Iranian president calls US a global 'dictatorship' while visiting Nigeria
• IMF raises 2010 global economic growth forecast but says financial risks rising
• Asian stocks rise in early trading after Wall Street rallies to top 10,000
• Guantanamo prisoner from Sudan admits guilt in 1st conviction under Obama administration
• Swiss solar plane touches down safely after completing historic 24-hour test flight
• Swiss Solar Plane Marks 24 Hours in the Air
• Iraqi police: Suicide bomber kills 28 in attack on Shiite pilgrims in Sunni part of Baghdad
• Britain Marks 5th Anniversary of 7/7 Terror Attack
• Germany says it plans to take in 2 Guantanamo inmates
• Court orders extradition to Germany of Israeli man suspected of involvement in Hamas killing
• CNN Editor Fired After Tweet on Controversial Lebanese Leader
• Vatican Reportedly Cracking Down on Priests Who Abuse Mentally Impaired
• Russia's List of Candidates in Reported Prison Swap
• Court: UK must not extradite 4 terror suspects to US; incarceration might violate rights
• RAW DATA: Notable Past Spy Swaps Between the U.S. and Russia
• Argentine 'dirty war' general sentenced to life for kidnap, torture and murder of 22 leftists
• UN Security Council condemns SKorea ship sinking but doesn't directly blame NKorea
• Egypt unveils discovery of father-and-son tombs dating back 4,300 years at ancient necropolis
• New storm heads for swamped Texas-Mexico border, where thousands already forced from homes
• US to spend $3 billion on equipment to combat insurgents' makeshift bombs in Afghanistan
• Turkey's opposition to campaign against constitutional reforms ahead of September vote
• Art, antiques from Diana's family homes sold for $32 million in London
• Britain's Hague meets with Turkey's Davutoglu in bid for closer ties on Middle East, trade
• North Koreans pay respect to country's late founder amid tension over warship sinking
• Iraqi premier in Beirut to pay respects to late top Shiite cleric Fadlallah
• Turner masterpiece purchased by US museum for nearly $45 million
• Authorities in Georgia claim villager turns 130, making her the oldest person on Earth
• Cuban dissident ends 134-day hunger strike as gov't starts keeping promise to free prisoners
• Thousands march through Jerusalem to pressure government on prisoner swap for captive soldier
• UN chief shuts Sri Lanka office, recalls head coordinator after protests
• 3 international troops killed in separate Afghan attacks; police official assassinated
• Suicide bomber strikes Iraqi army check point in Baghdad, killing 6 people, officials say
• Family says Cuban dissident ends 4-month hunger strike after gov't promises to free prisoners
• News reports say UK gay priest rejected as nominee for bishopric
• Israeli military says images of alleged weapons depots remind world of Hezbollah's intentions
• Britain's Home Secretary reins in power of police to search people in name of anti-terrorism
• Filipino soldier charged in coup plots says he surrendered because new president is legitimate
• 3 British Muslims convicted of conspiracy to murder over airliner liquid bomb plot
• EU Parliament Approves Deal With U.S. to Share Financial Data in Suspected Terrorist Cases
• Police arrest 2 ultra-Orthodox Jews for smuggling $1 million of cocaine in airport drug bust
• Irish pranksters steal Kelli the penguin from Dublin Zoo; bird found waddling on city sidewalk
• Russian news agency quotes lawyer as saying convicted spy Igor Sutyagin already in Vienna
• Israel arrests 3 Greenpeace activists who boarded Israel-bound ship carrying coal in protest
• Berlusconi wants to limit wiretapping, but critics say plan hurts fight against Mafia, terror
• AP Interview: Iraq, Afghan, Pakistan insurgents join Somali militants: Kenya foreign minister
• Iran's opposition leader criticizes Ahmadinejad over president's dismissal of UN sanctions
• Snoop Dogg says he's fan of British soap opera 'Coronation Street,' seeks cameo
• Chile upholds former spy chief's conviction in Argentina bombing that killed Pinochet critics
• Snafu in Warsaw? Poland Has 3 Presidents in 1 Day
• Norwegian security police arrest 3 people on suspicion of terrorism
• Sea Shepherd: Ban on activist was a strategy to help keep him from Japanese prison
• Officials: 3 arrested in Norway al-Qaida bomb plot linked to failed NY, England attacks
• US denies visa to Colombian journalist to attend Harvard program
• Iran may keep girls' soccer team from Singapore Youth Olympic over disputed Islamic attire
• Obama praises Italian leaders, nation's role in Afghan mission, in Italian newspaper interview
• Bosnia: thousands commemorate Srebrenica massacre by marching along route taken by survivors
• Academic appointed as Canada's new representative of the Queen
• UK treasure hunter finds hoard of 52,000 Roman coins in an English field
• Arab league chief sees no progress so far in indirect talks between Israel, Palestinians
• As painful cuts, strikes endure, Greek government battles dissent
• Officials: 3 arrested in Norway Al Qaeda bomb plot linked to failed NY, England attacks
• Officials: 3 suspected al-Qaida members arrested in Norway bomb plot
• Costlier labor, currency are ending cheap made-in-China era; manufacturers struggle to adapt
• In complex Kandahar battle, one company battles bombs _ others face different challenges
• In Japan vote, conservatives tackle gov't over proposal to let women retain their maiden name
• Elusive 'Barefoot Bandit' stays a step ahead of police in Bahamas, wins grudging respect
• Russian president pardons 4 foreign spies for exchange to 10 Russian agents, swap is under way
• Residents of English neighborhood use spy techniques to target drug dealers and 'litter louts'
• Iranian stoning sentence for woman convicted of adultery draws outrage in US, UK
• British Urged to Keep Doors Locked Amid Fears of Fugitive Gunman
• List of convicted spies Russia exchanged in spy swap with US
• French surgical team performs full-face transplant, including eyelids and tear ducts
• Russian news reports quote the Foreign Ministry as saying the spy swap with US is under way
• Deadly prison fire could boost efforts to resolve overcrowding, security in Uruguay
• Strict curfew seals streets in most parts of tense Indian Kashmir after protest violence
• Moscow curators whose exhibit offended Russian Orthodox Church call their trial a show
• Irish pranksters steal Kelli the penguin from Dublin Zoo; bird found waddling on city sidewalk
• 3 British Muslims Convicted in Foiled Trans-Atlantic Bomb Plot
• Russian news reports say the Russian president has pardoned 4 spies involved in swap with US
• Berlusconi wants to limit wiretapping, but critics say plan hurts fight against Mafia, terror
• As painful cuts, strikes endure, Greek government battles dissent
• Jennifer Lopez cancels controversial show in divided Cyprus, prompting jubilation and anger
• Panama: Protester killed, 100 people hurt in clash between striking banana workers and police
• Pew survey: Europeans generally back bans on face-covering Islamic veils, most Americans don't
• Church of England renews battle over terms for allowing women to be bishops
• High School Lab Technician Poisoned British Girl With Chloroform
• US flight carrying deported Russian agents lands in Vienna as part of landmark spy swap deal
• Sri Lankan minister continues hunger strike over UN probe after world body closes office
• SuBo seeks partner: Susan Boyle launches competition to find singer to duet on next album
• SuBo seeks partner: Susan Boyle launches competition to find singer to duet on next album
• Pope names Vatican official to run scandal-plagued Legionaries of Christ
• High School Lab Technician Poisoned British Girl With Chloroform
• US flight carrying deported Russian agents lands in Vienna as part of landmark spy swap deal
• Sri Lankan minister continues hunger strike over UN probe after world body closes office
• Somali clerics in US, Europe, Africa work to delegitimize radical militant group al-Shabab
• President Ivan Gasparovic appoints new Slovak government led by 1st female prime minister
• North Korea proposes military talks with US over sinking of South Korean warship
• Major militant attacks in Pakistan in 2010
• Paul the octopus, seer sucker supreme, makes World Cup prediction: It's Spain, 8 hands down
• World Cup-forecasting parakeet becomes Singapore sensation, picks Netherlands in final
• Australia says Google broke privacy law by collecting private data while mapping streets
• Expert casts doubt on claim of world's oldest woman citing lack of evidence
• 6 months until South Sudan votes to secede from north marked by rally in southern capital
• Eritrea urges East African nations not to send 2,000 more troops to Somalia
• Horn scorned: UAE religious edict seeks to silence World Cup vuvuzela
• Authorities arrest 60 anti-India protesters in Kashmir in bid to stop deadly civil unrest
• Ship loaded with 2,000 tons of aid for Gaza prepares to set sail from Greek port
• Twin suicide bombers kill 62, wound 111 in Pakistani tribal area where army has fought Taliban
• Beijing renews Google license to operate website in China despite censorship row
• Motorcycle Bomber Kills at Least 62 in Pakistan
• Asian stock markets climb after US jobs report lifts Wall Street
• 'The Cove' star says video of dolphin leaping from aquarium tank proves captivity is cruel
• British book dealer cleared of theft of Shakespeare plays, but guilty of handling stolen goods
• Taliban Commander Captured as NATO Ramps Up Raids
• Mexican judge acquits man in precursor drug case linked to $205 million cash seizure
• Pope names Vatican official to run the scandal-plagued Legionaries of Christ
• Strikes by Iran's powerful merchants raise new worries for authorities
• North Korea says detained American attempted suicide, is under medical treatment at a hospital
• Official says at least 5 killed, nearly 100 wounded in blast in Pakistani tribal area
• British fugitive kills himself in standoff with police after weeklong manhunt
• Germany's top bishop acknowledges mistakes in handling case of pedophile priest
• Betancourt seeks $6.8 million in damages for Colombian hostage ordeal
• 4 suspects killed, 5 civilians wounded in clash between police, gunmen in Mexican border state
• China seizes 76 tons of dairy items tainted with chemical that killed 6 babies in scandal
• Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to become great-grandmother for 1st time
• 3 top Australian Internet providers agree to block child pornography before filter mandated
• NKorea: Imprisoned American Tried to Kill Himself
• Norway arrests alleged bomb plotters, but trial might be hindered by legal problems
• Details emerge from wartime diaries of Bosnian Serb Gen. Mladic on deals with Bosnian Croats
• State news agency RIA Novosti says a plane carrying 10 Russian spies has landed in Moscow
• Tokyo deports New Zealand activist convicted of obstructing Japanese whaling ships
• Ontario Representative to Probe G-20 Security Rule Easing Restrictions on Police Searches
• UK foreign ministry pulls ambassador's blog post praising Hezbollah-linked cleric after outcry
• Government official says death toll in Pakistan tribal area suicide blast hits 40
• Panamanian court drops money laundering charges against former Nicaraguan president
• Israel's Netanyahu says he intends to confound critics and make peace with the Palestinians
• Citing political persecution, owner of Venezuela's anti-Chavez TV channel seeks help from OAS
• Hezbollah denounces CNN's decision to fire Mideast editor over tweet on Shiite cleric
• UN Security Council condemns SKorea ship sinking but doesn't directly blame NKorea
• List of convicted spies Russia exchanged in spy swap with US
• Russian flight thought to carry Russian spies lands in Vienna for spy swap between US, Moscow
• NATO blames communications error for airstrike that mistakenly killed 6 Afghan soldiers
• Spain bulls gore 1 runner, toss others into air in 3rd race of San Fermin fest
• UK media report US plane carrying 4 Russians traded in spy swap lands at UK military base
• NKorea says imprisoned American is receiving medical treatment after he tried to kill himself
• Suicide bomber strikes Iraqi army check point in Baghdad, killing 6 people, officials say
• SKorean prosecutors raid prime minister's office over alleged illegal surveillance
• French surgical team performs full-face transplant, including eyelids and tear ducts
• Official says large explosion hits Pakistan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, kills several
• Police search office of adviser to French heiress amid claims of illegal campaign donations
• US flight takes off from Vienna with 4 Russians deported by Moscow for spying thought aboard
• Russian plane takes off from Vienna, 10 Russians deported from US for spying thought aboard
• US drug agents lead huge operation in Puerto Rico housing projects ahead of int'l sports event
• Palestinian leader says direct talks with Israel would be 'futile' under current circumstances
• 'Barefoot Bandit,' who ran from law for 2 years, drawing thousands of fans, caught in Bahamas
• Soldiers in Afghan river valley try to prod villagers toward gov't in areas gov't fears to go
• Japanese media exit polls say ruling Democrats lost seats in upper house election
• Body found on wheels of passenger plane flying from Lebanon to Saudi Arabia
• Breakaway faction of Suu Kyi's former party receives permit to contest Myanmar elections
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• Aboriginal warrior killed in 1833 reburied in Australia after skull returned from England
• Cuban church officials reveal names of 12 more prisoners Castro's gov't has promised to free
• NATO: 5 coalition troops killed in east, south Afghanistan
• In rapidly modernizing India, clashes with ancient marriage rules often lead to bloodshed
• Pakistan experiments with new ways to quell decades-old insurgency in Taliban's backyard
• Death toll from twin suicide bombing in Pakistan jumps to 102 with 115 wounded
• Brazil: Air France jet makes emergency landing after bomb threat; all aboard safe
• Attacks kill at least 11 police, district chief in once-quiet northern Afghanistan
• Bosnia buries 775 Srebrenica massacre victims to mark 15th anniversary of the killings
• Red tape, negotiations mean aid money to shore up Haiti hospital just now arriving
• South Korean inquiry into bloody hidden history ends; US military escapes much blame
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• US Sen. Levin urges Pakistan to crack down on al-Qaida-linked Haqqani militant network
• China says it renewed Google's license, says company vowed not provide 'lawbreaking content'
• Panama: Banana worker killed in unrest over union law; gov't says police fired 'pellets'
• Pillar of Shame: Memorial of 16,000 shoes blames U.N for not preventing Srebrenica massacre
• 'Barefoot Bandit' Steals Boat to Escape, Fear Bahamas Police Report
• Bosnian Party decorates ex-leader Karadzic, genocide suspect, as massacre anniversary looms
• AP Interview: Bill Clinton frustrated by slow donors, but hopeful for Haiti's recovery
• Pakistan experiments with new ways to quell decades-old insurgency in Taliban's backyard
• 1 person gored, at least 3 hurt, in packed running of the bulls at Spain's San Fermin festival
• Catholics Express Outrage as Rosary Beads Become Fashion Statement
• Taiwan president urges China to use historic free-trade deal to improve relations
• Gaza aid ship leaves Greece for Egypt, Greek foreign ministry says
• Yemen court upholds death sentences in al-Qaida strikes on US embassy, tourists, official says
• David Fanshawe, musical explorer, composer of 'African Sanctus,' dies at 68
• Iran clerics to enter classrooms to combat Western 'arrogance' and opposition influence
• European Space Agency taking a close look at asteroid Lutetia far out in space
• New Plant Dubbed 'Vuvuzela' in Honor of World Cup
• 'Barefoot Bandit' Steals Boat to Escape, Fear Bahamas Police Report
• Attacks kill at least 11 police, district chief in once-quiet northern Afghanistan
• Brazil: Air France jet makes emergency landing after bomb threat; all aboard safe
• Bosnia buries 775 Srebrenica massacre victims to mark 15th anniversary of the killings
• Pillar of Shame: Memorial of 16,000 shoes blames U.N for not preventing Srebrenica massacre
• Japan votes in parliamentary election seen as test for Democrats' young rule
• Japan's ruling party hammered in elections, handicapping its ability to revive economy
• Pakistan experiments with new ways to quell decades-old insurgency in Taliban's backyard
• 'Barefoot Bandit' nabbed: US teen's 2-year life on the lam brought to an end in the Bahamas
• Baghdad kills more than 58,000 stray dogs in campaign targeting roving packs
• France's labor minister eager to speak with investigators probing Sarkozy campaign funds
• 6 Months After Haiti Quake, Land Disputes Grind Recovery to a Near-Standstill
• Racial harmony? Not yet, but SAfrica makes strides
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• Iran says death by stoning sentence for woman convicted of adultery under review
• France's labor minister eager to speak with investigators probing Sarkozy campaign funds
• As death toll from tribal region bombings' hits 102, Pakistanis search for relatives in rubble
• Mexican air force helicopter goes down in western state, 3 dead; 2nd military crash in a month
• UK veterans mark 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
• Australian soldier killed by bomb blast in Afghanistan; 6th killed in a month
• First school, then play: South Africa holds summit touting education ahead of World Cup final
• UK ambassador regrets any offense caused by blog post praising late Lebanese cleric
• Palestinian villagers fear Israel's separation barrier will mean death knell for their hamlet
• 1.1 million people rally in Barcelona in favor of greater Catalan autonomy within Spain
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• Pillar of Shame: Memorial of 16,000 shoes blames U.N for not preventing Srebrenica massacre
• Researchers: Population of Amazon river dolphins dropping as they're slaughtered for fish bait
• The one who got away: Missing piece to the US-Russia spy swap puzzle is fate of Cyprus suspect
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• 6 US troops, 12 Afghans die in attacks as operations in Taliban strongholds meet resistance
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• Lebanese authorities identify body found inside plane's wheel bay after landing in Saudi
• A California-based aid group says 1 of its workers was killed in the Uganda explosions
• 6 months after Haiti quake, land disputes grind recovery to a near-standstill
• Young British Facebook users get new application linking to online child safety program
• Swiss government says it will make an announcement in Roman Polanski's extradition case Monday
• 2 Russian art curators convicted of inciting religious hatred, but not imprisoned
• Film director Roman Polanski free after Swiss reject US request to extradite on sex charge
• Britain opens inquest into unsolved death of Egyptian businessman suspected of spying
• Israel military report says flawed intelligence, planning led to botched raid on Gaza flotilla
• Russian art curators convicted of inciting religious hatred but let go after fines
• Mexican marines capture alleged regional drug gang boss during raid on house in Acapulco
• Hu Jintao meets with Taiwanese National Party chairman, hails new trade pact
• North Korean military abruptly cancels planned talks with American-led UN Command
• 6 men on trial in connection with deadly shooting at Sikh temple in Austria
• Big election losses could hinder Japan ruling party attempts to tackle debt, revive economy
• Belfast police, masked Catholic rioters clash as Protestants' day of marching ends in violence
• Al-Shabab spokesman says Somali militant group responsible for bombings in Uganda killing 74
• Colombia military: 13 soldiers killed in minefields in pursuit of rebels
• Immigration to rich countries fell during crisis as demand for labor shrank, OECD report shows
• China orders officials to report changes in marital status, whereabouts of spouses and kids
• UK authorities end long legal saga last sentenced in plan to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners
• Police: 2 bombs explode in Uganda, many feared dead; Somali militia blamed
• 3 people injured in fast running of the bulls at Spain's San Fermin festival
• Zimbabwe High Court frees on bail rights activist who allegedly leaked files on diamond crimes
• Iraq parliament session delayed as politicians fail to reach agreement on key posts
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• Big change in little Chinatown: Cuba's Chinese enjoy small but unprecedented freedoms
• Israel military report says flawed intelligence, planning led to botched raid on Gaza flotilla
• Commission recommends return of 4 paintings owned by Austrian foundation
• Brazil: Air France en route to Paris after bomb scare forces emergency landing
• Ex-hostage Betancourt says she won't sue Colombia's gov't, but blames it for her kidnapping
• Religious conversion bill moves ahead in Israel's parliament, angering liberal Jews
• Twin bombings strike crowds in Uganda watching World Cup final; 64 killed including 1 American
• Swiss government says it has rejected a US extradition request for Roman Polanski
• Sarkozy goes on national TV amid scandal linked to heiress, shriveling support
• Spain says first group of released Cuban prisoners to arrive in Madrid on Tuesday
• Scientists map towering, undersea volcano off Indonesia's coast
• Police: Death toll from bomb blasts in Uganda as people watched the World Cup has risen to 64
• Haiti, 6 months later: medals for politicians, celebrities; little progress for homeless
• Orlando Bloom returns to English home town to receive university honorary degree
• Venezuela says Dutch plane violated airspace, warns Netherlands relations may suffer
• Demonstrators pour molasses 'slick' around British Museum statue to protest BP sponsorship
• Japan's 'twisted parliament' could freeze leader's attempts to tackle debt, revive growth
• State media: 17 dead, 44 missing after landslides slam mountain towns in China
• Treasurer of French President Sarkozy's party to resign amid claims of illegal financing
• 4 killed in heavy rains in Honduras
• Revamping AIDS strategy at home, Obama looks to what worked for Bush worldwide
• Taiwan says China trade deal will help overcome economic isolation and speed Asia integration
• Egyptian Bedouin blogger held since 2007 freed in a bid to ease tension with Sinai community
• China vows again to destroy all melamine-tainted dairy after more toxic milk found
• Top official in Pakistan-held Kashmir vows to fight India for disputed territory
• 'Sex and the City' star Kim Cattrall named honorary fellow of university in English home town
• Israelis sue Al-Jazeera for allegedly aiding Hezbollah rocket attacks in Lebanon war reporting
• Danish research shows obese young men face higher risk of premature death
• NATO: 3 coalition service members die following attack in southern Afghanistan
• Chavez opponent detained by authorities in Venezuela, suspected of links to alleged bomber
• Oil smuggling to Iran, in violation of US sanctions, fuels spat between Baghdad, Kurds
• Canada to appeal federal court ruling regarding Guantanamo detainee
• Bangladesh bans foreign travel by 40 people suspected of crimes during 1971 independence war
• France's lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approves ban on burqa-like Muslim veils
• Don't feed the elephants: Bangkok govt introduces fines to keep the animals off the streets
• 'Barefoot Bandit's' Hometown Doesn't Want Him -- or His Mom -- to Profit From 2-Year Crime Spree
• Released Cuban dissidents must adapt to life in a Spain with its own woeful unemployment
• China Internet regulator vows to reduce online anonymity, pushes real-name registration plan
• Health investigators pinpoint mushrooms as cause of 400 mystery deaths in China over 3 decades
• Cuban academic punished for article says expulsion from Communist Party sends wrong signal
• NATO: 3 coalition service members die following attack in southern Afghanistan
• Chavez opponent detained by authorities in Venezuela, suspected of links to alleged bomber
• Oil smuggling to Iran, in violation of US sanctions, fuels spat between Baghdad, Kurds
• Canada to appeal federal court ruling regarding Guantanamo detainee
• Four Romanian Kids Suffocate in Flour Storage Box
• Venezuela deports 3 drug suspects including alleged Colombian cartel boss to US
• AP Interview: Ex-Homeland Security chief says on-the-ground intelligence key to halting terror
• Iranian threat to US troops in Iraq increasing, says top US commander
• Attack on mosque in southwestern Nigeria launches religious violence that leaves 4 dead
• Lebanese general asks Hariri murder tribunal for records to learn why he was jailed 4 years
• Unexploded suicide vest found at disco in Uganda, 4 'foreigners' arrested, officials say
• UN official: 10 names linked with Taliban could be removed from sanctions list
• New threat in East Africa: Al-Qaida-allied Somali militants claim twin bombings in Uganda
• Grammy-winning Brazilian jazz artist Paulo Moura dies at age 77
• Police official says top crime bosses arrested in anti-mob sweep across Italy
• Who is al-Shabab? Terror group extends reach beyond lawless Somalia in 1st East Africa attack
• Police: Drunk Australian bitten by 'Fatso' the crocodile after trying to sit on animal's back
• French ban on Islamic face veils passes lower house of parliament, despite quiet concerns
• Brief biographies on 7 Cuban political prisoners released to Spain
• Treasurer of French President Sarkozy's party to resign amid claims of illegal financing
• Afghanistan army official confirms rogue Afghan soldier killed 3 British troops in attack
• Afghan soldier attacks British troops with rocket-propelled grenade, killing 3
• 3 bodies found hanging from pedestrian bridges in central Mexico's Cuernavaca
• Former UK diplomat: British government intentionally exaggerated Iraq weapon claims
• US transfers Guantanamo detainee to Yemen after 8 years in offshore US prison
• Human Rights Watch warns abuse of ethnic Uzbek by Kyrgyz forces will stoke renewed unrest
• Police say 'Barefoot Bandit' suspect faces trial in Bahamas for arms possession, other charges
• Storm topples tents in 'safe' Haiti homeless camp, injures 6, prompts doubts on site selection
• Teen dubbed 'Barefoot Bandit' pleads guilty to minor charge in Bahamas; deported to US
• 3 injured, including a goring, in running of the bulls at Pamplona's San Fermin festival
• Unexploded suicide vest found at disco in Uganda, 4 'foreigners' arrested, officials say
• Missing Iranian scientist surfaces in Washington, Tehran says he wants to go home
• UN: Number of young people with HIV in Africa is falling in countries hardest hit by the virus
• ICC prosecutor calls new genocide charges against Sudan's al-Bashir 'last chance' for Darfur
• Intel results, Wall Street gains drive Asian stock markets higher
• Masked Rioters Injure 27 Policemen in Northern Ireland
• 2 police officers in Russia's Dagestan region killed in shootings
• Spain's foreign ministry says 7 released Cuban political prisoners have arrived in Madrid
• US Virgin Islands: Crossfire from gang shootout kills 14-year-old tourist in front of family
• Vatican, China approve new bishop for Taizhou; consecration testament to warming ties
• Pakistani man alleged to be al-Qaida plotter ordered held in Britain on US extradition warrant
• Power slowly restored after typhoon sweeps through Philippines, killing 26
• Pakistan, India seek to improve relationship strained by Mumbai attacks with high-level talks
• Argentina becomes first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage with Senate vote
• China hosts British foreign secretary, says social differences not a hindrance to ties
• As a hostage for 12 years, Colombian police colonel had the inside view of rebels' decline
• Times Square Bomb Plot Suspect in New Video Threatening U.S.
• Cuba releases new photos of Fidel Castro in public, his 3rd appearance in spotlight in a week
• Venezuelan president reconsiders ties with Vatican as tensions with clergy rise
• Statistic: Number of Germans with non-German heritage topping 16 million for first time
• Libya ship carrying aid for Gaza reaches Egyptian port, averting maritime showdown with Israel
• North Korea, US-led UN Command meet to discuss deadly sinking of South Korean warship
• Berlusconi suffers 3rd resignation as economy undersecretary quits in influence-peddling probe
• Judge rules Guantanamo ex-detainees don't need to shelve torture lawsuits against Britain
• New details revealed in Da Vinci's 'Virgin of the Rocks' after 18-month restoration
• Afghan president gives nod to setting up local police units to augment security across nation
• Mexican president says his top domestic security official has resigned, names replacement
• Kyrgyzstan forms new caretaker government as it prepares for parliamentary elections
• Handover of key Saddam official, last US detention camp, sets new test for Iraq
• China says its economy grew 11.1 percent in the first half, indicating rapid expansion slowing
• Turkey considering forming special military unit to guard border, fight Kurdish rebels
• India, US national security advisers discuss counterterrorism, defense cooperation
• Malfunctioning bathrooms force return of Air France flight from Brazil
• Militants attack intelligence buildings in southern Yemen, leaving 2 dead
• Kashmiri protesters demanding independence pick up stones to defy Indian forces
• Malaysian police raid for stolen cars finds hundreds of birds, other protected wildlife
• Coroner says no evidence Egyptian spy suspect who fell to death in London was murdered
• Demjanjuk trial session in Germany postponed for a day over health concerns in hot weather
• Troops from France's former African colonies march in Bastille Day parade
• 'Disney theme park for rioting': Belfast leaders decry children's zeal for fighting police
• US mom travels to China, birthplace of adopted daughter, in search of lifesaving bone marrow
• Mexico' domestic security chief resigns; ex-congressmen who fought cartels replaces him
• Suspect charged in South African white supremacist's killing granted bail amid safety concerns
• Marrack Goulding, British diplomat who was 1st UN undersecretary for peacekeeping, dies at 73
• Strong quakes shake Chile, causing fear but no new reports of damage
• NATO: 5 more US troops die in new Afghan attacks
• Turkey sees its influence rising in construction projects as well as diplomatic affairs
• UN still needs nearly $5 billion to help 53 million needy people in 34 countries
• United States seeks to take over properties of Taiwan's disgraced former President Chen
• 26 killed, 38 missing as typhoon lashes Philippines, causes power outages, cancels flights
• Russia Ready to Deliver Fuel to Iran Despite Sanctions
• Iranian nuclear scientist back home from United States amid spy claims
• Afghan national security council agrees to plans for setting up local defense forces
• Argentina: Senate begins debate on hotly-contested proposal to legalize same-sex marriage
• Attack on mosque in Nigeria launches religious violence that leaves 5 dead
• Outdoor poster blending nudity, Mickey Mouse and swastika causes a stir in Poland
• German man extradited from Turkey in connection with terrorist plot
• Leadership vacuum, demoralized staff trouble agency charged with fighting corruption at UN
• Oil leak from a ship near Montreal closes part of St. Lawrence Seaway
• Beijing Starts Gating, Locking Migrant Villages
• NATO: 3 international troops die in attack on police headquarters in Afghanistan's Kandahar
• Afghan Statistics Chief Killed, Director of Civil Service Reform Injured
• Cuban prisoners face uncertain future in Spain amid European debt crisis
• Bomb scare on flight from far western China forces emergency landing, no explosives found
• Puerto Rico healer charged in death of woman burned in alcohol bath during Santeria ritual
• Afghan attacks kill 8 American soldiers as Taliban push back against US-led op in south
• More than 10,000 evacuated during China storms as workers race to drain, repair reservoirs
• Afghanistan replaces head of troubled Marjah, other districts in Helmand
• Brazil rethinks spanking: Bill asks parents to avoid corporal punishment or undergo counseling
• Turkey sees its influence rising in construction projects as well as diplomatic affairs
• More than 10,000 evacuated during China storms as workers race to drain, repair reservoirs
• Afghanistan replaces head of troubled Marjah, other districts in Helmand
• Brazil rethinks spanking: Bill asks parents to avoid corporal punishment or undergo counseling
• Post-Cold War, darker side of spy game moves east with assassinations, abductions, defection
• German man extradited from Turkey in connection with terrorist plot
• Leadership vacuum, demoralized staff trouble agency charged with fighting corruption at UN
• Indian officials say chlorine leak sickens at least 92 in Mumbai
• Police in NIreland see Belfast riots petering out after 4th night of trouble; 2 arrested
• Authorities in Belarus disperse pillow fight rally, detain some youths
• Philippine president says he's getting too many text scams on his cell phone
• From bikinis in Moscow to melting roads in Czech Republic, Europe wilts in heat wave
• Back in Iran, 'abducted' nuclear scientist becomes new propaganda hero for country's leaders
• American teen in stable condition at South African hospital after Uganda bombing
• Defense lawyer at UN Rwanda genocide tribunal shot dead in Tanzania with nephew and neighbor
• World parliaments criticize Israel for treatment of Palestinian lawmakers; Cambodia case
• France considering legal action on '$21 billion' Haiti hoax
• Demjanjuk trial session in Germany postponed until next week over health concerns
• At talks with UN command, NKorea demands its own probe into deadly sinking of SKorean warship
• Vietnam launches first human rights magazine to counter outside criticism
• NATO airstrike kills Taliban commander in north
• Gambia orders death for 8, including former military chief, after coup-plot conviction
• Madrid zoo bids to buy 'Octopus Paul' from German aquarium after Spain World Cup win
• Britain, France, Germany urge 30 percent EU carbon emission cuts by 2020
• India presses Pakistan to pursue new leads in Mumbai case, no breakthroughs in latest talks
• Fidel Castro meets with Cuban ambassadors, warns of looming nuclear war
• At talks with UN command, NKorea demands its own probe into deadly sinking of SKorean warship
• The US hands over to Iraq last prison under its control, closing painful chapter in Iraq war
• Kenya's August vote on new constitution may spark violence between groups, experts warn
• Jailed Indian-American surgeon convicted of killing 3 patients appeals in Australia
• Germany, Russia sign multibillion-dollar deals in Russia, discuss visa-free travel
• Asian stocks mixed as slump in factory output fuels concern over recovery in the United States
• "I will Survive": Holocaust survivor's dance at Auschwitz sparks controversy
• Police say explosion near bus terminal in Pakistan's Swat Valley wounds at least 7
• South Africa's ANC to visit Mandela, do public service on anti-apartheid icon's 92nd birthday
• Dozens of outspoken, popular blogs shut down in China; microblogs face possible controls
• Iran's state news agency says at least 20 killed in twin bombings in southeastern Iran
• More than 100 Croatian activists detained at site of controversial construction project
• Report: China says angry steel worker set bus fire that killed 24
• Facebook Fan page for dead killer removed after drawing criticism from British prime minister
• Greek flights halted by civil servant protest against austerity measures, pension reforms
• US closes Guantanamo beach where 3 Marines drowned pending investigation of July 4 incident
• Madrid zoo bids to buy 'Octopus Paul' from German aquarium after Spain World Cup win
• Swedish court convicts 2 brothers for trying to burn home of Muhammad cartoonist
• Madrid Zoo Bids to Buy Octopus Oracle from Germany
• Apparent suicide bomb near bus terminal in Pakistan's Swat Valley kills 5, wounds 58
• Report: Twin Explosions Rock Southeastern Iran
• Freed Cuban prisoners tell of cells with rats, roaches and disease outbreaks
• Somali militant leader threatens more attacks on Uganda, thanks militants for World Cup blasts
• Argentina 1st Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage; gays to have same rights
• Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras dies of cancer at 84, agent says
• APNewsBreak: Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders says he is launching international anti-Islam group
• Say It Ain't So! Gangsters, drugs, brawls _ scandals expose sumo's ugly underbelly
• Former Suu Kyi aide released after 14 years in Myanmar prison
• Iranian police detain 40 people for double mosque bombing in southeast
• Mass grave discovered with remains of communist soldiers killed in attack during Vietnam War
• German aquarium rejects Madrid's bid to buy 'Octopus Paul' after Spain World Cup win
• Thousands evacuated, flights canceled as deadly Typhoon Conson strikes southern China
• Controversial Facebook fan page for dead British killer taken down after drawing outrage in UK
• South Korean defense official says naval exercises with US will go ahead as planned
• UN panel says Vatican's report on protecting children's rights is almost 13 years overdue
• Say It Ain't So! Gangsters, drugs, brawls _ scandals expose sumo's ugly underbelly
• U.S. General: Iran's Threat in Iraq on the Rise
• Argentina first nation in Latin America to approve gay marriage in historic Senate vote
• 2 Israeli soldiers convicted in shooting of bound and blindfolded Palestinian protester
• Rare Sumatran tiger kills a cocoa farmer in Indonesia's Aceh province where shrink
• Worldwide action has dramatically cut illegal logging across the globe, report says
• Poll Finds Most Russians Against Nuclear Disarmament
• 8 convicted, sentenced in killing of lawyer whose pre-slaying video set off uproar
• Vatican revises its rules on clerical sex abuse, but critics see few substantive changes
• China's online population reaches 420 million, growth driven by mobile Web users
• Greek flights halted by civil servant protest against austerity measures, pension reforms
• New Office to Protest Taliban, Al Qaeda sanctions
• Candido Portinari painting taken from museum in northeastern Brazil
• Iraqis take charge of last prison in US control amid concerns government isn't ready
• Vatican extends statute of limitations to 20 years for abusing minors, mentally disabled
• Venezuela's Chavez says owners of anti-government TV channel must be extradited from US
• US asylum ruling could spark surge in claims from Guatemala, other Central American countries
• Russian regional strongman steps down amid criticism, accusations of corruption, violations
• Sudan expels 2 employees of the International Organization for Migration working in Darfur
• Swaziland rangers kill suspected game poacher, arrest suspected accomplice at nature reserve
• Venezuela opens coffin of independence hero Simon Bolivar to investigate death
• Int'l judges reject extraditing Kosovo terror suspect to US on legal grounds, then free him
• Rights group: Syria has 'no freedom' decade after Assad took power
• German minister lashes out at Facebook's privacy policy, accuses network of breaching the law
• Palestinians to US envoy: Israeli house demolitions undermine chance of reviving peace talks
• Russia's Duma approves bill granting more power to security service
• South African Air Force parachutist falls to his death during rehearsal for air show
• Haitians pray, party their earthquake troubles away in pilgrimage to sacred waterfall
• Australian PM, only 3 weeks on the job but already polling well, calls August elections
• Lebanon is booming 20 years after civil war, but still cannot produce enough power
• Guyana leader sues newspaper over column that portrayed him as racist
• Vatican spokesman defends revised rules on clerical sex abuse, but says law 'not everything'
• Mayor of Mexican border city confirms gang used car bomb in attack on federal police
• US urging UN Economic and Social Council to accredit gay rights group so it can work at UN
• French scientists crack a secret of Leonardo da Vinci portraits
• Conservative member of Britain's House of Lords charged with false accounting in expenses row
• Fidel Castro talks with Cuban ambassadors in most overtly political appearance since seclusion
• India says Pakistan must punish Mumbai attackers, crack down on terrorists operating there
• British court fines 5 companies $14.6 million for massive 2005 explosion at UK oil depot
• Dominican Republic fights spread of dengue as deaths, infections surge
• Stray bullet kills boy in Rio classroom during clash between police, drug traffickers
• Hundreds of protesters clash with police, paramilitary soldiers in restive Indian Kashmir
• India says Pakistan must punish Mumbai attackers, crack down on terrorists operating there
• British court fines 5 companies $14.6 million for massive 2005 explosion at UK oil depot
• Sudan army says it has killed and captured hundreds of Darfur rebels after days of clashes
• Dominican Republic fights spread of dengue as deaths, infections surge
• Vatican Defends Revised Abuse Rules
• Deadly hotel blaze in Kurdish region kills 28, highlights dangers of building boom
• Survivor's dance raises a question: Can the Holocaust be approached in a spirit of fun?
• DEA agents sweep Puerto Rico housing projects, net dozens in raid on violent drug gang
• Typhoon Leaves 53 Dead in Philippines
• German Lutheran bishop accused of failing to thoroughly investigate abuse resigns
• China Mobilizes 2,000 Firefighters to Combat Oil Blaze
• Kosovo teen's dream of a future in Austria ends amid growing debate on asylum and immigration
• Sunni group claims suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Iran as toll rises to 27
• Sick child leaves Wales for warmer climate and becomes Australia's first female prime minister
• Official says bomb at market in Pakistani tribal area kills 6, wounds 15
• Kenyan police arrest suspect near Somalia in connection with Uganda World Cup bomb attacks
• Norway al-Qaida case highlights special Scandinavian counterterrorism strategy
• Hundreds attend funeral of celebrity dolphin that befriended, bothered New Zealand swimmers
• British court fines 5 companies $14.6 million for massive 2005 explosion at UK oil depot
• Jobs for all? A pillar of communism wobbles as Cuba confronts a costly, bloated work force
• Official says explosion at market in Pakistani tribal area kills 3, wounds 7
• Official says 16 people killed in an ambush by insurgents in northwestern Pakistan
• Italian police recover over 300 looted artifacts, display them at the Colosseum
• In Gaza tour, EU foreign policy chief checks impact of easing the blockade
• Venezuela's Chavez warns Colombia he could cut ties, won't attend inauguration
• Baltic divers find what they claim is world's oldest champagne in wreck near Aland islands
• After many years under Siberian frost, Ice Age baby mammoth goes on display in French museum
• WHO criticizes Amnesty International report describing North Korea's health system in shambles
• Romanian Orthodox Church refuses full burial service for singer because she committed suicide
• Italian police recover over 300 looted artifacts, display them at the Colosseum
• South Africans celebrate Mandela's birthday by helping others across the country
• Security summit to address international inaction over turbulence in Kyrgyzstan
• 16 people killed in convoy ambush by insurgents in restive northwestern Pakistan
• Rights groups cautious as Zimbabwe gets go-ahead to sell some of its controversial diamonds
• American geologist appeals his 8-year prison term in China on oil industry secrets theft
• Colombia TV network cancels Escobars documentary
• Reports: South Korea Adds Cruise Missile to Arsenal
• Germany, China sign deals worth billions of dollars, say trade strong despite financial crisis
• Baltic divers find what they claim is world's oldest champagne in wreck near Aland islands
• U.K.: Releasing Lockerbie Bomber Was a Mistake
• London Cops Mistake Movie Set for Crime Scene
• Police arrest 20 suspects in connection with Uganda World Cup bomb attacks
• Typhoon Conson becomes a tropical storm after leaving dozens dead in Philippines, 2 in China
• Evangelical bishop shot to death in Russia's Dagestan republic
• Australian opposition leader who once contemplated becoming a priest eyes Australian PM job
• Interpol coordinates crackdown on down on World Cup gambling in Asia
• Colombia TV network cancels Escobar documentary as slain soccer player's family complains
• 3 Congress members: US funding 'yes' campaign on Kenya's referendum; abortion at issue
• Scientists find cave of marsupial fossils in Australian Outback; some similarities to kangaroo
• In a London yard, remains of Shakespeare's first theater emerge from the ground
• Police confirm suicide attackers carried out Uganda World Cup bomb attacks
• Afghan official: Explosion in Kabul wounds civilians; witness says attack targeted NATO convoy
• State media says bus falls off a cliff in southwestern China, killing 23 people on board
• 13 Chinese Miners Trapped Inside Flooded Coal Shaft
• 60 years on, US ponders Korea MIA decision, and Unsan's lost battalion waits to come home
• Law enforcers on alert for feuds in Caribbean's drug underworld after reputed kingpin's arrest
• Optimistic start for Farnborough Airshow fuels hope that worst is past for airlines
• Official: Flooding in China kills 701 with 347 missing this year in the worst toll in a decade
• Thunderstorm cuts short star-studded opening of flashy Austrian AIDS gala
• Bailiffs evict anti-war protesters from London's Parliament Square
• Suicide attack wounds 8 at Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistani city, officials say
• Two trains collide in eastern India, dozens feared dead
• Bus falls into river in southwestern China; 27 feared dead, 11 rescued
• Bill Clinton speaks at int'l AIDS conference, calls for more efficient use of funding
• Terror Group Al Qaeda Funded Somali Militant Group Behind Uganda Blasts
• Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko gives house and art collection to state
• Egypt says more work to be done before direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
• What socialism? Private sector still dominates Venezuelan economy despite Chavez crusade
• Hillary Clinton says both she and former president will be 'so emotional' at Chelsea's wedding
• Official: Police rescue Nigerian journalists held captive in country's southern delta
• Israel's Netanyahu says he will oppose conversion bill, fearing rift in Jewish world
• Jobs for all? A pillar of communism wobbles as Cuba confronts a costly, bloated work force
• Clinton pushes greater Afghanistan-Pakistan cooperation on trade, fight against extremists
• Mandela's birthday: A day to help others across South Africa
• 14 Albanians die, 12 injured when bus falls off cliff
• 13 trapped in flooded mine in northwest China, 28 killed in separate coal mine fire
• SE Asian ministers urge Myanmar to hold free election; want to help bring NKorea back to talks
• Afghan leader urges more Afghan control of security, donor funds at Kabul conference opening
• Electronic problems cancel Brazil-Paris Air France flight, 4th incident in 8 days
• German court sentences priest to a 10-month suspended sentence for sexually abusing girls
• Train that crashed into another in India was traveling 3 times too fast, officials say
• Homicide Bombers Kill at Least 48 in Attacks on Anti-Al-Qaeda Militia in Iraq
• Government official says bomb explodes at mosque in eastern Pakistan, wounding several people
• Kurdish rebels kill 7 soldiers in Turkey; prime minister says no magic wand to solve conflict
• Gunmen storm party in northern Mexico, prosecutors say 17 people slain
• Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber kills 8 members of security forces southwest of Baghdad
• German court sentences priest to a 10-month suspended sentence for sexually abusing girls
• Bomb blast kills American military service member in southern Afghanistan
• Australian opposition leader who once contemplated becoming a priest eyes Australian PM job
• Strong earthquakes strike off Papua New Guinea; no tsunami or reports of casualties
• Baltic divers find what they claim is world's oldest champagne in wreck near Aland islands
• Official: China renewed Google license after promise to end automatic switching, obey law
• Afghan official: Blast in Kabul market area kills at least 3 civilians, wounds 23
• Still life on the autobahn: 3 million party on German highway alongside 37-mile-long table
• Dengue epidemic threatens Caribbean as number of infections and deaths increase
• China vows crackdown on 'gutter oil' _ reused cooking oil that's skimmed from kitchen waste
• 2 bodies found in flooded mine in China with 11 trapped, rescuers continue pumping out water
• Two U.S., Two British Soldiers Among 5 NATO Troops Killed in Afghan Blasts
• Italian team embarks on 8,000-mile journey to China using driverless vehicles
• Rights group demands that British prime minister replace torture inquiry judge
• South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen wins British Open
• British aviation show opens amid economic gloom and new challenges to Airbus-Boeing duopoly
• Polanski arrives at Swiss jazz fest, 1st public appearance since release from house arrest
• Pink Panthers, elusive jewel thieves who rob but never kill, on way to becoming legend
• Typhoon Conson dies down, leaves 8 missing in Vietnam after slamming Philippines and China
• Tariq Aziz, ex-regime members back in Iraqi court after leaving US custody, says official
• Storm hits sports festival stadium in Puerto Rico, injuring 5 and delaying opening ceremony
• Spain to take 9 more freed Cuban dissidents accompanied by around 50 relatives
• Unprecedented car-bomb attack on police by Mexican drug cartel changes ground rules
• Iraqi officials say death toll has risen to 43 in suicide bombing in district near Baghdad
• At Kabul conference, Afghan government to ask donors to put money behind Afghan priorities
• Spanish parliament set to debate restricting burqas in public, opposition party says
• In Uzbekistan, haunting tales of mass sterilization drive to curb population growth
• Police say at least 35 people killed in train collision in eastern India
• Leisure time in Gaza takes latest of many hits as Hamas bars women from smoking water pipes
• Former MI5 spy agency chief says there was no link between Iraq and 2001 attacks on US
• Kenyan police arrest 2 men with bomb-making materials, including detonator, in the capital
• Officials: Head of Pakistan's federal counterterrorism office resigns amid turf battle
• Indonesia issues a tsunami warning after 6.8-magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea
• Australian election campaign begins with focus on immigration; Labor holds a slight lead: poll
• Heart transplant recipient's efforts on Mt. Kenya, Africa's 2nd-highest peak, foiled by cold
• Dutch child care agencies disagree whether 14-year-old Laura Dekker is ready to sail the world
• Singapore arrests British writer of death penalty book in defamation probe
• UN secretary-general wants human rights boost in Cuba to build on 'encouraging' release
• Oliver Stone: Gulf of Mexico oil spill shows that US should nationalize its energy industry
• Official: 'Severe threat' to water, sea life as China oil spill grows
• Decades later, Catholic Pole recalls saving Jewish sweetheart in daring escape from Auschwitz
• Report: court indicts 196 in alleged Turkish coup plot
• Officials Say 33 killed in Clashes in Yemen
• Asian stock markets modestly as Apple's quarterly earnings power gains in technology shares
• Deaths linked to cold winter weather in South America; losses mount at cattle ranches
• Afghan Recruit Reportedly Kills 2 NATO Service Members at Training Facility
• Cuba summons Chilean businessman Max Marambio in corruption investigation
• Spain says Kenyan-flagged boat hijacked in February has been freed
• Gunmen kill 2 Pakistani Christians before trial for blasphemy
• Air France Flight Attendant Accused of Stealing From Sleeping Passengers
• Correction: Uganda Explosions story
• Syria bans full Islamic face veils at universities as similar bans spark debate in Europe
• French investigators question labor minister's wife in affair of L'Oreal heiress
• China surpasses US as the world's biggest energy consumer, but immediately rejects title
• Gaza family still lives in tent, in among more than 200 still homeless 18 months after war
• Liberian elephant rampages against logging company; residents say elephant possessed by humans
• Dead penguins washing up in Brazil; biologists say they're starving, trying to figure out why
• Russian lawmakers OK expanded powers for KGB successor; critics fear new repression
• Iraqi government says it didn't order soccer raid
• Thousands of AIDS activists rally in Austria for more rights
• Congressional report: US doesn't effectively track funding _ or impact _ of Mexico drug aid
• Liberian elephant rampages against logging company; residents say elephant possessed by humans
• Inventor of the 'black box' flight data recorder, David Warren, dies in Australia at age 85
• Failure to deliver electricity highlights setbacks in effort to repair war-ravaged Afghanistan
• Britain's annual swan count begins on River Thames, continuing medieval tradition
• Roadside Bomb Kills at Least 6 Policemen in Southern Afghanistan
• Some may sweat in the confessional, but turning it into a sauna? Vienna archdiocese says no
• Failure to deliver electricity highlights setbacks in effort to repair war-ravaged Afghanistan
• Israeli agents nab Hamas members accused of shooting policeman in West Bank
• Russian lawmakers OK expanded powers for KGB successor; critics fear new repression
• Farnborough Airshow kicks off with flurry of orders for Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier
• Weakened Typhoon Conson leaves 17 Vietnamese fishermen missing; several bodies found
• Alleged Mossad agent appeals Polish court decision to extradite him to Germany
• Global AIDS conference warns of growing epidemic in Eastern Europe, Central Asia
• Chinese official says flooding this year has killed 701 people and left 347 missing
• Greek journalist gunned down in front of home, police say slaying linked to terror group
• Indonesian mullahs say Muslims can drink coffee from civet cat droppings, if beans are washed
• Dutch airport guards arrest passenger trying to board plane with loaded pistol in his pocket
• Mexico offers compensation, scholarships to survivors of day-care fire that killed 49 children
• Remains of WWI soldier discovered in mass grave in France given proper burial
• British PM: Lockerbie Bomber's Release Was 'Utterly Wrong'
• Hugo Chavez says Venezuelan government will obtain minority stake in opposition TV channel
• WHO: People on AIDS drugs climbs to 5.2 million, after 1.2 million increase in 2009
• Top U.N. Official Blasts Ban Ki-Moon for 'Deplorable' Conduct
• Thousands of spiders pour from ship's cargo, causing Guam officials to bar it from docking
• Uganda defends UN-condemned repatriation of 1,700 Rwandans; says they were security risk
• White farmers in court fight to seize, sell Zimbabwe government properties in South Africa
• Russian pianist returns to Thailand for court hearing on child sex charge
• North Korea, Myanmar to dominate Southeast Asian security meetings in Vietnam
• 60 nations to meet in Afghanistan to endorse plan for Afghans to assume security by 2014
• UN: Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan facing torture, beatings and other human rights violations
• Spain's parliament rejects plan to ban Islamic veils _ for now
• British PM: Releasing Lockerbie Bomber Was Wrong
• Departing United Nations official for oversight blasts Ban Ki-moon's record on accountability
• American man arrested, charged with murder of bar hostess on resort island in Thailand
• Low-key ceremony marks anniversary of assassination of Myanmar's founding father Gen. Aung San
• Suriname president and ex-dictator vows not to interfere with own trial in 1982 massacre
• Parisians, tourists soak up sun at beach on Seine, in its 9th year
• Israel lifts warning to avoid visiting Turkey, cites return of calm after Gaza flotilla crisis
• Indonesia Muslim group may ban world's most expensive coffee _ extracted from civet cat dung
• Indonesian clerics: Our mistake _ you're facing the wrong direction during Islamic prayers
• US, SKorea to hold military drills next week amid tension over sunken warship
• Landslides triggered by heavy rains leave 20 missing in central China
• Clinton seeks to overcome Pakistani suspicion of US aims with aid
• 12 killed in 2-day battle in Somali capital; 10 children wounded when mortar hits school
• African Union opens major summit in Uganda 1 week after twin World Cup bomb attacks
• NATO forces: 2 US civilians, 2 Afghan soldiers killed in shooting at training facility
• American diplomats tell Cuban dissidents exile in Spain complicates US asylum requests
• UN agency approves accreditation for US-based gay rights group
• Freed Cuban dissidents, angered over alleged lack of legal help, claim Spain misled them
• China's vital oil pipeline resumes operations after blast; spill clean up efforts continuing
• Former Suriname military dictator Desi Bouterse elected president in parliamentary vote
• UN court orders retrial for former Kosovo prime minister acquitted of war crimes
• Abbas says he won't go to direct peace talks without US assurances on Palestinian borders
• China's vital oil pipeline resumes operations after blast; spill clean up efforts continuing
• Former Suriname military dictator Desi Bouterse elected president in parliamentary vote
• Police in Kyrgyzstan detain deposed president's brother
• Some Gaza factories revive with easing of Israel's blockade, but economic recovery far off
• UN agency approves accreditation for US-based gay rights group
• Freed Cuban dissidents, angered over alleged lack of legal help, claim Spain misled them
• Germany investigation into archbishop ends, no proof he oversaw hiring of known sex abuser
• US Navy head calls intentions of China's expanding navy 'opaque'
• Sudan president arrives in Chad, defying international arrest warrant for genocide, war crimes
• Lt. Gen. Peter Walls, longtime Mugabe foe, dies after decades of exile in South Africa
• Japanese families meet former NKorean spy, hope she can solve mystery over abductions
• Clinton: 'Principle Terrorist Threat to U.S. Emanates From Pakistan'
• Syria bans face veils at universities as similar bans spark debate in Europe
• Iraqi cleric meets with PM candidate in Syria as Iraqis face pressure to form new government
• World court to issue nonbinding opinion on legality of Kosovo's 2008 independence declaration
• Botswana High Court denies Kalahari's indigenous Bushmen water rights in their homeland
• The 2 Bills _ Clinton and Gates _ call for a more efficient worldwide fight against AIDS
• Germany starts program for Islamist extremists who want to quit
• Media watchdog: Ukraine TV networks too close to gov't, independent journalism under threat
• Devoutly Islamic Indonesian province expels 3 Americans on suspicion they were proselytizing
• Orders reach $25 billion so far at Farnborough Airshow as Day 3 gets under way
• Taliban Behead Six Police Officers in Afghanistan Attack
• Amnesty International report condemns 'brutal' Sudanese security measures against opponents
• 3 Belfast teens, 49-year-old woman face court following last week's widespread Catholic riots
• Man arrested at Mexico City airport with 18 tiny endangered monkeys stuffed inside girdle
• South Africa 'miracles' church banned from showing ads with discarded canes by members
• Asian stocks mostly rise, shrugging off IBM result as China shares jump; Europe down
• Singapore releases on bail British death penalty author investigated for defamation
• Iran Calls on Muslims to Fight 'Savage' U.S., British Terrorism
• Car bomb kills 15 people north of Baghdad; US soldier killed in roadside bombing
• Decades later, Catholic Pole recalls saving Jewish sweetheart in daring escape from Auschwitz
• Ex-North Korean spy who blew up jetliner arrives in Japan to meet abductee families
• Israeli Arab sentenced to 102 years for 2003 killing of American girl, Czech tourist, Israeli
• NKorea's top diplomat likely on damage control mission at Asian security meeting
• 10 dead as boat capsizes on Ugandan side of Lake Victoria, police say
• Reports says Turkey ill-prepared for the next big earthquake _ Istanbul at great risk
• Russian court gives alleged underworld kingpin to 10 years in jail for racketeering, gambling
• Earthquake shakes southern Iran, injuring 15
• APNewsBreak: African Union troops in Somalia not protecting civilians, internal AU reports say
• Yugoslav war crimes tribunal orders retrial for former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj
• UN taps big names to promote HIV prevention _ Magic Johnson, Jacques Chirac, Chris Hughes
• AP Interview: Rwandan minister denies any government role in three high-profile attacks
• Corny jokes and wide smiles mask possible problems ahead for new allies Obama and UK's Cameron
• Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says US will impose new sanctions on North Korea
• Police say attackers set off bombs at Russian hydroelectric station, 2 guards killed
• Police: 2 killed in attack on Russian hydropower station
• Iran says its nuclear scientist brought back valuable information on the CIA
• Spain predicts thaw in US, EU relations with Cuba following release dissidents
• Taliban denounce Kabul security conference as sign of Western failure in Afghanistan
• 2nd shooting in month against NATO troops casts doubt on Afghan forces
• Former Suriname military dictator Desi Bouterse elected president in parliamentary vote
• Mauritanian judge sentences man to 12 years' prison over kidnapping of 3 Spanish aid workers
• US official: industrial explosive Tovex likely used in car bomb attack against Mexican police
• AP Exclusive: Report says Turkey ill-prepared for the next big earthquake
• Naomi Campbell to testify Aug. 5 at trial for ex-Liberian president, chief prosecutor says
• Chelsea Clinton wedding a hit in Vietnam as mother of bride visits Hanoi
• Gaza tunnel smugglers breach Egypt's steel wall, but Israeli measures might shut them down
• No party for you: Buckingham Palace revokes garden party invite to UK far-right leader
• Iraqi Minister says 4 al-Qaida-linked inmates escape from jail turned over by US to Iraq
• New Zealand Christian school ordered to pay compensation after firing gay sports coach
• UK chief prosecutor says police officer will not face charges over death at G-20 protests
• Brother of New Zealander killed by Khmer Rouge returns for verdict in war crimes trial
• 8 drug gang suspects killed in battle with Mexican soldiers in rural area of northern Mexico
• Hemorrhagic variant of dengue fever rising in Mexico, moving closer to US border after floods
• Mandela grandchildren unharmed after gun attack on his 92nd birthday, South African police say
• Kyrgyz police detain ousted president's brother, tensions still high in Central Asian nation
• High on success, pro-Palestinian group that organized Gaza flotilla attracts more volunteers
• NKorea, American-led UN Command to meet again amid tension over warship sinking
• Hello kitty: 2 new clouded leopard cubs make their debut at Paris zoo
• Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu says he is retiring from public life later this year
• Stonehenge's sister? Archaeologists discover traces of ancient circle near famous stone site
• Irish republican who admitted killing British soldier sentenced to life in prison
• Monaco: Prince Albert's long-awaited wedding set for July 2011
• Helicopter crash in south Afghanistan kills 2 US service members; hostile fire not ruled out
• Dead penguins washing up in Brazil; biologists say they're starving, trying to figure out why
• Moscow blames US for abduction of Russian pilot from Liberia on cocaine smuggling charges
• Typhoon Chanthu lashes southern China with torrential rains, high winds, killing 2
• South African Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu to retire from public life in October at 79
• Rich countries urged to step up AIDS fight funding to sustain progress
• Murder case against Canadian ex-commander who flew Queen Elizabeth II postponed until Aug. 26
• German judge orders Demjanjuk to appear in court after several sessions canceled
• US urges Sri Lanka to probe alleged rights abuses, resettle displaced Tamils for lasting peace
• Kyrgyzstan authorities say they have detained a brother of the ousted president
• Kosovo wins victory as UN court calls independence declaration legal, rejects Serbia's claim
• China's vital oil pipeline resumes operations after blast; spill cleanup work continues
• China troops fired indiscriminately on Tibetan protesters, beat others severely: rights group
• World Court says Kosovo's declaration of independence did not violate international law
• WWI Australian soldier buried in Flanders Fields, Belgium, 93 years after dying in battle
• South Africa's president launches a housing plan for shantytowns; 400,000 homes in 4 years
• Scotch on the rocks: New Zealand museum thaws century-old whisky found in Antarctic ice
• Haiti union calls for anti-government strike, protest to urge postponement of elections
• Lost Kafka writings brought to light by Israel court ruling, but final fate still unknown
• Hello kitty: 2 new clouded leopard cubs make their debut at Paris zoo
• Yemen: al-Qaida kills 5 soldiers in ambush, clashes in north kill 20
• Pakistan's army chief gets 3 more years at helm, ensuring continuity in terror fight
• Inventor of the 'black box' flight data recorder, David Warren, dies in Australia at age 85
• Some may sweat in the confessional, but turning it into a sauna? Vienna archdiocese says no
• IMF says it has canceled $268 million Haiti debt, agrees to $60 million loan
• Rights group concerned about new Venezuela gov't agency that will monitor information
• Law legalizing same-sex marriage in Argentina takes effect as president signs bill at ceremony
• Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie settle for undisclosed damages in claim against UK newspaper
• Survey by anti-corruption watchdog says Burundi is the most corrupt country in East Africa
• Pin the sail on the donkey? Russian prosecutors investigate parasailing donkey stunt
• Chile: Church seeks sweeping pardons, including military officers from Pinochet dictatorship
• More last minute orders anticipated on fourth day of Farnborough Airshow
• Pakistan's army chief gets 3 more years at helm, ensuring continuity in terror fight
• Inventor of the 'black box' flight data recorder, David Warren, dies in Australia at age 85
• Some may sweat in the confessional, but turning it into a sauna? Vienna archdiocese says no
• US will resume cooperation with Indonesia's special forces accused of human rights abuses
• Germany's psychic World Cup octopus Paul honored by Spanish town, now off to defend turtles
• IMF says it has canceled $268 million Haiti debt, agrees to $60 million loan
• Clinton seeks human rights progress in Vietnam, vows more cooperation on Agent Orange impact
• Spain takes in 3rd inmate from US prison in Guantanamo Bay
• Yemen: al-Qaida kills 5 soldiers in ambush, clashes in north kill 20
• Tension among Afghanistan's police forces among challenges in pacifying volatile Kandahar
• Hezbollah leader says Lebanese PM told him members will be indicted in Hariri's assassination
• Belgian Army Fights Flab With Campaign to Slim Down Overweight Troops
• France helps Mauritania in raid against suspected al-Qaida extremists, 6 reported killed
• India unveils prototype of $35 computer, paving way for solar-powered websurfing in villages
• Wife of Japan's prime minister questions his leadership skills in new book
• Typhoon Chanthu lashes southern China with torrential rains, high winds, killing 3
• Egypt's Mubarak says economy is top priority, challenges his opponents to focus on the issue
• Israel urges Lebanon to prevent 2 blocade-busting ships from sailing to Gaza
• Scottish minister says he has no information to offer US Senate on the Lockerbie bomber case
• Singer Al Jarreau hospitalized in France for breathing problems, cancels several concerts
• Once-blocked Internet porn sites now accessible in China, without government explanation
• Trinidad's new gov't to form commission into bloody 1990 coup attempt by Islamic group
• Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas visit Welsh hospital for children
• Clinton pushes Asian nations on NKorea, Myanmar, territorial disputes
• British government proposes tightened universal jurisdiction rules to limit arrest warrants
• Facebook and Twitter lingo blamed for decline in language skills among Thailand's youths
• Clinton: Belligerent North Korea must change its 'provocative, dangerous' behavior
• First details on China oil spill's cause emerge, gov't urged to warn public on health hazards
• 91 European banks finally get stress test results after European markets close
• North Korea threatens a 'physical response' to United States' military drills in the region
• CORRECTS: Iraq's justice minister says 4 al-Qaida prisoners have escaped from a Baghdad jail
• Three Foreign Contractors Killed in Rocket Attack on Baghdad's Green Zone
• Slovakia Pays Innocent Flier Planted With Explosives in Failed Security Test
• More than 7,000 Gaza children dribble basketballs in quest for Guinness record
• US-led UN Command confronts NKorea about sinking of warship, calling it armistice violation
• Venezuela Severs Ties With Colombia
• Nigerian elections chief says presidential poll tentatively to be held in January
• Riot at Quebec prison leaves 2 dead, 6 injured
• 91 European banks finally get stress test results after European markets close
• 7 South African police headed to robbery scene die in fiery helicopter crash
• Italian church says gay priests should not lead 'double life,' or leave priesthood
• Israel temporarily shelves conversion bill that angered American Jews
• Dutch court fines oil trader Trafigura €1 million for role in hazardous waste dumping scandal
• Tropical Storm Bonnie swirls through Bahamas, on track to hit oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
• Iraq's deputy justice minister says 4 al-Qaida prisoners have escaped from a Baghdad jail
• Oil holds gains above $79 in Asia as stocks rally, storm Bonnie threatens Gulf of Mexico
• Venezuela's Hugo Chavez breaks ties with Colombia over claims he harbors guerrillas
• British man accused of killing toddler jailed for new child pornography charges
• Tropical Storm Bonnie swirls through Bahamas, on track to hit oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
• Dutch court fines oil trader Trafigura euro1 million for role in hazardous waste dumping scandal
• More than a game: The battle for control of Iraq's football reflects political power struggle
• Clinton claims US interest in resolving territorial disputes in South China Sea disputes
• Cuba replaces health minister, naming younger man to powerful post in latest Cabinet shift
• Clinton warns Myanmar against nuclear cooperation with NKorea, rips regime on rights abuses
• Suspected US missiles kill 16 militants in Pakistan's troubled South Waziristan tribal region
• Paralyzed Cuban political prisoner wins permission to leave island, headed to US next week
• Women detained at G-20 summit protests allege police made sexual threats in detention center
• Settlement reportedly worth up to $154M in Russian tycoon Berezovsky's divorce from wife
• Obama, Clinton, speaking to AIDS conference by video, pledge US support for AIDS fight
• China sentences Uighur journalist to 15 years jail for endangering national security
• Israeli troops kill Palestinian entering West Bank settlement; Palestinians condemn shooting
• Venezuela's Hugo Chavez breaks ties with Colombia to dispute accusations he harbors guerrillas
• Amsterdam court fines oil trader Trafigura euro1 million for its role in hazardous waste case
• The Senegalese dream: Young men see traditional wrestling as way out of poverty, unemployment
• Kenyans likely to vote for new constitution on Aug. 4, polls show; likelihood of violence low
• 3 more Cuban political prisoners and family members arrive in Spain
• Sotheby's to sell jewels owned by Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
• AU head: Guinea and Djibouti ready to send peacekeeping troops to Somalia
• Officials say 30 die in floods by torrential rains in southwest Pakistan
• Khmer Rouge tribunal brings relief to many Cambodian victims _ now they want justice
• Catholic Church Blasts Gay Priests Leading 'Double Life'
• Terror watchdog: dissident Irish Republicans could mount first attacks in years on UK mainland
• 4 US service members die in bombing in Afghanistan; 69 international troops killed in July
• Mexican Official Charged With Passing Intel to Drug Cartel
• Singer Al Jarreau hospitalized in France for breathing problems, cancels set of concerts
• Dying faces, body bags: A battle shows how US military grapples with troops in trauma
• German police raise death toll in stampede at Love Parade to 15
• Earthquake strikes South Pacific islands of Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa; no damage reported
• 51 Found Dead at Drug-Gang Dumping Ground in Mexico
• Clinton opens new chapter in curious history of mango diplomacy in South Asia
• UK calls release of Lockerbie bomber 'misguided,' but says no evidence BP involved
• Germany offers asylum to 50 Iranian dissidents involved in last year's protests
• After Twitter, YouTube, British royals expand online presence with Flickr photo-share account
• Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he's 'very cheerful' as backbench lawmaker
• All but 7 of 91 EU banks pass worst case "stress tests"; EU upbeat, some analysts doubtful
• Putin jumps on a Harley in Ukraine, calls 'most democratic' form of transport
• Police say crowded bus plunges down mountain gorge killing 17 in Indian Kashmir
• Officials say 2 US missile strikes kill 12 suspected militants in northwest Pakistan
• Amid ugly French scandal, beauty icon L'Oreal shrugs off fears of foreign takeover
• 10,000-year-old woman expands evidence on where people in Americas came from
• UN wants timely results from Afghan government on economy, security, fighting corruption
• Bank supervisors say 7 of 91 European bank fail stress tests under worst-case scenario
• 3 earthquakes hit southern Philippines, but too deep to cause any damage or tsunami
• 3 earthquakes hit southern Philippines, but too deep to cause any damage or tsunami
• Reverence for iconic hero going too far? Chavez's obsession with Simon Bolivar runs deep
• Officials say 2 US missile strikes kill 12 suspected militants in northwest Pakistan
• Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he's 'very cheerful' as backbench lawmaker
• All but 7 of 91 EU banks pass worst case "stress tests"; EU upbeat, some analysts doubtful
• U.N. Names 3 Investigators for Gaza Flotilla Raid Panel
• Scottish Bride-to-Be has Throat Cut After Calling Off Wedding
• Ugandan president calls on Africa to unite to fight terror, weeks after twin bombings kill 76
• Amid ugly French scandal, beauty icon L'Oreal shrugs off fears of foreign takeover
• World takes first steps toward treaty to regulate arms trade and prevent illicit transfers
• Suspected US missiles kill 16 militants in Pakistan's troubled South Waziristan tribal region
• Bus veers off mountain road and plunges down gorge killing 17 in Indian Kashmir
• Egypt president not attending Africa summit once cited as proof of his good health
• Investigators: 2 killed, 5 wounded in shooting at market in Russian city of Samara
• Saudi cleric says it's OK for Saudi women to uncover faces in countries trying to ban the veil
• Police: 5 dead after rescue helicopter crashes into mountain in Japan
• N. Korea Vows Powerful Nuclear Response to U.S., S. Korea
• Explosion kills 4 at petrochemical factory in Iran's Khark Island
• Peres: Croatian WWII camp involved 'sadism'; Iran's president should visit it
• Turkish court orders arrest of 102 suspects, including former generals, in alleged coup plot
• 4 U.S. Troops Die in Bomb Blast in South Afghanistan
• Police say 1 dead, 42 injured in tourist train accident in southern Switzerland
• Venezuela's Chavez promises to help Abkhazia, South Ossetia to seek international recognition
• Honduras judge drops abuse of power charges against ex-president
• Cuban media show Fidel Castro in first reported venture outside Havana since 2006 illness
• Amsterdam court fines oil trader Trafigura €1 million for its role in hazardous waste case
• German police say 10 people killed, 15 injured in mass panic at Love Parade
• Prosecutors say at least 38 dead found at suspected drug-gang dumping ground in north Mexico
• Venezuela's Chavez warns Colombia amid tensions, but border situation remains normal
• 1 dead, 42 injured as Switzerland's popular Glacier Express tourist train derails in the Alps
• Panamanian police identify body of US woman missing since March
• Al-Qaida claims responsibility for twin suicide bombings against pro-government Sunnis in Iraq
• Volleyball Diplomacy? Despite flotilla, Turkey and Israel keep doors open _ but rift remains
• Iran's Ahmadinejad says Russian president has joined US in propaganda campaign against Tehran
• Lovers of alleged trafficker charged in Dominican Republic in money laundering case
• Earthquake strikes South Pacific islands of Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa; no damage reported
• Miner killed in methane blast at Russian mine, 2 hospitalized with burns
• Pope grants broad powers to delegate for scandal-plagued Legionaries
• Canadian air force jet crashes during practice for international air show; pilot ejects safely
• Chief of Khmer Rouge's infamous prison awaits verdict in war crimes tribunal
• President makes rare angry outburst after elderly Malawian wounded by white foreigner's dogs
• 1 dead, 42 injured as Switzerland's popular Glacier Express tourist train derails in the Alps
• Holbrooke: al-Qaida ally 'targeted' international conference in Afghanistan
• Iran's former navy chief says country has 100 military vessels to confront each US warship
• Prosecutors say remains of 18 people found at suspected drug-gang dumping ground in Mexico
• Fears of global separatism after UN court rules Kosovo's independence declaration legal
• Scotland to U.S.: Declassify Lockerbie Files
• Air show goes on after pilot escapes crash of air force jet
• King Tut's chariot headed to New York for first time in Discovery's ancient Egypt exhibition
• A milestone for Russia: African-born town councilor is country's 1st black elected to office
• Despite years of training, funding, Iraqi forces still struggling as US turns over mission
• Boat made of 12,500 plastic bottles completes 4-month journey across Pacific Ocean
• Puerto Rico governor presses US emergency agency to provide aid for 17 flooded communities
• UAE telecoms regulator cites BlackBerry smartphone as threat to national security
• Buoyed by atom smasher success, physicists want a bigger, better one with global funds
• German prosecutors probe whether negligent manslaughter involved in 19 Love Parade deaths
• Tribunal convicts Khmer Rouge member of crimes against humanity, sentences him to 35 years
• Ousted Thai leader Thaksin marks birthday with tweets from exile amid new political tensions
• Protesting Indians release workers at construction site of hydroelectric plant in Amazon
• Buoyed by atom smasher success, physicists want a bigger, better one with global funds
• Families of victims of Concorde supersonic jet crash mark 10 years since disaster
• US tells Abbas to move to direct talks with Israel if he wants Obama's help for statehood
• 6 Yemeni soldiers gunned down in al-Qaida ambush
• European Union, Canada adopt new sanctions against Iran over nuclear program
• Pakistan, grappling with insurgency and poverty, also faces crisis of dwindling water supply
• BP says 'no final decision' has been made on replacing Tony Hayward as chief executive
• Russia's Putin sings with expelled agents expelled from US, promises them 'bright' future
• Members of clan suspected in Philippine massacre kill aide to witness, wound 2 other people
• Oil hover near $79 in Asia as strong US corporate earnings boost investor optimism
• China prepares for more floods as summer rains persist, 3 Gorges Dam reservoir may rise again
• Abbas says he is still wary of direct talks with Israel despite pressure from 'entire world'
• Sarkozy: French hostage executed after failed raid against al-Qaida in Sahara left 6 dead
• Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatens to halt oil sales to US if attacked by Colombia
• Rebuking church, Chilean president rejects sweeping pardons that would free rights offenders
• Sighting of rare hairy-nosed otter in Borneo forest proves creature still alive in Malaysia
• Armstrong says adieu to Tour de France, while future on legal front remains uncertain
• French President Nicolas Sarkozy confirms French aid worker killed after raid against al-Qaida
• Afghanistan says 52 civilians die in NATO rocket attack; alliance disputes report
• A look at who's on trial at Cambodia's war crimes tribunal, 30 years after the regime's fall
• Somalia: 8 killed, 17 wounded in weekend skirmish between insurgents and troops in Mogadishu
• Britain's ousted ex-chief Gordon Brown to publish insider account of global financial crisis
• 3 die from hemorrhagic variant of dengue fever in Trinidad and Tobago
• Suicide bomber kills 7 in northwest Pakistan near home of provincial gov't minister
• Al-Qaida in North Africa says it has killed French engineer abducted in Niger in April
• French hospital says singer Al Jarreau to stay hospitalized 3 or 4 days but getting better
• New Zealand teen survives 16-floor fall through parking garage roof onto concrete floor
• Warrants issued for Bangladeshi Islamic party leaders on charges of crimes against humanity
• Mexican prosecutors say prison guards lent killers guns, let them out to carry out massacre
• Bomb at Bangkok bus stop wounds 9 on day capital votes in parliamentary by-election
• Khmer Rouge jailer guilty of war crimes; 19 years in prison for 16,000 dead
• Cuba begins Revolution Day celebration with no sign of Fidel Castro
• Jordanian police arrest activist who covered herself in lettuce to promote vegetarianism
• Twin Car Bombs Kill At Least 25 Near Holy Shi'ite City in Iraq
• 11 Somali pirates sentenced to 10 years in prison on island nation Seychelles for hijack try
• 5 killed in fighting in Somalia with group alleged to be connected to al-Qaida-linked group
• S. African white students plead guilty over urine-tainted food, drink in racism video case
• US officials warned Scotland over release of Lockerbie bomber; feared celebrations in Libya
• Pakistani spy agency denounces leaked US intelligence reports linking it to Taliban
• UN chief reviews self-policing, nominates Canadian woman top internal watchdog
• Iran's opposition leader warns country's rulers they could suffer same fate as deposed Shah
• India steps up engagement with Myanmar as China looms over military regime
• 4 paramilitary troops killed in an ambush by suspected rebels in India's remote northeast
• St. Lucia aspires to tap volcanic Caribbean island's geothermal power, diversify energy supply
• Twin Car Bombs Kill At Least 25 Near Holy Shi'ite City in Iraq
• Iran's opposition leader warns country's rulers they could suffer same fate as deposed Shah
• Driver faces murder, alcohol charges in car-crash death of Mandela's great-granddaughter
• Wanted: A new ally. Britain's Cameron flies to India seeking to woo old friends, bolster trade
• WikiLeaks: Bare-bones group promises to put more documents, data online
• 5 killed in fighting in Somalia with group alleged to be connected to al-Qaida-linked group
• 11 Somali pirates sentenced to 10 years in prison on island nation Seychelles for hijack try
• Afghan Government 'Shocked' by Leak of 90,000 War Papers
• The cat's meow: Vienna firefighters dismantle police cruiser to nab kitty inside floor panel
• US director Julie Taymor's adaptation of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' to close Venice Festival
• WikiLeaks founder: Appears to be evidence of war crimes in leaked US Afghan documents
• President Wyclef? Ex-Fugee singer considers run for Haiti's top office, says no decision made
• Nigerian anti-drugs agency seizes close to half a ton of cocaine; arrests 3 people
• Malaysia court fines 12 Muslims for parading cow head in protest against Hindu temple plan
• Former colonizer France agrees to help Vietnam modernize its military
• BP to replace CEO Hayward with American Robert Dudley, posts $17 billion quarterly loss
• Saudi airport official and media say cargo plane crashed in Riyadh, no word on casualties
• Wreckage of Israeli helicopter found in Romania, 7 crew aboard presumed dead
• AP Interview: NATO's top officer says military ties with Russia improving steadily
• Russia, US uncover cocaine trade scheme involving high-profile Russian impresario
• Venezuela says great probability of military aggression by Colombia, urges dialogue
• Ga. man finds $4,800 in pot hidden in frame of painting he bought at auction
• Spaniard who underwent world's first full face transplant goes before TV cameras
• Wikileaks founder: 'No reason to doubt the reliability of the documents' leaked on Afghan war
• Iran Ready to Resume Nuclear Talks 'Without Conditions'
• US suspends 2 Afghan companies, charges 2 ex-US soldiers in $1.6M fuel theft scheme
• Mexican government sends rights commission inspectors to border ahead of Arizona law
• Serbian lawmakers reaffirm claim on Kosovo, vow to never recognize Kosovo as independent
• Canada imposes tougher sanctions against Iran's nuclear program
• France upgrades diplomatic ties with Palestinians to spur creation of Palestinian state
• Spain's northeastern Catalonia region debates banning bullfighting
• Dutch court clears the way for 14-year-old Dutch sailor to go on solo round-the world voyage
• China landslide leaves 21 missing amid floods, with more heavy rains expected this week
• Police say Airblue plane carrying 152 people crashes into hills in Pakistani capital
• Hayward made changes that boosted BP's bottom line before oil spill exposed failures in safety
• Iraqi police say twin car bombs kill 22 people in southern city of Karbala
• Lawyer says L'Oreal heiress questioned by French investigators in probe into family finances
• Dispute over natural gas discoveries could lead to a new war between Lebanon and Israel
• Mea culpa: top Vatican art historian shoots down Vatican paper's suggestion of new Caravaggio
• Experts slam organizers over Germany festival stampede as prosecutors announce criminal probe
• Rare Crusader-era fresco from Jerusalem's Garden of Gethsemane unveiled at Israeli museum
• Airport security screener in US Virgin Islands found guilty of jury tampering in drug case
• Israeli premier talks to Jordanian king about need for direct Mideast peace negotiations
• Yemeni troops battle northern rebels short distance from capital in clash that kills dozens
• UK Prime Minister Cameron in Turkey: Iran, Gaza, Turkey's EU bid on the agenda
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• Twin parked car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims kill 25 in Iraqi holy city of Karbala
• Kyrgyzstan seeks $1.2 billion in aid to rebuild country after months of instability
• 2 German aid workers set free 5 weeks after being kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur region
• France declares war on al-Qaida, attacks base camp of North Africa branch
• 2 Russian cosmonauts complete spacewalk for maintenance on ISS
• Nicaraguan prosecutors drop case against Daniel Ortega in 1980s killings of Miskito Indians
• Remains of 40 communist soldiers from Vietnam War found in mass grave
• BP says CEO Tony Hayward will step down on Oct. 1, to be succeeded by American Robert Dudley
• Russia says new EU sanctions against Iran show scorn for UN
• Neither Castro brother speaks at Cuban Revolution Day spent criticizing the United States
• Clinton comments on territorial claims, US-SKorea military drills roil U.S.-China ties
• Lawyer in Iran Stoning Case Reported Missing
• Attorney representing Venezuela's lone anti-Chavez TV channel faces criminal charges
• Israel and environmentalists spar over the safety of baptism in the Jordan River
• Here, kitty kitty: South African police comb neighborhood for escaped pet tiger named Panjo
• Al-Qaida No. 2 blasts France's push to ban Islamic face veil, eulogizes comrade in new message
• Panda diplomacy: China to send 2 prized creatures to Japan in bid to improve countries' ties
• US gives visa to Colombian journalist previously turned away under Patriot Act
• WikiLeaks: We don't know who gave us thousands of pages of classified US Afghan intelligence
• Lying for sex _ Arab's conviction raises charges of Israeli racism and legal intrusiveness
• Top US military officer condemns leak of Afghanistan documents, says may risk American lives
• Afghan soldiers seen as outsiders in crucial southern region; many don't speak the language
• US audit finds weakness in Pentagon controls for Iraq funds; $8.7 billion missing
• Venezuela captures 6 purported far-right paramilitary fighters from Colombia near border
• Police say plane that crashed in Pakistan capital may be a passenger plane
• UK court blocks attempt to extradite ex-Bosnian vice president for war crimes
• Official says forestry guards report at least 5 killed in plane crash in Pakistan
• Russian pilot missing in Darfur copter incident, but aircraft and other crew are safe
• US: Drills sent 'clear message' to NKorea; analysts warn North may respond with nuke test
• 11 civilians die in gunbattle between Somali gov't forces, militants in capital of Mogadishu
• Afghan officials say a bus hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, killing 25 people
• Pakistani official: Plane crash in Islamabad kills all 152 passengers on board
• Pakistani government official: At least 25 bodies recovered from plane crash in Islamabad
• Gunmen ram pickup truck into air taxi at small airport in Brazil, steal cash and documents
• EU population passes half-billion mark thanks to immigration, as birth rate falls
• Death toll from crush at Germany's Love Parade rises to 21
• Rights groups calls on Mexico's government to find 4 journalists reported missing in north
• Russian court sentences 14 neo-Nazis to jail for hate killings, assaults
• Puerto Rico independence supporters welcome return of violent nationalist group's leader
• Packed bus hits roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan killing 25 people, 20 others wounded
• British PM Cameron appeals for deeper business ties to ex-colony-turned-economic power India
• Victim's lawyers in Egypt police brutality case call for harsher charges
• Malaysian prosecutor removed over alleged affair with witness accusing opposition leader
• New photo of abducted Mexican politician, purported letter to son, suggest he was kidnapped
• AP Impact: Mexico arrests many drug suspects, but few charged and even fewer convicted
• Pakistani government official: At least 45 bodies recovered from plane crash in Islamabad
• Top US military officer condemns leak of Afghanistan documents, says may risk American lives
• Japan shipping company Mitsui says explosion has occurred on its oil tanker near Persian Gulf
• British judge sentences conman who tried to sell Ritz hotel to 5 years in jail
• Mexican police find 8 severed heads left in pairs along highways in northern state of Durango
• Third most-wanted Nazi suspect charged in Germany with helping to kill 430,000 Jews at camp
• Holder says investigation will determine whether criminal charges in Afghan secrets leak
• Top US military officer condemns leak of Afghanistan documents, says may risk American lives
• New photo of abducted Mexican politician, purported letter to son, suggest he was kidnapped
• Pakistani government official: At least 45 bodies recovered from plane crash in Islamabad
• AP Impact: Mexico arrests many drug suspects, but few charged and even fewer convicted
• Japan shipping company Mitsui says explosion has occurred on its oil tanker near Persian Gulf
• British judge sentences conman who tried to sell Ritz hotel to 5 years in jail
• Malaysian prosecutor removed over alleged affair with witness accusing opposition leader
• AP Impact: Mexico arrests many drug suspects, but few charged and even fewer convicted
• Former French general named top policeman for EU mission in Kosovo
• Police say small plane crashes into hills in Pakistani capital, unclear how many on board
• Cyprus justice minister says alleged Russian spy's laptop will be given to US
• US military clamps down on firms employing citizens from countries banning travel to Iraq
• Flooded Dominican Republic communities on alert for deadly dengue, leptospirosis outbreaks
• Canadian character actor Maury Chaykin dies at age 61 after a 35-year acting career
• State media says explosion at factory in eastern China injures about 100 people
• Cyprus justice minister says alleged Russian spy's laptop will be given to US
• Hans Blix says Britain, US relied on dubious intelligence sources ahead of Iraq invasion
• Greek terror group claims slaying of journalist linked to popular blog
• Montenegro finds no evidence of mass grave of ethnic Albanians killed during Kosovo war
• Spain's Catalonia region bans bullfighting, but rest of country can still say 'Ole'
• AP Interview: Romanian minister: Gypsies need more EU funding to better integrate into society
• Official says 152 people on board Airblue plane that crashed in Pakistani capital
• Africa to send thousands more troops to Somalia to counter al-Shabab power; US provides funds
• Ahmadinejad says nuclear talks to restart September regardless of conditions
• All 7 crew aboard reported killed in Israeli helicopter crash in Romania
• Turkish government campaigns for Sept. 12 referendum on changes to military-era constitution
• Status update: jailed -- Facebook account gives away suspect in Philippine killings
• AP Impact: Mexico arrests many drug suspects, but few charged and even fewer convicted
• Rhino killing surges in South Africa, authorities report organized crime, big money involved
• Pilgrims must pay to attend 2 big events in England during pope's visit in September
• Former Nazi SS officer wanted for mass murder of Jews in occupied eastern Europe dead at 95
• UK set to offer compensation to some alleged terror suspects held under virtual house arrest
• Thai military ready to send more troops to border if land dispute with Cambodia heats up
• US Embassy says 2 American citizens were killed in plane crash in Pakistani capital
• PlayStation and TVs drive Sony back to black in April-June quarter
• Chilean-American author Ariel Dorfman meets with Nelson Mandela in South Africa
• Chinese mining company Zijin says police detain VP after toxic spill at copper mine
• Heavy rains trigger floods, killing 60 in northwest Pakistan; dozens still missing
• Al-Qaida-linked group claims responsibility for bombing targeting Al-Arabiya TV in Baghdad
• Official: Water supply safe after floods sweep thousands of chemical barrels into China river
• Travel magazine names Bangkok world's 'Top City,' giving officials hope for recovery
• British prime minister works to deepen economic, political ties while on trip to India
• Russia's President Medvedev tightens security laws, grants more power to KGB successor agency
• For love or for money? SKS Microfinance IPO stirs debate about profiting from the poor
• French first lady begins filming Woody Allen flick in new creative endeavor
• Ivy Bean, online phenomenon considered world's oldest Twitter user, dies at 104
• Mexican police: Suspected cartel lieutenant with reward on head captured in Chihuahua
• Bosnia's ex-vice president arrives home after U.K. court blocks his extradition to Serbia
• SKorean PM offers to resign for failing to persuade country to scrap plan to move government
• Australian state awards $2.9 million to family of Aborigine who died of heat in prison van
• Lawyer who defended Iranian woman in stoning case is missing, says Amnesty International
• Tonga answers British call to send 275 troops to Afghanistan over 2 years
• Zimbabwe starts appeal against treason acquittal of top PM aide, outspoken Mugabe critic
• Winston Churchill's Dentures on Auction in England
• Travel magazine names Bangkok world's 'Top City,' giving officials hope for recovery
• Relatives wait for remains of loved ones as rain slows recovery work from Pakistan plane crash
• Students at small Islamic university in India won't let lecturer teach unless she dons a burqa
• Tour boat catches fire and sinks in Mediterranean, leaving 3 injured and 1 missing
• WWF apologizes for undiplomatic incident against Saudi Arabia at climate conference
• French woman who admitted to suffocating her newborns charged with manslaughter
• With slow growth, Japan might cut exchange program that countered anti-Japanese feeling in US
• Russian regional court orders YouTube, other sites blocked because of extremist material
• Canadian man sentenced to 11 years for having sex with young girls in Colombia, Cambodia
• New Puerto Rico spot picked for erecting huge Columbus statue ridiculed by many critics
• Egypt says it has US assurances that could boost chances for direct Israel-Palestinian talks
• Australia adopts new sanctions against Iran, targeting trade, energy sectors
• Thailand hasn't fully investigated 2 journalists' deaths during protests, press group says
• Moscow shrouded in polluting smog as city swelters in record heat wave
• Wildfire in western Canada forces evacuations, threatens hundreds of homes in British Columbia
• Sarkozy orders illegal Roma immigrants expelled, their camps dismantled after violence
• Squall sweeps over Haiti tent camp, toppling brick wall that kills 2 boys asleep in tarp home
• Pakistan's army chief proving himself key to all sides of Afghan conflict
• B is for blase: Britons unconcerned as new American CEO heralds a less-British BP
• Canadian archaeologists find ship lost in 1850s during search for Franklin expedition
• Company lawyer says Somali pirates release Turkish ship months after hijacking off Somalia
• Canadian man gets 13-1/2 years in jail for incest with 3 daughters, sex with other young girls
• North Korean official visits Myanmar amid international concerns over nuclear collaboration
• Al-Qaida plants flag, burns bodies in Baghdad neighborhood attack that kills 16
• Awaiting trial in killings-for-ratings scandal, Brazil TV crime-show host dies of heart attack
• Israel rejects demand from wounded US activist for payment of medical fees
• Former government official arrested as corruption crackdown expands southern China
• Arab League leaves timing of restarting Israel talks up to Palestinians, rebuffing US pressure
• Rare 3D film shows Warsaw razed to the ground after World War II
• Galapagos removed from list of sites that are endangered by environmental threats, tourism
• Recently freed, paralyzed Cuban political prisoner prepares to board flight to US
• Cyber mastermind _ alleged creator of the Mariposa botnet _ is questioned in Slovenia
• Authorities blame organizer for deadly Love Parade as death toll rises to 21
• Official: Bomb blast in Ukrainian church kills 1, wounds 8
• Wary of Islamic Hamas rulers, rappers keep quiet profile in the Gaza Strip
• UK government rejects demand from campaigners to replace head of inquiry into torture claims
• Masked protesters attack city hall in Russian suburb to demand local forest be protected
• Syrian, Saudi leaders fly together to Lebanon ahead of possible indictments in assassination
• Rescue and government officials say floods kill 267 people in Pakistan over last 3 days
• Report: Drug gunmen kidnap journalists to demand airing of videos
• Britain's appeal court rules ex-lawmakers have no immunity over expense scandal charges
• Mexico's Defense Department says top drug lord Ignacio 'Nacho' Coronel killed in clash
• Exhibit brings luxuries from the heart of Beijing's Forbidden City courtyards to the US
• At least 80 dead after boat capsizes in western Congo, government spokesman says
• German prosecutors reveal gruesome charges against Nazi suspect from Belzec death camp
• Paramilitary soldiers open fire on anti-India protesters in restive Kashmir, 2 killed
• US: 3 American service members killed, July deadliest month of Afghan war for US military
• Swaziland police: 3 traditional healers charged with desecrating graves for healing rituals
• Wildfire in western Canada forces evacuations for second day in a row in British Columbia
• At least 80 dead after boat capsizes in western Congo, government spokesman says
• Government spokesman says at least 80 people dead after boat capsizes in western Congo
• Zimbabwean president's sister Sabina, Mugabe's closest ally, confidante, dies in Zimbabwe
• US Consulate in Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez temporarily closes for security review
• Thousands march in annual gay pride march in Jerusalem, dozens counter-demonstrate
• China's military criticizes Clinton for comments on disputed South China Sea islands
• Palestinian rocket from Gaza hits Israeli city, causing damage but no injuries, military says
• Police question French labor minister on his connection to L'Oreal heiress in tax scandal
• Bolivia president's inaugural priest nabbed in liquid cocaine bust
• Officials say man briefly hijacks Russian plane, 105 passengers, crew freed by disguised cops
• South Africa abolishes 6 traditional monarchies; leaders to challenge demotion in court
• Analysis: Chavez trying to play Colombia dispute to his advantage ahead of Venezuela election
• German prosecutors reveal gruesome charges against Nazi suspect from Belzec death camp
• US State Dept investigates threats against consulate in Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez
• Italy seeks private funds to restore one of its symbols: the Colosseum
• South African runaway tiger caught after 2 days on the run; tiger hungry and injured in escape
• Collision likely damaged Japanese tanker in the Persian Gulf says Emirati port official
• French woman who admitted to suffocating her 8 newborns charged with manslaughter
• Cuban activist who staged 134-day hunger strike returns home from hospital
• British death penalty author rejects plea bargain in Singapore contempt case, could face jail
• China jails 3 minority Uighurs for running websites deemed politically sensitive
• Over 1,500 years after the Sack of Rome, the city grapples with modern-day vandals
• Fifth suspect charged in shooting, wounding of exiled Rwandan general in South Africa
• Man listed as oldest in Tokyo had been dead for decades; mummified body found at home
• Taliban stymie NATO push to strengthen government in crucial southern Afghan district
• Former Swedish police chief convicted and imprisoned for rape and sex crimes
• Former students fined after pleading guilty to charges in racist video case in South Africa
• Spanish judge reissues arrest warrants for 3 US servicemen in death of journalist in Iraq
• Bangladesh raises garment workers' wages 80 percent after months of violent protests
• More than matzo balls: With locusts and deer, Jerusalem dinner shakes up the kosher kitchen
• After shortages, officials say Philippines "swimming" in rice due to excessive imports
• Vietnam restricts online games after cases of youngsters killing, robbing to pay to play
• Italy seeks private funds to restore one of its symbols: the Colosseum
• Grenade wounds 1 in Bangkok; Thai court releases Red Shirt protest leader;
• D-Day Dentures: Winston Churchill's false teeth sold for $23,722 at auction in England
• 5 soldiers killed, 41 injured in land mine attack in India's northeast where insurgency rages
• Expo packed with endangered species for sale highlights Indonesia's rampant illegal pet trade
• Grenade explodes outside shopping mall in Thai capital, wounding 1 and rattling nerves
• Hackers attack website of the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial in Germany
• Toyota recalls 412,000 cars in US, 16,000 in Japan, for steering problems
• Relatives wait for remains of loved ones as rain slows recovery work from Pakistan plane crash
• The cat's meow: Vienna firefighters dismantle police cruiser to nab kitty inside floor panel
• Australian govt adds 300,000 homes, businesses to coverage area of proposed broadband network
• Somalia's al-Shabab group warns that new African troops for Mogadishu will be 'annihilated'
• Saudi king comes to Syria amid regional tensions, heated rhetoric about Hezbollah
• Mexican soldiers kill top drug lord, dealing major blow to country's most powerful cartel
• Bangladesh garment workers reject new minimum wage rates, clash with police
• Inexperience or truth-teller? Cameron starts new chapter in less-than-polite British diplomacy
• Indonesian court sentences a Muslim woman to 3 years in jail for harboring terrorists
• Iraqi officials say 7 members of the security forces were killed in Baghdad attacks
• US Senate committee hopes to quiz British witnesses in Lockerbie bomber release
• Uganda anthrax outbreak kills 82 hippos, 9 buffalo in national park, spokesman says
• Raging Russian fires force evacuations, destroy homes as record heat wave spikes
• 138 Reportedly Dead in Boat Accident in Democratic Republic of Congo
• Taiwanese eager to keep separate identity despite warming ties with rival China
• Over 1,500 years after the Sack of Rome, the city grapples with modern-day vandals
• US expert says China's worst oil spill is far larger than government has reported so far
• UN removes 5 Taliban members from sanctions blacklist, including 2 who died
• Chavez says Venezuela has deployed troops and air units amid tensions with Colombia
• Anti-Islam lawmaker's hopes of becoming a Dutch Cabinet minister evaporate
• Istanbul hotel, host to legends and witness to an empire's fall, to reopen after renovation
• Chilean-American author Dorfman: former political foes must to show remorse about wrong acts
• Mosque prayer leader wins Malaysia hit reality TV show's search for young Muslim role model
• Germany holds memorial service for victims of Love Parade
• Mexican federal police rescue 2 journalists kidnapped by drug gang
• Peru: Husband of Peruvian journalist in US-Russia spy ring could face fraud charges
• US to hold 1st Gitmo trial under Obama, but stalls on fate of 5 accused in Sept. 11 attacks
• Separatist protesters defy rigid curfew in Indian Kashmir, 2 more die in clashes
• Official says workers find 'black box' data recorder from Pakistan plane crash that killed 152
• Sarkozy wants to take away French citizenship of immigrants who attack police
• 24 Remain Trapped in Flooded Coal Mine in NE China
• Once deadly warriors, today tourist draw: Polish city trying to cash in on Teutonic knights
• Brazil's president offers refuge to Iranian woman sentenced to death for committing adultery
• Two Strong Earthquakes Hit Iran, Injuring Hundreds
• China says it opposes EU sanctions against Iran over nuclear issue
• Violence forces Doctors Without Borders to suspend aid work in volatile part of South Sudan
• British child murderer suing prison authorities after throat slashed by fellow inmate
• Collapse of apartment building in southern Italy kills at least 3 people
• Former Chilean general convicted in 1974 political car-bombing blames CIA for the attack
• Brazilian men given to wrong mothers 25 years ago now work, live together on family farm
• Liberia to require birth registration; fewer than 4 percent of children under 5 are registered
• Berlusconi ousts long-time ally, vows his government will carry on
• Russia sends army to battle wildfires that have killed at least 28
• Russian police arrest Kremlin opponent, dozens of others, at freedom-of-assembly demonstration
• Death of top Mexican kingpin threatens to unleash battle for control of his drug empire
• China milestone: Economy seen overtaking Japan's, highlighting challenges at home and abroad
• Activist: Iranian with lifted stoning sentence says she's grateful for support but heartbroken
• Workers find 'black box' data recorder from Pakistan plane crash that killed 152
• Afghan official: former commander who backed government, 2 others die in Kunduz suicide attack
• Colombia denies hostile designs toward Venezuela, denies Chavez claim of helicopter incursion
• Central African Republic delays presidential vote again, from October to late January
• Suspected remains of 57-year-old Irishman abducted, killed by IRA in 1981 are found in a bog
• Army vehicles help slowly restore fuel supplies in Greece as truckers continue strike
• Mexico, Chile to return ambassadors to Honduras, recognize new government a year after coup
• Iraqi officials say roadside bomb kills 4, wounds 11 south of Baghdad
• Canadian court upholds murder convictions of farmer accused of feeding his victims to pigs
• Workers find 'black box' data recorder from Pakistan plane crash that killed 152
• Mexican soldiers find $7 million in cash in slain drug lord's house
• Chile to return ambassador to Honduras, recognize new government a year after coup
• Military treats mentally distressed soldiers at combat site rather than returning them to US
• Report: Cigarettes tainted with pig blood, nuke material smuggled into Iran in Western plot
• Greece turns to military to restore fuel supplies, as strike hits tourism
• Death of Vietnamese bride by mentally ill SKorean husband draws attention to int'l matchmaking
• Mexican federal police rescue 2 journalists kidnapped by drug gang
• Former Chilean general convicted in 1974 political car-bombing blames CIA for the attack
• Brazilian men given to wrong mothers 25 years ago now work, live together on family farm
• Italian group says executions on the rise in Iraq, China still world's top executioner
• Russian human rights official resigns after denouncing Kremlin-backed youth group
• Chinese activists speak out for jailed Uighur journalist, calling 15-year sentence wrong
• From 'Chateau Migraine' to awards, new breed of vintners are redefining Mideast wines
• Once bloody warriors, today tourist draw: Polish city trying to cash in on Teutonic knights
• Everglades, rainforests in Madagascar added to list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in danger
• Fidel Castro accuses US of torture while meeting with young people, including Elian Gonzalez
• First gay couples tie the knot in Argentina as same-sex marriage law takes effect
• July deadliest month for Iraqis in 2 years with more than 500 dead
• Land mines wash up on SKorean shores, apparently swept by rains from North; 1 man killed
• Pressure builds on German mayor to resign over death of 21 at Love Parade
• This is not your captain speaking: Flights grounded after Filipino pilots jet for jobs abroad
• London's mayor promotes bike riding in the capital _ but as veterans know, it's risky business
• Explosion at coal mine kills at least 15 in northern China known for mining disasters
• Pakistan intelligence chief cancels visit to Britain after PM Cameron's terrorism remarks
• Cambodia says it is winner in battle over UN review of border temple management plan
• Official says death toll in Pakistani floods has risen above 800
• Jamaica police detained in suspect's killing; video shows officers beating, shooting man
• Czech PM: US want to place missile defense warning center in Czech Republic
• 2 US Embassy workers in Paris tested after suspicious letter; police say it had tear gas in it
• 44 German riders, most of them young, injured when horses panic during torch-lit ride at night
• U.K. Economy Grows More Than Expected
• Bahrain bans media from reporting on Shiite activists detained ahead of October elections
• Report: Iran submits proposal to Russia to jointly produce nuclear fuel Iran's power plants
• Swiss firm recalls 'Liechtenschwein' piggy banks, a pun unappreciated in the principality
• Russian accused of negligent homicide arrested at airport after leaving Puerto Rico courtroom
• China warns the US against planned sale of military aircraft radar to Taiwan
• Shooting deaths of 3 Spaniards boost pressure on Spain to quit Afghanistan
• Report: Iran convicts opposition leader's aide, sentences him to 5 years in prison
• European Medicines Agency investigates if there's a link between swine flu shot, narcolepsy
• Vatican: Church not playing politics but defending rights in deploring French Gypsy expulsion
• Doctors remove nails from Sri Lankan maid who said she was tortured by Saudi couple
• Tut-tut: Security gaps seen in Egypt's museums after theft of van Gogh painting in Cairo
• Peru authorities say Peruvian journalist deported in US-Russia spy swap falsified documents
• UN: Attacks on Hutus in Congo in aftermath of 1994 Rwandan slaughter also could be genocide
• Cuba's Fidel Castro claims al-Qaida leader Osama bin laden is a US agent
• NKorean dictator appears headed home after China trip that spurred succession speculation
• 3 kingmakers wield power as Australia's major political parties woo to form government
• Austrian health ministry reports 2 cases of gene that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics
• Magnitude 5.9 earthquake kills 3 in sparsely populated corner of northeastern Iran
• South African girl survives horrific attack, only to die in a bus and train crash
• Iran Sentences Opposition Leader's Aide to 5 Years
• Prime minister puts Iraq on top alert for attacks days before US ends combat mission
• Venezuela congressional candidate raffles off breast augmentation surgery to fund campaign
• German Courts Turn Down Injunction Against YouTube
• Several senior Myanmar leaders shed uniforms, retire from junta ahead of Nov. 7 elections
• Man to appear in court charged with raping 3 British tourists on Greek holiday island
• Human Rights Watch says Nigerian teens are being trafficked into Ivory Coast for prostitution
• Intelligence officials say suspected US missile strike kills 4 militants in northwest Pakistan
• Canadian rancher serves cattle red wine, making animals happy and giving meat unique taste
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• Global Markets Down Ahead of Bernanke Speech
• 10 Vietnamese fishermen rescued after 2 days at sea in tiny traditional basket boats
• Authorities order shake-up of top police as protests continue in Indian-controlled Kashmir
• Congo gov't: Army needs more help to prevent attacks such as rape of nearly 200 women, boys
• Remains of Srebrenica massacre victims found in hidden graves at waste dump site in Bosnia
• UN anti-racism panel finds Iran discriminating against Arabs, Kurds, other ethnic minorities
• Protesters add Facebook and YouTube to their arsenal in fight against Indian rule in Kashmir
• Vatican Greets Muslims as Ramadan Ends
• Scientists say they've cracked wheat's genetic code, data could help protect crops worldwide
• Police say kidnappers demand ransom for Italian seized in Dominican Republic tourist community
• UK researchers: Possible new wave of homegrown terrorism in Britain fueled by ex-prisoners
• Hero or villain? UN war crimes trial will decide legacy of Croatian Gen. Gotovina
• Car explodes in front of Mexican TV offices in drug-plagued state, network reports
• Most Asian stocks fall as investors anxiously await Bernanke's speech amid recovery worries
• UK study: Nonreligious doctors twice as likely to hasten death of terminally ill patients
• Scientists discover one of world's tiniest frogs breeding in carnivorous plants in Borneo
• Family survives Chile's big earthquake, only to have husband become trapped in mine
• 2 Catholic priests stabbed to death in historic Peruvian monastery; police suspect robbers
• Targeted police killings in northern Nigeria raise fears of a radical Muslim sect's return
• Canadian Cattle Enjoy Red Wine With Their Feed
• Free of sanctions, Libya reaches out - and up - in boom dubbed by some as the 'new Dubai'
• Mexican army to compensate families of students slain by soldiers during gunbattle with gunmen
• Rotating statue of late Turkmen dictator removed in new effort to expunge personality cult
• Pakistan security forces storm army intelligence office, free hostages
• American teenager arrested in mother's death says Indian police forcing him to falsely confess
• British Airways passengers accidentally told to prepare for crash landing during flight
• 3 US troops killed in Afghanistan, while market bombing kills 3 police, 2 civilians
• "Canadian Idol" contestant appears in court on terrorism charge
• Jimmy Carter secures release of American imprisoned in North Korea since January
• China says it will inspect airline safety measures in wake of crash that killed 42
• A new Cuba? Gov't eases land laws in likely nod to golf; expands self-employment in farming
• 21 suspected militants go on trial in Indonesia for allegedly plotting attacks on aid workers
• Weight loss surgeries in England rose tenfold from 2000-2008, experts worry trend may continue
• 603-pound Thai woman leaves apartment for first time in 3 years with help of forklift
• German court finds girl-band singer guilty of infecting partner with HIV
• Medical instruments likely used by the Nazis for experiments obtained by Auschwitz memorial
• Greenpeace activists block Scottish firm from drilling off Greenland
• Mexican judge finds ex-state police director not guilty of aiding drug gang in Michoacan
• Archbishop of Paris, EU head office concerned about Gypsy crackdown as expulsions continue
• Argentine doctors looking for orange-size lump find 56-pound tumor in woman's uterus
• Archbishop of Paris, EU head office concerned about Gypsy crackdown as expulsions continue
• Wyclef can't run, but he can sing: New song blasts Haiti govt over failed presidential bid
• South African workers demanding higher wages protest nationwide in strike's 2nd week
• Pakistani Taliban hint at possible attacks on foreign flood relief workers
• Islamic militant Hamas claims responsibility for shooting that killed 4 Israelis in West Bank
• Attacks in Afghan north raise fears that Taliban expanding beyond southern strongholds
• Oval Office address by Obama to mark 'important milepost', shift from Iraq to Afghanistan
• Philippine president vows punishment in bus hijack, Senate opens investigation
• Mystery Surrounds Kim Jong Il's Trip to China
• US commander Petraeus says Afghanistan's concern about sanctuaries in Pakistan is legitimate
• Palestinians riot in disputed Jerusalem neighborhood over settler presence
• French diet guru Michel Montignac, author of "glycemic index" weight loss books, dies
• Pakistan's flood victims return home to find their old lives and possessions have disappeared
• Afghan president questions US timeline for leaving Afghanistan
• High-tech expedition reveals colorful, diverse marine life on ocean floor off Indonesia
• Ex-President Carter secures release of American imprisoned in NKorea since January
• Albania, Macedonia commemorate Mother Teresa on centenary of her birth
• Union says the South African government increases its wage offer to striking civil servants
• Bin Laden's bodyguard warns of escalation in Yemen, predicts US involvement
• Dutch teen sailor says she has reached Canary Islands on controversial solo trip around world
• Gadhafi ends Italy visit after sparking controversy for conversion call, demand for EU cash
• Fire razes historic site of 19th Century warrior king's tribal capital in Zimbabwe
• South African workers demanding higher wages protest nationwide in strike's 2nd week
• In Cuba, New Mexico governor discusses case of jailed US contractor with top island officials
• 2 Greek fighter jets crash in mid-air during training flight; 1 dead
• Exotic dancer from Moldova gets debt law changed in South Africa after jail stint
• Saudi cleric told to stop unauthorized edicts after call to boycott store with female vendors
• New video gives fullest picture yet of conditions for 33 men trapped in Chilean mine
• Nigeria, oil-rich nation lit by candles and generators, plans to bring power to the people
• South African labor leader: Mandela's house was bugged during tumultuous period for ANC
• 3 Canadian men charged with terrorism; one appeared on 'Canadian Idol' show
• Teachers in northeast China say NKorea's Kim Jong Il is on 2nd trip to China this year
• Troubled Peace: Northern Ireland frets over upsurge in violence
• Nigeria announces plan to repair, privatize the oil-rich nation's power system
• Mexico proposes new limits on cash sales in pesos to fight drug cartels' money laundering
• India's leader says security forces need to change strategy in Kashmir to avoid violence
• Puerto Rican teachers start school year with one-day strike, stranding thousands of students
• Palestinians Set Cars Ablaze in East Jerusalem
• Exiled junta leader's dead son buried in Guinea
• Iranian media banned from coverage of opposition leaders, says pro-reform websites
• Venezuelan hunger striker dies after repeated protests over land dispute with government
• Iraqi police say 6 members of government-allied Sunni militia killed in Diyala province ambush
• Villagers Briefly Return to Slopes of Indonesian Volcano
• Suriname's new president ailing at home from undisclosed illness; transfers power to VP
• Bomb explodes outside apartment house of magistrate fighting 'ndrangheta syndicate in Italy
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• Grenade explosion injures 16 at bar in Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta
• No sign of jailed American on Day 2 of Jimmy Carter visit to North Korea to secure his release
• Egypt suffers worst power cuts in decades during Ramadan fasting month at height of summer
• Indians remember Mother Teresa on 100th anniversary of her birth
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• Mexico's president: Mayor of town in violence-plagued Tamaulipas state assassinated
• Coalition's next major battle will be to pacify insurgency in harsh homeland of the Taliban
• Germany celebrates 20th anniversary of its reunification treaty
• New York imam says upcoming US elections linked to mosque protests
• As Biden presides over end of combat operations, few Iraqis cheer Americans' exit
• AP Interview: Walesa says 30 years after Solidarity, more reforms needed in Poland
• Indian filmmakers come to Holy Land to shoot first Bollywood film on early life of Jesus
• WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange questioned by Swedish police
• Rwanda: Plan ready to withdraw peacekeeping troops if UN publishes report on Congo genocide
• 3 Russian pilots snatched in Darfur freed by Sudanese forces
• Video shows trapped Chilean miners crying, but saying they are doing better
• Guantanamo trial halted by lawyer's illness to resume in October for young Canadian detainee
• Imam says fight over planned mosque near ground zero could shape future of Islam in America
• Migrants say Arizona still easiest place to cross, worth risk to get to US jobs, families
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• Rival Palestinian governments clamp down on dissent as chances for reconciliation slip
• Nigeria: Son of organizer of group supporting president's election bid kidnapped
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• Red Cross official says Somalis swamping hospitals during violent clashes in capital
• Grave found with remains of 30 communist soldiers killed during Vietnam War's Tet Offensive
• Greens party agree to help Labor Party form Australia's first minority government since 1943
• Mongolian Cabinet holds meeting in Gobi desert to draw attention to climate change
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• EU lawmakers attend rally in Moscow and criticize Russian police for stopping it
• Islamic militant Hamas claims responsibility for shooting that killed 4 Israelis in West Bank
• Humanitarian groups say Southern Sudan soldiers attacking aid workers
• Chinese navy to hold live-ammunition drills in Yellow Sea following US-SKorean joint exercises
• Gadhafi ends Italy visit after sparking controversy for conversion call, demand for EU cash
• Pope grants interviews to German journalist for new book expected later this year
• Devastating Pakistan Floods Finally Heading to Sea
• French 'Spiderman' arrested after scaling 57-story Sydney skyscraper with his bare hands
• German bishops expand guidelines for suspected sex abuse, require alerting prosecutors
• Spain says it broke up human-trafficking gang dealing in male prostitutes from Brazil
• Dutch prosecutors say 2 arrested Yemenis from US are suspects in conspiracy of terrorist act
• Mexico Promises Increased Security in Border City After Explosions
• Iran Distances Itself from Insult to Bruni-Sarkozy
• Panel: India must secure its wildlife reserves, control poaching to protect elephants
• Spain says it broke up human-trafficking gang dealing in male prostitutes from Brazil
• WikiLeaks Founder Questioned by Swedish Police
• Four American Troops Killed by Bomb in Afghanistan
• Slovak police suggest shooter was angry over noisy neighbors; racial motives not ruled out
• Venezuelan hunger striker dies after repeated protests over land dispute with government
• Chain-smoking Greeks face tough new ban after previous restrictions were mostly ignored
• Influential Israeli rabbi says Palestinians and their leader should perish
• Denmark accuses Kurdish language TV station of promoting terrorist group
• Photos show Fidel Castro visiting with US journalist; he calls jailing gays 'great injustice'
• US soldier drowns in rafting accident in southern Germany
• At Least 8 Killed in Cancun Bar Attack
• 7 US troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting, bringing August death toll to 42
• Petraeus: Taliban Retain Momentum in Some Areas
• Dutch question 2 men arrested at Amsterdam airport; US authorities suspicious of their luggage
• No more Africa time: Nigerian federal government locks out snoozing employees over tardiness
• Artist faces trial; massacre exhibit banned under censorship laws in Zimbabwe
• Iran seeks to distance itself from newspaper's insult of France's first lady
• Newly born Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean, expected to gain force
• 'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling donates 10 million pounds to multiple sclerosis research
• Bomb attack kills Muslim religious leader in Afghanistan, US soldier dies in south
• Gunman kills 6, wounds 9, then commits suicide in the Slovak capital
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• Anti-India protests continue as police fire kills 11-year-old boy, wounds 22 in Indian Kashmir
• Police say 5 campaign workers for Afghan parliamentary candidate found dead
• Pakistani philanthropist says helping people is "biggest jihad," raises money for flood relief
• Prosecutors question Egyptian culture minister over van Gogh theft
• Iran state media call French first lady 'prostitute' for supporting woman who faced stoning
• As damaging secret tapes emerge, Belgian Cardinal says he was 'naive' to meet sex abuse victim
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• Putin belittles Russia's opposition, says police will still break up unauthorized rallies
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• South African president calls for talks to end nationwide civil servants' strike in 2nd week
• Southern Sudan to purge thousands of child soldiers from army ranks ahead of independence vote
• 7 U.S. Troops Killed in Latest Afghan Fighting
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• Purported Texas-born drug kingpin 'The Barbie' captured by federal police in central Mexico
• Magnitude 5 earthquake in SW China injures 14; damages hundreds of homes
• Man sues Chinese city officials for alleged HIV discrimination, report says
• NATO says 7 US soldiers killed in 2 roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan
• Icelandic singer Bjork, Italian composer Morricone awarded Swedish music prize
• 12 suspected insurgents, 5 civilians and 2 security officers killed in Chechnya shootout
• Pro-Vatican politicians protest Gadhafi's effort to convert Christians during Italy visit
• Expedition surveying the wreck of the Titanic shows off some crisp new images
• 50,000 minks set loose after break-ins at Greece fur farms
• Afghan President Criticizes Anti-Terror Strategy
• Monkey 1, Man 0: Japanese resort towns strike out in search for marauding macaque
• Myanmar's front pages dispel rumors, confirm Than Shwe remains chief of military junta
• Minister apologizes to Italian woman whose delivery of a son was botched as 2 doctors fought
• Tired and disillusioned, Lech Walesa says he'll shun Solidarity anniversary session
• 30,000 villagers flee as volatile Indonesian volcano erupts for the second straight day
• Thai art teacher caught on cell phone camera caning students for not cleaning their dormitory
• Villagers evacuated from slopes of Indonesian volcano return home to check on their crops
• Vietnam War-era artillery shell explodes in southern Vietnam, killing man and injuring wife
• Vice President Biden lands in Baghdad to mark formal end to US combat operations in Iraq
• Nearly 15,000 people still missing from 1990s Balkan wars, Red Cross says
• Message from God: Retired Florida teacher builds and rebuilds Christian school in Haiti
• Ex-Congo VP tells war crimes court he has no funds for defense because his assets are frozen
• Roadside bombs kill 7 US troops in violent southern Afghanistan as Karzai doubts US strategy
• Palestinian President Abbas: Peace talks with Israel doomed if settlement building continues
• The last word: Internet age may phase out print edition of Oxford English Dictionary
• Reports: 100 Russian skinheads attack concertgoers with clubs, killing girl
• Sudan says police freed US aid worker held for 4 months in Darfur
• Chilean mine rescue 'unprecedented,' but US survivor says freed men will feel 'born again'
• Possible politically motivated killings, violence hits northern Nigeria as election looms
• Asian stock markets climb as Japan central bank calls unscheduled meeting
• Earl, a Category 4 hurricane, on course toward US East Coast after battering Caribbean
• 5 kidnapped campaign workers for Afghan parliamentary candidate found dead
• Record gold prices draw hundreds of small miners, pose big threat to South American rainforest
• Bundesbank rejects banker's remarks stereotyping Muslims, Jews; Merkel suggests he be let go
• 5 Kidnapped Afghan Campaign Workers Found Dead
• Muslims donate nearly $1 billion to Pakistan for flood relief; water inundates large town
• Prominent American-Egyptian dissident breaks with opposition on hereditary succession
• NKorea confirms Kim Jong Il's not-so-secret trip to China; no sign or mention of son
• Cuba's Fidel Castro gives new details of illness that forced him from power
• Bus Crash in Ecuador Kills at Least 36
• 4 Ugandan troops killed as militant mortar slams into Somalia's presidential palace
• Israeli archaeologists say ancient shards of flint might be world's oldest disposable cutlery
• NKorea confirms Kim Jong Il's not-so-secret trip to China; no sign or mention of son
• India BlackBerry ban averted, Research In Motion has 60 more days to provide data access
• Palestinian Rivals Crack Down Harder on Opponents
• AP IMPACT: Hundreds of abandoned, incomplete projects as US hands off to Iraqis
• Afghan District Chief Killed in Strike on Compound
• Mexican mayor killed by gunmen in same border state where migrants massacred
• German lawmakers condemn top banker's remarks against Jews and Muslims as racist, anti-Semitic
• French government faces internal 'malaise' over policy of expelling Gypsies
• 8 people killed as anti-India protests intensify in Kashmir; death toll hits 31
• Titian masterpiece in famous Venice basilica suffers water damage from nearby fire
• Mexico federal prosecutors take over probe of migrant massacre, survivor opts to leave country
• Red Cross: All missing rafters found after capsizing in Alpine river in western Austria
• Putin says all manned space missions will use Russia's new launch center starting 2018
• State media say stray warning rounds from Chinese police killed Tibetan protester
• New political party formed after Suu Kyi party disbanded open headquarters in Myanmar
• Denmark navy helicopter foils pirates off the coast of Somalia, firing warning shots
• Relatives weep as they bury Philippine policeman in hostage drama that killed 8 HK tourists
• Far-right demonstrators clash with riot police in city in northern England
• Global policeman or border guard? Britain wrestles with military role amid sharp spending cuts
• Indonesian volcano spews ash and lava briefly in its 1st eruption in 400 years
• Chile, a society ripped apart by February's massive earthquake, unites around trapped miners
• Red Cross: All missing rafters found after capsizing in Alpine river in western Austria
• Red Cross: All missing rafters found after capsizing in raging Alpine river in western Austria
• Emotional, angry Zimbabwean President Mugabe attacks West at sister's burial
• Bosnia, Serbia restart steam train line in bid to attract tourists, boost ties
• UAE to suspend BlackBerry messaging and Web, citing national security and social concerns
• Official says death toll from massive flooding in northwestern Pakistan has risen to 1,100
• Hong Kong investigators inspect bullet-peppered hostage bus to ease China's outrage
• Chile, a society ripped apart by February's massive earthquake, unites around trapped miners
• UN war crimes prosecutors say 1995 Croatian campaign deliberately ethnically cleansed Serbs
• 2 men arrested after homemade parcel bomb sent to British spy headquarters
• Case involving SKorea's most famous acupuncturist highlights clash over traditional medicine
• Rwanda threatens to withdraw peacekeepers over UN report implicating Rwanda in Congo genocide
• Nepal continues to probe plane crash that killed 14 people, searches for black boxes
• Tanzania's Zanzibar island votes for unity goverment, trying to head off electoral violence
• Floods, droughts, politics, money: Pakistan struggles with its water woes
• Vietnam to free more than 17,000 prisoners in annual National Day amnesty
• Truck loaded with Hindu pilgrims plunges into gorge in India, killing at least 20 people
• Chinese police fatally shoot 4 Tibetans in mine dispute, report says
• Monster traffic jam on Chinese highway to Tibet rears its head again, stretching 18 miles
• Lebanese authorities arrest 4 suspects in deadly street battle in Beirut
• Great Silk Road's dark side: Govt quotas force Uzbek children to skip school to grow silkworms
• Amanda Knox, jailed in Italy for murder, wants to adopt children when free, according to book
• Catholic church leader in Belgium offered to hush up sex abuse case against bishop
• North Korean leader Kim tours Chinese border cities on trip that sparked succession talk
• Venezuelans protest rampant violence, some liken bloodshed to 'undeclared war'
• Dutch Become First NATO Member to Quit Afghanistan
• Hong Kong investigators inspect bullet-peppered hostage bus to ease China's outrage
• Roadside bomb kills 2 Pakistani soldiers in country's militant-infested northwest
• Turkey's donation of rare ibis to Syria is latest sign of warming relations between neighbors
• 2 Japanese Journalists Die While Covering Fatal Chopper Crash
• Protesters in Paris urge Iran not to execute Iranian woman convicted of adultery
• Afghanistan's presidential office condemns US media reports of top officials on CIA payroll
• Russian nursing home blaze kills 9; officials say 86-year-old man apparently set self on fire
• Fire in northeast China kills 9 and injures 9 others
• Philippines remembers late democracy icon Corazon Aquino who led 1986 'people power' revolt
• Fire strikes at ruling party headquarters in Nigeria, only months before presidential election
• News agency says 4 civilians killed by landmine blast in southeastern Turkey
• Failure of US climate bill shadows UN global warming talks, deepens rich-poor country divide
• Waterbomber plane battling wildfires crashes in Canada, both pilots aboard killed
• Official says truck plunges into gorge in India, killing at least 20 people
• Red Shirt protesters stage symbolic protest to mimic deaths that occurred in Bangkok
• Seeking clues to Bolivar's death, Venezuela exhumes bones of independence hero's sisters
• Afghan deputy atty gen who says corruption cases being held up is forced to retire
• NATO says 5 American troops killed in roadside bomb explosion, insurgent attack in Afghanistan
• 14 militants, 2 policeman killed in shoot-outs in Russia's restive North Caucasus
• Bosnia, Serbia restart steam train line in bid to attract tourists, boost ties
• Afghan militants in US uniforms storm 2 NATO bases; girl students apparently poisoned in Kabul
• Egyptian police uncover desert caches of weapons bound for Gaza's smuggling tunnels
• Aborigine nears victory as first indigenous member of Australia's House of Representatives
• Magnitude 5.9 earthquake kills 3 in sparsely populated corner of northeastern Iran
• Hungarian art restitution case puts focus on disputed policies across former Soviet bloc
• Iraq: Gunmen blow up house of Fallujah policeman, killing him, wife and daughter
• Lawmakers say some 3,000 Sri Lanka war refugees evicted from villages by government
• Monaco's royal palace announces change in date of Prince Albert's July 2011 wedding
• Rabies epidemic hits tourist haven of Bali; govt short on vaccines, kills 200,000 dogs
• Czech Government Mistakenly Discloses Names of Hundreds of Former Spies
• UK's Security Adviser to Step Down After 3 Months in Job
• Israel to expel hundreds children of migrant workers in the country illegally
• Police detain Chinese sex workers' activist who called for legalization of prostitution
• Pakistani Leader in Paris, to Discuss Afghan War
• French opposition politicians, media say Sarkozy is scapegoating minorities with new measures
• Raul Castro tells Cuba's parliament that state will reduce its economic role; Fidel a no-show
• Militants kill 5 Iraqi soldiers at Baghdad checkpoint, plant al-Qaida flag
• Russia's Emergencies Ministry says 15 people have died in a passenger plane crash in Siberia
• Doctors give French President Sarkozy clean bill of health after 2009 collapse
• US to blacklist companies, people accused of helping NKorea make money to fund nuclear program
• UN punishes 2 activist groups after members defile Saudi name plate at climate talks
• US tells climate negotiators it will stick to carbon emissions reduction pledge
• Floods in China sweep tons of garbage downriver, threatening to block Three Gorges Dam gates
• Holocaust Museum urges Romania to withdraw coin commemorating 'anti-semitic' patriarch
• Homicide Bomber Misses Target in Afghanistan, Kills 6 Children
• UNESCO adds 5 sites to the World Heritage List, including Imperial Citadel in Vietnam
• Analysis: Afghan war enters decisive phase as support for the conflict wavers
• China court rejects appeal from Tibetan environmentalist sentenced on grave robbing charges
• Israeli about-face: Jewish state agrees to UN inquiry over deadly flotilla raid
• Israel says it will take part in UN investigation of deadly raid on Gaza-bound flotilla
• Trial starts for 10 men accused in $5 million helicopter heist at Swedish cash depot
• Chechen rebel leader who claimed deadly subway suicide bombing says, on YouTube, he's retiring
• Porn video airs on computer screens at Indonesia's Parliament
• Iranian president proposes public debate with Obama during upcoming UN visit in September
• Ahmadinejad Invites Obama to Debate
• Turkish military ponders promoting commanders implicated in coup plot
• Romanian mother weighing 528-pound (240 kilogram) dies months after giving birth
• Israeli police say rockets fired at southern city of Eilat; one hits nearby Jordan, injuring 4
• Lolita Lebron, Puerto Rican nationalist jailed in shooting attack on US Congress, dies at 90
• Somali pirates hijack Panama-flagged cargo ship with 23 crew
• After Gaza uproar, Israel orders combat officers to protect civilians in enemy war zones
• Officials say Israel has agreed to take part in UN investigation of deadly flotilla raid
• UAE says it will also block BlackBerry services for foreign visitors too
• Would-be playboy gets 8 years in jail for handling stolen Shakespeare tome
• US farmers to benefit from drought and fires destroying Russia's wheat harvest
• India to reintroduce cheetahs, 6 decades after they disappeared from the country's grasslands
• 11 killed in China after drunken man goes on tractor rampage
• Hiroshima mayor, China environmentalists among Magsaysay winners, Asian version of Nobels
• China confirms promotion of Mao Zedong's grandson, months after first reports
• Swiss police say bodies of 2 German climbers are found at foot of Eiger north face
• Police: Militants kill officer after tying up his wife and son in Russia's restive south
• Former Puerto Rico baseball star relishes work, still going strong at 104 years old
• US rights group criticizes Philippine abortion ban, says women die due to risky procedures
• Police: 50 killed over weekend after boat capsizes on Uganda's Lake Albert
• Defense in ex-Liberian president's trial seeks to delay testimony by supermodel Naomi Campbell
• Greek truckers suspend 7-day strike, will talk with government; fuel supplies largely restored
• Aging, forgotten but still loyal to Britain, WWII has never ended for fabled Burma fighters
• Pakistan summons British envoy following dispute over UK prime minister's terror claim
• Kenya, bracing for nationwide vote, sends 18,000 police to potential hotspot ahead of ballot
• French Police Caught on Video Dragging Women Along the Ground
• Britain's government says top security adviser to step down from newly created post
• Summary Box: UAE's BlackBerry crackdown will affect visitors too
• Spanish air traffic controllers back strike, but set no date
• Military defense lawyer asks US Supreme Court to halt trial for Guantanamo's youngest detainee
• Powerful quake hits waters off eastern Indonesia; no immediate reports of damage
• North Korea threatens to retaliate against South Korea over planned naval drills
• Austria probes diary detailing alleged money flows between Haider and Libya, Iraq
• US to reopen consulate in Mexican border city after completing review of security protocols
• Taliban's code of conduct: Protect civilians, unless they side with the government, NATO
• Lebanese officer: Lebanese, Israeli troops have exchanged fire on the border; soldier wounded
• Taliban urge fighters to avoid killing civilians in new code of conduct to win hearts, minds
• Car bombing strikes Shiite city south of Baghdad as series of attacks kill at least 23 in Iraq
• UK-Moscow extradition case overshadowed by mysterious death of Russian businessman's mother
• Lebanese security official says 2 Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli shelling
• US ambassador to IAEA: Nations considering possible special inspection of Syrian nuclear sites
• Mexico: More than 28,000 killed in drug violence since cartel crackdown began in 2006
• Pakistan's president says international community is losing the war in Afghanistan
• State media says China's military in major air exercises underscoring growing sophistication
• Russian emergencies ministry: passenger plane crashes in Siberia, killing at least 11
• Howitzers, office supplies, TVs _ everything must go as US forces pack up to leave Iraq
• Brazil police bust kidnappers who browsed social-networking sites for victims
• Afghan police: 6 guards poisoned, beheaded in bank heist in northern Afghanistan
• Austria probes diary detailing alleged money flows between Haider and Libya, Iraq
• China villagers mourn victims of rampage by drunken man driving earthmover
• Oil hovers near $82 ahead of key US July employment report
• Fidel Castro's latest book peeks at his younger years, but has few new biographical details
• Russia pushes back deadline for destroying chemical weapons
• More workers die in China's mines even as bosses are ordered underground to improve safety
• Wildfires raging out of control in western Russia, troops and volunteers help battle blazes
• Zimbabwe summons Western diplomats on Mugabe speech walkout; US, Europeans refuse to apologize
• Ex-top cop in South Africa Jackie Selebi sentenced to 15 years on corruption charges
• Iraqi officials say blasts at outdoor market south of Baghdad kill at least 10, wound 30
• Renowned aid worker and local soccer coach Jacques Montouroy dies in Sierra Leone at 63
• Bolivia court upholds seizure of Montana man's cattle ranch, saying workers kept in servitude
• Long lines in Kenya for vote on new constitution; police on high alert after 2007-08 killings
• 19 coal workers killed in China as gas explodes, leaks in two separate mines
• Berlusconi's breakup with longtime ally might be the beginning of the end
• More troops for Somalia ignores lessons of 'Black Hawk Down,' is not a solution, experts say
• English schools protest nationwide tests for 11-year-olds, one-fourth skip the test entirely
• Howitzers, office supplies, TVs _ everything must go as US forces pack up to leave Iraq
• Venezuelan newspaper attacked with firebombs, no injuries or major damage
• North Korea begins massive dance performance as US seeks to cut off NKorea financially
• Long delayed inquest begins into death of UK scientist killed during secret bomb experiments
• Officials search for 113-year-old woman, Tokyo's oldest, in mystery of missing centenarians
• South Africa's former top cop sentenced to 15 years in prison on corruption charges
• Palestinian official says Gaza militant killed in Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza Strip
• EU helicopter repels pirate attack on Norwegian tanker in Gulf of Aden; 2nd attack in 2 days
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began
• Peru's health minister says plague outbreak has killed teenager, infected at least 31 people
• IRA dissidents force cabbie to drive bomb to Londonderry police base; no one wounded in blast
• Israeli military says high-ranking officer killed in clash with Lebanese forces
• Iran likely to reject Brazil asylum offer for woman given stoning sentence for adultery
• 4 die as Kashmiris protest en masse despite curfew, police warning they will shoot on sight
• Officials say gunmen killed 5 Iraqi soldiers at a western Baghdad checkpoint in a dawn attack
• Jordan says it has proof that Aqaba rocket was fired from Egypt's Sinai
• Israel's high court delays jail sentence of Palestinian man convicted of rape by deception
• US historian expresses doubts about Demjanjuk's account of his WWII whereabouts
• UK Food Standards Agency says meat from offspring of cloned cow entered food chain from US
• US first lady Michelle Obama, daughter Sasha arrive in Spanish city of Marbella for holiday
• Police: Vuvuzelas used to raise theft alarm, 3 suspects killed in South Africa mob attack
• 14-year-old Dutch sailor girl leaves the Netherlands ahead of solo trip around the world
• In return for billions from rich nations, Ecuador vows no oil drilling in Amazon preserve
• Police say suicide bomber kills 3 people, including senior police officer, in NW Pakistan
• Semiofficial news agency says Iran has obtained 4 S-300 surface-to-air missiles
• Panamanian officials say they found 3 more bodies at hostel run by US man jailed in killings
• Yao Ming, other Chinese celebrities star in ads aimed at promoting country's image abroad
• North Korea threatens to retaliate against South Korea over planned naval drills
• South African campaign urging good deeds draws on Mandela's appeal, success of World Cup
• Egypt says rocket attack against Israel carried out from its land by Hamas
• World's biggest automaker Toyota posts $2.2 billion quarterly profit despite recall crisis
• Mexico: More than 28,000 killed in drug violence since cartel crackdown began in 2006
• 21 killed in cattle raid in Southern Sudan; dowries of '100 cows or more' blamed
• Swiss drop probe against Dignitas founder over urns in lake because of lack of evidence
• Moscow's awful summer: Can't turn on air-conditioner? Then turn off your mind
• Clock that: British thieves hurl stolen luxury watches at chasing police after jewelry heist
• Floods swallow villages in Pakistan's main province of Punjab, threaten the south too
• German agency warns of "critical weak points" in security of Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod
• UNHCR: Lawyer who defended Iranian woman in stoning case is in Turkey
• Iran claims it has obtained S-300 surface-to-air missiles despite Russian refusal to deliver
• Video showing prisoner chanting 'Papua freedom' sheds light on Indonesia's security forces
• Asian shares mixed in early trade after host of bad news on Wall Street sends US markets lower
• UNESCO adds 21 new sites to World Heritage List after meeting in Brazil, brings total to 911
• Wyclef's brother says family stands behind expected Haiti presidential candidate
• Children of 9/11 victims, other teens touched by terror worldwide camp together in Belfast
• Obscure al-Qaida-linked group claims it attacked Japanese tanker in Persian Gulf last week
• UN peacekeepers: Tree at center of deadly Lebanon-Israel border clash was in Israeli territory
• UN rights body chair: 2 probes into Israeli flotilla raid should both go ahead
• Suicide car bomber attacks NATO-police convoy in northern Afghanistan, kills 7 police
• New Kenyan constitution likely to pass, preliminary results show; 'No' side questions tally
• China largely silent on new school attack, in which man with knife killed 3 children, teacher
• US negotiator says North Korea not ready to make serious commitments in nuclear talks
• Floods triggered by heavy rainfall in northern China damage reservoirs with more rain expected
• Tens of thousands of people march against Indian rule in Kashmir, defying curfew
• Italy's Berlusconi survives after breakup with ally _ for now
• Smog from wildfires raging in western Russia engulfs Moscow, officials warn of health risks
• BP claims milestone, says heavy mud puts leaking well in Gulf of Mexico in 'static condition'
• Police detain 4, including 2 minors, in early morning raid in France following urban unrest
• Ex-leader of Haiti's Chamber of Deputies says singer Wyclef Jean to run for president
• Tap water for 10,000 people in southern China town contaminated by metal pollution
• Russia's parasailing donkey to fly no more after being bought by a British newspaper
• New Zealand records first death in Afghanistan with 1 soldier killed, 2 seriously wounded
• Saudi news agency: Regulator orders mobile operators to halt Blackberry services by Friday
• Panama Authorities Find 3 More Bodies at American Man's Hostel
• Mexican archaeologists find 1,800-year-old tunnel, possible tombs under Teotihuacan ruins
• Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah seen as key to containing Israel-Lebanon flare-up over tree
• Atomic Apology? U.S. to Send First Delegation to Hiroshima A-Bomb Memorial
• Iran claims it have sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles despite Russian refusal to deliver
• US Embassy in Paris casts doubt on militant group's claim it was behind suspicious letter
• Saddam regime commander on US most wanted list released from Iraq prison after 6 years
• Chinese author to publish book critical of premier despite police threats of prison
• Taliban suicide bomber kills head of US-backed paramilitary police force in Pakistan
• Zimbabwe officials say Boeing 767 arriving from London involved in accident at Harare airport
• South Korea begins naval drills despite North Korea's latest threat to retaliate against South
• Mexican city to consider Mayas request to remove monument to conquistadores
• Pakistani school seeks to turn boys away from the Taliban; graduates face uncertain future
• Groups seek resignation of Cardinal Law as basilica head in Rome
• Dumped Australian prime minister vows to campaign for divided government ahead of elections
• China defends dealings with Iran after US pressure over sanctions for nuclear program
• Vets treat latest elephant victim of land mines along Thai-Myanmar border
• Indian forces fire on Kashmir protesters, killing 1 as two-month death toll rises to 49
• Oil falls slightly to near $82 a barrel in Asia as rally to three-month high pauses
• UN chief in Nagasaki, Japan, calls for abolition of nuclear weapons
• Lily Allen has reason to 'Smile': singer announces she is 3 months pregnant
• Defiant British woman strips to bikini in Dubai mall after confronted over low-cut shirt
• Myanmar triples size of world's largest tiger reserve to save endangered species
• Mexican police detain 3 drug-gang suspects in kidnappings of 3 television journalists
• Magnitude 7 earthquake shakes Papua New Guinea; no tsunami or reports of injury, damage
• South African rights group investigates fresh allegations of racism in new video showing abuse
• Man Kills 4 in Chinese Kindergarten as Government Touts 'Very Few Deaths'
• Israel indicts 3 Arabs on charges of spying for Syria
• Would-Be Thief Killed by Closing Window in Brazil
• Alleged thief in Brazil trapped, killed by falling window as he escapes from abandoned house
• Joint US-Mozambique military exercises begin for peacekeeping, emergency relief missions
• South Korea launches naval drills in Yellow Sea despite North Korean threats to retaliate
• World stocks mixed ahead of US jobs figures that will give key reading on economic recovery
• Overeating for 2 could create a baby more likely to be obese and have later health problems
• AP Enterprise: Chinese 'carrier-killer' missile raises concerns of Pacific power shift
• Report: US to sell 2 Perry class frigates to Taiwan in move likely to anger Beijing
• Indonesia may follow Middle Eastern countries in blocking BlackBerry services
• Japanese child abuse cases reach record high; 187 victims, 18 deaths in 1st half of 2010
• Kyrgyzstan arrests opposition leader, troops disperse protesters with tear gas, stun grenades
• Mao Zedong's grandson says family background a factor in promotion to major general
• Mexican city to consider Mayas request to remove monument to conquistadores
• 3 slain in heist on Baghdad money exchange; 6 others die in Iraq violence
• Top Czech politicians attend funeral of controversial anti-communist fighter Milan Paumer
• Kenya votes big for new constitution as 'No' team concedes defeat; no violence reported
• UN calls on Iraq to take steps so it can cancel sanctions from after Saddam's Kuwait invasion
• Spying scandal touches Alvaro Uribe's inner circle as Colombian president set to leave office
• US Army helicopters fly relief missions in flooded NW Pakistan, rescue hundreds and give aid
• Freed Cuban dissident begins exile in Chile as political refugee; gov't providing housing, job
• Zimbabwe officials now say report of plane accident at Harare airport was only a drill
• Organizers plan new, larger Gaza aid flotilla before year-end
• 3 Dead in Gas Explosion at Apartment Complex in Scotland
• China defends dealings with Iran after US pressure over sanctions for nuclear program
• Malaysia state chief encourages teen marriages, offers financial aid to young couples
• Officials: Plane Accident at Zimbabwe Airport
• British Teenager Throws 7-Month-Old Baby in Front of Bus
• Judges clear the way for model Naomi Campbell to testify at Charles Taylor's war crimes trial
• Canadian judge rejects US request to extradite Canadian on terrorism charges
• New Zealand to name mountain ridge in honor of Mount Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary
• Italy's Berlusconi survives first test in parliament since breaking with key ally
• AP Exclusive: Confidential letters reflect Iran's anger, cloud success of planned nuke talks
• Recently promoted to general, Mao Zedong's grandson expresses wish to further pursue politics
• Russian military moves rockets to safety as wildfires continue
• British scandal over beef from cloned cow offspring points to changes in Europe food market
• US-Egyptian government opponent returns to Egypt after 3 year exile
• Google loosening online advertising rules in Europe, but vows to better police misleading ads
• Haiti ruling party to run ex-premier whose backing could outstrip Wyclef Jean's star power
• Report: US to sell 2 Perry class frigates to Taiwan in move likely to anger Beijing
• Chechen rebel leader says he is not stepping down, will continue "killing God's enemies"
• Plane accident or just a drill? Zimbabwe officials fool public and media with airport exercise
• Zimbabwe officials now say report of plane accident at Harare airport was only a drill
• Wildfires smoke in Moscow increases, forces residents to don masks
• Reginald Levy, pilot of plane hijacked by Palestinian militants in 1972, dies at 88
• Britain's Cameron meets Pakistani president following flap over terrorism comments
• A Palestinian father's sacrifice brings unexpected blessing to West Bank town _ a cinema
• US, nuclear powers join Hiroshima memorial for first time, on 65th anniversary
• An icon, a warlord and a supermodel: 1997 dinner raises questions about mystery diamonds
• Blast at Philippine airport kills 2, wounds dozens, including governor; US envoy cancels visit
• Mexico official confirms car that exploded near police station had explosive device onboard
• Iranian Lawyer in Stoning Case Seeks Asylum in Turkey
• At least 50 killed in flash flooding in India's portion of Kashmir
• Bad weather grounds relief helicopters as UN says 4 million affected by Pakistan flood
• Mexico's top court upholds constitutionality of law permitting same-sex marriages in capital
• Polish court upholds extradition of alleged Mossad spy to Germany over Hamas slaying in Dubai
• Chavez: Venezuela likely won't accept US ambassador nominee after remarks on military, rebels
• Cuba charges Chilean executive linked to Castro in corruption probe, calls for his capture
• UN calls on Iraq to take steps so it can cancel sanctions adopted after Kuwait invasion
• Newspaper: New Zealand gambler loses $44,000 poker jackpot after banning himself from casino
• ACLU cites possible rights violations in deaths of drug-addicted detainees in Puerto Rico
• Iran wants stronger alliance with Afghanistan and Tajikistan
• Opponents needle UK leader David Cameron over statement that Iran 'has got a nuclear weapon'
• South Korea launches naval drills in Yellow Sea despite North Korean threats to retaliate
• Ivory Coast prime minister sets long overdue presidential election date for Oct. 31
• Questions, answers on Africa's blood diamonds, how they originated and preventative measures
• NATO acknowledges civilian deaths in fighting in eastern Afghanistan
• New Iranian website with cartoons denying Holocaust angers Israel
• US warns Americans living in Saudi Arabia of threat in conservative province
• Train smashes into minibus in Israel, killing pregnant woman, 2 children and 4 others
• Mexico: Infant declared dead revives in coffin during her wake; doctors under investigation
• World markets steady ahead of key US jobs data
• Iran president says enemies claimed firecracker incident was attack to overshadow his message
• No survivors found as bodies of 16 killed in gas leak at coal mine in central China recovered
• Israel releases 3 Turkish ships seized during flotilla violence in May
• Older Gazans recall jobs and friends in Israel while isolation radicalizes the youth
• Polish court upholds decision to extradite alleged Mossad agent to Germany in Hamas slaying
• Iran Defiant in Nuclear Documents
• U.N.: New Taxes Needed for Climate Fund
• Singer Wyclef Jean submits paperwork to run for president of his native Haiti
• Bolivia begins military training for civilians, opposition warns of pro-government militias
• 200 Germans come to Ukraine to apologize for Nazi forebears' crimes
• US joins Hiroshima ceremony for 1st time, mayor seeks disarmament on A-bomb 65th anniversary
• China police rescue 22 women, children abducted by human-trafficking ring operating since 1989
• Mexican Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of law allowing gay marriage in Mexico City
• SKorea: Afghan security guards staged attack on SKorean base in northern Afghanistan
• North Korea reports serious damage from floods that destroyed homes and roads, hurt economy
• Russia Bans Grain Exports, Global Prices Soar
• Model Naomi Campbell denies accepting blood diamonds from Charles Taylor at war crimes trial
• Opponents needle UK leader David Cameron over statement that Iran 'has got a nuclear weapon'
• Cambodia to restore memorial of skulls at site of Khmer Rouge 'killing fields'
• Calling all poets: Southern Sudan needs a new national anthem ahead of vote on secession
• Nelson Mandela charity says it didn't receive diamonds Naomi Campbell said she gave ex-head
• UAE says Japanese tanker was attacked in Persian Gulf, days after al-Qaida group's claim
• Study: Women who have a miscarriage don't need to wait before trying for another baby
• Tariq Aziz, former Saddam deputy, says Obama's withdrawal is 'leaving Iraq to the wolves'
• Benazir Bhutto's son says he's considering law before taking on political legacy
• Brazil prosecutors: Rio lockup controlled by inmates who charged others for privileges,
• Michelle Obama and daughter tour cathedral during visit to Granada in southern Spain
• London Film Festival to open Oct. 13 with European premiere of 'Never Let Me Go'
• Tourism minister: Palio horse races cruel, time to ban them like Spain's bullfights
• Somali pirates seize cargo ship with 22 Syrians, 2 Egyptians onboard in the Gulf of Aden
• Bogus Cop Builds His Own Unmarked Squad Car
• Cuban human rights group wants 69 political prisoners paroled, despite violent crimes of many
• Edinburgh Fringe festival kicks off with eclectic mix of comedy, celebrity and controversy
• Amnesty: Lawyer in Iranian stoning case released from jail; likely to travel to Norway
• Germany: trial session in Demjanjuk case postponed again because of health issues
• Former German spies could face punishment over profiles on business networking website
• No time to see the doctor? No problem. In Britain, patients can get diagnosed, treated online
• Police: 20 children feared drowned after boat capsizes on Tanzanian side of Lake Victoria
• Cuba holds closed trial for 3 armed men arrested in '01, linked to US anti-Castro group
• Mexican marines rescue 12 allegedly kidnapped in northern border state beset by drug violence
• State media report fire in gold mine traps 50 workers underground in eastern China
• AP Interview: Wyclef Jean praises foreign investment in Haiti, defends personal finances in US
• 4 Iraqi policemen killed in hourslong shootout at suspected Baghdad bomb workshop
• Cameron, Obama discuss Afghanistan in call, demand urgency on Middle East peace talks
• Officials say one of Indonesia's most active volcanos has erupted
• Journalism groups condemn a reporter's arrest, fearing a media clampdown in South Africa
• Analysis: Kenya's new constitution to take 5 years, 49 new laws to be passed
• Charity group: 6 Americans among 10 killed by militants in remote area of northern Afghanistan
• Paris police pull sunken barge from Seine River at foot of Eiffel Tower
• US sees significant increase in Greek terrorism; militant groups spawned by 2008 riots
• Mood pessimistic at prospect for climate deal this year, charges of reneging on summit deal
• Afghan president considering new oversight of US-backed units probing corruption
• Charity group: 6 Americans among 8 foreigners killed by militants in northern Afghanistan
• New Polish president is sworn in, succeeding leader killed in plane crash
• Saudi officials say agreement reached with BlackBerry on services, averting ban
• Swedish Web hosting firm confirms WikiLeaks link, reveals server site outside Stockholm
• Danish royal court says Crown Princess Mary pregnant, expecting twins
• AP Interview: Pakistan's president says door open to negotiations with the Pakistani Taliban
• US first lady and daughter relax on Spanish beach after busy day of sightseeing
• Gaza power plant shuts down during heat wave as Palestinian infighting prevents fuel shipments
• Kurds in Turkey's military play conflicted role in battle against separatist ethnic kin
• Egyptian woman goes public about alleged police rape in rare TV interview
• Benazir Bhutto's son raises money for Pakistan flood; his father addresses UK political rally
• Cuba state TV: Fidel Castro will attend parliament meeting for first time in 4 years
• Pakistan's stability, leadership under spotlight after floods and double dealing accusations
• Swaziland judge says gasoline bomb attacks have stopped after the arrest of alleged bombers
• Al-Qaida in Iraq offers to cash to lure back former Sunni allies in effort to ignite civil war
• Bill Clinton: Donors still holding out on billion in pledges for Haiti reconstruction
• Venezuela's Chavez optimistic as foreign minister headed to Colombia, Silva seeks to mediate
• Report: Swedish climber Fredrik Ericsson plunges to death on K-2
• Mexican baby who 'revived' inside coffin declared dead again, 3 days later
• South Africa recalls ambassador in Rwanda for consultations before elections next week
• Shaft collapses at copper mine in northern Chile, trapping dozens of workers underground
• U.S. Embassy: Americans among 10 killed in remote area of northern Afghanistan
• Iraq: 4 Policemen Killed in Overnight Shootout
• Dutch police suspect woman of killing 3 of her own babies, hiding remains in attic
• 2 dead, several wounded in bomb blast in Thai-Myanmar border town
• Saudi official says agreement with BlackBerry on services reached, averting ban
• His candidacy declared, Haitians face a question: Who is Wyclef Jean, really?
• Volcano in eastern Indonesia erupts; at least 4 people feared dead amid lava flow, gas cloud
• Pakistan's president says he's willing to consider negotiations with the Pakistani Taliban
• Trinidad giving away vouchers for 10,000 pizzas in flooded communities
• South Sudan leader: Referendum will be on time, even if north-south border isn't drawn by then
• Official: Blasts at a market in Iraq's second largest city kill 20, wound as many as 100
• Sudanese government denies aid agencies access to a Darfur camp after outbreak of violence
• Rescue efforts pick up as floods kill 130 at popular Kashmir tourist destination
• Gunman, 3 other men, sentenced for carrying out huge jewel heist at London's Graff Diamonds
• Police says the death toll in flash floods in Indian Kashmir rises to 85, nearly 340 injured
• Afghan police: 10 bodies including 8 foreigners found in remote northern area of Afghanistan
• Search teams suspend hunt for 34 trapped in Chilean mine after dangerous new rock collapse
• Israeli, Turkish diplomats named to UN probe into deadly raid on flotilla
• Afghan commission says civilian deaths rose 6 percent in first 7 months of this year
• Pakistan needs billions of dollars to recover from devastating floods, says UN
• South Korean president names new prime minister, 7 other ministers in Cabinet reshuffle
• Fidel Castro attends parliament, his first official government appearance in 4 years
• Colombia's hold over rebel regions still tenuous despite US-backed counterinsurgency plan
• South Korea demands North Korea release seized fishermen amid tension over warship sinking
• 'Zero nukes' grows from flicker of hope to global cause; Hiroshima wonders, will Obama come?
• Somali pirates leave cargo ship 1 day after hijacking; anti-piracy force says 2 crew injured
• Russia accuses US of failing to fulfill arms control, nuclear non-proliferation obligations
• NATO: 3 Service Members Killed in Afghanistan
• South Korea demands North Korea release seized fishermen amid tension over warship sinking
• Russia accuses US of failing to fulfill arms control, nuclear non-proliferation obligations
• Doctors: Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has non-Hodgkin lymphoma; prognosis is good
• Mexican journalists demand protection, justice as drug gangs step up attacks to silence media
• Puerto Rico's prisons department to investigate inmate deaths criticized in ACLU report
• Son of ex-Iraqi FM Tariq Aziz says his father's health deteriorating, but morale good
• Vietnam welcomes nuclear supercarrier of former enemy US amid concerns over S China Sea
• Santos assumes Colombia's presidency amid conciliation with Venezuela, Ecuador
• Floods kill at least 8 in Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic
• South Korean president replaces his prime minister and 7 ministers in Cabinet reshuffle
• Michelle Obama visits Ronda, a favorite Spanish city of Orson Welles, Ernest Hemingway
• Separatists announce more protests as 10-day curfew lifted in Indian Kashmir
• Australia's resurgent opposition party launches election campaign by attacking gov't disunity
• Michelle Obama travels to Spanish resort island of Mallorca, meets King Juan Carlos
• Guyana sets campaign to attract more men to teaching, saying students need male role models
• Iraqi twin dies after separation surgery in Saudi Arabia
• Former Canadian PM Jean Chretien recovering after successful brain surgery
• Seoul says North Korea has seized South Korean fishing boat in waters off the eastern coast
• 127 people killed, 2,000 missing as landslides bury towns in western China's Gansu province
• Supporter rallies and political intrigue liven final day of Haiti's candidate registration
• Suicide car bomb targeting police kills 8 in Iraq, mostly civilians collecting state handouts
• Miners protest traps more than 100 foreign tourists in Bolivian highland city since last week
• Religious ceremonies mark anniversary of bloody, pro-democracy uprising in Myanmar in 1988
• Turkish ship, seized by Israel in flotilla violence in May, arrives in Turkish port
• Russia's Medvedev promises further support to breakaway Georgian regions on war anniversary
• Busted Russian Spy Wants Old Life Back
• Analysis: Climate talks in trouble: nations disagree on new treaty from Page 1 onward
• Fidel Castro makes 1st government appearance since '06, implores US to stave off nuclear war
• Fearing a clampdown, journalists in South Africa fight proposed media law and tribunal
• British leader halts plan to take up Thatcher's infamous policy on scrapping school milk
• Zimbabwe's Mugabe claims he's tried to engage West, makes no reference to outburst
• Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir arrested, accused of funding, planning terrorism
• More Haitian children beg on Dominican streets post-quake in a sign of widening economic gulf
• Iran's navy takes charge of 4 new Iranian-built submarines, part of effort to upgrade defenses
• Thumbnail sketches of 10 slain in attack on medical mission in northern Afghanistan
• Victims of massacre in northern Afghanistan had given years of service to Afghans
• UN: Number affected by Pakistan floods exceeds those of tsunami, Haiti and Kashmir quakes
• Baghdad's traffic cops become latest target on militants' hit list, 10 killed in a week
• Pimps armed with lies, threats, violence force Mexican women into prostitution in US
• Foreign ministers of Venezuela, Colombia say their 2 presidents will meet Tuesday
• Key dates in the life of Indonesia's firebrand Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir
• Swollen rivers surge north in central Europe, other areas face massive clean-up after flooding
• Bomb Kills 2 Traffic Cops at Baghdad Precinct
• More than 70 people rescued, 10 die after ferry sinks in eastern Indonesia
• Revenge, Not Honor Killing, Led to Couple's Killing in Pakistan, Family Says
• British jazz drummer and 'Muppet Show' bandleader Jack Parnell dies at 87
• Poison from snakes, scorpions: Without enough doctors, Afghans turn to homeopathic medicine
• Cardinal criticizes Mexico's high court for upholding law allowing gay marriages in capital
• China general urges closer military ties with Australia amid freeze on contacts with Pentagon
• Freed Israeli photographer returns home after 5 months' imprisonment in Libya
• China faces uphill battle against tobacco, as deadline looms to make indoor places smoke-free
• Report: Turkish groom kills 3 guests by firing automatic weapon into air in celebration
• Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson 'doing all she can' to avoid bankruptcy
• Colombian VP Garzon hospitalized for heart surgery just 2 days after his inauguration
• South Korea warns North Korea over artillery firing; UN Command, NKorean officers meet
• Venezuela's Chavez to meet with Colombia's new leader this week seeking to restore relations
• Last 2 foreign dead identified in murders of medical team in north Afghanistan
• German judge orders Demjanjuk to appear in court for the 2nd time despite alleged illness
• Rod Stewart to become father again at 65; Penny Lancaster expecting couple's 2nd child
• Rwandan president expected to win election handily; critics decry crackdown on opposition
• US military says 1 American soldier killed south of Baghdad
• 2 Marines Killed During Attempted Prisoner Escape in Afghanistan
• Lawyer says Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been arrested for terrorist activities
• Bahrain's top diplomat says BlackBerry security fears don't warrant ban in Gulf island state
• Germany says man convicted for Nazi crimes in the Netherlands in 1947 might be jailed
• Disorder engulfing Maldives heats up after attorney-general resigns, Supreme Court in limbo
• Death toll rises to 11 in flooding in Poland, Czech Republic and Germany
• Eleanor Cross monument outside London's Charing Cross station restored to gleaming glory
• Philippine officials say terrorism unlikely in airport bombing that killed 2, injured governor
• Nagasaki marks 65th anniversary of US atomic bomb; no American representative at ceremony
• Hong Kong transgender woman challenges marriage ban in court; city's first such case
• Authorities close Hamburg mosque where Sept. 11 attackers met before moving to US
• Plane accident or just a drill? Zimbabwe officials fool public and media with airport exercise
• President Chavez won't accept the White House's nominee for ambassador to Venezuela
• Victims of massacre in northern Afghanistan had given years of service to Afghans
• China searches for survivors as flooding spreads death, despair in Asia; Pakistan relief slow
• Report says performing animals in Chinese zoos, safari parks are routinely abused, neglected
• Iran official: Americans 'dreaming' if they think Iran will give up nuke program
• AP Interview: German lawmaker says Iranian officials fear fallout from latest sanctions
• Turkey's government, military reach agreement on filling top armed forces posts
• Israeli nuclear whistleblower free again after 3 months in prison for violating release terms
• Somali militant group with links to al-Qaida bans 3 Christian aid agencies from its territory
• Book by author threatened with jail says Chinese premier's reform rhetoric just an act
• Lehman Brothers fire sale: Christie's to auction art, objects, office signs from failed bank
• 19 years for Khmer Rouge prison chief, drug dealers, political scapegoats: justice in Cambodia
• British premier denies plan to take up Thatcher's infamous policy on scrapping school milk
• Somali militant group with links to al-Qaida bans 3 Christian aid agencies from its territory
• Iran stoning case lawyer seeking asylum in Norway, hopes to return to Iran eventually
• Iraqi officials say bomb targeting police kills 2 traffic cops, 1 civilian at Baghdad precinct
• AP Exclusive: Russia, NORAD fighters shadow jet across Pacific in 1st-of-its kind hijack drill
• Moscow opens anti-smog centers as wildfires continue to rage around capital
• Spain's economic woes give relief to drivers as cops angry at wage cuts shy from issuing fines
• UN reports 31 percent rise in Afghan civilians killed, wounded in first 6 months of the year
• Israel threatens to quit flotilla probe after UN chief says panel might question soldiers
• Brazil offers asylum to Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery conviction
• Brazilian government says Amazon deforestation down sharply in June, continuing recent trend
• Vatican expresses satisfaction after plaintiffs give up sex abuse case in Kentucky
• US warship visits former foe Vietnam, China warns US to stay out of Yellow Sea
• Witness in Charles Taylor war crimes trial denies lying to pursue suit against Naomi Campbell
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says small tsunami generated off Vanuatu after powerful quake
• Monks say display case holding Padre Pio relics is damaged in hometown chapel in theft bid
• SKorea denounces NKorean barrage of artillery as 'grave' violation of Korean War armistice
• Rwandan president wins re-election in landslide; critics note opposition parties banned
• Human rights groups ask WikiLeaks to censor files, remove names of Afghans put at risk
• Former Guard commander says Iran digs mass graves to bury US troops if Americans attack
• Fire at barrack of Polish death camp destroys as many as 10,000 shoes of Nazi victims
• Israel army chief says military underestimated threat of violence in Turkish flotilla raid
• UN: Afghan civilian deaths jumped 25 percent in first half of 2010; attack in Kabul kills 2
• Mexican judge orders US man held over to stand trial on child pornography charges
• After Abbas-Mitchell meeting, some optimism about launching direct Israeli-Palestinian talks
• Nigeria: Search ends for oil worker after his fall from Transocean drilling ship
• Ex-Mexican president's proposal to legalize drugs stokes debate and meets resistance
• South Africa's governing party says tribunal for journalists needed to 'punish' bad acts
• Trial to begin for Guantanamo's youngest prisoner, 8 years after his capture in Afghanistan
• World Health Organization says swine flu pandemic is over
• Small tsunami generated after powerful earthquake rattles Vanuatu in South Pacific
• Study finds rise in temperatures due to climate change threatens rice production
• UN chief defends his record fighting corruption amid criticisms by former top officials
• Colombian VP Garzon hospitalized for heart surgery just 2 days after his inauguration
• Suspended Spanish judge says he will help Argentina develop programs to protect human rights
• Death toll in China landslide disaster jumps to 702, more than 1,000 still missing
• Analysis: Hopes, obstacles as Venezuela's Chavez and Colombia's new leader try to mend ties
• Iran Claims It's Digging Graves for U.S. Troops in Case of Attack
• Spain's economic woes give relief to drivers as cops angry at wage cuts shy from issuing fines
• Canada briefed on migrant ship headed its way that could be carrying Tamil Tigers
• Lebanon says US suspension of military aid weakens American-backed effort to strengthen army
• Iran calls dollar, euro 'dirty', seeks to rid them from reserves in sanction response
• Nuclear watchdog: Iran has activated equipment to enrich uranium more efficiently
• S. Korea Warns North After Artillery Barrage
• Home alone: German cat starts vacuum, neighbor worries, emergency services rush to the scene
• EU license plates make inroads on European roadways but is no success story of EU branding
• China landslide death toll rises to 700; more people flee flooding in Pakistan
• Oil leak from cargo ship collision off India plugged after nearly 3 days
• Russia's PM Putin climbs into firefighting plane, drops water on blazing forests
• As Saudi and UAE cite BlackBerry security threat, efforts to clamp down on flow of data seen
• Myanmar junta welcomes arrival of rare white elephant with lavish ceremony
• 2 Muslim Malaysian brothers testify in court to deny charge of torching church during tensions
• Congo sets date for 2011 vote; opposition says date too close to end of president's term
• Thousands rally in Polish capital to demand memorial cross be moved from presidential palace
• SKorean police raid Google Korea on suspicion of violating communications and privacy laws
• Pakistan Taliban tells government not to accept any foreign aid for flood relief
• Israel complains about US travel advisory singling out Israel, not Jordan, for precautions
• Gunmen, explosions at booby-trapped house in Iraq kills 11 people, including 8 Iraqi soldiers
• Rights group: Argentine health system fails to meet reproductive health needs
• Asian stocks mixed in early trade after small gains in US on hopes for more stimulus from Fed
• Hezbollah leader presents material he says implicates Israel in Hariri's assassination
• Google to introduce 'Street View' in 20 German cities this year despite privacy concerns
• Eritrean exiles prep back-up gov't for possible downfall of the country's authoritarian regime
• Afghan government reports explosion in Kabul. No details immediately available
• In former Taliban stronghold, US military wins friends with rescue missions amid floods
• Japanese prime minister apologizes to South Korea for colonial rule
• Trial session at Demjanjuk's German trial shortened to allow defendant to rest
• Oil falls to below $81 as traders look to Fed for possible stimulus
• Huge invisible jellyfish flotilla stings hundreds in eastern Spain, others zapped in the north
• Malaysia's First Female Islamic Judges Get Equal Powers
• Sierra Leone special court investigating pirated videos of Taylor's war crimes tribunal
• Mexican president plans new money-laundering measures, open to changing drug war strategy
• State media say the death toll from landslides in China has risen to 1,117
• BP delays plans to begin deepwater drilling off Libyan coast
• Despite US optimism, envoy says still no agreement on direct Israel-Palestinian talks
• Zimbabwe gem auction stirs fears more 'blood diamonds' will filter back onto world market
• Lebanese defense minister says US military aid shouldn't be tied to conditions on Israel
• Greenpeace hangs huge banner from Polish ministry calling for protection of virgin forest
• Forensic experts find 60 Bosnia war victims thrown into a river 18 years ago
• Former Colombian President Uribe accepts scholar post at Georgetown University
• Historian: documents suggest John Demjanjuk may have been at Flossenbuerg concentration camp
• Speeding Macedonian driver plows through flock of sheep, killing at least 30; car destroyed
• Gunmen use children to lure Iraq soldiers into booby trapped house, killing 8
• 4 teams to trace route of solar taxi for zero emissions race around the world
• Duo sentenced for making James Bond-like guns at East London firearms factory
• Radical Indonesian cleric charged with terrorism; faces maximum penalty of death
• Costa Rican president orders investigation on attack against US sportfishermen
• Spanish air traffic controllers say they won't strike in August to protect tourism
• Sri Lankan government-appointed commission to probe civil war begins public hearings
• Mexican President Open to Changing Drug Strategy
• Scottish lawmakers demand release of medical files that secured Lockerbie bomber's release
• SKorea probing if NKorea may have deliberately floated mines to border river amid tension
• Pair of Parisiennes relaunch that most French of accessories, the folding fan
• Magnitude 6 earthquake shakes Vanuatu: No tsunami and no injuries or damage reported
• Body scanners going unused at Nigeria airports 7 months after Christmas bombing attempt
• Archaeologists dig up heaviest and most valuable ancient gold coin ever found in Israel
• Rotterdam court rejects Muslim scholar Ramadan's lawsuit over dismissal
• Jury selection begins for youngest Guantanamo detainee at 1st war-crimes trial under Obama
• 13-year-old American hopes to visit North Korea and suggest planting trees in DMZ
• UN appeals for $460 million for up to 7 million flood victims in Pakistan
• France hands over suspected mafia chief Falsone to Italy after Marseille arrest
• Rotterdam court rejects Muslim scholar Ramadan's lawsuit over dismissal
• Sun, sand and stings: Spain says huge number of jellyfish has stung hundreds of beachgoers
• Lake views, period details _ archaeologists uncover UK's oldest home built 11,000 years ago
• Brazil's air force to catalog any UFO sightings, make all material available to public
• Huge ice island that broke off Greenland glacier could threaten offshore platforms, shipping
• Some ships start moving from Mumbai port after closure due to collision of 2 vessels
• UN urges Sudan to allow humanitarian aid into Darfur refugee camp
• German think tanks say retirement age eventually will have to rise to 70
• Speeding Macedonian driver plows through flock of sheep, killing at least 30; car destroyed
• Correction: War Crimes-Taylor-South Africa
• UK doctors warn new superbug gene found in patients from India, Pakistan could spread widely
• Man charged with harboring Ugandans once said part of al-Qaida plot to blow up US Embassy
• Colombia, Venezuela leaders agree to restore ties ruptured in dispute over leftist rebels
• Prosecutor in Lebanese leader's assassination seeks video Hezbollah claims implicates Israel
• Military: Philippine Muslim rebels continue combat training, seek arms despite planned talks
• Britain bans anti-terror radio ad that asked people to report 'suspicious' neighbors
• Searing summer heat adds hardship to Ramadan fasting for Muslims in Middle East
• Al Qaeda, Apparently Short on Funds, Calls for Donations in Third Recent Appeal
• Grenade explodes in Rwanda's capital 2 days after presidential election; 7 wounded
• First textile job training center opens in Haiti; part of a USAID program
• Search launched for 15 missing adventure tourists caught in storm while kayaking in Greenland
• Israel army chief says more force needed for ship raid and activists fired first
• Cameroon: 155 die, more than 2,000 affected in country's worst cholera outbreak in years
• Auction begins in Zimbabwe for 3.6 million carats of diamonds from area where 200 killed
• Guantanamo Jury Recommends 14 Years in Prison for Al Qaeda Cook
• Norway pledges to work for democratic reform in Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarchy
• Costa Rica's top court blocks civil union referendum, says it put gays at disadvantage
• Russia deploys S-300 anti-aircraft missiles in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region
• 3 US war vets, 1 good leg: Afghan, Iraq, Vietnam vets summit Mt. Kilimanjaro on prosthetics
• Mexico's Supreme Court rules nationwide recognition for Mexico City's same-sex marriages
• Saudi to test giant clock under construction in Mecca during Muslim month of fasting
• Oil leak plugged on damaged ship after nearly 3 days, but Indian port still closed
• Archbishop: Vatican rejects resignations of 2 Dublin bishops linked to child abuse cover-ups
• Haitian mango farmers get assistance, but will fruit exports help the country?
• German agency partially lifts warning of security hole in iPhone software
• Suriname ex-dictator Bouterse, a convicted smuggler, sworn in with other heads of state absent
• China begins clearing out villages for water diversion project that will serve thirsty Beijing
• Indian government sets Aug 31. deadline for BlackBerry to address security concerns
• Venezuelan ex-general who denounced Cuban influence in military faces investigation
• Peruvian Indian leader, accused of sedition over protests, sets sights on run for presidency
• Smoke-shrouded Moscow gets welcome break from smog but break from clouds of smog may not last
• Stonehenge visitor center, Berlin palace among projects put on hold thanks to big deficits
• Mexican presidents criticizes low rate of punishment for people who commit violent crimes
• Palestinians, crammed for decades in refugee camps in Lebanon, may get broader right to work
• Rights group: Famous Tibetan businessman gets life in prison, accused of helping exiles
• Russia dismisses US court ruling to hand over Hasidic Jewish library to NY group
• Cameron's postcard to UK holidaymakers: Wish you were here, spending money in Britain
• Migrant ship that could be carrying Tamil Tigers nears Canada, will be intercepted
• Smoke-shrouded Moscow gets welcome break from smog but break from clouds of smog may not last
• In Afghanistan, scenes of stillness amid the chaos of violence, war
• Top Islamic Institution Condemns Florida Church's Plans to Burn Qurans
• Czechs ask US to help in probe into bribery allegations around deal to buy Gripen jet fighters
• Nigeria ruling party leader supports Christian president, despite rule calling for Muslim
• Thumbnail sketches of 10 slain in attack on medical mission in northern Afghanistan
• UK's breast cancer death rates dropped the most in Europe, but better records still needed
• British airport workers vote in favor of strike that could close Heathrow, other airports
• South Africa police find 4 dead in abandoned mine after newspaper accuses guards of killings
• Small jet crashes at Rio de Janeiro airport; Brazil authorities say all 3 aboard rescued
• Guatemala issues warrants for former interior minister, police chief in prison inmate slayings
• Czech finance ministry: North Korea offers ginseng to pay back its $10 million debt
• US wants Iraq to take over aid for victims of American combat operations
• Paraguay says president to undergo 6 chemotherapy sessions for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Stonehenge visitor center, Berlin palace among projects put on hold thanks to big deficits
• Greenland police abandon search for Norwegian adventurers, presumed dead
• British scientists develop gel that could speed healing of chronic wounds, ulcers and injuries
• Detained prisoner says Uganda World Cup bombings were meant to kill more Americans
• Poland extradites to Germany an alleged Israeli spy suspected in Hamas slaying
• Magnitude-7.1 earthquake shakes Ecuador; little damage or injuries reported
• Czechs ask US to help in probe into bribery allegations around deal to buy Gripen jet fighters
• South Korean fashion designer Andre Kim dies at age 74
• Czech finance ministry: North Korea offers ginseng to pay back its $10 million debt
• UN peacekeepers finish repairs on key bridge linking northern Haiti to Dominican Republic
• Nicaragua top court picks president's supporters to replace boycotting opposition judges
• Bahamas plans to send home 57 Haitian migrants found aboard sloop near British islands
• French minister says more than 40 Gypsy camps have been dismantled in 2 weeks
• Rain triggers more landslides in flood-stricken northwest China region where 1,117 died
• Sinn Fein says British, Irish governments are trying to talk peace terms with IRA dissidents
• As Japan hunts for missing centenarians, pride in longevity turns to angst over aging
• Magnitude 6.9 earthquake shakes Ecuador; no immediate reports of damage or injuries
• Madagascar coup leader's call for elections lacks key support from former leaders
• Scientists challenge notion that orangutans are the 'solitary ape'
• Bermuda man was apparently trying to rescue his dogs when he died in fire
• Disease threatens to raise death toll in Pakistani flood crisis; UN fears dams could burst
• Cairo mosques begin calling the faithful to prayer with a single voice
• Congo truck burdened with goods and people capsizes into Lake Tanganyika; 50 thought dead
• Rights group says Lord's Resistance Army killed 255 over 18 months in central Africa
• Russia marks 10th anniversary of Kursk nuclear submarine disaster with memorial ceremonies
• Villagers in eastern Afghanistan protest alleged killing of 3 civilians by NATO
• British police say singer George Michael charged with drug, driving offenses
• Travel Chaos Looms as British Airport Workers Vote to Strike
• 4 British police officers to be charged with attacking terror suspect wanted by US
• War-crimes trial of youngest Gitmo detainee opens with tape showing him making bombs
• No road runs to it: The Old Forge, the pub for those who want to get away, goes on sale
• Car bomb hits office district in Colombia's capital, damaging 30 buildings and injuring 9
• Moroccan protesters block goods from entering Spanish enclave of Melilla
• China army condemns South Korean-US sea drills, demands Washington heed Beijing's objections
• Afghan, US officials: Insurgency rising in eastern Afghanistan, boosted by foreign fighters
• Purportedly fake Muslim gravestones removed from disputed Jerusalem cemetery
• Nigeria's head party says President Jonathan can run in next year's election, despite religion
• UK defense chief: Cuts in number of top military posts likely as military moves to cut costs
• Saved from poachers, endangered spotted jaguar stars in Brazilian adventure flick
• Myanmar state TV announces that first election in two decades will be held Nov. 7
• Gaza panel investigating deadly Israeli ship raid will meet again in early September
• Belgian appeals court rules to let magistrate continue investigating alleged abuse by clergy
• RAND report: Haiti must clear rubble, aid businesses, fix government to move forward
• Malaysia court sentences 2 Muslim brothers to 5 years in prison for torching Christian church
• 8-year-old British painting prodigy is art world's new sensation, but brushes off the pressure
• Polish bishops, president try to calm passions over memorial cross
• Wildfires spread in Portugal's national parks amid hot, dry weather
• Zimbabwe: Governor appointments resolved ahead of the southern African summit; doubts remain
• Nixon urged death threats to save American agent kidnapped in Uruguay, once-secret cables show
• Military court convicts former Sri Lankan army chief Fonseka, strips him of rank, honors
• Tamil migrant ship docks off Canada's West coast
• American tourist murdered in western Indian town; police questioning her son
• German judge sets alleged Israeli spy suspected in Hamas slaying free on bail
• Cuba slashes US food imports 28 percent through 1st half of '10, despite key bill in Congress
• Guido De Marco, former president of Malta who helped the nation win EU membership, has died
• Sweltering Russian capital refreshed by rain, but wildfires still burning and smog may return
• Hundreds of Tamils from Sri Lanka seek asylum in Canada; government fears some are terrorists
• 24 more die, 24 missing in China's flood-hit northwest as new rains trigger more landslides
• Mexican governor says drug violence has paralyzed some border areas, seeks federal help
• London Film Festival to close with Danny Boyle film about climber who cut off own arm
• Afghan, US officials: Insurgency rising in eastern Afghanistan, boosted by foreign fighters
• Purportedly fake Muslim gravestones removed from disputed Jerusalem cemetery
• Nigeria's head party says President Jonathan can run in next year's election, despite religion
• Brazil police say Iranian importer ordered 11 murders to protect illegal electronics business
• Guantanamo trial of young Canadian halted due to attorney's illness
• Foreign ministers of Turkey, Mexico voice concern over US state's immigration law
• India eyeing Google and Skype in security crackdown after threat to ban BlackBerry services
• French breakthrough: researchers conclude Champagne tastes better when poured like beer
• Lawyer: American detained in Turkey for alleged collaboration with Kurdish activists
• Asian shares advance slightly after Wall Street loses ground
• Sisters of Jesus and Mary Sue Morgan Stanley Over Bum Investment
• Anonymous Mexican blogger safely posts unfiltered news from country's raging drug war
• Asian shares advance slightly after Wall Street loses ground
• Venice may soon have its first official woman gondolier
• More than 10,000 Chinese set world record for human domino chain
• Turkey makes archaeological discovery on the trail of looters
• Myanmar's first elections in 20 years to be held Nov 7, military government says
• US customs agents chase down boat near Puerto Rico and seize 209 bricks of cocaine; 2 detained
• Libya says deal to free jailed Israeli photographer involved release of Palestinian prisoners
• 2 Spanish firefighters killed battling forest blaze in northwest Spain
• US FDA commissioner says Chinese working hard to impove safety following quality scandals
• Malaysian state led by Muslim party introduces gold, silver coins as Islamic currency
• Algeria's leading Arabic-language writer Tahar Wattar dies
• Simon Wiesenthal Center criticizes Shimon Perez for saying Romania rescued Jews during WWII
• Sinking of Russian submarine taught Putin value of controlling TV, projecting his authority
• Alexander Higgins, last AP bureau chief in Iran and longtime leader in Geneva, dies at 66
• Guantanamo official says young detainee's trial on hold for 30 days due to attorney's illness
• Analysis: Looming debate over whether to keep US military in Iraq past 2011 already on display
• South Sudan hints at renewal of war if independence vote is delayed
• New monkey species discovered in Colombia's Amazon; researchers say it's threatened by logging
• South African police stop search after 4 bodies found in abandoned gold mine; guards accused
• Tens of thousands protest in Indian Kashmir after government forces kill 4
• More than 20 armed insurgents, including foreign fighters, killed in eastern Afghanistan
• Australian elder's 'psychic vision' fails to find missing girl but turns up dismembered body
• Bosnian court confirms genocide indictment against 4 Srebrenica massacre killers
• Police in Sicily seize property of businessman linked to Mafia, including cancer clinic
• South Korea president urges North to stop provocations, proposes path toward unification
• Turkey: Orthodox Christians gather for first Mass in almost 90 years at ancient monastery
• Former Saudi ambassador to Britain and renowned Arabic poet dies of stomach cancer
• Afghanistan: NATO Strike Kills 2 Fleeing Militants
• China expands dairy product testing after parents say formula caused babies to grow breasts
• Flooding worsens in Pakistan as UN chief flies in to boost relief effort
• Japanese prime minister avoids war shrine, reiterates apology to Asia on WWII anniversary
• NATO: Northern Afghanistan airstrike kills 2 insurgents fleeing after police station attack
• Lebanon opens bank account to receive donated funds to buy weapons for army
• Historians: Soviet offensive, key to Japan's WWII surrender, was eclipsed by A-bombs
• 2 peacekeepers kidnapped in Darfur are Jordanian, says Jordan
• China holds day of mourning for landslide dead; flags lowered, ceremony on state TV
• Hundreds of fires continue to burn in Russia, but situation around Moscow improves
• Chilean rescuers drill probes to reach 33 trapped miners
• AP Exclusive: Sole survivor of Afghan medical team killings: Hitchhiker was among gunmen
• Polish police remove defenders of disputed cross to late president, but cross stays
• Alberto Muller Rojas, former close adviser to Venezuela's Chavez, dies
• Police say gunmen kill 10 bus passengers in southwest Pakistan in apparent ethnic-based attack
• Paraguay president says feels 'renewed' by cancer treatment in Brazil
• US Navy reports robbery of 4 commercial ships near Iraq's southern oil hub of Basra
• Mexico finds 14 sets of remains in independence heroes' urns, instead of dozen expected
• Israel says it will not accept any Palestinian conditions for resuming peace negotiations
• APNewsBreak: Wyclef Jean would seek to change Haiti's constitution to allow dual citizenship
• All animals at Indonesia's largest zoo could die if conditions don't improve, official warns
• Gunmen Kill 5 in Baghdad Checkpoint Shooting Spree
• China holds national day of mourning for landslide dead; flags lowered, ceremony on state TV
• Poisonous smog returns to Moscow as fires continue to burn, expected to clear on Monday
• Colombia offers $260K in capital car bomb probe; authorities investigating who set off blast
• Analysis: NATO and Russia improve ties, but still have a long way to go
• Thousands of Senegalese protest in capital against power cuts, other woes
• Officials: Alleged US missiles kill 12 in Pakistan, while 16 die in ethnic-based attacks
• Decades of conflict fuel depression, drugs in Kashmir; one man tries to kill himself 13 times
• Sudan Referendum commission calls for vote delay; South negotiator says not an option
• Prosecutors investigate Venezuelan newspaper over front-page photo of bodies in morgue
• French, British right-wing nationalists visit controversial Japanese war shrine
• Al-Qaida No. 2 belittles Turkish aid to Palestinians, says Ankara kills Muslims in Afghanistan
• Hong Kong player wounded by stray bullet during women's baseball game in Venezuela
• Lebanese intelligence agents kill 2, including a leader of al-Qaida-inspired group
• Cuban Catholic Church reveals names of 6 more prisoners Castro's gov't has promised to free
• Underneath fields and homes in south Lebanon, Israel sees the battlefield of the next war
• Portuguese firefighters battling at least 26 serious wildfires in three separate areas
• Canada says Tamil migrants in fairly good condition after arriving in renovated ship
• Sri Lankan president approves former army chief's dishonorable discharge
• Police say gunmen kill 6 workers in southwest Pakistan in 2nd apparent ethnic-based attack
• Israel's defense minister approves multibillion dollar purchase of F-35I fighter jets from US
• UK's Cameron hails World War II veterans as Europe marks V-J Day
• Security forces open fire again on anti-India protesters in Kashmir, 2 killed and 4 wounded
• 6 African migrants killed in gunbattle with Bedouin traffickers, border guards in Egypt
• 3 children suffer minor injuries in Northern Ireland bomb blast
• Indian prime minister appeals to Kashmir protesters to shun violence, calls for talks
• European Union joins global calls for free and fair elections in Myanmar
• Pilgrims return to France's Lourdes shrine after bomb threat forced evacuation of thousands
• WikiLeaks founder says group 'will not be threatened' by Pentagon over Afghan war documents
• Former prison director in Guatemala turns himself over to police in inmate slaying case
• Peruvian prosecutor aims to put American Lori Berenson back in prison for aiding rebels
• WikiLeaks founder says group 'will not be threatened' by Pentagon over Afghan war documents
• China expands dairy product testing after parents say formula caused babies to grow breasts
• Gunmen kill 6, including policemen asleep at their post, in Baghdad checkpoint shootings
• UK's Cameron hails World War II veterans as Europe marks V-J Day
• Security forces open fire again on anti-India protesters in Kashmir, 2 killed and 4 wounded
• 6 African migrants killed in gunbattle with Bedouin traffickers, border guards in Egypt
• Sri Lankan president approves former army chief's dishonorable discharge
• Jetliner crashes, breaks up on Colombian island; officials say 130 survivors, 1 killed
• American tourist killed on Thai beach island, police name Briton as prime suspect
• Turkey: Ottoman Empire enjoys an image turnaround after years in the cultural wilderness
• Around the world with $350: teams set off on 'zero emissions' race to showcase clean vehicles
• Taliban Stone Couple for Adultery in Afghanistan
• 5 doctors in Mexico face charges over case of baby who revived in coffin, later died
• Death toll for massive fireworks plant explosion rises to 19 in China, with 153 injured
• Israeli says Facebook photos with blindfolded Palestinians thoughtless but not humiliating
• Crops washed away, livestock drowned: Painful future for Pakistan's farmers
• American Berenson apologizes for aiding rebels as Peru court mulls revoking parole
• Spain debates enshrining bullfighting by law as cultural heritage, prohibiting bullfight bans
• Major world diamond trading group bans trade of Zimbabwe stones tainted by killings, abuses
• 'Hidden Darfur': a 60-year-old war swells camps with refugees as Myanmar junta gains ground
• Job transfer: Ricky Gervais developing 'The Office' for China, seeks censor approval
• Jetliner crashes, breaks up on Colombian island, but officials say only 1 passenger killed
• Taliban stone young couple to death for adultery in northern Afghanistan, officials say
• Who owns 'David?' Florence spars with state over moneymaking Michelangelo masterpiece
• China overtakes Japan as No. 2 economy, capping 3 decades of breakneck growth
• Thailand's Red Shirt protest leaders deny terrorism charges, as govt loosens emergency rule
• Russia expels Romanian diplomat accused of trying to obtain secret military information
• 5 Killed in Car Bomb Explosion in Northern Iraq
• Residents laud officer for hurling shoe at ceremony in Indian Kashmir; 15 police suspended
• Seismic activity at Iceland volcano begins to peter out, but eruption not yet officially over
• Official says Russia's heat wave, drought and fires are another indication of global warming
• Human Rights Watch: Kyrgyzstan's army abetted ethnic violence against minority Uzbeks
• Colombian 'miracle' plane crash survivor: Everything seemed fine, then 'boom'
• British kickboxer sought in stabbing death of former US Marine on tropical Thai island
• German singer acknowledges unprotected sex despite being HIV-positive
• 16-Year-Old American Arrested in Mother's Death in India
• Former British leader Tony Blair to donate proceeds of high-profile memoir to military charity
• Insurgents gun down Afghan official, policeman; NATO says airstrike killed al-Qaida operative
• Prosecutors file appeal seeking longer sentence for Khmer Rouge war crimes convict
• Nigeria: Former VP, tied to disgraced ex-US congressman, announces presidential bid
• APNewsBreak: Arab nations lobby EU, world powers to push Israel on opening its nuclear program
• Britain's economic forecaster says there's a chance of a slide back into recession
• Bahrain arrests 4 leading Shiite activists in attempt to halt street clashes with police
• DNA from bone dust: Bosnian lab identifies victims of atrocities in Iraq
• Religious minorities in Indonesia pushing back against Islamic hard-liners, violence
• Iran says work on new uranium enrichment site built inside mountain starting in March
• Indian police: Teenage American arrested in death of his mother at resort
• Britain's defense ministry says two Iraqis will stand trial for murders of 6 UK troops
• Mexican founders' bones receive military escort to National Palace in bicentennial parade
• SKorean, US troops launch military war games despite NKorea threat to retaliate
• In polyglot Lebanon, some fear Arabic language is losing ground
• Afghan government gives private security companies 4-month deadline to cease operations
• Sunni-backed coalition accuses Iraqi premier of sectarianism, suspends power-sharing talks
• UN secretary general says he has never seen a disaster as bad as the flooding in Pakistan
• Somali officials asked to release jailed radio station chief in semiautonomous Puntland region
• Iran will not send woman who faced stoning on adultery conviction to asylum in Brazil
• Israel says Turkey snubbed its ambassador by not inviting him to diplomatic dinner
• Dimitrios Ioannidis, hardliner who led army countercoup against Greek dictators, dies at 87
• At regional African summit, activists call for independent probe into killing in Congo
• China Inches Up on U.S., Now World's No. 2 Economy
• Colombian vice president leaves hospital after heart operation
• Hamas Leader: Ground Zero Mosque Must Be Built
• Violence along Gaza border wounds 2 Israeli soldiers day after Palestinian militant was killed
• NATO Says Al Qaeda Operative Killed in Afghanistan
• Tamil organization says migrant boat had burial at sea, police confirm death
• Body of aid worker slain in northern Afghanistan returns to Britain in private ceremony
• WikiLeaks founder Assange to write columns for Swedish tabloid
• Venezuela's Communist Party urges Chavez to request repatriation of 'Carlos the Jackal'
• Food prices go up in Somali capital during Ramadan as traders flee; 10 killed in fighting
• Protesters end road blockades paralyzing Bolivia area after gov't agrees to address grievances
• Jerusalem court rules state responsible for death of Palestinian girl shot by rubber bullet
• Palestinian who broke into Turkish Embassy, took hostages turned over to Israel
• Romania to expel Russian diplomat after Romanian diplomat declared persona non grata in Moscow
• 4 inmates in Mexican prison found dead in garbage container, throats slashed
• American says he faces deportation from Turkey for reports on Kurdish conflict
• Israeli official: Attacker holding hostages at Turkey Embassy in Tel Aviv after gunfire
• Afghan president issues decree formalizing 4-month deadline to dissolve private security firms
• PM says Australia should drop British monarchy, raising republic issue just before election
• Mexico's supreme court votes to uphold Mexico City law allowing adoptions by same-sex couples
• 4th baby dies in Romanian maternity hospital fire, as authorities search for clues
• Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Gay Adoptions
• Lightning strike kills 7 children at religious school in Sudan's Darfur region
• 36 killed, hundreds injured in latest flooding from heavy rains in China's Gansu province
• Thank you for not joking: Brazil comedians challenge ban on ridiculing presidential candidates
• Man killed in shark attack while surfing off western Australia
• Scholars say China unlikely to ever satisfy US wishes on greater military transparency
• China plans to launch 1st module of space station next year after tests, changes to rocket
• British consumer price inflation in July falls to 3.1 percent; still above target
• North Korea turns to Twitter, YouTube in apparent propaganda war
• Mother of baby lost in Aussie Outback 30 years ago wants death certificate to blame dingo
• Former South African police chief wants to appeal corruption conviction; prosecution opposes
• Report: North Korea proposed summit talks with South Korea but was rejected due to tensions
• Frankfurt-Paris train collides with garbage truck in Germany; 2 coaches derail, 15 injured
• Former foes Vietnam and US hold first ever defense talks
• Netanyahu says patience needed in launching new direct talks with Palstinians
• British businessman will fight extradition to US over alleged sale of missile parts to Iran
• Culinary traditions are challenged as Hong Kongers wage campaign against shark fin
• 3 people die in flash floods in southern Spain
• Frankfurt-Paris train collides with garbage truck in Germany; 2 coaches derail, 10 injured
• Angelina Jolie urges people to donate to help victims of Pakistan floods
• Buffalo wounded in poacher's trap gores to death veteran Zimbabwean conservationist Steve Kok
• Car bombing wounds 23 outside cafe in southern Russia
• Angelina Jolie urges people to donate to help victims of Pakistan floods
• Insurgents Assassinate Afghan Official, Policeman
• In a measure of Gaza's desperation, scavengers sell rubble from bombed-out airport
• Cossiga, former Italian president and communist foe, dies at 82 after life in politics
• NATO: 2 wounded Afghan insurgents try to pose as civilians casualties
• Lightening strike kills 7 children at religious school in Sudan's Darfur region
• Southern Sudan wants 1.5M southerners to return ahead of January referendum on independence
• Frankfurt-Paris train collides with garbage truck in Germany; 2 coaches derail, 10 injured
• Taiwan renews bid for US arms after Pentagon says Chinese military threat against island grows
• Surfer Bleeds to Death After Grisly Shark Attack Off Australian Coast
• Brazil's sensual Rio de Janeiro aiming for stylish syntax with grammar hotline
• Lebanon gives Palestinian refugees employment rights; critics say significant problems remain
• China overtakes Japan as No. 2 economy, capping 3 decades of breakneck growth
• Mexico supreme court votes to uphold Mexico City law allowing adoptions by same-sex couples
• Officials say 32 people charged over deadly World Cup blasts that killed 76 in Uganda
• Obama, EU leaders to meet Nov. 20 in Lisbon
• Report: Nigeria police arrest innocent and kill for bribes as little as 13 cents
• Google says it is under investigation in Spain over its 'Street View' feature
• Report: Iranian Fighter Jet Crashes Near Nuke Plant
• Jordanian peacekeepers freed by Sudan army 4 day abduction in Darfur
• 11-year-old girl in coma most seriously injured survivor of plane crash on Colombian island
• Facebook Photos Show Israeli Soldier Posing With Bound Arab
• Afghan president issues decree formalizing 4-month deadline to dissolve private security firms
• Russian experts accuse government of failing to address long-term health effects of heat, smog
• Desperate for jobs, army recruits rush back in line after suicide bomber kills 61
• One for the road: Scottish scientists make biofuel from whisky byproducts
• Police: Fuel truck bombing kills 8, injures 44 in Shiite neighborhood in Iraqi capital
• Suicide car bomber in southern Afghanistan kills 4, including a district police chief
• Haiti election panel delays candidate ruling; Wyclef Jean says he's in hiding over threats
• Despite anti-tobacco efforts, 301M people still smoke in China; secondhand smoke significant
• Female Workers Ignore Chilean Governor's Miniskirt Ban
• Report: North Korea proposed summit talks with South Korea but was rejected due to tensions
• AP Interview: Costa Rican president wants US anti-drug aid program for Central America
• Poland, a land of crucifixes, finds itself bitterly divided by a simple cross
• Russian cruise ship carrying US, German tourists collides with barge on Volga, no one hurt
• Russia's grain ban spotlights Egypt's politically explosive dependence on cheap bread
• Kalashnikovs, ammunition intercepted in Nigeria en route to area known for religious violence
• Singapore rejects appeal by Swiss graffiti vandal, extends jail term by 2 months
• Amnesty International calls on Cuba to stop disrupting marches by dead hunger striker's mother
• Latest China landslide strikes in Yunnan, leaving at least 67 missing, cutting power
• South Sudan Unveils $10-Billion Plan for Animal Shaped Cities
• 18 Injured in England Train Crash, 2 Critical
• Facebook fiasco reveals limits of Israeli military's ability to control flow of information
• Correction: Japan apology story
• Framed: Window Traps 'Burglar' For Six Hours in London
• Philippines suspends entire police station, investigates alleged torture of detainee
• US Sen Kerry says Karzai must fight government corruption or lose international support
• Coral reefs off Indonesia dying at one of the fastest rates ever recorded
• Russian president meet with leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan on regional security
• US ambassador calls for South African government, journalists to find solution over bills
• Royal Dutch Shell issues production warning in Nigeria after sabotage on pipelines
• WikiLeaks: Pentagon says willing to discuss request for help in reviewing Afghan war documents
• Mexico City mayor demands cardinal apologize for bribery allegation, threatens legal action
• WikiLeaks: US Army says willing to discuss request for help in reviewing Afghan war documents
• Colombia's president says court ruling on base deal won't affect military cooperation with US
• Lawyers: DNA tests prove chess icon Bobby Fischer not biological father of 9-year-old girl
• British, Indian men have Nepal's first foreign gay wedding ceremony
• Indian Kashmir's top official orders release of policeman who hurled shoe
• Threatened BlackBerry service shutdown in India, UAE, leaves devotees eying alternatives
• iPhone-maker Foxconn holds rallies in attempt to boost morale after worker suicides in China
• Bus plunges into ravine in northern Philippines, killing 41 people, including 4 Americans
• Culinary traditions are challenged as Hong Kongers wage campaign against eating shark's fin
• Bahrain arrests 6 leading Shiite activists in attempt to halt street clashes with police
• Official says school building collapses in heavy rains in India killing 17 children
• UN: Aid groups denied access to Darfur camp after delivering fuel and medicine day earlier
• South Africa classrooms, courts empty as workers launch strike for pay increases
• At 82, Dr. Ruth is moving beyond sex to documentaries about Israeli minority groups
• Venezuela prohibits leading newspaper from printing violent photos
• Taiwan's legislature approves cross-strait tariff reduction pact, tying closer to China
• Official: School building collapse in heavy rains kills 18 children in India
• German government considers how to address concern over Google's 'Street View' feature
• Moroccan protesters suspend blockade of Spanish enclave after halting food deliveries
• AP Interview: Lawyer for Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery says she may be spared
• WikiLeaks: US Army says willing to discuss request for help in reviewing Afghan war documents
• Insurgents kill 5 government employees, including 2 policemen, in attacks around in Iraq
• Russian wildfires shrink but smog still hangs over Moscow
• Israeli doctors in Romania to assist 7 premature babies hurt in fire say can't do much more
• Sudan confirms planned expulsion of international aid workers from Darfur for 'violations'
• Rebel fighters kill 3 Indian peacekeepers in Congo after attack on base, army official says
• West African nations' group to meet over security concerns in Guinea-Bissau, may send troops
• US military says it opposes use of force in South China Sea territorial dispute
• Small aircraft crashes in northern China, may have been North Korean
• Hezbollah tries again to implicate Israel in Hariri killing in material handed to UN tribunal
• Germany charges former Rwandan mayor with genocide for alleged involvement in 1994 killings
• Al-Qaida-inspired group says its slain leader was headed from Lebanon to Iraq
• Australia's first female prime minister faces voter backlash at first election
• Last American combat brigade leaves Iraq as part of plan to reduce U.S. troop presence
• Colombia's president praises rescuers after plane crash, wreckage removed from runway
• Canadian police: Owners kept British Columbia marijuana fields surrounded with bears
• Train cars fall into river, 4 confirmed dead in mudslide as China struggles with summer storms
• Castro fascinated with book on Bilderberg Club _ theory propounded by far-left, far-right
• Mexico City mayor files lawsuit against cardinal over bribery allegation in gay marriage case
• France to send 93 Gypsies back to Romania under crackdown by conservative President Sarkozy
• Bombing in China's restive Xinjiang region kills 7; exile group says police were targeted
• The inspiration for the London Review of Books, critic Frank Kermode, dies at 90
• Lori Berenson surrenders to Peruvian police, returning to prison with toddler after ruling
• Lawyer says American Lori Berenson has turned self in to police after a court ordered arrest
• Booming boars meet tainted truffles: after Chernobyl, radioactive hogs prosper in Germany
• Goodbye Iraq: As Obama's withdrawal deadline nears, last US combat brigade heads home
• Chinese province shuts all fireworks factories after explosion kills 20
• Ex-Bolivian president ordered into rehab after allegedly smoking pot and harassing minors
• Malaysia to boost size of security corps despite allegations that volunteers abuse immigrants
• Thai appeals court to rule on US extradition bid for alleged top arms dealer Viktor Bout
• Singer Wyclef Jean meets with Haiti's president, discusses security concerns
• Forget pastis-sozzled old men of Provence _ from Paris to Saint-Tropez, petanque is swank
• Crowded truck falls into mountain gorge in northern India, killing 38 and injuring 37
• Booming boars meet tainted truffles: after Chernobyl, radioactive hogs prosper in Germany
• Lockerbie bomber still causing an uproar a year after his release, just by staying alive
• Japan's Nikkei outperforms world markets amid stimulus hopes; Europe trading aimless
• Mexican Drug Gang Hires Pretty Hitwomen
• Australian judge orders Muslim witness to remove burqa when testifying in fraud trial
• Taliban attack road crew in south Afghanistan; US service member dies in bomb blast
• WikiLeaks seeks online safe haven in Sweden, home of cyberactivists of all stripes
• Peru court revokes parole for American activist; official says her arrest has been ordered
• Venezuelan newspaper cries 'CENSORED' on front page after court ruling banning violent photos
• Grassroots Palestinian group puts conflict with Israel aside to learn about the Holocaust
• Bosnian volunteers join forensic experts searching for remains of war victims in lake
• Egyptians protest daily power cuts during scorching summer, block major highway
• Kenya accused of illegally transferring 4 terror suspects to Uganda after World Cup bombings
• Forget pastis-sozzled old men of Provence _ from Paris to Saint-Tropez, petanque is swank
• Israeli police detain settler rabbi who wrote book permitting killing of non-Jews
• Mayor of northern Mexican town found dead days after kidnapping by armed men at his home
• 20-doctor team plans operation to separate conjoined twins in Panama
• French crackdown on Gypsies raises concerns about discrimination
• Train cars in SW China plunge from bridge washed out by flood waters, passengers escape safely
• Myanmar pro-democracy leaders welcome US decision to back war crimes commission
• Former special forces soldier jailed in UK for stealing rare falcon eggs for rich Arab buyer
• Thai appeals court rules to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to US
• Myanmar junta's proxy party opens offices in preparation for polls
• As nations sharply up pledges, UN seen meeting goal of $460 million for Pakistan flood aid
• Wyclef Jean, and the world, wait to see if he can run for president of Haiti
• UK says Catholic adoption charity that refused to help gay couples must change its policy
• Stolen Greek period statue returns home to Egypt from Canada
• Yemen says wanted al-Qaida leader turned himself in amid a crackdown
• Israeli mathematician awarded prestigious Fields Medal with 3 others in India ceremony
• Booming boars meet tainted truffles: after Chernobyl, radioactive hogs prosper in Germany
• Report: Video shows bustling North Korean market filled with Chinese products
• Guinea proposes electoral law change that gives gov't access to completed ballots, voter list
• German prosecutor charges 2 men over illegal exports helping Iran's missile program
• Russia marks 50th anniversary of 1st flight of space dogs Belka and Strelka
• South African police fire rubber bullets on protesting teachers during nationwide strike
• Peruvian justice minister: Berenson using toddler to gain sympathy in parole appeal
• France returns scores of Gypsies to Romania under crackdown by conservative President Sarkozy
• France returns scores of Gypsies to Romania under crackdown by conservative President Sarkozy
• 2 more Cuban political prisoners arrive in Madrid, 25 now in Spain
• No time-out from war in southern Afghanistan during Islam's holiest month
• North Korea calls for Japanese apology and reparation for its colonial rule
• Beijing says China's top nuclear envoy made trip to NKorea, discussed six-party nuclear talks
• German prosecutor charges 2 men over illegal exports helping Iran's missile program
• Thai appeals court rules to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer to United States
• Asian markets fall in early trade after weak data sends US markets lower
• South African Mandela charity ex-chief cuts ties over supermodel and warlord diamond scandal
• China to expand movie domestic industry, aims to build more theaters and make more films
• Father saves daughter from bear after girl falls into cage at German zoo
• Report: Saudi judge asks hospital if it can damage convict's spine after he paralyzed man
• Cold front hits western Russia, drives Moscow smog away
• 13-year-old American says children's peace forest idea well received on visit to North Korea
• Dirty Harry the crocodile predicts Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to be re-elected
• Nut Job: Thieves try massive peanut heist but wind up empty-handed
• Congo's army arrests 2 suspects in connection with the killing of 3 Indian UN peacekeepers
• UK Doctor who advised on Lockerbie bomber's release says experts agreed his prognosis was poor
• Booming boars meet tainted truffles: after Chernobyl, radioactive hogs prosper in Germany
• 6 local police, including security guard, arrested in northern Mexico mayor's killing
• NY mosque imam: extremism common threat to West and Muslim world
• South Sudan outlines aid needs ahead of January independence vote; influx of refugees expected
• Everything must go: Public offer wild ideas as UK government seeks help on tough spending cuts
• 3 protesters wounded in Kashmir after Indian security forces open fire
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• Insurgency creeping into Somalia's once stable northern region of Puntland
• Child of leftist guerrillas finally confronts her alleged Argentine kidnapper in court
• Google defends its 'Street View' feature against privacy concerns in Germany
• Father saves daughter from bear after girl falls into cage at German zoo
• Sri Lanka's ex-army chief rejects court martial verdict, calls government 'total dictatorship'
• US appeals own win in World Trade Organization over EU aid for Airbus
• Report: Plane that crashed in China was from NKorean military, mechanical failure to blame
• Arab Group Fined for Cartoon That Questions Holocaust
• Russia hands over to Poland evidence on plane crash that killed its former president
• German minister considering income tax changes to iron out inequalities for gay couples
• SKorea blocks access to NKorea's Twitter account, calling it breach of security law
• Saudi judge asks hospital if it can damage convict's spine as punishment for paralyzing man
• Study shows female managers in Britain earn less than men, and equality could be 57 years away
• Prominent ex-US Senator says success in Kyrgyzstan can help spread democracy in Central Asia
• Zimbabwe's president says no more concessions with the coalition until sanctions are abolished
• EU court exempts Inuit hunters from ban on seal product imports, asks bloc to justify ban
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• 2 Australian soldiers killed and 2 wounded by improvised explosive devise in Afghanistan
• Frankfurt Airport official: Air traffic control problem halts flights to, from northern Europe
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• Australia chooses between first woman PM and social conservative man in cliffhanger election
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• South Korea arrests religious activist for making illegal trip to North Korea
• 58 pilot whales die in New Zealand beach stranding; volunteers fight to save 15 more
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• Report: Russia leases sub involved in deadly 2008 accident to Indian navy, trains new crew
• Kenyan government says allegations in case of Obama's aunt untrue, denies she was in danger
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• EU court exempts Inuit hunters from ban on seal product imports, asks bloc to justify ban
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• European diplomat: Israel, Palestinians to hold "direct talks" in Washington on Sept. 2
• Fresh violence rocks Pakistan's largest city following slaying of political party member
• 'Wikicong' cyberactivists launch new website displaying Wikileaks information on Thailand
• Putin replaces Russian forest agency chief as firefighters battle remaining wildfires
• Cuba Church says it was right to broker prisoner release, in answer to dissidents' complaints
• Afghanistan's Karzai meets US Sen Kerry, says anti-corruption units can operate independently
• BBC broadcaster who claimed he killed his sick lover is charged with wasting police time
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• Yanukovych orders law enforcement to find missing journalist who wrote about corruption
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• Official: Bomb attack in restive far-western China targeted security forces on patrol
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• An embassy official in Mali says an al-Qaida affiliate has freed 2 Spanish aid workers
• 2nd bore hole for communications reaches 33 trapped miners, ventilation shaft nearly there
• Egypt's deputy culture minister detained and accused of neglect in van Gogh painting theft
• German faces terrorism charges linked to group that plotted to attack US targets
• Stray cats strut Istanbul's streets, a symbol of tradition in a churning metropolis
• Protesters demand the release of politicians accused of plotting to topple Turkey's govt
• River in north China overflows; 250,000 people evacuated from flooded city
• AP Exclusive: In Japan town where dolphins are both playmates and game, mayor defends hunts
• Official: South Korea has no plans to resume food aid to North Korea despite recent flooding
• Schiele painting stolen by Nazis from Jewish Austrian is returned to Vienna
• Spanish hostages step out of helicopter after 268 days in hands of al-Qaida-linked group
• Mexican Catholics, gay rights activists face off for second day over same-sex marriage debate
• Israeli police recommend former Prime Minister Olmert should stand trial for corruption
• New mall fuels debate over Gaza suffering under Israeli blockade
• The shoe heard round the world: Footwear taking flight becomes an escalating global trend
• 25 Islamic militants escape from prison in Tajikistan after killing 5 guards
• Mother of dead Cuban hunger striker holds march without incident after weeks of confrontations
• After unmanned bomber aircraft, Iran says it is building assault boats
• Jamaica party seeks probe of who hired firm to lobby US on alleged drug lord's extradition
• Venezuela holds simulated vote to test electronic system ahead of legislative elections
• Spanish aid organization confirms release of its 2 workers kidnapped in Mauritania
• Aid worker says rebels gang-raped nearly 200 women over days within miles of Congo UN base
• Dutch teen sailor heads for Canary Islands on controversial solo trip around the world
• Report: Iran suspends 3 senior judiciary officials allegedly linked to prisoner torture deaths
• Doggie paddle to the rescue: Canine lifeguards leap from speeding boats to save swimmers
• 2 Russian border guards, 1 civilian killed, another may be missing in volatile south
• Mideast watches NY mosque furor and asks: Is it worth the fight?
• Romania, Bulgaria health systems are sick from underfunding, understaffing and corruption
• British papal pilgrims told to pack a picnic, but leave pets, instruments and alcohol at home
• Holiday's over: Sarkozy faces discontent about pension overhaul, Gypsy crackdown
• 5 foreign troops killed by in Afghanistan, raising month's death toll to 47
• Media reports say ex-policeman in Philippine capital is holding bus passengers hostage
• Rwandan military says it detained a relative of a dissident general; denies he disappeared
• 3 bombings in Pakistan's north kill at least 36 people; US missiles kill 9 suspected militants
• Politics, alleged fraud and controversial museum disturb peace in Jerusalem graveyard
• Romania, Bulgaria health systems are sick from underfunding, understaffing and corruption
• China says it is considering dropping the death penalty for economic crimes
• Malaysia closes parks, warns public after up to 10 die from disease spread by rats
• 7 people reported missing and feared dead by landslide in northern Vietnam
• Soldiers in Guyana will bolster police patrols in high-crime areas after spike in gun violence
• Paraguay's president will work from home while undergoing chemotherapy for lymphatic cancer
• Despite intense fighting, Afghan capital begins removing blast walls that protect, but impede
• Petraeus says he'll tell Obama there should be no sudden exodus of troops from Afghanistan
• Summary Box: Australian mining stocks rise as election uncertainty throws doubt on hefty tax
• Rains help Somalia's hungry, but 2 million still need food aid, UN agency says
• AP Exclusive: In Japan town where dolphins are both playmates and game, mayor defends hunts
• Schiele painting stolen by Nazis returned to Austrian museum after 12-year possession struggle
• Lawyer: American detained in Turkey over alleged links to Kurdish rebels has been deported
• Asian stock markets mixed; Australia shares flat amid political uncertainty
• Wind, rain topple chestnut tree that cheered Anne Frank as she hid from Nazis; no one injured
• Bombings in Baghdad Kill 3, Wound 20, Police Say
• Estonian Navy finds wrecks of 3 British World War I-era ships off Baltic Sea island
• Turning back clock on digital age, Taiwan craftsman seeks to save traditional Chinese printing
• As peace talks about to get under way, Israel faces difficult choice on settlement freeze
• Blackwater founder Erik Prince makes statement in Abu Dhabi as part of fraud suit
• Turning back clock on digital age, Taiwan craftsman seeks to save traditional Chinese printing
• Rescuers get out first 2 of 9 freshwater dolphins trapped by low water in Bolivia river
• 4 Headless Bodies Hung From Bridge in Mexico
• Independent lawmakers meet to decide support in neck-and-neck Australian elections
• Senior Chinese police official given suspended death sentence for taking $1M-plus in bribes
• UN says 800,000 flood victims in Pakistan only reachable by air, says 40 more choppers needed
• Third straight day of fighting in Somalia kills 8; 80 killed since al-Shabab war declaration
• Outrage over woman caught on camera tossing cat into garbage bin in UK
• String of attacks targeting Iraqi police and government kills 46, leaves scores wounded
• 4 executed in Equatorial Guinea coup plot; opposition calls them political assassinations
• Colombia's FARC rebels offer to discuss conflict with forum of South American leaders
• Chinese state media say a passenger plane has crashed in northeast China
• European man shot in head on New Year's Eve, but notices it only 5 years later
• Berlin lovers' complaint: Is anything-goes character being priced out of the market?
• British prime minister, wife announce birth of baby girl
• London's Handel House Museum gives visitors a Jimi Hendrix experience with new exhibition
• Astronomers find star with up to 7 planets; 1 could be smallest found outside solar system
• Afghan election reforms struggle to overcome voter fear and disenchantment in upcoming ballot
• Witnesses say traffic dispute preceded deadly Beirut clashes
• Chinese state TV says 42 dead in northeast China plane crash
• Suspected Russian arms dealer Bout moved to high-security Thai prison pending US extradition
• Chinese state TV says 47 people rescued after plane carrying 91 crashes in northeastern China
• Police: Small plane crash lands in water off the Bahamas, all 6 aboard rescued by boats
• SKorea: NKorea deploying troops, weapons near Pyongyang ahead of key national events
• US officials: American troop number in Iraq has reached 50,000 as mandated by President Obama
• Singer George Michael pleads guilty to drug offenses in UK, could face jail sentence
• Trump-owned company accuses Lithuanian firm of breaching the Miss Universe trademark
• Police recover 7 bodies from mines used by drug gangs as dumping grounds in central Mexico
• Report: Gov't, Catholic church covered up suspected role of priest in 1972 NIreland attack
• Mexican soldier says US citizen attacked convoy, killed when soldiers fired in self-defense
• Zimbabwe opposition co-founder and veteran labor activist Gibson Sibanda dies at 66
• How cute! Second healthy panda cub born in Austria in just 3 years
• Somali gov't says 31 people killed in hotel attack, including 6 members of parliament
• Saudi court asks paralyzed man to drop demand for attacker's spine to be surgically damaged
• Police recover 7 bodies from mines used by drug gangs as dumping grounds in central Mexico
• Branching out: Shoot growing from stump of toppled Anne Frank tree to give chestnut new life
• Officials in Somalia say a suicide bomber attacked a hotel in Mogadishu, 8 reported dead
• Somali gov't says 31 people killed in hotel attack, including 6 members of parliament
• Saudi court asks paralyzed man to drop demand for attacker's spine to be surgically damaged
• UN health workers monitor free school meals in Dominican Republic after students sickened
• Gordimer: freedom of expression threatened in S.Africa, calls on other writers to speak out
• Swiss death penalty advocates collect signatures for referendum to restore capital punishment
• Astronomers find star with up to 7 planets; 1 could be smallest found outside solar system
• Cuban Catholic Church reveals names of 6 more prisoners Castro's gov't has promised to free
• UN atomic watchdog chief presses Israeli ministers on nuclear issues ahead of key meetings
• Catholic priest in Germany charged with twice raping a 14-year-old girl
• Rights panel 'deeply concerned' about France's treatment of Roma or Gypsies
• Plane Carrying 14 Crashes Near Nepal's Capital
• Romanian nurse charged for alleged manslaughter following fire that killed 5 newborns
• Medvedev hosts Bono at his Black Sea residence, praises the rocker for his charity work
• Thousands of Taiwanese placate souls of dead in colorful Ghost Month rite
• Troops working to secure next month's Afghan elections kill 40 Taliban militants near capital
• Al-Qaida says Spaniards released after some demands met, warns against use of military force
• Shipping halted through China's Three Gorges dam as fresh flood peak is forecast
• How cute! Second healthy panda cub born in Austria in just 3 years
• Movie director Woody Allen says Manhattan too expensive to shoot films
• European shares rise on upbeat data, US markets slip as fears over economy persist
• Planned highway in Tanzania's Serengeti criticized for effect on wildebeest, zebra migration
• Lebanon moves to address widespread use of weapons after deadly clashes
• Cholera Epidemic Death Toll Rises to 352 in Nigeria
• European royals attend the wedding of the second son of Greece's former king
• China aviation official says no safety issues at airport where plane crashed, killing 42
• Attack on Yemeni patrol kills 4 soldiers; authorities say 12 militants killed in tense south
• Mexican government: 72 massacred migrants could be from Brazil, Ecuador and Central America
• Solomon Islands lawmakers elect new prime minister as troops on alert for violence
• Body of junta leader's son repatriated to Guinea
• Senior lawmaker Ozawa to run against Japan PM for ruling party leadership
• Suicide bomber attempts to drive truck loaded with explosives into Mauritanian army barrack
• Miner trapped in Australian mine offers advice to Chile miners: Laugh, sing and never give up
• Chavez popularity at 7-year low as campaigning starts for Venezuela vote, pollster says
• Amid flood risk, engineers in France work to drain water from glacier on Mont Blanc
• Antigua police say lifeguard dies trying to rescue body he thought was drowning victim
• Mexican official: Survivor says 72 people found dead at a ranch near US border were migrants
• Daughter of British PM Cameron gets Cornish middle name, reflecting place of her birth
• Marcel Albert, French flying ace in World War II, dies in Texas at age 92
• Tropical storm Mindulle leaves 4 dead, 10 missing in Vietnam
• Australian prisoner found in pub drinking beer after escaping from police, swimming river
• Nobel peace prize winners call on Obama to visit Hiroshima
• Health Ministry: Cholera epidemic in Nigeria, which has killed 352, threatens entire country
• UK woman caught on camera tossing cat into garbage bin says sorry for her 'misjudgment'
• Senegal steps up campaign against begging in the streets of capital, prime minister says
• Declassified dossier suggests glamorous German spy thwarted British battle victory
• Susan Boyle to sing 'I Dreamed A Dream' for Pope Benedict XVI in Scotland during British tour
• Saudi Employer Allegedly Tortured Maid By Driving Nails Into Her Body
• Mexican border state to raise pay of state police to deter them from working for drug cartels
• German government weighing law to prevent employers' checking on Facebook items
• Parents demand justice for Finnish activist killed in ambush on Mexican aid caravan
• Jamaica seeks to buy and restore house believed to be Marcus Garvey's childhood home
• Food rationing kept 33 Chilean miners alive, but more discipline will be needed
• Sri Lankan maid hospitalized amid claim Saudi boss pushed 24 nails into her body
• Argentine president accuses leading newspapers of conspiring with former dictatorship
• Hezbollah leader says government should ask Iran to equip national army
• Brazilian Soccer Referee on the Run After Allegedly Stabbing Player
• UN, OAS investigators call Mexico most dangerous country in Americas for journalists
• Gunmen in south Philippines stop bus at roadblock, kill 4 people, including 2 police marshals
• With ex-President Carter in North Korea, Kim Jong Il slips over to China
• Mexico's crackdown on pharmacies selling antibiotics without prescriptions begins Wednesday
• Venezuela's Chavez meets with Fidel Castro for 5 hours; calls his health magnificent
• Memorial to Amy Biehl unveiled in South Africa on 17th anniversary of her death
• Catholic Church says it helped son of Cuban revolutionary hero win permission to travel to US
• Doctors in Nepal struggle to identify 14 killed when plane crash on way to Everest region
• German prosecutors, defense recommend no prison time for singer with HIV
• Military: Attacker tries to drive truck with explosives into Mauritanian army barracks
• As Lehman Brothers art goes under hammer, tough times put corporate collections under pressure
• Hong Kong victims of Philippine bus hijacking return in solemn homecoming
• US to supply Taiwan radar equipment for air defense system and fighter jets
• Oil lingers under $72 a barrel in Asia after 13 percent drop over 3 weeks
• Man with bullet in head only noticed being shot 4 years later when headaches started
• Thailand tells US that extradition of suspected Russian arms dealer can't be rushed
• Murder inquiry begins after police discover body of man believed to be British spy
• Australian tax authorities bar 'Crocodile Dundee' star Paul Hogan from returning to US home
• US says flood donations will come if Pakistan spends transparently; UN says 800,000 trapped
• Afghan driver kills 3 Spaniards in base shootings, raising infiltration fears
• Ex-Khmer Rouge prison chief files appeal against war crimes conviction and prison term
• Iran says it successfully test-fires new generation of the short-range Fateh-110 missile
• Teacher's Assignment to HS Students: Plan a Deadly Terror Attack
• Suspected U.S. Missile Strike Kills 4 Militants, Pakistani Officials Say
• Egypt announces discovery of ancient desert oasis settlement with massive baking facilities
• Canada to appeal ruling voiding sex trade laws
• 10 suspects now arrested in shooting of ex-Rwandan general living in exile in South Africa
• Nigerian state power company workers go on strike just before president's privatization speech
• 3 arrested in Moldova on suspicion of trying to traffic smuggled uranium
• Media groups decry death of Somali journalist hit by stray bullet in Mogadishu
• Geology of Chilean gold and copper mine helped miners survive with air, water and warmth
• India wants Dubai to extradite 4 suspects in daring jewelry show theft of diamonds worth $1.4M
• Nepal's continuing political turmoil stalls government, development projects and peace process
• Doctors: Transplant of ex-German FM's kidney to his wife successful
• Report: Iran submits proposal to Russia to jointly produce nuclear fuel Iran's power plants
• Par-king of the Jungle: Kazakh circus owner stashes lion in van overnight as he takes catnap
• 3 arrested in Moldova on suspicion of trying to traffic smuggled uranium
• Australian prime minister contender frustrates 3 kingmaker legislators on budget disclosures
• US Air Force takes charge of $2 billion antimatter detector en route for last shuttle to space
• EU criticizes Israeli court's guilty verdict in Palestinian activist's case
• Local media: Train hits van taking children to school in SAfrica, killing at least 8 kids
• Report: Iran submits proposal to Russia to jointly produce nuclear fuel Iran's power plants
• WikiLeaks founder cleared of sex allegations in Sweden, could still face lesser charge
• Swiss death penalty advocates drop campaign for referendum to restore capital punishment
• Afghan Schoolgirls Sick After Suspected Taliban Gas Attack
• Local media: Train hits van taking children to school in SAfrica, killing at least 8 kids
• Greek recession milder than forecast, finance minister says
• German govt weighing law to prevent employers' checking on Facebook items
• North Korea says former President Jimmy Carter has arrived in Pyongyang
• Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls sickened by unknown gas, most discharged from hospital
• US Air Force takes charge of $2 billion antimatter detector en route for last shuttle to space
• History in shadows: Exhibition in Turkey tells of Muslim world's contributions to science
• Plane crashes in western Congo, killing 19 passengers with 2 survivors, police say
• Key figure in Japan ruling party calls Americans 'simple-minded'
• Amid flood risk, engineers in France work to drain water from glacier on Mont Blanc
• Feared gang leader in Nigeria's oil-rich delta, accused of rigging '07 vote, believed dead
• Russia's Putin shoots darts at endangered gray whale for scientific research
• UN agency makes unusual Pakistan aid appeal, while Washington pushes for transparency
• Local media: Train hits van taking children to school in SAfrica, killing at least 8 kids
• Third straight day of fighting in Somalia kills 8; 80 killed since al-Shabab war declaration
• Colombia's Galeras volcano erupts; scores evacuate from homes
• Greek recession milder than forecast, finance minister says
• Uganda court scraps controversial sedition law after saying it limits free speech
• Iran says it's prepared sell weapons to Lebanon if Beirut asks for military assistance
• Palestinians opposed to new peace talks with Israel accuse police of disrupting protest
• Man axes 3 people to death in southern China, wounds 3 others: state media
• Mubarak decides on the site of Egypt's first nuclear power plant
• In South Africa, doctors and activists worry about impact of strike on AIDS patients
• Police say 19 passengers have been killed in a plane crash in western Congo
• Canada intercepts two Russian bombers off Canada's Arctic coast
• Train hits van taking children to school in South Africa, killing at least 9 kids
• Nigeria Kidnappers Abduct School Children From Bus
• Expert: Multiple Causes for Polish Plane Crash
• Police arrest 4 in bomb attack in China's restive Muslim far west
• Kosovo: French Gendarme wounded in ethnic clash sparked by Turkey's basketball win over Serbia
• Japan braces for possible new leader ahead of party vote amid spat with China, economic woes
• Indian police accuse Kashmiri leader of treason; protesters, security forces clash
• Greek prime minister says no new austerity measures foreseen; rules out debt restructuring
• Assailants stab, beat Christian worshippers outside of Indonesia's capital
• Mexico detains drug trafficker who was allegedly poised to succeed dead Sinaloa cartel capo
• Violence, drugs, corruption: On 200th birthday, Mexico troubled by what it sees in the mirror
• Key issues in Turkey's referendum on a package of proposed constitutional amendments
• Official campaigning begins for first Myanmar elections in 20 years
• Cargo ship docks with International Space Station
• Rubble, rubble everywhere: Just 2 percent of quake debris in Haiti cleared, recovery slowed
• Britain's opposition Labour Party elects Ed Miliband as new leader in close run vote
• Newborn baby found alive in airplane garbage bag at Manila airport; plane arrived from Bahrain
• At UN, climate ministers remain deadlocked before next major summit in December
• Official: Mexican marines arrest presumed drug kingpin Sergio Villarreal Barragan
• Group urges Nobel Peace Prize for Chinese dissident who called for political reform
• Egypt protects water purification stations along Nile after barge leaks diesel fuel into river
• Police say Christians stabbed, beaten by assailants near former church outside Jakarta
• Iran Indicates Oman Seeks Release of 2 U.S. Men
• Post-storm assessments find thousands of aging tents destroyed in Haiti quake camps
• Gruesome Grenada slaying revives debate over crimes by deported US criminals
• Pirates seize cargo ship off Somalia's coast with 12 Ukrainians onboard
• Chile mine crews may have to start rescue tunnel over if broken drill bit can't be removed
• Fear over China's plan to vaccinate millions for measles highlights growing public distrust
• Pioneer Iran Blogger Sentenced to 19 Years Prison
• China rises and rises, yet still gets hefty foreign aid, and some donors are wondering why
• Turkish prime minister says voters approved changes to military-era constitution
• For Israelis, a new point of contention: What time is it?
• Nigeria: Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka launches political party ahead of presidential election
• Historic N. Korea Political Meeting Under Way
• Swedish vote could end love story with left as center-right bloc seeks historic re-election
• Wreckage of small plane that reportedly left Los Angeles found in Mexico's Baja peninsula
• In Tanzania, fees for tuition, lunch, and ID card make 'free' primary education unaffordable
• Airport official: Pakistan-bound plane with 273 people lands in Stockholm due to bomb threat
• State TV: Tehran prosecutor says Iran ready to release jailed American woman on bail
• Myanmar's state media hail capture of rare white elephant as auspicious for Nov. 7 elections
• Indian gov't offers detainee releases, review of security in bid to defuse Kashmir unrest
• Intelligence officials say suspected US missile strike kills 4 militants in northwest Pakistan
• Media watchdog: 52 journalists killed in first 8 months of the year
• US government watchdog says problems with Afghan voting process will take years to solve
• Congo's president extends mining ban across volatile E. Congo days after initial suspension
• SKorea announces rice and other aid shipment plans for flood-hit NKorea, as US envoy in Seoul
• She's not in the pink! Small cat dyed pink and dumped in garden in southern England
• NATO airstrikes kill 14 insurgents in Afghanistan after joint patrol ambushed crossing river
• AP photographer suffers broken rib while covering West Bank protest
• Tearful Karzai Decries Violence as Bomber Killes Deputy Governor, 5 Others
• Flash floods kill 10 in central Indonesia, at least 14 others swept away and missing
• Turkish voters approve changes to constitution crafted after 1980 military coup
• Sick US national awaits medical evacuation flight from blizzard-bound Antarctic base
• Iran's nuclear agency trying to stop computer worm capable of seizing control of power plants
• Argentine ex-leader Kirchner leaves hospital after angioplasty, stent
• Israeli leaders praise former Cuban President Fidel Castro for pro-Israel remarks
• Petraeus: NATO contracts must not undermine counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan
• Israeli prime minister says current restrictions on West Bank settlements won't remain
• Israel Navy Halts Gaza-Bound Boat Without Violence
• Tale of 2 popes: John Paul received hero's welcome in Britain, Benedict in for rough ride
• Italian church abuse victims want clerical abuse declared a crime against humanity
• Greek prime minister says no new austerity measures foreseen; rules out debt restructuring
• Japan frees 14 Chinese crew from ship collision near disputed islets, but holds captain
• Regulators agree on new capital rules for banks as part of global financial reforms
• NATO: 5 Insurgents, Taliban Commander Killed in Afghanistan
• Police: Terror Plot Targeted Danish Paper for Muhammad Cartoons
• Israeli PM: Current restrictions on West Bank settlement will not remain in place
• Hugo Chavez tries to hold on to congressional control in Venezuela elections
• Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' wins top Golden Lion prize at Venice film festival
• Captain of barge in Egypt that leaked gasoline into Nile blames low water level for spill
• US pushes aid partners in Pakistan to advertise they get American funding
• Catholics in England: a long journey from outlaws to rejoining the Establishment
• Head of France's spy agency says risk of terror attack has never been so high
• Greek prime minister promises corporate tax cut, as thousands march to protest austerity
• Britain's Labour Party says Ed Miliband has been elected as its new leader
• Millions of Pakistani flood victims celebrate Eid in tents and makeshift shelters
• EU foreign ministers discuss relationship with candidate member and strategic partner Turkey
• Vatican probes lay group linked to disgraced order; charges of brainwashing, manipulation
• Bill Clinton's VIP meeting generates $6 billion in commitments to tackle poverty, disease
• Serbian prosecutor charges 9 ex-troops for allegedly killing civilians during Kosovo war
• British government says missionary has been freed from Gambian jail after 20 months
• Britain's new opposition chief 'Red Ed' Miliband offers easy charm, razor sharp intellect
• Fed up Norwegian radio reporter quits on air instead of reading bulletin
• North Korea proposes talks with South Korea to hold reunions of families separated by war
• Federal health officials: Puerto Rico has had record number of dengue deaths so far in 2010
• Palermo airport stays closed until removal of jet that landed off runway
• Attacks in Russia's North Caucasus leave 2 policemen dead, 5 wounded
• Pregnant women in misery following Pakistan floods; delivering in camps, roadsides
• Ex-bishop in Belgian abuse scandal says he will go into hiding while considering future
• American's R-and-B stylings win him 1 million dumplings at karaoke championships
• Sofia Coppola's film Somewhere wins top Golden Lion prize at Venice Film Festival
• NATO says 3 service members killed, clash leaves 30 insurgents dead in eastern Afghanistan
• California church wants to resume helping AIDS orphans in Zimbabwe after arrests of 5 members
• NATO says 5 insurgents, including one planning election attacks, killed in Afghanistan
• Officials say suspected US missile strike kills 4 militants in northwest Pakistan
• China summons Japanese ambassador for 4th time over detained boat and crew
• Russian Soyuz capsule carrying astronauts back from space station lands in Kazakhstan
• Japan delays Paris Hilton from entering for promotional tour because of drug conviction
• Nigeria mogul backing fmr dictator's election bid claims kidnap threat from president's group
• Former East German pro-democracy activist Baerbel Bohley dies at 65
• Brazilian man who suspected wife of cheating kills her with sledgehammer, gets 23 years
• Archbishop of Canterbury would support appointment of gay bishops, if they pledge celibacy
• For those with lot of money and time, new luxury train links Moscow to French coast
• Matthew soaks parts of Central America as it loses punch over land; Lisa weakens over Atlantic
• Thousands protest in Afghanistan, chant 'Death to America' over once-planned Quran burning
• Police find 3rd oil drum stuffed with millions of dollars, presumably stashed by drug gangs
• Gender-flipped fantasy stars Helen Mirren as Prospera in take on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'
• For new ways to tackle corruption and undercut Taliban, US turns to out-of-the-box thinkers
• Indian boxer's bed collapses at Commonwealth Games athletes' village in latest incident
• For those with lot of money and time, new luxury train links Moscow to French coast
• Mexican police find car bomb in border city of Juarez; no one hurt in controlled detonation
• Suspected US missile strike kills 5 militants in NW Pakistan, say intelligence officials
• Danish police consider hotel blast as possible terror attack; suspect proclaims innocence
• Photo essay tells story of Jewish settlers and Palestinians at crucial point in peace talks
• Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd appointed Australia's foreign minister
• Senior US diplomat confident American base on Japanese island of Okinawa will stay
• AP Interview: Kenya accuses West of neglecting Somalia, anti-piracy flotilla waste of money
• 24 injured in violent clash between rival political parties ahead of Guinea vote
• Greek prime minister promises corporate tax cut, as thousands march to protest austerity
• Britain's Secret Intelligence Service lifts the lid, a little, with an official history
• Hamas says official arrested in Egypt falsely accused of endangering Egyptian security
• Israeli police move into Jerusalem mosque compound, brace for violence
• British gov't says local elections in Turks and Caicos postponed while reforms take root
• China premier threatens Japan with 'further actions' over growing boat dispute
• Roadside bombing kills 2 Iraqi soldiers in restive northern city
• 9 NATO troops die in chopper crash in southern Afghanistan; no reports of enemy fire
• Correction: Drug War-Mexico story
• Radical Muslim sect kills 2 more in targeted, motorcycle slayings terrorizing north Nigeria
• Fidel Castro talks nuclear war with 1,000-plus members of Japan-based Peace Boat
• Fed hint of further action hits stocks as dollar slides to five-month euro low
• Police probe Vatican bank officials for money laundering; Vatican "perplexed and surprised"
• Optimism grows in Chile as drills advance and capsule is prepared for October miner rescue
• International Criminal Court to start prosecutions in Kenya's postelection violence
• Clinton presses Sudan government to speed up preparations for independence vote by south
• Ireland sells €1.5 billion ($2 billion) in bonds, easing investors tensions over debt load
• Widow of Guatemalan migrant killed by Los Angeles police officer says family hopes for justice
• Man in Brazil Amasses $259K in Traffic Fines
• Somalia's prime minister says he is resigning to prevent political turmoil
• Facing problems from blackouts to subway shutdown, Venezuelan leaders cry sabotage before vote
• Algerian authorities: 2 police killed, 10 civilians injured in bombing; al-Qaida wing blamed
• UN launches campaign to save lives of 16 million mothers, children over 5 years
• Report: Wild monkeys sustain broken limbs from commercial trapping in island nation Mauritius
• Reclusive British World War II heroine who was tortured by Nazis buried with honors
• Russia's human rights groups say inspections by prosecutors amounted to intimidation campaign
• Interpol's chief says skyrocketing number of extremist websites helps terrorists recruit youth
• Iran's Guard gets first batch of new surface-to-surface missile with sharper targeting system
• Avalanche in northern India kills 2 army mountaineers, injures about 20
• Van with 30 schoolchildren plunges into river in Pakistani Kashmir; most missing or dead
• French minister to meet Malian president as search for 7 kidnapped by al-Qaida continues
• Al-Qaida North Africa branch claims responsibility for kidnapping 5 French in Niger
• Asylum seekers protest on roof of Australian detention center after man's death
• Mideast peacemakers push Israel on settlements, 3rd round of talks still not set
• Latest plane birth shows airlines have few defenses against pregnant women who want to fly
• Oil hovers near $75 in Asia after report shows US supplies unexpectedly rose last week
• Greenpeace says it is occupying Chevron-operated drill ship off Britain's Shetland Islands
• Estranged Colombian spouse of ex-hostage Ingrid Betancourt seeks half of her fortune
• Flooding and landslides from typhoon kill 18 in China, dozens still missing
• NATO chief calls for strategic partnership with Russia, Clinton urges expanded cooperation
• Two-day climate talks 'constructive,' but little hope looms for new global warming pact
• Fortune in fines: Brazilian police say man amasses $259,000 in traffic fines, penalties
• French premier urges European plan for illegal Roma camps; EU commissioner chides France again
• Al-Qaida North Africa branch claims responsibility for kidnapping 5 French in Niger
• Surrounded by rubble, militias and corruption, Mogadishu mayor making effort to rebuild city
• Landslide kills at least 5 as Mexico grapples with heavy flooding
• Nigeria: Dead body of apparent stowaway found in wheel well of airplane on Johannesburg route
• Afghan reporter detained by NATO-Afghan force on allegation of spreading Taliban propaganda
• China launches first simulated cross-border air strike as part of Central Asian drills
• UN health agency says 40 young people are victims of homicide every day in Europe
• Libyan newspaper says Canadian detained on suspicion of spying on BP drilling project for CIA
• Nigeria: President reinstates trip to US after unexplained cancellation
• US officials urge Iran to return to nuclear talks
• UN health agency says 40 young people are victims of homicide every day in Europe
• UN sends emergency team to Nigeria after more than 200 children die from lead poisoning
• China launches first simulated cross-border air strike as part of Central Asian drills
• Italy seizes $30 mln from Vatican bank in money-laundering probe; Vatican 'perplexed'
• Official says Iranian diplomats who defected chose to stay abroad for 'personal interests'
• Mob beats 2 suspected kidnappers to death in northern Mexico town despite police intervention
• Iran's president says Israeli attack would mean its own destruction
• 3 soldiers killed, 32 wounded, in suicide car-bomb attack on Russian base in Dagestan
• Bombing at Baghdad Military Headquarters Kills 12
• EU parliament votes to improve cooperation between member nations on gas supply
• Ireland sells euro1.5 billion ($2 billion) in bonds, easing investors tensions over debt load
• Venezuela's Chavez violating campaign rules ahead of legislative vote, official says
• Danish space amateurs fail first attempt to launch home-built rocket from Baltic Sea barge
• Police say 5 Russian soldiers killed in suicide car-bomb attack on military base in Dagestan
• Officials say mudslides on a Guatemalan highway kill at least 22 people; scores missing
• Crisis looms over Israeli settlement construction, just days after Mideast talks are launched
• Farmers in Pakistan's flood zone fear they won't be able to plant crops in time
• Reports: relics of Russian saint, ancient icons stolen in Moscow suburb
• 'Quiet' smart phone maker HTC starts to build brand as it competes with iPhone
• Basque group ETA announces another cease-fire, official says it's not enough
• Bahrain steps up crackdown on restive Shiite opposition, threatening democratic reform push
• Former Saddam confidant says he'll likely die in prison, citing old age and long sentences
• As Chilean miners below await rescue, strains test ties of families above
• Yemen arrests 14 suspected members of al-Qaida in southern raids
• Recovering centuries-old bubbly in Baltic Sea, divers also find bottles of 'drinkable' beer
• Hurricane watches issued for coasts of Mexico, Texas as Tropical Storm Hermine approaches
• NATO says 9 of its service members killed in helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan
• Probe finds UPS cargo plane had smoke in cockpit, trouble holding altitude before Dubai crash
• Twin mudslides along highway bury bus, then would-be rescuers; at least 38 dead in Guatemala
• Back to basics _ or cram school? To reverse sliding rank, Japan adds 1,200 pages to textbooks
• El Salvador president says 3rd migrant survived cartel massacre in Mexico, made it to the US
• Boats capsize in storm off coast of Mozambique, at least 15 fishermen killed
• Typhoon kills 5 South Koreans, authorities resume flights and train service
• Former British army chief: Tony Blair and Gordon Brown let down troops in Iraq, Afghanistan
• Mexican photographer, Argentine reporter receive prestigious Latin America journalism award
• Hurricane watches issued for coasts of Mexico, Texas as Tropical Storm Hermine approaches
• Danish space amateurs fail first attempt to launch home-built rocket from Baltic Sea barge
• Sarkozy adviser: 2 French hostages in Afghanistan 'in good health'; talks to resume
• Official: 70 dead in Congo's second weekend boat capsize; 200 missing from other tipped boat
• Bleaching of Caribbean corals could surpass record loss of color set in 2005, experts say
• Despite formal end to combat, US forces help battle attackers at Baghdad military headquarters
• BBC: Basque separatist group ETA announces cease fire in new video
• Most Asian stocks rise on improving US housing, jobs data
• Expert says bird flu still a pandemic danger, warns against complacency after swine flu fizzle
• Small plane at Germany flight show crashed into spectators; 1 dead, 38 injured
• Philippine Police Kill Abu Sayyaf Commander, 2 Other Militants in Clash on Southern Island
• 1 US servicemember killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan
• Survivor of Congo boat sinking says fishermen looted burning vessels, beat drowning passengers
• Abducted Japanese journalist freed in Afghanistan after 5 months
• Report: Cost of dementia to exceed $604 billion, number of cases to double every 20 years
• Polls: Sweden's center-right government poised for re-election
• German central bank to seek board member's dismissal in dispute over race comments
• Chinese hold anti-Japan protests over boat incident on sensitive political anniversary
• Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose tries Dublin's patience, sends fans home after bottles hit stage
• Dolphins herded into 'The Cove' in Japanese town, but most set free
• Togo's opposition leader claims police block attempted protest by striking him with baton
• Afghan President Karzai says govt will guarantee deposits at troubled Kabul Bank
• Main Paris mosque criticizes burger chain's efforts to offer food tailored to Muslims
• Ecuadorean survivor of Mexico massacre: Slain migrants refused to work for Zetas drug gang
• Clashes between soldiers, gunmen in northern Mexico leave 30 suspected cartel members dead
• American expat jailed for 'milkshake murder' to ask judge to stop retrial, dismiss case
• Soaring summer temperatures in Japan hit record, part of global trend
• In new book, scientist Stephen Hawking asserts that God not needed to create the universe
• Sudan's north-south faultline, a land of oil, worries about possible war ahead of freedom vote
• Animal rights activists claim release of 50,000 minks in northern Greece
• Study: Drugs to strengthen bones may slightly raise the chances of throat cancer
• Correction: Colombia Rebel Haven
• Hamas, though excluded from Mideast talks, is among most intractable issues
• Gates Visits U.S. Forces in Southern Afghanistan
• South African government says Zimbabweans residing illegally to face deportation next year
• Mexican military says 25 suspects killed in shootout with soldiers near US border
• UN human rights office to delay release of Congo 'genocide' report until October
• Christians plan to defy police, Muslim warnings against praying at closed church in Indonesia
• Troops fire on funeral, protesters in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing 2
• Slovakia observes day of mourning after shooting spree that left 8 dead
• Honduran pilot dies as helicopter crashes during military show for children
• Court starts giving verdicts in Portuguese child sex abuse trial that lasted almost 6 years
• Activist group promotes Egypt's powerful intelligence chief for president
• Pakistani Shiites hold funeral for victims of triple bombing that killed 35, wounded scores
• China's once-a-decade census highlights growing rights awareness among ordinary citizens
• Security Council to hold summit on improving its mission to maintain global peace and security
• 14 Colombian police killed in ambush blamed on leftist rebels
• Flight data recorders recovered from Nepal plane crash that killed all 14 on board
• Suriname's new president back in power after weeklong illness; confirms had dengue
• Asimo the robot makes new friends as researchers seek feedback from public
• Maritime group urges Indonesia to increase anti-piracy patrols after spike in attacks
• US officers take up posts at Paris airport to help screen America-bound passengers
• Uganda court charges 2 over deadly World Cup bombings; charges bring total suspects to 34
• Afghan president says deadly NATO airstrike hit parliamentary candidate's convoy
• El Salvador makes gang membership illegal in wake of attack on passenger bus that killed 17
• Mozambican food riots are reminder of vulnerability of world's poorest nations
• Police: Brazilian teen used bow and arrow to launch illegal cell phones over prison walls
• Astronaut Chris Hadfield to be first Canadian commander of Space Station
• New book claims famed Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israeli spy agency Mossad
• AP Interview: UN telecom chief says BlackBerry manufacturer should compromise on data-sharing
• Radical Islam on rise in Balkans, raising fears of security threat to Europe
• Troops fire on funeral, protesters in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing 3
• Lawyer in Iran stoning case reunited with wife, daughter in Norway
• Calderon urges Mexicans to support his drug war, says rising violence is price worth paying
• Animal rights activists claim release of 50,000 minks in northern Greece
• Brazilian architect Niemeyer given Spanish award, notably for large cultural center
• UK officials promise to tackle health and safety madness, but some see attack on worker rights
• Colombian reporter denies links to rebels, says contacts purely for journalistic work
• As US troops go home, Baghdad bookstore mirrors Iraq's fortunes 7 years after invasion
• Nigeria: Powerful adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan resigns, plans own election bid
• Ghana says 17 dead after officials in neighboring Burkina Faso opened dam spillways
• Haiti holds 2nd presidential debate ever, candidates vague on how to lift quake-torn nation
• Only person convicted in 1985 Air India bombing found guilty of perjury
• French prosecutor seeks to drop case against police in death of teens that prompted 2005 riots
• Mauritanian army attacks al-Qaida-linked militants in neighboring Mali; 17 dead
• Loot and snooze: Burglar amasses jewelry, then falls asleep on homeowners' couch in Malaysia
• Frenchman whose arms, legs were amputated swims across English Channel
• American Sarah Shourd thanks Oman for hosting her after her release from Iranian custody
• Attacker kills St. Lucia man who was waiting to see prime minister; leader not injured
• NATO says 3 insurgents planning bomb attacks in Afghan capital killed in a precision airstrike
• UN officials: Chile's ex-leader Bachelet favored for new UN body promoting women's equality
• Rocket attacks mar Afghan election in the south; voters venture out in areas secured by troops
• Oil climbs to near $76 a barrel in Asia on improvement in economic indicators
• Series of Drug-Gang Shootings Leave 25 Dead in Mexican Border City
• Fidel Castro says his remark that Cuban economic model no longer works was misinterpreted
• Tens of thousands of Germans protest government decision to extend nuclear energy use
• Congo's president suspends mining in volatile E. Congo after hundreds of rapes by armed group
• A church group says victims of sexual abuse have met with pope in Britain
• Underground but not in Chile: Spanish coal miners stage sit-in strike trying to save industry
• American-born panda Hua Mei gives birth to 8th cub in China, rare success for species
• Parties look for coalition after tight outcome in St. Maarten's 1st parliament vote
• Graca Machel says homeland, Mozambique, must tackle food production as well as prices
• Devastating floods renew decades-old debate on dam project in energy-starved Pakistan
• Medvedev says Russia isn't authoritarian, but indicates no easing for opposition
• Nokia replaces CEO Kallasvuo with Microsoft exec Stephen Elop as it struggles with competition
• US Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho killed in apparent robbery attempt
• Man accused of using Twitter to incite assassination of Chavez arraigned in Venezuela
• Underground but not in Chile: Spanish coal miners stage sit-in strike trying to save industry
• Protesters to confront thrifty Greek government, as more cuts planned
• AP Interview: Yoko Ono's new art work invites viewers to seek healing amid violence
• Iranian state media confirms release of jailed American woman has been postponed
• Facts and figures about Sweden
• Sri Lanka police say detonators stored with dynamite likely caused deadly explosion
• Kegs tapped, Oktoberfest kicks off in Munich, mugs clink marking 200 years of celebrating beer
• AP Interview: Freed Chechen says Polish ruling backs Europe's rejection of Russian charges
• Guinea election commission president, planning director charged with fraud before vote
• Japan wary of China's military expansion, stresses importance of US forces in regional peace
• Fidel Castro says his remark that Cuban communism no longer works was misinterpreted
• African AIDS doctors, activists press their governments to spend more on health
• 2 Police Officers Kidnapped in Mexico Found Dead, 7 Others Missing
• South Africa's Zuma, responding to international concern, says media freedom not threatened
• Swiss ponder changing tactics after 100 police can't catch 67-year-old gunman who shot officer
• A look at Sweden's candidates for prime minister
• Iran sentences prominent rights activist to 6 years in jail, but she escapes death penalty
• Russian gay rights activist says he was seized by agents, pressured to withdraw court cases
• Canadian Guilty of Perjury in Terrorism Case
• Muslims welcome American church leader's decision to suspend Quran-burning plans
• Assailants take 6 Iranians hostage in southeast; Sunni militants claim responsibility
• US, Iraq sign agreement to settle claims of Americans abused by Saddam Hussein's regime
• Myanmar state media denounce those who advocate boycotting 1st election in 20 years
• Cyrus the Great artifact to go on display in Iran after tussle with British Museum
• Mortar-firing Colombian rebels kill 8 police in border town attack
• US envoy talks up American aid in first visit to Pakistan following deadly floods
• UN climate chief urges countries to be flexible in next month's talks in China
• Paramount looks to develop theme park in southeast Spain
• Lightning strike in Mauritania kills 4 guests attending wedding
• Protesters to confront thrifty Greek government, as more cuts planned
• Western-backed Lebanese alliance says Hezbollah bringing back Syrian dominance
• Police: Son of killed Nigerian secret police officer, 3 family members in knife attack
• Clinton: Israeli, Palestinian leaders already 'getting down to business' on major issues
• Israeli army says it mistakenly killed 3 Palestinian civilians in north Gaza early this week
• Chavez says Venezuela should ask US to extradite man convicted in bombings
• APNewsBreak: Top US envoy meets Arab nations, warns pressure on Israel endangers Mideast talks
• Former US secretary of state Kissinger urges regional involvement to resolve Afghan conflict
• Man arrested after minor explosion in downtown Copenhagen hotel
• Unpopular and under investigation, veteran politician might still become Japan's next PM
• China summons Japanese ambassador for 3rd time to demand release of detained boat captain
• Musharraf eyes return to Pakistan politics, set to unveil new party
• UN goal of halving global poverty rates on track, pushed by China and India
• Japan says more than 230,000 centenarians listed as alive are in fact missing or dead
• Grenade attacks cause US troops to keep their distance from Afghan town they seek to secure
• Pakistani printers say they're printing thousands of fake Afghan voter registration cards
• Lawmakers: Overhaul of UK defense policy has been rushed, will likely include mistakes
• Humpback whale entangled in ropes near remote Scottish island feared dead
• London's eccentric mayor Boris Johnson to run for re-election in 2012
• UK's Hague: Scrutiny of human rights abuses won't be sacrificed in race for new trading allies
• Dominican health officials probe death of 16 babies at public hospital; bacteria suspected
• Hundreds of Africanized bees attack rice farmers in Guyana, kill 1, police say
• Muslims throng mosques, cafes in solemn and joyful end to fasting month of Ramadan
• South Africa emergency official says 31 injured in train crash east of Johannesburg
• Officials announce plans for $15M teaching hospital to be built near Haiti's capital
• Russians mourning 17 bombing victims in North Caucasus; 10 others reported killed in clashes
• UK justice minister says he overreacted by hiring private eye to snoop on his staff
• Senegal prisoners abused with beatings, electrocutions, Amnesty International says
• Lawyer: UN war crimes tribunal rejects release of former Kosovo prime minister during retrial
• French prosecutor seeks to drop case against police in death of teens that prompted 2005 riots
• France's National Assembly approves plan to raise retirement age from 60 to 62
• Belgian report: Witnesses say clergy sexual abuse over decades led to at least 13 suicides
• Opposition group says Iranian diplomat in Finland quits post to oppose Islamic Republic
• Police fire warning shots to disperse anti-Quran-burning protest in Afghan capital; 45 wounded
• Afghan officials promise security for parliamentary vote as Taliban again threaten attacks
• Remains of Missing Bahamas Boater Likely Found in Shark
• 283 inmates return after Nigeria prison break, though Muslim sect members at large
• Nature walk backfires: German's naked stroll to reduce stress sets off police manhunt instead
• Record number of US airstrikes hit Afghan militants in Pakistani border region
• Afghan officials promise security for parliamentary vote as Taliban again threaten attacks
• Czech government wants to reduce subsidies for new solar energy power plants
• American freed after more than a year in Iranian prison now resting in Oman after bail deal
• Cosmetic mogul's slaying grips Malaysia; police say her body was burned, ashes discarded
• Chile brings 3rd drill to rescue trapped miners; New US bit to fix smashed 2nd drill
• Police force resigns in Mexican town, suspected drug capo ordered held during investigation
• UK bans ice cream ad featuring pregnant nun for being offensive to Catholics
• Brazil unveils $200M plan to halt destruction of its tropical savanna
• US Embassy in Jordan warns of 'possible imminent threat' in port city of Aqaba
• Floods in NKorea appear to have forced delay of rare political meeting on succession: sources
• Dozens of North Koreans killed and thousands of homes destroyed in Typhoon Kompasu
• US-led troops advance in Taliban green belt stronghold
• US accuses Iran of intimidating UN inspectors investigating Tehran's nuclear program
• Mothers Hope 2 Remaining Hikers in Iran Are Released Soon
• Guinea vote to be postponed by at least 2 weeks, warehouse storing poll materials catches fire
• Pope seeks to remind Britain about God amid indifference to visit and disgust over sex abuse
• New Western Concerns Over Iran's Nuclear Program
• Japanese Teacher Apologizes for Using Murdered Children as Example in Math Problem
• Danish police: Suspect in hotel blast suspect is one-legged Chechen boxer who lives in Belgium
• France fires back at EU criticism on its expulsions of Gypsies
• Turkey: calls grow for trial of 1980 coup leaders after referendum on constitutional reform
• Iranian woman with stoning death sentence denies on state TV she was flogged, tortured
• WHO cuts global estimate for maternal deaths, says 1,000 still die every day
• Chinese would-be opposition party activist released after 11 years in prison
• American flown from Antarctica on midwinter mercy flight recovering from pneumonia in NZealand
• English woman develops French-sounding accent, voice change attributed to rare brain syndrome
• Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announces presidential bid on Facebook as rival campaigns
• UK unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to 7.8 percent in 3 months through July
• Banker-turned-author breaks taboos, channels growing public frustration over immigrants
• Northern Ireland monitors say Protestant militants killed Belfast man, broke peace promises
• Former bishop of Roermond, Netherlands, accused in 2 sexual abuse cases; denies wrongdoing
• Singapore should end ban on websites, let parents use filters instead, govt committee says
• Pakistan offers intel to Afghans in talks over allegations Islamabad supports militants
• Filipino woman says she is mother of baby left on plane, was raped by employer, lawmaker says
• Man eaten by shark likely a missing Jaws Beach boater, Bahamas police say
• Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal indicts 4 senior leaders ahead of second trial
• On his 26th birthday, Britain's Prince Harry spends the day training to be helicopter pilot
• 11-year-old boy mauled by sea lion in front of horrified visitors at popular Australian zoo
• Al-Qaida No. 2 makes thinly veiled call on Pakistanis to rise against their government
• Battle of Britain pilots remember as 70th anniversary marked with statue of wartime commander
• Correction: Chile Mine-Baby story
• Rio criminals hijack ambulance, make patient wait while they take own trip
• Bank of England governor to face potentially unfriendly audience at union conference
• 5 killed as Indian leaders debate measures to end violence in disputed Kashmir region
• Russia, Norway sign deal on Barents Sea border, seek more development in mineral-rich Arctic
• Aide: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to seek office in January election
• Iraqi Cabinet approves $400 million settlement for American victims of Saddam
• Oops: 6 million in UK told they've paid wrong income tax; 1.4 million to face repayment demand
• Western powers increasingly concerned that Iran is pursuing nukes and missiles to deliver them
• Royals feel the pain in Spain, French could retire at ripe old 62, as austerity sweeps Europe
• Anti-war protesters, and hurled shoes, greet Tony Blair at Dublin signing of his memoir
• Cambodia genocide tribunal formally indicts 4 ex-Khmer Rouge leaders, paving way for trial
• As Mideast summit starts, Hamas says Abbas has no right to negotiate on behalf of Palestinians
• UN opens first field office for Southern Sudan's January vote; 'referendum is real' UN says
• Dutch prosecutors say 2 Yemeni men arrested in terror probe have been freed without charge
• Thousands of Indonesian Muslims protest US church's plan to burn Koran on 9/11
• Medical agency: Gunmen fire on plane with international aid workers landing in east Congo
• Egyptian democracy advocate says government behind Facebook photos of daughter in swimsuit
• Iran says UN watchdog nuclear made dangerous mistake by criticizing Tehran nuclear cooperation
• Independent lawmaker backs Labor Party to form Australian minority government
• Afghans Continue Pulling Money from Kabul Bank Amid Concerns Over Risky Lending
• Clashes in Sudan's Darfur region leave at least 43 people dead
• Dutch: It is '99 percent certain' Yemeni airline suspects will be freed without charge
• Anguilla airport suspends night flights; signal beacon damaged by Hurricane Earl
• Robbers set clothing store ablaze, 6 people killed in normally peaceful Barbados
• Dutch police: Intoxicated US pilot pulled from cockpit in Netherlands
• Tony Blair's Memoir Hits Bookstores
• Rape Probe Against WikiLeaks Founder Reopened
• Bosnian animal rights group calls on authorities to investigate video of woman killing puppies
• India hunting for ship that dumped oil, which is coating famed Goa beaches with tar balls
• Beggars swept out of central Dakar as Senegal attempts to appease US
• Pakistani Jets Target Militant Hideouts, 45 Killed
• Karzai Sets Up Panel to Pursue Peace Talks With Taliban
• Pakistani army cancels US trip after 'unwarranted' security checks at Washington airport
• Southern China landslide kills 4, leaves 44 missing as death toll from floods rises to 3,185
• Protesters deride French president's crackdown on Gypsies and new security tack
• British jury finds lapses in secret anti-terrorism tests that killed government bomb expert
• Dutch prosecutors say Yemenis arrested in terror probe have been freed
• Tasmanian devil once 'immune' to cancer killing the species euthanized after developing tumors
• Death toll rises to 65 in attack on Shiite procession in Pakistan; US strike kills 7 militants
• Burned Once, NATO Commander Refuses to Predict Success in Afghan Province
• Israel's military says explosions in southern Lebanon occurred at Hezbollah weapons depot
• NATO service member killed in Afghan fighting as possible talks with insurgents draw closer
• Defense Secretary Gates in Iraq to meet with US troops as they end combat mission
• Israeli cultural institute, heralded as the 1st in the world, to open in Budapest
• Polish president says costs of Afghan war hampering military's modernization
• New Zealand investigators hope to find why skydiving plane crashed, killing 9
• Requiem Mass held in Bratislava to honor 7 people killed by Slovak gunman
• Mozambique police fire at crowds protesting high prices; 7 dead
• Saudi telecom shuts websites violating royal decree limiting fatwas to senior clerics
• Mexico confirms 2nd migrant _ a Honduran _ survived massacre of 72
• End of combat does not spell the end of violence for US troops in Iraq
• Pakistani official says 3 bombs kill 18 during Shiite procession in city of Lahore, wound 150
• Pakistan Army Cancels U.S. Trip Amid Search Dispute
• Gunmen Fire on Plane Carrying Aid Workers in Congo
• Haiti's prime minister defends speed of post-quake rebuilding, says elections are on track
• Somaliland says it has surrounded 300 Ethiopian rebels; alleges Eritrean links
• Australian mother, convicted twice, sentenced to 27 years for drugging, killing two young sons
• Iranian diplomats' defections signal fissures in Islamic Republic leaders over election unrest
• US military chief calls for Turkish support in enforcing UN sanctions against Iran
• Massacre reveals hidden toll of Central American migrants killed crossing Mexico to the US
• Burger King to stop buying palm oil from Indonesian company accused of rainforest destruction
• Defense Secretary Gates in Iraq to meet with US troops as they end combat mission
• Kidnappings, bombs, death threats: Two Iraqi journalists, Sunni and Shiite, talk about the war
• Forecasters say Tropical Storm Earl has made landfall near Western Head, Nova Scotia
• Irreverent filmmakers bringing a zombie revolution to Cuba's capital
• Bosnian animal rights group calls on authorities to investigate video of woman killing puppies
• Gates With Iraq Troops as Combat Mission Ends
• China requires ID to buy mobile phone numbers in anti-spam campaign; move raises privacy fears
• Belarusian parliament sets presidential elections for December 19
• Mexico confirms 2nd migrant _ a Honduran _ survived massacre of 72
• Cholera kills 41 in Central African nation of Chad; outbreaks also in Nigeria, Cameroon
• French diplomats face fallout abroad as bid to ban Islamic veils irks allies - and tourists
• El Salvador police find more than $9 million cash hidden inside 2 oil drums buried at ranch
• European court: prosecutors must ask a judge first before ordering media to turn over sources
• Ex-Chilean president Bachelet to head new UN agency to promote women's equality
• Mexican politicians want to get the US out of Mexico with change of formal name
• US and Iraqi forces kill 6 in raid on former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, officials say
• Judge: No evidence of collusion in 1997 prison slaying of Northern Ireland militant 'King Rat'
• American, Spanish and Swedish embassies in Israel receive letters containing suspicious powder
• UN expert urges investigation of recent attacks on civilians in northern Darfur
• British police question ex-tabloid reporter over phone tapping claims
• Disappointing data in 16 countries that use the euro stoke economic recovery fears
• US man claims miracle through Newman, prompts 19th century cardinal's beatification by pope
• Mexico ups security amid concerns that cartels could attack bicentennial celebrations
• Mexico's top immigration official resigns in wake of massacre of 72 migrants
• Former Polish PM denies existence of secret CIA prison in the country
• Nigeria police arrest suspected Muslim sect members over police killings, prison break
• Zimbabwe state airline fires striking pilots, plans to charter outside carriers to take over
• Study: Key to saving tigers from extinction is focusing on protecting breeding grounds
• Death toll rises to 17 in Venezuela plane crash; 34 others survive
• Secret life: British recluse who died alone found to have been a World War II heroine
• European Union body calls France's Gypsy expulsions 'a disgrace' that may violate EU law
• Dutch police: Intoxicated US pilot pulled from cockpit in Netherlands
• Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan wins ruling party vote, survives leadership challenge
• Rights group accuses Israeli military of failing to investigate Palestinian civilian deaths
• BP's outgoing CEO Tony Hayward to testify to UK lawmakers on Gulf of Mexico oil spill
• Police officer arrested in shooting death of South African teen during school protest
• French Senate votes overwhelmingly to outlaw Islamic face veils in last step to make ban law
• European court rules Netherlands government wrongly forced Dutch magazine to reveal sources
• Mexican Immigration Official Quits After Massacre
• Hope is born: Trapped Chilean miner's wife has baby whose name is inspired by his survival
• Recent suspected US missile strikes targeting militants inside Pakistan
• Chilean govt web site generates 1,000-plus job offers for trapped miners and their co-workers
• Fidel Castro discusses threat of 'nuclear winter' with visiting US university professor
• European court rules Turkey must pay family of slain ethnic Armenian journalist $170,000
• Karl becomes hurricane, takes aim at Mexican Gulf coast in already rain-battered Veracruz
• French Senate votes overwhelmingly to ban Islamic face veils in final move toward law
• Iranian diplomat who defected in Belgium applies for political asylum in Norway
• Ravaged by time, abandoned Nicosia airport remains stark reminder of Cyprus division
• Unauthorized biography of Carla Bruni paints French first lady as 'chameleon'
• UN: Price drops and good harvests drive down number of world's undernourished people
• Rights group decries Kazakhstan's lack of media freedom
• In Japan, Schwarzenegger hawks California wine and technology, test rides bullet train
• Eiffel Tower reopens as normal after bomb threat from anonymous caller
• Clinton says time is ripe for peace deal that gives Israelis security, Palestinians a state
• Japan's prime minister survives leadership vote, now must revive sputtering economy
• Plea bargain announced in case of Serb accused of attack on NY college student
• British journalist sentenced for faking TV confession of mercy killing
• Indian forces, with orders to shoot anyone defying 24-hour Kashmir curfew, fire on crowds
• Tropical Storm Karl forms in Gulf of Mexico; storm warning issued for parts of Mexican coast
• Number of Japanese at least 100 years old rises even as worries persist about care of elders
• Dominican Republic sends former adviser for missionaries in Haiti to US in immigration case
• Organizers say they anticipate smaller crowds in Britain for visit of Pope Benedict XVI
• Taiwan charity delivers eco-blankets to disaster victims in Haiti, soon in Pakistan
• German court rejects bid to bar deceased ex-guard's testimony from Demjanjuk trial
• Scandals doing little to dent massive lead for Brazil's ruling party presidential candidate
• Former president of Colombia's Congress jailed in parapolitics scandal
• European court rules Turkey must pay family of slain ethnic Armenian journalist $170,000
• Forbidden Fruit: New study finds bacteria, chemicals often contaminate Bangkok street fruit
• As French Gypsies fight for remembrance of wartime internment, discrimination flares anew
• Malawi's former President Muluzi pleads not guilty in corruption case
• Explosion damages cars in first such attack since Bahrain began crackdown on Shiite dissidents
• Study: 2 popular arthritis supplements don't work; insurers should stop paying for them
• Japan's prime minister survives leadership vote, now must revive sputtering economy
• 2 inmates released from ex-Guantanamo detention center arrive in Germany
• France's Areva says 7 people have been kidnapped in Niger, including 2 French nationals
• Asian stock markets mostly higher but gains tempered by mixed session on Wall Street
• China vows harsh penalties for food contamination, officials who neglect food safety
• Berlusconi's plane returns to Italy for emergency landing after cockpit window problem
• Gunmen attack 2 newspapers photographers in Mexican border city, killing 1
• Philippine officials face charges in botched rescue of Hong Kong hostages
• Justice chief seeks charges against 10 officials, police, journalists in Manila hostage crisis
• George Michael sentenced to 8 weeks in jail for driving under influence of drugs
• French nuclear company Areva says 7 people, including 2 French staff, kidnapped Niger
• Russia, Canada make competing claims to Arctic resources
• Russian opposition leaders form coalition to challenge PM Putin, President Medvedev
• US envoy says no quick progress likely in restarting North Korea nuclear disarmament talks
• In Mideast peace efforts, symbolism can be just as important as substance
• Oil hovers below $75 in Asia as traders look for demand clues from US economic data
• Roadside bomb kills 9 aboard minibus traveling in southeast Turkey
• Kazakhstan's long-serving leader to seek an extension of his rule to 2017
• Ireland's embattled prime minister denies being drunk, hung over; opposition demands election
• Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho, British writer Hanif Kureishi receive PEN literary prizes
• Honduran police fire tear gas at supporters of ousted president; 1 killed
• Britain's government considers putting off program to build new nuclear armed submarine fleet
• Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to meet Obama at United Nations gathering in New York
• EU agrees at summit to waive tariffs to help Pakistan recover from flooding
• Wham! Bam! Slam! George Michael gets 8 weeks in jail for driving under influence of drugs
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• UN goal of halving global poverty rates on track, pushed by China and India
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• From midwives in flip-flops to motorcycle ambulances, saving pregnant mothers is global goal
• A brief collection of facts and figures related to Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Britain
• Cuba's communist leaders give details of sweeping layoff program
• Mexico's Hurricane Karl weakens as it hits land, rains could cause havoc in coastal mountains
• Divisive Polish cross removed from public view without disturbance
• Venezuelan military helicopter crashes into navy research boat, 2 killed
• Mexico's top immigration official resigns in wake of massacre of 72 migrants
• Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Scotland for start of 4-day state visit
• President Chavez discusses anti-Semitism concerns with Jewish leaders in Venezuela
• US envoy says Pakistan will need to raise billions of dollars to rebuild after floods
• Mexican Soldiers Kill 22 Suspected Drug Cartel Gunmen Near U.S. Border
• Russia, Canada make competing claims to Arctic resources
• Israel approves deal to buy advanced US fighter jets
• UPS plane's 'black boxes' show pilots faced visibility issues in Dubai as smoke filled cockpit
• European court: prosecutors must ask a judge first before ordering media to turn over sources
• Malawi rules out circumcision as AIDS-prevention strategy, says no evidence it works
• Iraqi Cabinet approves $400 million settlement for American victims of Saddam
• Int Min: Terrorism threat high against France after Eiffel Tower bomb alert, Niger kidnappings
• Nigeria: Senior officials with secret police, anti-graft squad killed as election draws near
• Afghan security forces gird for expected attacks during Saturday's parliamentary election
• Dublin archbishop says Catholic leaders must face abuse cover-ups 'honestly and completely'
• Top defender at Charles Taylor's war-crimes trial wants SAfrica's Thabo Mbeki to give evidence
• The European Commission says France's handling of Gypsy issue is a 'disgrace'
• Doubts grow about Sunday vote in Guinea, front-runner's supporters call for PM to step down
• Pakistani Politician Stabbed, Killed In London
• Sorry Charlie: Berlin Allied Checkpoint Bravo sold at auction
• Sarkozy vows to keep up dismantling illegal camps despite criticism of targeting Gypsies
• Germany's Jesuit order offers sexual abuse victims compensation of at least $6,500
• Agents for Spanish actress Penelope Cruz say she is pregnant
• US says time may soon come for special UN nuke probe of Syria
• Cuba's leaders detail sweeping layoff plan in document obtained by Associated Press
• International rights groups condemn Kyrgyz activist's life jail sentence
• Up to 30 insurgents killed in clashes in Afghanistan ahead of parliamentary vote
• Israelis urged to soften stand on West Bank settlement building to keep peace talks going
• Islamist group claims responsibility for suicide bombing in southern Russia
• Czechs ban Google from continuing its mapping feature in 'Street View'; give no exact reason
• Father of German school shooter on trial on weapons charges
• Envoy says US to continue dual approach of dialogue, sanctions toward North Korea
• India braces for violence amid holy site verdict
• Anti-austerity protests sweep across Europe
• Israel passes Nazi-seized drawing to owner's heir
• Italy coast guard hunting 2 missing US balloonists
• SAfrican school presses Israelis on Palestinians
• Israeli Supreme Court says Jerusalem must fund gay community center
• Anti-austerity protests sweep across Europe
• Swedish nationalist group surges ahead of election amid loud protests
• Local agency warns Indonesian quake has potential to trigger tsunami
• Germany's Jesuit order offers sexual abuse victims compensation of at least $6,500 each
• Study: Educating women may have saved the lives of more than 4 million kids in 2009 alone
• 2 known dead, 12 missing after storm soaks Jamaica
• Gauguin exhibit of major work opens at Tate Modern
• Inter-Korean military talks end with no progress
• Red Cross officials from 2 Koreas meet in North to discuss reuniting divided Koreans
• NATO confirms senior al-Qaida commander killed
• Rights group says Lebanon's judicial system fails to protect domestic workers
• NKorea prints photos of heir apparent Kim Jong Un
• Oh look: there's a mouse in my bread
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• Myanmar cancels voting for November elections in some ethnic minority areas
• Court sentences Serb to 2 years in NY beating case
• Afghan parliamentary vote tests government commitment to reform as security worsens
• Indonesia mulls moving its bursting capital
• Germany's Jesuit order offers sexual abuse victims compensation of at least $6,500 each
• Mini-moo: Guinness names 33-inch English cow the world's smallest
• Sorry Charlie: Berlin Allied Checkpoint Bravo sold at auction
• Palestinians say no talks without settlement halt
• Fearing Holy Site Unrest, India Bans Bulk Texting
• Ontario family allegedly stole $12.5M lotto ticket
• Student rebellion paralyzes public education in Argentina's capital
• Ahmadinejad Agonistes: Iran's president heads to US amid internal struggles at home
• US general: Iraq political limbo fueling violence
• Vatican taps investigator for group tied to Legion
• EU agrees at summit to waive tariffs to help Pakistan recover from flooding
• Somalia's president travels to Uganda for security talks, leaving behind political unrest
• Fugitive Brazil priest convicted of abuse arrested
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• UK's David Miliband quits after losing to brother
• CNN-Turk television says blast kills 12 people aboard minibus in southeast Turkey
• Terror plot in Europe prompted drone strikes
• Terror plot in Europe prompted drone strikes
• Cuba Offers 19 Ways Obama Can Loosen U.S. Embargo
• Gunmen kill 7 in bar in Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez
• France's Sarkozy vows to keep dismantling illegal camps despite criticism of targeting Gypsies
• Guilty verdict in Puerto Rico horse abuse case spurs hope among animal rights activists
• Race Organizers Say 2 U.S. Balloonists Are Missing Over the Adriatic Sea
• South African govt faces fierce calls to nationalize mines, shift economic policy to the left
• Hezbollah to block financing for Hariri tribunal
• Egypt's youth look to civil disobedience and nonviolence to build new opposition movement
• RIM co-CEO optimistic on resolving BlackBerry disputes; company posts 68 percent profit jump
• General Strike in Spain Against Austerity Measures
• Two powerful earthquakes hit eastern Indonesia
• Iraqi Shiite Militia Hints of Iran's Hand in South
• Jimi Hendrix's London apartment opens to public to mark 40th anniversary of his death
• Holy day Internet blackout on ministry websites fuels secular, religious tensions
• 30 Gulf cartel suspects captured in north Mexico
• A rundown on the Afghan parliamentary election
• Police: 6 Indian security forces injured in stoning by protesters in troubled Kashmir
• UNICEF: Cholera outbreak in Cameroon 'worst in 20 years' with hundreds dead
• 2 Greenpeace Japan activists convicted of stealing whale meat from controversial research hunt
• British minister jailed for 4 years after performing hundreds of sham marriages
• UK police may reopen probe of alleged phone hacking by tabloid if new evidence emerges
• Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi wins confidence vote, EU
• In Congo, where 270 died in boat accidents, risky river travel is a way of life _ and death
• Powerful Earthquakes Strike Eastern Indonesia
• UN lifts arms embargo on Sierra Leone
• Chavez's support eroding in slum strongholds as hard times return and an election looms
• Italy's Berlusconi wins confidence vote
• Australia to release all evidence to US authorities investigating honeymoon diving death case
• Spain Arrests American Al Qaeda Suspect
• Stem cell researcher, Brazilian mathematician and father of micro-history win Balzan prizes
• UK defense sec'y warns spending cuts too brutal
• US general: Iraq political limbo fuels violence
• Tropical Storm Hermine makes landfall near in northeastern Mexico, roars toward Texas
• Police say 12 killed in suicide car bomb attack on police station in northwest Pakistan
• Bolivia's Morales: law lets him seek re-election
• Denmark Seeks to Avoid Renewed Cartoon Uproar
• Reports: Russian regional strongman who claims to have visited alien spaceship is retiring
• Top US commander in Afghanistan warns Quran burning could spark violence against Americans
• Mexico: Landslide in another town kills 16 people
• Stem cell researcher, Brazilian mathematician and father of micro-history win Balzan prizes
• Mail workers in Puerto Rico trafficked drugs
• Mozambique text message service stopped after protests summoned by text; radio says 9 arrested
• Germany's Merkel praises deal to extend operations for country's 17 nuclear power plants
• Guinness World Records certifies 27-inch-tall Colombian as world's shortest man
• Senior Al Qaeda Commander Killed in Airstrike, NATO Confirms
• Mud Buries Bus in Guatemala, Second Slide Kills Rescuers
• China's media say 3 Japanese freed, 1 still held
• Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case; actor says he didn't want to testify again
• South African unions suspend civil service strike after 20 days
• General strike in Spain against austerity measures
• At Paris, conventional engines still going strong
• Lebanon prime minister says it was mistake to accuse Syria of killing his father, Rafik Hariri
• Authorities Probe Afghan Journalist's Murder
• Media Advocate: Iraqi Forces Attacking Press
• Ireland Hunting Down Thousands of Escaped Minks
• Quick guilty plea could buy up to 40 percent decrease in prison term for Australian criminals
• Twin mudslides along highway bury bus, then would-be rescuers; at least 45 dead in Guatemala
• Female, single and over 30 _ Iraqis count one hidden cost of the war
• Malaysian court jails notorious wildlife trader 6 months for smuggling 95 live boas in luggage
• Suicide attack on police station in NW Pakistan kills 17 officers and civilians
• Abducted Japanese Reporter Released From Captivity in Afghanistan
• Al-Qaida suspects ambush Yemeni governor's convoy
• 2 people wanted in inquiry into mystery slaying of British spy at his London home
• WTO says US ban on Chinese poultry is illegal
• Philippines asks court to outlaw Abu Sayyaf, blacklist more than 200 militants
• Suriname president shrugs off questions about dictatorship, murder trial, drug conviction
• Official: 2,000 more NATO troops may be deployed to help train Afghan security forces
• Aftershocks continue in New Zealand, while experts warn another big one might strike
• UNICEF refocusing on most marginalized of world's youngsters to save and improve lives
• Ex-member of Electric Light Orchestra killed in freak collision with rolling hay bale
• Delta becomes 1st US carrier to resume international flights to Liberia after end of civil war
• Independent lawmakers hand Australia's Labor Party enough support to form government
• Suspected U.S. Missile Strike Kills 3 Alleged Militants, Pakistani Officials Say
• UK drug regulators want GSK's controversial diabetes pill Avandia pulled from market
• Yad Vashem gains access to Holocaust-era documents in Polish archives
• Star of documentary on Japan's dolphin hunt says activists may need to ease up to end killing
• Tax-leery Argentines risk robbery, death making huge cash transactions for illegal economy
• Police: Drunk driver kills 15, injures 7 at Ecuador bus stop
• 3 more suspects in Mexico migrant massacre found dead following anonymous tip
• Top China and US officials meet amid tensions over currency, trade, military affairs
• Model Jerry Hall to auction part of art collection, including Lucian Freud's nude portrait
• Here we go again: Spaniards not convinced that new Basque militant ceasefire is credible
• Suriname president shrugs off questions about dictatorship, murder trial, drug conviction
• Ahmed Maher, Egypt's former foreign minister known for low-key diplomacy, dies at 75
• Romanian govt in uproar amid austerity protests
• 3 Australian soldiers face serious charges after 5 children killed in Afghanistan operation
• Pakistan court orders government to probe graft
• In letter, US artists support settlement boycott by Israeli actors
• Major Paris Train Station Evacuated After Bomb Alert
• No punishment 1 year after Guinea stadium massacre
• Kurdish Rebels Deny Iranian Forces Entered Iraq in Cross-Border Raid
• Pakistanis outraged at landowners suspected of diverting floodwaters to save property
• Train crashes into truck working on bullet train link in Spain; 2 dead, 8 hurt
• Rembrandt's Jan Six: After 350 years watching family foibles, he goes on public display
• Organizers of Jewish activist boat sailing to Gaza expect Israel to intercept vessel
• Chile: trapped miners get Brad Pitt, censored news
• Mexican Mayor Stoned to Death in Drug-Plagued State
• Magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolts remote area in southern Iran
• UK's new opposition leader says he will bury era of former leader Tony Blair
• Karzai's brother says he will amend US tax returns; says his businesses are open book
• WHO official: Faster, more vaccine production needed for next flu pandemic
• Bahamas judge has dismissed charges in John Travolta extortion case at request of actor
• Jordan's Queen Rania has heart procedure in US
• New nuclear plants needed to reach green goals
• Corneille, last surviving Dutch member of influential COBRA art movement, dies at age 88
• Pakistan Protests NATO Airstrikes on Its Territory
• Mideast Talks in Turmoil Over Israeli Settlement
• Kandahar boardwalk at heart of Afghan battlezone is a world away from war
• Report: China to stick with one-child policy in coming decades
• 95 people, including 2 former mayors, go on trial for alleged corruption in Spain
• Palestinians wait on decision to quit peace talks
• Rare color footage of London blitz found on eve of 70th anniversary of WWII bombing raids
• Tricky balancing act: Authorities seek to ensure air safety while weeding out hoaxes
• Suicide attack on police station in NW Pakistan kills 17 officers and civilians
• Suspected US missile strike kills 4 people in NW Pakistan, say intel officials
• Abducted Japanese journalist returns home the day after release in Afghanistan after 5 months
• Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff
• Oil hovers below $77 in Asia as global stock markets bolster optimism
• Leaders of France, Germany, Russia to discuss join security concerns in October summit
• Blair cancels London book signing after protesters in Dublin hurled shoes, eggs
• Nigeria farmers fear destruction of corn, rice crops in floods that have displaced 2 million
• Abbas Says No Quick Decision on Pulling Out of Peace Talks
• 3 people killed, 17 wounded after troops open fire on anti-India protesters in Kashmir
• Serb pleads guilty in NY student beating case
• Hearing Begins in Alleged Plot by U.S. Soldiers to Murder Afghans
• Egyptian government officials to be tried in theft of Van Gogh painting
• Angelina Jolie visits Pakistan to meet with flood victims
• Opposition leader urges Egyptians to boycott election, says Mubarak's regime decaying
• Police investigate Beijing security firm for illegally detaining petitioners in 'black jail'
• Baghdad bomb injures news anchor in latest attack on Iraqi TV staff
• Segway company owner dies after falling into river on the unique two-wheeler
• Nigeria: Radical Muslim sect blamed for 2 targeted killings after spate of shootings
• Kurdish rebels deny Iranian forces entered Iraq
• Whose helicopter is it? Report of attack on Somali coast town leaves unanswered questions
• Well known Afghan journalist murdered outside Kabul home, found covered in stab wounds
• 6 EU countries plus Canada seek ways to crack down together on illegal migrants
• Elections chief says Chavez's allies win majority in Venezuelan congressional vote
• Russia says wants to supply all of China's gas needs amid closer energy cooperation
• Pakistan protests NATO airstrikes on its territory
• Malaysia TV station scraps Muslim holiday ad following Christmas, Santa comparison complaints
• Israeli FM says his party will push for renewed settlement building, threatening fragile talks
• North Korea frees fishermen detained last month, requests flood assistance from South Korea
• North Korea Takes Step Toward Anointing Kim Jong Il's Son as Successor
• Police charge American teenager with murder over mother's death at Indian tourist resort
• Colombia's military kills at least 22 FARC insurgents in attack near border with Ecuador
• Christians pray in shuttered Indonesian church monitored by police, agree to discuss tensions
• Fierce waves pound Bermuda as weakened Hurricane Igor passes just west of British island
• Myanmar media warn Suu Kyi's disbanded party against criticizing elections
• From funding to TV time, Chavez opponents face major obstacles in congressional elections
• A military spokesman in Tajikistan says at least 23 soldiers were killed in an ambush
• Basque separatists say they are ready for international mediation to solve conflict with Spain
• Thailand's Red Shirts gather at site of May violence to mark anniversary of 2006 military coup
• Intelligence officials: Suspected US missile strike kills 5 militants in NW Pakistan
• Chinese Premier Wen cites 'political reform,' urging officials to obey laws, fight corruption
• Car bombs tear through Baghdad neighborhoods, former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah; 36 dead
• British Man With Possible Terror Ties Arrested at Amsterdam Airport
• Somali prime minister says forces to open 2nd front against Islamist insurgents by year-end
• Swedish government loses majority in election as far-right group enters Parliament
• France's Areva nuclear company evacuates workers from northern Sahara after Niger kidnappings
• A look at Sweden's candidates for prime minister
• More than 100,000 Pakistani children caught in floods at risk of dying from lack of food
• Israel against sale of Russian cruise missiles to Syria, fears they could reach Hezbollah
• Pinera says he's done all possible to rescue Chile's miners as 3 drills carve separate tunnels
• Iran's president to AP: 'The future belongs to Iran' but no intention to obtain atomic bomb
• Dutch police say a terrorism suspect arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport
• Suspected American missile strike kills 5 militants in northwestern Pakistan, say officials
• Freight train slams into passenger train in central India, killing 21, injuring 50
• Afghan government says insurgent rocket attack kills 6 children
• Dutch prosecutor says the man arrested at the airport is a UK national of Somali ancestry
• Peru poll says 2 women front-runners in race for Lima mayor _ post won only by men since 1535
• Laszlo Polgar, a Grammy-winning Hungarian bass and member of the Zurich Opera, dies at 63
• Observers voice 'serious concern' over Afghan vote, even as Karzai declares it a success
• Mexico daily restricts drug war coverage after 2nd journalist slain, seeks truce with cartels
• Gunmen fire at tourist bus outside New Delhi mosque, wounding 2 Taiwanese
• Obama, Southeast Asian leaders want South China Sea disputes resolved peacefully, draft says
• AP Interview: Iran's president says future belongs to Iran, is not seeking atomic bomb
• Ex-Israeli premier details failed peace offer, says any new deal would have to look like his
• State media say China has suspended ministerial-level exchanges with Japan over boat dispute
• Top Hamas official arrested in Egypt on way back to Gaza, say relatives
• Powerful Typhoon Fanapi floods southern Taiwan, makes landfall in eastern China
• Japan urges China to remain calm after Beijing cuts high-level contacts over detained captain
• Nigeria election commission asks for more time to prepare for presidential election
• Indian lawmakers arrive in Kashmir seeking ways to end escalating anti-India violence
• Pakistan becomes chair of International Atomic Energy Agency board despite treaty refusal
• TV Exit poll: center-right government to win Swedish election with 49.1 percent of the vote
• Remorseful US veteran who nabbed emblematic French WWII flag sends it back to France
• 6 kidnapped police officers found slain in Mexican state; 1 survivor located
• Dutch authorities question alleged UK terror suspect arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport
• More than 100,000 Pakistani children caught in floods at risk of dying from lack of food
• In village serving as lab against Africa's ills, promising results and some disappointments
• Pakistan 'friends' group pledges millions more in flood aid, but demands leadership
• Philippine troops kill Abu Sayyaf militant wanted for kidnappings, hospital takeover
• Clinton Urges Iran to Reject Military Expansion
• Frenchman whose arms, legs were amputated swims across English Channel
• Iraqi army: Car bomb in western Baghdad kills 12 near mobile phone office
• Relatives say Jordanian authorities detain mentor of al-Qaida's late al-Zarqawi
• Armenian Christians celebrate Mass at ancient island church in Turkey in reconciliation effort
• On 25th anniversary of 1985 quake, Mexico sees lasting effects
• Peru police take back power plant seized by coca growers protesting crop eradication campaign
• Nigeria's electoral commission says more time needed to prepare for presidential election
• Despite controversy, Israel's settlement freeze has barely slowed construction
• 4 small-town mayors killed in 1 month by Mexican drug gangs seeking to control strategic areas
• Relics from a survivor of Scott's Antarctic expedition sell for $580,000 at auction in London
• Obama: Israel should extend freeze on West Bank construction; peace talks must press on
• Al-Qaida in Iraq claims responsibility for Baghdad bombings that killed at least 31
• Oil hovers below $75 in Asia as growing US crude supplies suggest demand remains sluggish
• UN chief hits radicals for fostering tension between West and Islamic world
• Israelis, Palestinians search for way to resolve settlement crisis, salvage Mideast talks
• Tajikistan's army hunts militants in the mountains, prompting fears of renewed conflict
• Romanian detained over a $3 million cyber fraud against eBay Inc.
• Zimbabwe airline pilots end 2-week strike, criticize NY trip by Mugabe and 80-member entourage
• Obama to challenge UN members to support Israeli-Palestinian peace deal
• First partial results from Afghan parliamentary poll released as fraud charges mount
• UK police arrest 6 men in suspected Sept. 11 Quran burning posted on Internet
• 7 elephants killed by speeding train; environment minister calls on railway authorities to act
• Obama: Iran must 'confirm to the world' the peaceful intentions of its nuclear program
• A fatter future: 3 of 4 Americans to be overweight by 2020, new report warns of health costs
• Along tense Sudan border, UN military observers see less cooperation before independence vote
• Technical problems delay space station departure for 2 Russians, 1 American by a day
• Report: Thousands in Turkey denounce Quran desecration in the United States
• French army chief says military operation to free 7 hostages abducted in Niger not on table
• Miliband almost certain to be voted next leader of Britain's Labour Party: But which one?
• Obama: Palestinian state can only be won by peaceful means and reconciliation with Israel
• Philippine Muslim rebels drop independence demand, seek US-style state
• First partial results from Afghan parliamentary poll released as fraud charges mount
• Cuban man who sewed mouth shut in hunger strike to protest DVD confiscation collapses
• Bond selloff means record-high debt financing costs for Ireland, Portugal; German T-bills soar
• Obama tells UN leaders it's time for Iranian government to confirm peaceful nuclear intentions
• Indian Supreme Court agrees to delay verdict in dispute over Ayodhya holy site
• Peru grave robbers hold skull of candidate's late father hostage, demand he drop out of race
• Nearly 1 million protesters fill France's streets over retirement age
• The wife of a US contractor detained in Cuba on suspicion of spying visits him on island
• European Medicines Agency says diabetes drug Avandia should be pulled from market
• Obama tells UN that US focused on more effective fight against al-Qaida and Taliban
• Text me UR ... equations? SAfrican social networking site offers math tutoring via cell phone
• Czech Defense Ministry plans to deploy 200 more troops in Afghanistan next year
• European markets down early as major Asia markets pause for autumn festivals
• China halts rare earth exports to Japan amid ensions over territorial dispute, traders say
• UN session urges US, others to ratify and clear way for treaty banning nuclear tests
• Tropical Storm Matthew threatens flooding for Central America
• Probe focuses on cargo risks aboard UPS 747 that crashed in Dubai after smoke filled cockpit
• Obama calls US-Japan alliance 'cornerstone' of world peace and security
• In Austria, you don't have to be a king to live in a castle _ you just need a bit of luck
• Chavez, opponents hold final rallies in campaign for Venezuela's legislative elections
• Iran criticizes Russia over decision to ban sales to Tehran of S-300 missile systems
• Raging floods in northern India kill 17, force 2 million to flee inundated villages
• Hamas convicts, sentences alleged collaborator with Israel to death in latest Gaza campaign
• Diplomats: Iran ends seat bid on decision-making International Atomic Energy Agency board
• Puerto Ricans can use birth certificates 1 more month before they're voided under security law
• Colombia says killing of No. 2 commander worst blow ever to FARC rebels
• Bill Clinton's comments that Russian immigrants are obstacle to peace draw Israeli ire
• Vietnam finds mass grave of communist soldiers killed during the Vietnam War
• Afghan President Karzai calls for quick release of journalists detained by NATO, Afghan forces
• Southern Sudan opens talks with rebel commander, hopes to contain violence before Jan. vote
• Obama tells UN: Global Economy has been 'Pulled Back From Brink of Depression'
• Mexican news media grapple with life in shadow of drug cartels following stunning editorial
• Obama says US-Japan alliance a 'cornerstone' of world peace and security
• Twitter hack traces back to Japanese user trying to expose flaw
• French def. min. says kidnapping of 3 French employees from ship off Nigeria looks like piracy
• More Than 250,000 British Toddlers Labeled Racists
• Spain reaches deal with small opposition party that will help it pass 2011 budget
• NKorean insistence on resuming tours holds up talks on reunions of families separated by war
• Former Indonesian policeman says he helped al-Qaida fund, train new terror network
• Recovery concerns stalk markets; apparent Bank of Japan intervention fails to weaken yen
• This recall probably not for you: Bentley says 820 "Winged B" hood ornaments might be a hazard
• US news media group calls attacks on Mexican journalists a 'national crisis'
• Pakistan police to charge 3 men for assisting in failed Times Square bombing
• Cambodian opposition leader convicted, sentenced to 10 years in absentia for dishonoring govt
• Officials say sex offenders hide out in Puerto Rico to avoid stricter laws in US
• 9 Portuguese tourists killed when bus overturned in northern Morocco
• Jewels evoking romance of Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII go on show ahead of auction
• Asian stock markets encouraged by Portugal debt auction, softer yen
• Schools close, teachers targeted and panicked by Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand
• Colombian officials say No. 2 FARC rebel commander Jorge Briceno killed in raid
• Obama: Israel's security requires an independent Palestinian state with dignity for people
• Iranians Unaware Castro Has Taken Up Their Cause
• London Film Festival includes Colin Firth, George Clooney pictures and host of British flicks
• US to push for new expert on freedom of assembly at UN human rights forum
• Russia turns over a further 20 files on the 1940 Katyn massacre to Poland
• Barbados' prime minister returns to US for more medical treatment of unspecified illness
• Iranian authorities detain lawyer who has represented opposition activists
• Servant testifies head of Filipino clan ordered massacre of rivals, journalists over dinner
• Peru grave robbers hold skull of candidate's late father hostage, demand he drop out of race
• Fidel Castro's warnings of nuclear war over Iran get little play in Iran
• 21 killed, 78 wounded in fighting in Somali capital between insurgents, pro-government forces
• Suicides, depression cost Japan's economy $32 billion last year
• Obama says US-Japan alliance a 'cornerstone' of world peace and security
• School girl's claims of discrimination illustrate language still bitter issue in South Africa
• Australia's first Muslim, Aboriginal and youngest ever members of parliament come to Canberra
• Gunmen kill Iraqi TV journalist in Mosul, day after anchor for state TV gunned down in Baghdad
• Luck helps: Italian mobsters buy winning lotto tickets to launder millions in cocaine cash
• Sophisticated casual the name of the game at Fendi for summer 2011, shirtwaists are the canvas
• US walks out on Ahmadinejad's UN speech as he says some think Americans caused 9/11 attacks
• South Korea imposes independent sanctions on Iran over suspected nuclear weapons program
• Luck helps: Italian mobsters buy winning lotto tickets to launder millions in cocaine cash
• China investigates 4 Japanese accused of illegally filming military targets, state media says
• Britain's Cameron flies to France to tend to sick father, misses key Parliamentary session
• Skepticism about peace mixes with festive atmosphere as Israelis usher in Jewish new year
• Iran official says group behind bomb blast that killed 12 has been identified, gives no name
• Malaysian prosecutors seek harsher sentence for 'Lizard King' to deter wildlife trafficking
• Report: Fidel Castro tells journalist Cuban economic model doesn't work
• Vatican: Burning Koran would be "outrageous and grave gesture" against Islam
• Sex workers in Muslim-dominated Senegal await end of Ramadan after month of slow business
• Cuba's communist system gets panned by unlikely source _ revolutionary leader Fidel Castro
• In secular Syria, a TV soap raises controversy by criticizing Muslim hard-liners
• French president holds firm on raising retirement age; defiant unions plan new protests
• Third Mexican Mayor in a Month Killed by Suspected Drug Hitmen
• Syrian influence in Lebanon is on the rise again, 5 years after split
• European nations pressure Iran as envoy says 'mitigation' possible in woman's stoning case
• Peru's president says New Yorker Berenson not a threat, doesn't rule out commuting sentence
• US Marine raid reclaims ship from pirate hands off Somalia
• UK police charge Lebanese man in case of Canadian singer whose body was found in suitcase
• Sri Lanka eliminates term limits for presidency; many fear it will pave way to dictatorship
• Bahrain freezes human rights group and appoints new head
• NKorea marks foundation anniversary amid speculation on another father-to-son succession
• UN chief urges repeal of anti-gay laws, says cultural concerns don't justify discrimination
• The Rev. Lucius Walker, American who led aid caravans to Cuba defying US embargo, dies at 80
• 10 arrested in Europe-wide raids on hackers who download, distribute movies and TV series
• Mexican marines arrest 7 alleged gunmen in massacre of 72 migrants
• US Marine raid reclaims ship from pirate hands off Somalia
• UK police charge Lebanese man in case of Canadian singer whose body was found in suitcase
• Sri Lanka eliminates term limits for presidency; many fear it will pave way to dictatorship
• Venezuela's Chavez accuses opponents of sabotaging electricity grid ahead of elections
• India shifts to 'non-lethal' force in Kashmir, but some protesters still die
• Police say they will bring terrorism charges against 3 men held over failed Times Square bomb
• Angelina Jolie criticizes US church's planned Quran burning during trip to Pakistan
• European nations pressure Iran as envoy says 'mitigation' possible in woman's stoning case
• Police arrest top separatist leader in Indian Kashmir amid street protests
• German Church Rejects Founder's Plan to Burn Koran
• A White House visit ahead, China's president calls for stable ties with US
• Spanish Police Say U.S. Woman Killed in Seville, Body Cut Up and Thrown in River
• Blind Chinese activist lawyer released from prison but promptly confined in rural village
• Sinn Fein chief says he met Catholic priest involved in 1972 bombing, didn't discuss it
• Swaziland activists march on 2nd day of protests for democracy, 2 leaders arrested
• Venezuela's Chavez to meet Jewish leaders amid concerns about anti-Semitism in state media
• Pope thanks Britain for 'vast' security, communications efforts in upcoming visit
• Workers in Gulf camp head home as 'victims' of economic downturn
• Muslim mason immortalized as gargoyle at French cathedral, provoking debate
• England's top prosecutor supports introduction of US-style murder charges
• Muslims see Quran burning threat as targeting the direct word of God
• Red Cross volunteer who helped remove 6 women killed in store fire commits suicide in Barbados
• Germany: Danish Muhammad cartoonist receives prize in ceremony attended by Chancellor Merkel
• UN chief in Rwanda to discuss threatened peacekeeper pullout over UN Congo genocide report
• Suspected US missile hits NW Pakistan, killing 5 alleged militants in 4th attack in 24 hours
• Israel Tal, father of the famous 'Merkava' tank and noted Israeli commander, dies at 86
• British lawmaker calls for Murdoch to explain tabloid phone hacking to parliamentary inquiry
• Indonesian cities empty as millions return to villages to celebrate end of Islamic holy month
• Honduras says 18 slain in factory had no criminal records but some were friends with gangsters
• Nigeria's president appoints new military leaders ahead of 2011 elections, cementing his power
• 2 panda cubs born in Spanish zoo after artificial insemination; genders still unknown
• Tightening divorce ban highlights how Egypt's Christians cleave closer to their Church
• Russian experts to probe emergency landing of passenger jet that ended up in northern forest
• UK to review extradition laws over fears it's too easy for US to extradite British suspects
• Mexican Marines Arrest Seven Suspected of Killing 72 Migrants Near U.S. Border
• Demjanjuk health issues becoming increasing focus as trial in Germany grinds on
• Afghan president's brother made $800K in Dubai house deal using loan tied to Kabul Bank
• Iran's envoy to Vatican: mitigation "possible" in stoning case as Islamic law allows clemency
• Austrian kidnap victim Kampusch tells of beatings, starvation in new book about her ordeal
• Former Polish president denies knowledge of CIA site and harsh treatment of terror suspect
• East Timor's deputy prime minister resigns after PM calls him a 'liar'
• North Korea celebrates nation's founding amid speculation Kim Jong Il will hand power to son
• New Zealand lawmaker quits party over dead baby identify theft scam
• Egypt scraps visit by Iranian foreign minister to protest comments on Mideast peace talks
• Demand grows for Pakistan to tax the country's rich to pay for flood reconstruction
• British media: Police arrest 5 men over potential threat to pope
• Bore hole for rescue reaches trapped Chile miners; weeks of widening still ahead
• From Borat to Bohemian Rhapsody: Sacha Baron Cohen set to play Freddie Mercury in Queen biopic
• Tribes close to Afghan border fight in Pakistan; 102 killed
• Police in Denmark say hotel blast suspect preparing letter bomb for Danish newspaper
• Police: Rocket hits Kabul as Afghans prepare for vote
• Church reveals names of 4 more political prisoners Cuba to free into exile in Spain
• Vatican says pope has been informed of arrests, plans no change to schedule
• St. Maarten holds historic election as Dutch territory prepares to become country
• Germany insists Merkel did not tell France's Sarkozy that Germany would clear out Roma camps
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• Security forces raid office of Iran's main opposition leader
• Government says 60 feared killed in accidental blast in eastern Sri Lanka
• Pope pushes ahead with visit after British police say 6 men arrested in alleged terror plot
• South Africa security minister defends information bill condemned by media, rights groups
• In Israel, life comes to a halt as Jews mark solemn fasting day of Yom Kippur
• French FM: Al-Qaeda's North Africa Offshoot may be Behind Niger Kidnappings of 7 in Sahara
• Magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes Hindu Kush of northern Afghanistan, no major damage reported
• AU peacekeepers have established 9 more bases in war-ravaged Somali capital in recent months
• Ugandan police arrest 2 Kenyan rights activists working on cases of suspected bombers
• Ahmadinejad hopeful US will release Iranians it is holding now that Tehran has freed American
• Explosions rip through building that might have housed Hezbollah weapons in southern Lebanon
• Koreas agree on divided families' reunion but differ on details, highlighting their strain
• Experts warn US and developed world face significant risk of double-dip recession
• Plaintiffs up Alleged Chevron Damages in Ecuador
• Chechen activist, 1 of Russia's most wanted, arrested in Poland, then set free
• Polish court orders Chechen separatist leader Zakayev released pending extradition proceedings
• 3 Australian teens suspended, questioned by police after allegedly beating a kangaroo to death
• Afghan Candidate Wounded in Grenade Attack
• France Suspects Al-Qaeda Link in Niger Kidnapping
• Chavez insists he won't accept US ambassador nominee, condemns US criticism on drugs
• Hurricane Karl hits Gulf Coast near Veracruz with winds of 115 mph (185 kph)
• NASA team makes recommendations to maintain trapped miners in Chile
• Poland: Court Releases Chechen Separatist Leader
• David and Samantha Cameron introduce their daughter Florence Rose Endellion to British media
• Swiss government plans to restrict, not ban, work of assisted suicide groups like Dignitas
• Police in Warsaw confirm arrest of Chechen separatist Akhmed Zakayev on international warrant
• New web addresses suggest Putin may run for Russian presidency in 2012
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• Gangs torch vehicles, shop in Pakistan's largest city after slaying of politician in London
• Government says blast in eastern Sri Lanka kills more than 20, including 2 Chinese
• Magnitude-6.3 Quake Shakes Afghanistan
• In wake of financial crisis, EBRD chief Mirow urges vigilance in Eastern Europe
• Mexican border newspaper calls media defenseless against drug gangs after photographer slain
• Dominican Republic investigates molestation allegations against evangelical pastor
• African Union peacekeepers cite struggles in expanding reach across Somalia's troubled capital
• UN expands Pakistan flood relief appeal by $1.5 billion, for record $2 billion total
• Pakistani Taliban claim suicide bombing attacks that kills at least 43 Shiites at procession
• World Bank: Palestinians ready for state if reform kept up; Israel should ease restrictions
• Greed over Congo's mineral wealth results in horrific gang rapes by rebel fighters
• US, South Korea to hold further naval drills aimed at deterring North Korea
• Hezbollah leader rejects prosecutor's demand to hand over information in Hariri case
• US rights group urges UN chief to secure release of Iranian women's rights activist
• Sweden, Finland urge EU to open an independent peace institute
• Dubai police chief says planned Blackberry curbs linked to spy worries
• Blind Chinese activist lawyer released from prison but promptly confined in rural village
• Kenya allows International Criminal Court to open office in Nairobi days after al-Bashir visit
• Indonesian toddler who smoked up to 2 packs of cigarettes a day kicks the habit
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• Police say suicide attack at minority sect mosque kills at least 1 in northwest Pakistan
• 2 Lawmakers Among 6 Dead in Mexico Plane Crash
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• Iran's military chief says Tehran could strike Israeli nuclear facility if Israel attacks Iran
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• Editor of opposition website found dead in authoritarian Belarus, cause of death not clear
• Dubai police chief calls BlackBerry a spy tool
• Saskatchewan minister says a possible Chinese bid for Potash not a good idea for his province
• UN soldier from Yemen shot, robbed by gunmen on motorcycles outside bank in Haitian capital
• Lightning fire halts operations at Venezuelan-run fuel terminal on Caribbean isle of Bonaire
• Judges warn slow pace of Karadzic genocide trial could spell 2 years extra, verdict in 2014
• Shiite Cleric Warns Iraqis Against Working With US
• 8 killed in latest wave of forest fires in Russia following drought, record-high temperatures
• Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed at least 5 people in southwest Pakistan
• Vatican museums chief warns of threats to Sistine Chapel brought on by huge amount of visitors
• Oil hovers near $75 in Asia after report shows US crude supplies drop more than expected
• US Marine raid frees cargo ship from pirate hands off Somalia
• AP Interview: Wikipedia founder Wales says mobile apps should enable charging for news
• After 17 years, fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir appears in British court to face 66 counts of theft
• Police say death toll from bombing at Shiite rally in southwest Pakistan jumps from 9 to 22
• An airport official says a plane has crashed on a highway outside Dubai; no word on casualties
• Ramadan TV show focuses on darker side of Muslim Brotherhood, provoking controversy in Egypt
• Iran Says It Could Strike Israel Nuke Site at Anti-Israel Rally
• Crowds attack home of Iranian opposition leader in display of rising intimidation
• EU Trade Chief Apologizes for Blaming Jews, 'Jewish Lobby' for Hindering Mideast Peace
• Bomb targeting police vehicle kills 1 officer, wounds 3 in northwest Pakistan
• Official: Honduran survivor of Mexico massacre helped free Ecuadorean migrant, fled with him
• South Korea's foreign minister offers to resign over nepotism scandal
• Ex-MI6 Worker Sentenced for Trying to Sell Secrets
• Dutch archive says it has found the oldest known share of stock issued by a corporation
• Bosnian police believe they have located a girl filmed hurling puppies into a river
• Snakes in a bag: Malaysian smuggler guilty over 95 live boas found in burst luggage at airport
• Correction: English murder law story
• Ex-UK deputy leader presses police for answers as scandal over tabloid phone hacking widens
• Albania Lobbies for Kosovo's Independence
• UN nuclear agency chief asks Israel to consider signing the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
• Japan approves additional sanctions on Iran over suspected nuclear weapons program
• Suicide carbomb hits Tajik police office, killing 1, wounding 25
• Guinea candidates commit to peaceful runoff vote amid fears of election violence
• Nearly 10,000 coal trucks stuck in latest north China traffic jam
• US Marine raid frees cargo ship from pirate hands off Somalia
• Analysis: Gen. Petraeus promotes special-ops success to show part of Afghan war US is winning
• Bosnian police believe they have located a girl filmed hurling puppies into a river
• Austrian right-wing author sentenced to additional 2-year prison term
• German court rules against YouTube in copyright dispute over uploaded Sarah Brightman videos
• 6 US army post office personnel quarantined after handling suspicious package in Turkey
• Afghan official: Karzai wants corruption probes led by Afghans, West should take back seat
• BP says cost of Gulf of Mexico spill hits $8B
• Plane Crashes on Dubai Highway
• Who is afraid of Youssou Ndour? Senegal is. Africa's megapop star's TV signal restricted
• Human Rights Watch says Afghan elections threatened by violence, lack of security
• Afghan cleric vows protest will target US troops if small American church burns Koran
• 4 Al Qaeda-Linked Iraqis Escape From U.S. Custody in Baghdad Prison
• British official: UK journalist held captive in NW Pakistan by militants has been released
• Activist says endangered right whale beached in Brazil is too weak to be rescued
• Banish the tax! Romanian witches 'frighten' lawmakers into voting against levy
• Interpol Issues Terror Alert Warning of Attack if U.S. Church Burns Koran
• Tens of thousands of Hasidic celebrate Jewish New Year at spiritual leader's tomb in Ukraine
• Waiting game in Pyongyang as world watches for glimpse of NKorea's hidden heir apparent
• EU: Iran must go beyond suspending stoning sentence against woman
• Oxford launches first Zulu-English dictionary update in 40 years in South Africa
• Belgian court rules church raid was illegal but government says sex abuse inquiry to continue
• Honey badger _ world's most fearless animal _ on the run from Prague zoo
• Word that 1 of 3 Americans held in Iran for 13 months will be freed offers hope to families
• Venice mayor defends display of sponsors' logos to pay for restoration of famed Doge's Palace
• Report: Bus filled with Hindu pilgrims crashes into river in central India, killing 21
• Southern Sudan marks 4 months until vote on independence; Clinton calls it 'ticking time bomb'
• 4 U.S. Missile Strikes in Pakistan in 24 Hours
• Top US and NATO intelligence chief in Afghanistan leaving for new post in Washington
• German FM condemns lawmaker's suggestion Poland provoked Nazis before WWII
• Waiting game in Pyongyang as world watches for glimpse of NKorea's hidden heir apparent
• 6.1 earthquake hits area where Chile suffered February catastrophe; no new damage reported
• Chinese anti-corruption official sentenced to death for taking $1 million in bribes
• Venezuelan man suspected of using Twitter to incite assassination of President Chavez
• Spain passes job reforms aimed at overcoming high unemployment, big deficit
• Durant scores 33 and US beats Russia 89-79 to move into semifinals at world championship
• Suicide bombers attack Somalia's main airport, killing 9 others in coordinated assault
• British lawmaker calls for Murdoch to explain tabloid phone hacking to parliamentary inquiry
• Cuban dissident says Fidel Castro should be tried by an international tribunal
• Report: South Korea indicts Christian activist for violating security laws
• British official: UK journalist held captive in NW Pakistan by militants has been released
• Critics say Mexico slow in acting on lessons from Colombia's dismantling of killer cartels
• Catholic group says it's preparing for possible meeting between Pope and abuse victims in UK
• Venice mayor defends display of sponsors' logos to pay for restoration of famed Doge's Palace
• South African murder rate drops by 8.6 percent to lowest level since 1994, police say
• Somalia security official: Car bomb explodes at front gate of Mogadishu airport, 2 killed
• Quake-Hit New Zealand City Cleans Up Carnage
• UK Prime Minister Cameron pays tribute to father, who died on vacation in France
• Taiwan couples on cloud nine after auspicious 9-9-9-9-9-9 nuptials
• Rescuers prepare to untangle humpback whale caught in buoys in Scotland
• Iran says female American held for more than year will be released
• Voter list finalized in Ivory Coast, removing last obstacle to holding long-delayed election
• Study: Stents may double risk of stroke or dying in older patients compared to surgery
• UK Prime Minister Cameron pays tribute to father, who died on vacation in France
• EU Parliament calls on Paris to suspend expulsions of Roma, criticizes France's policy
• Beijing warns: If Japan puts captain involved in boat collision on trial, it will harm ties
• Calling all peacocks: Scientists say male dancers with big flashy moves attract the most women
• Quake-Hit New Zealand City Cleans Up Carnage
• Catholic group says it's preparing for possible meeting between Pope and abuse victims in UK
• Venice mayor defends display of sponsors' logos to pay for restoration of famed Doge's Palace
• South African murder rate drops by 8.6 percent to lowest level since 1994, police say
• Honduras deploys soldiers on anti-crime patrols, identifies 2 suspects in factory shootings
• Team behind solar plane project plans to fly prototype across Switzerland
• Austrian kidnap victim's book launch draws large crowd, applause
• Taiwan couples on cloud nine after auspicious 9-9-9-9-9-9 nuptials
• Bahrain widens crackdown on Shiites by revoking citizenship of powerful cleric
• AP Interview: Turkish President Gul says he'll call for Mideast nuclear-free zone in UN speech
• Japan warns of fanning nationalism in dispute with China over detained fishing captain
• Syria Authorities Detaining Female Teen Blogger, Human Rights Group Claims
• After crossing English Channel, quadruple amputee aims to swim from Europe to Africa
• Hurricane Igor pelts eastern Canada with heavy rains; new storm heading toward Mexico
• 26 tons of toxic milk powder found, 7 arrested, as China continues to battle tainted food
• Insurgent-led Afghan party raises fears of unsavory leaders claiming power by ballot box
• 2 dead and millions of dollars in damage as Taiwan cleans up after powerful typhoon
• Venezuela deports alleged Colombian cartel boss, other drug suspect to US
• North Korea says it will hold political conference next week to elect new ruling party leaders
• Kurdish rebels extend Ramadan cease-fire in Turkey for another week, back school boycott
• 2 arrested in Australia after wrestling python outside McDonald's; snake stolen from pet shop
• France boosts pledge to fight world poverty, urges others to follow suit
• Mexico indirectly criticizes border newspaper, saying society shouldn't negotiate with cartels
• Small plane carrying Americans crashes in Bahamas after luggage door opens in air; no one hurt
• Paul Smith goes for the masculine, 'borrowed-it-from-my-boyfriend' look at London Fashion Week
• Tears for fashion's enfant terrible: Fashionistas honor Alexander McQueen at London memorial
• Somalia's prime minister resigns amid tensions with president; says move is to prevent turmoil
• Struggling with blackouts, Venezuela says it has plan to prevent outages during election
• Netanyahu wants Israeli troops, not international force, on border of future Palestinian state
• Animal protection group: UK woman who dumped cat in bin has been charged with cruelty
• Israelis: Turkish demand for flotilla raid apology unacceptable condition for leaders' meeting
• Ahmadinejad: capitalism causes poverty, Merkel says markets key to fighting poverty
• Zimbabwe constitution reform canvassing postponed indefinitely after weekend violence
• South African President Jacob Zuma slams youth wing of his party, calls for discipline
• NKorea sets date for major party convention amid speculation Kim Jong Il will promote son
• At least 23 soldiers killed in ambush in Tajikistan; officials blame Islamic militants
• Eat, pray, learn to love: Camping among enemies to stop high school gang wars in Thailand
• War crimes prosecutor urges EU to keep up pressure on Serbia to arrest Ratko Mladic
• Van with 30 schoolchildren plunges into river in Pakistani Kashmir; most kids missing or dead
• French president Sarkozy calls Niger kidnappings 'worrying,' pledges to mobilize government
• Scientists excited by experiments with $10B Big Bang machine, see discoveries coming soon
• Russia to boost research efforts to support its claim of Arctic territories
• Indian lawmakers in Kashmir to seek ways to end escalating anti-India unrest
• Obama at UN development gathering: US will not abandon those in need of lifesaving assistance
• Australian parents die in crash after visiting 13-day-old premature daughter in hospital
• Protests by peasants against reservoir prompt temporary halt in rail service to Machu Picchu
• At least 23 soldiers killed in ambush in Tajikistan; officials blame Islamic militants
• China's premier says US-Chinese business ties "inextricably connected"
• Polish prosecutors open probe into alleged CIA prison treatment of Saudi suspect in Poland
• French unions challenge Sarkozy with new strikes, protests over raising retirement age to 62
• French Embassy seeks help in finding 2 young French tourists missing in Bolivia for 4 weeks
• Colombia says 3 to share $500,000 for tips leading to air raid that killed 22 FARC rebels
• Pentagon official says US is committed to supporting Lebanon's army despite freeze in aid
• Kuwait strips hard-line Shiite activist of citizenship after claims of blasphemy
• German government OKs health care spending cuts; premium hikes to combat deficit
• Venezuela captures soldier charged with killing 2, wounding 6 at country's biggest army base
• Study: Early breast cancer patients survive just as long with less invasive lymph node surgery
• UN chief urges tolerance to combat growing social inequalities and political polarization
• Several dozen Iraqis deported from Europe return to Baghdad despite safety fears
• UN rights experts say Israeli forces broke international law in flotilla raid
• Rights group says Syria has detained teen blogger for 9 months
• China Province Punishes 300 Employees Caught Gambling, Singing Karaoke
• Art Historians May Have Uncovered Origin of Blue Jeans
• France increases terror security, protects moderate mosque leader amid reports of new threat
• Report: Iran sentences human rights activist to 6 years in prison
• Israeli Arab charged with spying for Hezbollah released from prison in plea bargain
• French soldiers hunt for kidnapped workers in Niger; Areva acknowledges security 'breakdowns'
• North China province punishes more than 300 employees for goofing off during work hours
• Syrian Kurd sentenced to 3 years in Spain for throwing shoe at Turkish premier
• Macedonia's moderate Muslims ask for crackdown on radical Wahabbi sect
• At least 25 insurgents killed in attack on NATO camp in eastern Afghanistan, officials say
• Jimmy the painting chimp draws draws crowds to Rio zoo to watch him work
• Hamas campaign to catch Gazans spying for Israel sparks opposition, underscores fears
• Frenchwoman convicted of kidnapping releases book in Mexico detailing case inconsistencies
• Paris Hilton denied entry to Japan after US drug conviction
• Pakistani court rejects bail for 3 suspects in Times Square bombing case
• Group urges world to engage more with Eritrea to avert another failed state in Horn of Africa
• Thousands Flee Yemeni Village as Security Forces Battle Al Qaeda Militants
• Shabtai Rosenne, member of Israeli commission probing raid on Gaza-bound flotilla, dies at 93
• Tajik authorities hunt ex-warlord on suspicion of involvement in killing of 25 soldiers
• AP Interview: Ex-president Clinton says Dems can keep majority if they refute Republicans
• Yemeni officials say al-Qaida militants fighting off army's attempt to retake besieged village
• Pakistani floods victim dies after setting himself alight outside prime minister's home
• Swiss women claim Cabinet majority, less than 4 decades after winning right to vote
• More candidates declare for presidential election in oil-rich Nigeria as poll confusion looms
• Ex-rebels in Ivory Coast get severance pay in step toward holding long-delayed election
• British author who denies Holocaust touring Nazi sites in Poland
• Thousands of Yemenis flee southern village as government forces shell al-Qaida hide-outs
• Mexico's death toll rises to 16 in mudslides, floods from remnants of Hurricane Karl
• U.S. Drones Kill 6 Militants in Pakistan, Intelligence Officials Say
• U.N. Summit Focuses on Fighting Global Poverty by 2015
• Landslides, monsoon flooding kill 47 in northern India over the weekend, officials say
• Pakistani floods victim dies after setting himself alight outside prime minister's home
• Group urges world to engage more with Eritrea to avert another failed state in Horn of Africa
• AP Interview: Ex-president Clinton says Dems can keep majority if they refute Republicans
• North Korea promotes 3 diplomats involved in nuke negotiations ahead of political convention
• Zimbabwe court frees 83 Peace Day marchers; group will face minor "criminal nuisance" charges
• Zimbabwe drops charges against US health workers arrested for work at orphanage, AIDS clinic
• Jamaica parliament seat declared vacant after ruling party lawmaker admits dual US citizenship
• Venezuelan official says plane has crashed with 47 people on board; no word on victims
• Violence erupts in east Jerusalem after deadly shooting of Palestinian, clouding peace efforts
• Once-hopeful fighter pilots, Ethiopians stranded in Kyrgyzstan in post-Soviet muddle
• Obama says global development is moral, strategic and economic imperative for US
• Flooding and landslides from typhoon kill 54 in China, dozens still missing
• Russia's Medvedev bans export of sophisticated anti-aircraft systems to Iran
• Officials say 80 pilot whales stranded on New Zealand beach; 40 already dead
• Czech official: Google not allowed to continue its 'Street View' due to its privacy invasion
• A real page-turner: Historian stops UK traffic after book-laden truck overturns on highway
• 80 pilot whales stranded on New Zealand beach; only 24 still alive despite rescue efforts
• Zimbabwe court grants bail to US health workers accused of treating AIDS without license
• Canadian Foreign Ministry says Canadian detained in Libya can leave
• Banks get years to adjust to new capital rules designed to bolster financial stability
• Obama tells UN development conference US is 'changing the way we do business'
• Iranian news agency says bomb blast kills several people in western Iran
• Zimbabwe's prime minister says violence that killed 1 strips constitution reform of legitimacy
• Liberia ex-warlord known for gruesome acts cleared for 2011 presidential bid
• Dutch Police Release Somali-Born British Terror Suspect Arrested on Flight
• German government OKs health care spending cuts; premium hikes to combat deficit
• Swedish election results confirmed: Government loses parliamentary majority
• Russia Abandons Sale of Anti-Aircraft Missiles to Iran
• Calderon government says it is preparing plan to protect journalists in Mexico
• 4 British police officers in court charged with assaulting terror suspect
• AP Interview: Yanukovych seeks deeper US ties, moving on path to EU membership
• Russian Yury Fedotov is new UN drugs and crime czar, pledges to focus on public health
• Britain refuses US request for officials to meet Senate staffer on Lockerbie investigation
• Scientists excited by experiments with $10B Big Bang machine, see discoveries coming soon
• 5.9-magnitude earthquake reported near central Peru's coast
• Iranian state TV says 7 people have been killed in bomb blast in western Iran
• Pirates attack offshore oil platform near Nigeria, then kidnap 3 French employees from ship
• China premier threatens Japan with 'further actions' over growing boat dispute
• Spanish province that banned bull fighting votes to uphold other traditions seen to harm bulls
• Iran Detains Asian Reporter for Asking Questions About Country's Nuke Program
• Egypt accuses Israel of "chutzpah" in criticizing Cairo's nuclear record
• Lawyer: Family of detained American asks Iran to drop $500,000 bail
• French company Bourbon says 3 French employees kidnapped in assault on ship off Nigeria
• Lawyer: Prominent Algerian anti-corruption activist convicted of forgery
• Obama tells UN conference US is 'changing the way we do business' on global development
• Spain asks SAfrica to hand over ex-Rwandan general accused of genocide who survived shooting
• Iran displays advanced missile capable of striking Israel at military parade
• South African police arrest 11 suspected rhino poachers, including 2 veterinarians
• Running with bulls, lighting their horns approved in Spanish region that banned bullfighting
• UN's court for settling member disputes swears in new US, Chinese judges
• Wedding party gone wild: Munich raises stein to 200 years of Oktoberfest beer festival
• French national police chief says threat of terror attack on France hits peak
• Wedding party gone wild: Munich raises stein to 200 years of Oktoberfest beer festival
• Turks and Caicos party to abandon reform talks with Britain until election date restored
• Japan's foreign minister apologizes to visiting group of US POWs, says treatment was brutal
• Israel honors Indian nanny for saving 2-year-old boy from attack on Mumbai Jewish center
• Russia dismisses Georgian claims of ethnic cleansing, asks UN court to throw out case
• Turks step closer to EU with referendum vote, but membership is still a glimmer
• Chile mine rescue might restart if broken drill bit can't be removed; Hope to arrive Tuesday
• Afghan officials say British woman and 3 Afghans kidnapped in northeastern Afghanistan
• NATO airstrikes kill 14 insurgents in Afghanistan after joint patrol ambushed crossing river
• British businessmen charged with illegally making sperm available on the Internet
• Indonesian president orders police to arrest assailants who stabbed, beat Christians
• World stock markets mixed despite Wall Street gains as dollar falls against yen, yuan, euro
• In Turkey, some see culture clash in gang's assault on art galleries on opening night
• Danish police say blast suspect took serial number off prosthetic leg to hinder identification
• SKorea announces flood aid for NKorea, US envoy 'optimistic' on nuclear talks resuming soon
• Prosecutors investigating Polish bus crash
• Zimbabwe denies visas to SAfrican pop group after video portrays President Mugabe as a chicken
• Testimony at Demjanjuk trial in Germany suggests escape for guards at Nazi camps was deadly
• From Odyssey to Ottomans: British Library posts hundreds of early Greek manuscripts online
• Lady Gaga's stylist Formichetti tapped as creative director by Paris label Thierry Mugler
• Lawyer for detained American says family is appealing to Iran to drop $500,000 bail
• Small community groups in Haiti struggle to survive, fields of grass and soup kitchens at risk
• Iran detains Asian reporter for asking suspicious questions about nuclear program
• US hunter who says she mistook husband for a bear on trial in Canada
• China postpones senior official's visit to Japan amid diplomatic dispute over ship collision
• Sick American evacuated from Antarctica in mercy flight as blizzard conditions ease
• Dominican, Haitian killed in race-fueled dispute over wages at construction project
• Opposition group says 3rd Iranian diplomat has defected in Europe, this time in Belgium
• Maoist guerrillas kill 6 people, including 2 policemen, in attacks in eastern India
• Tensions simmer as Japan and China test each other's diplomatic resolve with fresh demands
• Israel divided on decision to expel children of illegal migrants while legalizing others
• New Delhi mayor says Commonwealth Games organizers are in race against time to finish work
• The Belgian church acknowledges widespread sexual abuse over years by clergy, promises action
• Basque separatist group ETA says it is willing to declare a permanent, verifiable cease-fire
• Afghan gov't disputes NATO finding on attack, says victims worked for election candidate
• Japan PM faces powerful challenger in leadership vote that could give country new leader
• Ancient Roman helmet with complete mask is facing auction in Britain
• French team arrives in Rwanda to investigate plane crash that sparked 1994 genocide
• Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to fly to US in new foreign minister role
• Car Packed With Explosives Kills 4 Iraqi Police Officers
• Clinton in Egypt for new round of Mideast talks, says 'time is ripe' for permanent peace
• Crown prince takes over throne of northern Malaysian state amid rare succession feud
• Venezuelan official says plane has crashed with 47 people on board; some survivors reported
• Venezuelan official says at least 23 survivors of plane crash
• Vatican library reopens to scholars after 3-yr renovation; new security, climate measures
• In easing of blockade, Israel approves 250 tons of construction material to upgrade Gaza plant
• Upset with Tehran's crackdown, a 3rd Iranian diplomat defects in Europe, opposition group says
• Weakened gov't, US troop withdrawal make Iraq wary of neighbor and uneasy ally Iran
• Weakened gov't, US troop withdrawal make Iraq wary of neighbor and uneasy ally Iran
• UN launches campaign against rape in camps for displaced Haitian quake victims
• Lawmakers don gloves and fight in front of Parliament to promote Thai kickboxing
• Kim Jong Il may consolidate family's power as North Korea holds a key political meeting
• Pope breaks own rule to hold up Anglican convert Newman as model for Catholics today
• Venezuelan official says plane has crashed with 47 people on board; some survivors reported
• UN: No global food crisis looms despite Russian wheat shortfall, but market turbulence likely
• Asian stock markets climb, take cues from Wall Street rally and higher metal prices
• Jewish activists set sail for Gaza, hoping to breach Israeli blockade and deliver aid
• Zimbabwe's president is back from UN, cancels criticized trip to Ecuador
• British aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan with 3 local colleagues; vote recounts ordered
• Israel's West Bank settlement slowdown expires; no Palestinian decision to quit peace talks
• Weeks of torrential rains force tens of thousands to flee their homes in southern Mexico
• US says inverted Philippine flag in Obama meeting was 'honest mistake'
• L.A., Beijing to Exchange Ideas on Solving Traffic
• 6 killed, 35 wounded in 2 bomb attacks in eastern, southern Baghdad
• Most Asian stocks fall on renewed worries over European bank debt
• Mozambican government reverses bread price increases following deadly riots
• Gunmen burst into small shoe factory in Honduras, killing 18 employees and wounding 5
• Basque separatist group ETA says it is willing to declare a permanent, verifiable cease-fire
• UN: Somalis scramble to escape fighting in capital that has killed 230 in 2 weeks
• Romanian president gives up police protection after 6000 officers protest wage cuts
• Iran's Revolutionary Guard cross into Iraq to go after bombing suspects, killing 30
• A White House visit ahead, China's president calls for stable ties with US
• State oil company Pemex reports explosion at a major refinery in northern Mexico
• China says progress made on human rights, points to raised living standards
• Small community groups in Haiti struggle to survive, fields of grass and soup kitchens at risk
• Where Egypt's elite now play, an ancient Roman port on Mediterranean once thrived
• Relatives greet Pakistani jet diverted because of false bomb threat
• American mothers of war dead find solace in embrace of Iraq's grieving women
• Suspected US missile attacks kill 7 people in NW Pakistan, say intelligence officials
• Strong earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia; no immediate reports of damage or injury
• China says 5 people in Tibet with deadly pneumonic plague, 1 dead
• Bombing at Royal Turf Club raises security concerns in Thai capital
• Japan's PM rejects China's repeated demands for apology over boat captain's arrest
• Report: Oman sending delegation to Iran to try to win release of 2 American prisoners
• Britain's new opposition Labour Party chief Ed Miliband denies he'll advocate a leftist agenda
• Israeli Woman Injured in West Bank Shooting
• Mexican soldiers detain drug cartel suspect blamed in deadly Cancun bar fire
• Japan chief spokesman says Tokyo will ask China to pay for damage to patrol boats
• Skin infections pose risk to Chilean miners as rescuers work to cool the sweltering conditions
• Intelligence officials say suspected US missile attack kills 3 people in NW Pakistan
• Egypt's Coptic pope apologizes over anti-Islam remarks by top bishop
• UN Peacekeeper Dies in Lebanon Accident
• Chief suspect in massacre of 18 at Honduras shoe factory dies in shootout with police
• Man charged with terrorism offenses over suspected dissident Irish Republican Army weapons
• Malware hits personal computers of staff at Iranian nuclear plant
• Kashmir separatists reject India's proposal to defuse deadly civil unrest
• Suspected US missile strike kills 2 people in NW Pakistan, say intel officials
• Palestinian leader meets Jewish intellectuals on visit to France at key moment for peace talks
• Portuguese-born businessman on hunger strike demanding Venezuelan government not seize land
• Remnants of Matthew soak parts of Mexico, Central America as it loses punch over land
• Catherine Walker, designer to Princess Diana, dies at the age of 65 after suffering cancer
• UK human rights watchdog demands British torture inquiry panel holds hearings in public
• China calls in Japanese ambassador over boat collision off disputed islands in East China Sea
• US official says gunman in Iraqi army uniform kills 2 American soldiers in northern Iraq
• Iran says it has the right to bar UN nuclear inspectors
• Quake-damaged New Zealand city faces huge repair bill as more aftershocks hit
• AP Interview: Athena Nike temple restored on Athens' Acropolis after decade-long facelift
• Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene in man returning from India
• Mozambican government reverses bread price increases following deadly riots
• Abbas asks US to intervene in dispute with Israel over settlement restrictions
• Obama to address UN anti-poverty summit and General Assembly ministerial meeting
• Congo official: investigation finds operators of capsized boat overloaded, bribed officials
• Authorities say gunmen attacking Nigerian prison where Muslim extremists held
• Service, flyover mark 70 years since Hitler's WWII Blitz targeted Britain
• Taiwanese firm raided after illicit sale to firm with ties to NKorean military, official says
• Iraqi soldier fires on American troops in northern Iraq, kills 2
• Doctors still analyzing alleged miracle in Pope John Paul II beatification
• Congo police arrest 3 men carrying 6 suitcases full of elephant ivory
• Speak Singlish can? Cannot. Singapore fears local patois will crowd out proper English
• Nigeria to hold Jan. 22 presidential election despite ongoing concerns over vote-rigging
• Germany's Merkel defends nuclear deal, insists it doesn't give the utilities windfall profits
• EU denounces 'barbaric' plans to stone to death Iranian widow convicted of adultery
• Junta-ruled Niger pushes back presidential election by nearly a month to Jan. 31, 2011
• Ukraine lawmakers brawl over austerity plans as thousands protest outside parliament
• Angelina Jolie meets flood victims in Pakistan, urges countries to give more aid
• Colombia orders arrest of reporter for alleged leftist rebel ties
• 34 rescued from Chinese oil platform leaning over in East China Sea, 2 missing
• Human Rights Watch accuses Zambian police of brutal abuse, beatings of suspects
• Egypt reactor failed in April but no radiation leak, says nuclear chief
• WikiLeaks' Assange suggests rape allegations may stem from personal issues, wants new lawyer
• Study finds that foreign aid after 2005 Kashmir earthquake built trust in Pakistan
• Tensions emerge between new Australian government, independent lawmaker over mining tax
• Myanmar junta chief visits China for political, economic support ahead of elections
• Labor Party will form Australian minority government after gaining support of two independents
• Top US commander in Afghanistan warns Quran burning could spark violence against Americans
• 7 Mexican women who claimed they were sentenced to decades in prison for miscarriages freed
• Official: Mass grave of 700 killed by antifascists after World War II discovered in Slovenia
• Doc Faces Sexual Molestation Charges After He Sucked Patient's Nipple
• Researchers say 21 pct of freshwater species in northern Africa threatened with extinction
• Vatican Paper Slams Koran Burning on 9/11
• Iraqi Soldier Kills Two U.S. Troops
• Russian minister: Authorities were too slow to call firefighting planes to battle wildfires
• German police raid the country's largest neo-Nazi group with eye on possible ban
• Somali-born Norwegian man pleads not guilty to funding Somali terrorists
• Bahamian police seek to identify human remains found in tiger shark's belly
• Top NATO general says most Taliban to be cleared from Kandahar by November's end
• Investigators: flight data recorder recovered at UPS cargo crash site
• UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo in past month, more than double previous number
• Vatican Paper Slams Koran Burning on 9/11
• German police raid the country's largest neo-Nazi group with eye on possible ban
• Iraqi Soldier Kills Two U.S. Troops
• US 'surge' increases focus on S. Sudan before vote
• WikiLeaks founder to speak in London
• Report slams UK cameras used to spy on Muslims
• Albanian to be extradited to US for crimes in NY
• Hong Kong Catholics say prayer meeting blocked
• New Dutch govt wants to tighten immigration laws
• Europol: Terror threat in Europe still real
• Search for Missing U.S. Balloon Pilots Intensifies
• Pakistan officials say NATO helicopter attack kills 3 security officers close to Afghan border, AS
• 1st gay pride march planned in Serbia in years after threats forced cancellation last year
• WikiLeaks chief lashes out at media during debate
• London commuters struggle to work as strike over job cuts shuts much of subway system
• Suspected US missiles hit 2 targets close to Afghan border, killing 10 alleged militants
• China Rips U.S. Currency Bill as Protectionism
• 2 Teachers Killed in Thailand's Violent South
• Cholera in Africa spreading at 'alarming' rate
• Agree to our terms or go, Zimbabwe tells investors
• Sudan tribal chief threatens vote in border region
• Search for missing US balloon pilots intensifies
• Italian film documents trauma of Iraq war veterans, US military's response
• Toronto anesthesiologist accused of 29 sex attacks
• Death toll in southern Mexico mudslides up to 32
• Pakistani officials say NATO supplies to Afghanistan blocked; order follows NATO airstrike, AS
• US commonwealth government partially shuts down
• Turkish exhibit displays coup-era torture instruments ahead of constitutional referendum
• Pakistan official: Worker at state Islamic body held for alleged role in failed NYC bombing, AS
• In hail of gunfire, soldiers rescue Ecuador president from hospital besieged by angry police, LT
• Al-Qaida group releases tape of French hostages
• Germany to settle outstanding WWI debt
• US envoy in effort to save Mideast talks
• Argentina gives asylum to alleged Chilean assassin
• German journalist's fight for secret govt files on Nazi Adolf Eichmann heads back to court
• Germany to settle outstanding WWI debt
• Hungary's Supreme Court OKs anti-Gypsy ad
• NKorea prints photos of heir apparent Kim Jong Un
• New Dutch govt wants to tighten immigration laws
• Strikes wallop commuters and tourists in France and London; more protests to come in Europe
• Albanian to be extradited to US for crimes in NY
• Ecuador revolt: Attempted coup or uprising?
• Hamas leader: Arafat urged attacks on Israel
• Koreas agree to 1st family reunions in 1 year
• Indonesian militant hurt by bicycle bomb blast
• Relief agency: Morocco abandons migrants
• 5 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan
• Japan jobless rate falls to 5.1 percent in August
• Police, troops angered by cut in benefits shut main airport in Ecuador's capital, block roads, LT
• UN tones down Congo 'genocide' report
• Al-Qaida's North Africa group releases video showing French hostages seized in Niger, AF
• French lawmakers: yes on stripping nationality
• Ecuador security minister: 1 dead, 6 injured in police uprising against cut in benefits, LT
• Lawyer says Indian court rules disputed Ayodhya holy site to be split among Hindus and Muslims, AS
• 3 coalition service members die in Afghan explosion, raising to 5 killed Thursday, AS
• Nepal lawmakers fail to elect PM for the 9th time
• Sri Lanka president OKs ex-army chief's jail term
• New Zealand rescuers save 14 whales of pod of 74 stranded on remote beach
• Al-Qaida in Iraq claims responsibility for Baghdad bombings that killed at least 31
• Get moving or else, envoys warn Geneva nuke conference, 'slumbering' for over a decade
• Brazil doctors remove knife blade stuck in man's head for 3 years
• Irish lawmaker ends support for government, seeks election over 'intolerable' bank bailout
• Cuba details new world of private enterprise, including accountants and business loans
• Witness in Rwandan genocide-linked case, Abdul Ruzibiza, dies at 40 in Norway after illness
• South African man shot dead by police after holding family hostage and shooting wife, son
• Car bomber in south Afghanistan kills 3 civilians
• Jewish settlers in West Bank eagerly prepare for end of construction restrictions
• UN creates investigator on freedom of assembly
• Japan prosecutors confirm Tokyo will release Chinese captain held in boat collision
• 4 small-town mayors killed in a month by Mexican drug gangs seeking to control strategic areas
• 16 inmates killed in prison riot in Venezuela
• Tropical Storm Matthew threatens flooding for Central America; Lisa a hurricane far from land
• New Dutch govt wants to tighten immigration laws
• Rights activists share Alternative Nobel
• Rights activists share Alternative Nobel
• PR police: 6 siblings raped, forced into orgies
• Afghan opium production halved in 2010
• Spanish judge frees US al-Qaida suspect
• Myanmar courts sentence activists, monk to jail
• Lawyer for Muslim community says he will appeal Indian court ruling on Ayodhya holy site, AS
• Russian Communist Party says Soviet coup plotter Gennady Yanayev has died at age 73
• 3 Japanese freed by China due to arrive back home
• Spanish Judge Frees U.S. Al Qaeda Suspect
• Oil drops slightly to below $75 in Asia amid mixed US economic data
• Indian court: Hindus, Muslims must share holy site
• Protesting police, soldiers seize Ecuador airport
• Europe debt crisis rolls on as Irish bailouts grow
• In turnabout, Myanmar junta to allow detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to vote
• Ex-Peru rebels, out prison, run for elected office
• S. Africa's president says country will research youth league's proposal to nationalize mines
• Hezbollah bars members from Hariri court interview
• Drug in beef could explain Contador's doping test
• Pakistan cuts NATO supply line after border firing
• Europe debt crisis rolls on as Irish bailouts grow
• Kenya's president: Key leaders say south Sudan independence referendum will be held in January
• African Union appeals for funds to increase AU force in Somalia from 8,000 to 20,000
• News report: Japan releases Chinese captain held in boat collision
• Iranian leader says Tehran would consider halting enrichment if it gets nuclear fuel
• NATO: 3 Afghan journalists freed after outcry over detainments for alleged Taliban propaganda
• German police hit protesters with water cannons
• Ex-Peru rebels, out prison, run for elected office
• S. Africa's president says country will research youth league's proposal to nationalize mines
• Oil drops slightly to below $75 in Asia amid mixed US economic data
• Report slams UK cameras used to snoop on Muslims
• German police hit protesters with water cannons
• SAfrican AIDS orphans aging
• Sign of the times: Lehman Bros sign, artworks, up for UK auction as creditors sell off assets
• English athletes arrive in New Delhi ahead of Commonwealth Games
• Illegal occupiers in Zimbabwe kill hundreds of animals in nature reserve, say conservationists
• Soldiers rush into hospital where Ecuador's president has been surrounded by rebellious police, LT
• Rights groups, free speech advocates decry arrest of webmaster of popular Thai news website
• German police hit protesters with water cannons
• Mexico officials: Mayor killed in $6,000 hit
• China to launch second lunar probe this weekend
• Obama looks to avert renewed conflict in Sudan, try to ease tensions in South China Sea
• Post-storm assessments find thousands of aging tents destroyed in Haiti quake camps
• Report: Failed Al Qaeda Plot Involving Sewing Bombs Inside Dogs
• Swiss minister spices up parliamentary debate with giggling fit over cured meat rules
• Nuclear Waste Shipment to Germany Meets Protests
• Mideast's other crisis: 5-year-old murder threatens political meltdown and violence in Lebanon
• Senegal's scientists hope black-eyed peas used in recipes will help reduce cost of bread
• African Union asks Security Council to delay genocide prosecution of Sudan's president
• US Missile Attack Kills 5 People in NW Pakistan
• Vatican bank chief questions money-laundering probe and says bank's image badly damaged
• Sudanese officials seek world support as critical independence referendum nears
• American Humiliated for Having Same Name as Pro-Iran Activist
• UN nuclear agency assembly narrowly votes against Arab bloc move to censure Israel
• Slovakia plans to completely withdraw troops from Kosovo, deploy soldiers to Afghanistan
• Official: Student Killed in Mexico Was U.S. Citizen
• Roaring fire hits Sao Paulo slum, destroying 300 shacks; 10 people hurt
• Canadian prime minister to survey hurricane damage in Newfoundland
• Rights group accuses FBI of involvement in secret transfers of Kenyan bomb suspects to Uganda
• Al-Qaida gunmen ambush Yemeni forces in capital after days of fighting in southern stronghold
• Second Russian Journalist Assaulted in Three Days
• Gitmo's Former 'Child Soldier' Sentenced to 8 Years, Could Serve Even Less
• Venezuela's Chavez says Colombian rebel's death shouldn't make anyone happy, calls for peace
• Holocaust-Era Mass Grave Found in Romania
• Nigeria: 5 Kidnapped in Offshore Oil Rig Attack
• Dominican teens found guilty of killing 7 taxi drivers, forcing some to drink drain cleaner
• Soyuz spacecraft with US, Russian astronauts onboard lands in Kazakhstan steppe
• S. Korean Police Arrest 4 People Over G-20 Protests
• U.S. Defends Human Rights Record Before UN Body
• 2 million people displaced in northern Nigeria flooding when dam gates opened
• Obama and Southeast Asian leaders call for freedom of navigation in South China Sea
• Official: Authorities open flood gates of swollen Nigerian dams, displacing 2 million people
• Qantas 747 Lands in Singapore After Engine Trouble
• Canadian Troops to Remain in Afghanistan Past 2011
• South African police investigating whether officers aided escape of 8 prisoners from court
• 2nd Mosque Bombed in NW Pakistan, Several Wounded
• British raise terror risk posed by IRA dissidents, say attack in England a strong possibility
• UN session seeks to kick-start 'sleeping conference' and cut off nuclear bomb material
• Former French President Chirac to Be Tried in Second Corruption Case
• Fresh Floods Kill 6 in Central Vietnam
• Moderate earthquake rocks New Zealand's North Island; no damage or injuries
• Workplace Gunman Takes Hostage at French BMW Office
• Taliban Overruns District in Eastern Afghanistan
• Arab League Chief: No Peace Talks if Israel Continues Building Settlements
• Hillary Clinton Urges Cambodia to Bring Khmer Rouge to Justice
• EU Mulls Blacklisting Airports That Aren't Secure
• As Chinese car sales speed up, traffic in Beijing slows down
• Thai court orders ex-PM's former wife to return controversial plot of land
• Philippine court sentences father to 14,400 years for near-daily rape of 13-year-old daughter
• Georgia Arrests 13 Accused of Spying for Russia
• Commonwealth Games head sees improved in conditions in New Delhi but calls for continued work
• Iraq Officials Get Handsome Pay for Little Work
• Al Qaeda Claims Baghdad Attacks on Shiites
• Mail Bomb Scare at German Embassy in Denmark
• Anti-Hezbollah Bloc Says Lebanon in 'Grave Danger'
• Philippine Actor Playing Gunman Killed by Watchman
• International aid groups say new US strategy will better help poor people abroad
• China halts rare earth exports to Japan amid tensions over territorial dispute, traders say
• Queen sought funds aimed at Britain's poorest to pay for heating at Buckingham Palace
• Germany Suspends Passenger Flights From Yemen
• 'Friends of Yemen' group urges economic, social, political reforms to stabilize country
• Somali Gunmen Kill Community Leader in Kenya
• 12 Killed in Attack on Russian Village Home
• Gunmen in Mexico's drug war getting younger
• Amid island rows, Japan, US affirm security ties
• Comatose Ex-Israeli PM Moved Home From Hospital
• Abashed Maldives Regulates Tourist Marriage Vows
• More ash-buried bodies found at Indonesia volcano
• Report: Kurdish Group Claims Istanbul Bombing
• Thousands protest in Spain over Western Sahara
• Police charge opposition activists in Bangladesh
• French Charge 4 Suspected in Terror Training
• Mexico Fire Kills 6 in Store Without Fire Detectors
• 5 Lions Maul Man to Death at Campsite in Zimbabwe
• Pakistan Bomb Shows Militant Reach
• Mexico Police Arrest 8 in Death of Ex-AG's Brother
• U.S., New Zealand Mend Ties After Nuclear Dispute
• Mexican Police Search for More Bodies in Acapulco
• French Arrest 2 Suspected of Planning Terror Attack
• Medvedev: Lessons Must be Learned From Spy Scandal
• Airbus Says Bearing Box Failed in Rolls Engine
• French charge 4 suspected in terror training
• Wife: Beaten Russian Reporter Out of Coma
• Kenyan Court Frees 17 Suspected Somali Pirates
• Spanish Authorities Inspect 10-Year-Old Mom's Home
• China: Pirates hijack ship with 29 in Arabian Sea
• Toll from volatile Indonesian volcano rises to 240
• Toll from volatile Indonesian volcano rises to 240
• Kenyan Court Frees 17 Suspected Somali Pirates
• China: Pirates hijack ship with 29 in Arabian Sea
• U.S. Officials: Military Wants to Boost Aid to Yemen
• Israel to decide on US-proposed settlement freeze
• Spanish Authorities Inspect 10-Year-Old Mom's Home
• Pakistani security forces kill 6 militants in Swat
• Plane Given All-Clear After Scare in Mumbai
• Maldives Regulates Tourist Marriage Vows After Incident
• Egypt Worries About IAEA Probe
• Chavez backers march through Venezuela's capital
• Cuba frees the first of 13 political prisoners
• Chavez Backers March Through Venezuela's Capital
• Supporters await Suu Kyi's release in Myanmar
• Obama backs Japan for UN Security Council
• Small quake shakes Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic
• Somali Pirates Hijack Ship With 20 Passengers
• Top Russian Spy Reportedly Defects After Betraying Anna Chapman, Other Agents in United States
• Chinese leader vows open trade, stable currency
• Saudi king hurts back, hands hajj duties to deputy
• Airbus Says Bearing Box Failed in Rolls Engine
• Clinton Hopeful on Resuming Mideast Peace Talks
• New Congress in Troubled Mexican State Sworn In
• French Retiree Convicted of Attacking Veiled Woman
• Wikileaks Urges U.S. to Probe Alleged Rights Abuses
• Obama seeks more market access, jobs for Americans
• Thousands Protest Attacks Against Iraqi Christians
• Obama Lauds Inclusive Iraq Gov't Amid Frictions
• French Government Resigns Before Cabinet Reshuffle
• Obama heralds US-Australia ties
• India Tries to Reassure U.S. Over Outsourcing Fears
• Spain Finds New Way to Push for Gender Equality
• Beijing Denounces Nobel Prize as a Western Tool
• Afghan Police: Suicide Bomber Kills 9 in West
• After G-20 rancor, Pac Rim leaders push free trade
• Qantas keeps superjumbos grounded after accident
• Japan protests Medvedev visit to disputed island
• Officials: 5 Militants Killed in U.S. Drone Strike in Pakistan
• Japan, China leaders meet amid tensions, protests
• Iraq lawmakers approve deal to form new government
• Saudi Arabia Blocks Facebook Over Moral Concerns
• Somali lawmakers pass proposed Cabinet
• Obama tells Medvedev START vote is 'top priority'
• 26 animals die in fire at German zoo
• AP Exclusive: Teens adrift at sea almost lost hope
• Obama welcomes release of Aung San Suu Kyi
• Saudi Arabia blocks Facebook over moral concerns
• U.N.-backed investigators shake up Guatemala
• Disguised Chinese passenger wore Hollywood mask
• U.S. Offers Israel Incentives for Freeze on West Bank Settlement, Diplomats Say
• Thousands stage anti-China protest in Japan
• Isle rows at APEC highlight China's growing might
• Aviation authority says all 8 crew on board crashed cargo plane in Pakistan have been killed
• New French government expected under PM Fillon
• Qantas Keeps Superjumbos Grounded After Accident
• Wary of Taliban, Afghan mujahedeen ready for fight
• Saudi court rejects death sentence for TV psychic
• Hunters may have delivered fatal blow to mammoths
• Obama turns to Russian diplomacy as Asia trip ends
• Brazil Vice President undergoes new surgery
• Sunni-Backed Bloc Attends Iraqi Parliament Session
• Officials: Sudan bombing won't renew conflict
• Cheers as freed Myanmar democracy leader appears
• Fellow Nobel laureates celebrate Suu Kyi's release
• Progress made on protecting sharks, groups say
• Thousands Protest in Spain Over Western Sahara
• Report: N. Korea Begins Building Light-Water Reactor
• Saudi King Hurts Back, Hands Hajj Duties to Deputy
• Ivory Coast votes in election to reunite country
• Costa Rica calls OAS border resolution 'victory'
• Obama tells President Medvedev he hopes to see START treaty ratified when Congress returns
• Germany lifts Yemen passenger flight ban
• UN official meets Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
• Nigerian Military Warns of Possible Militant Raids
• Thousands Stage Anti-China Protest in Japan
• Japan Protests Medvedev Visit to Disputed Island
• Iraq Lawmakers Approve Deal to Form New Government
• WikiLeaks Sets up Limited Company in Iceland
• Iran's nuclear plant to go on line by late January
• Correction: Climate change story
• Iran nabs would-be hijacker on Syria-bound plane
• Pope urges respect for embryos
• Japan is test case for Pac Rim free trade zone
• Sudanese president to perform Muslim pilgrimage
• NATO says 3 coalition service members killed in insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan
• Germany Lifts Yemen Passenger Flight Ban
• Lightning Reportedly Kills 7 at South Africa Kindergarten
• Thousands in Brussels Protest Attacks Against Iraqi Christians
• Egypt picks parliament after roundup of opposition
• Macau casino mogul bids $330,000 for 2 truffles
• Sudan Bombing a Mistake
• Administration: Mrs. Obama was powerful in India
• Nobel Peace winners in Japan argue for nuke ban
• Tijuana top cop who fought cartels is out of a job
• Iranian Authorities Arrest Man Trying to Hijack Syrian-Bound Flight
• Pope: Hiroshima anniversary a reminder to disarm
• Qantas A380 returns to air after engine blowout
• Study: One in Three South African Men Admit to Committing Rape
• Karzai's aide: UK 'to blame' for Taliban impostor
• Pakistani Sunni Muslims rally against terrorism
• Qantas A380 returns to air after engine blowout
• Study: One in Three South African Men Admit to Committing Rape
• Karzai's aide: UK 'to blame' for Taliban impostor
• Iranian Authorities Arrest Man Trying to Hijack Syrian-Bound Flight
• Egyptians protest police violence before election
• Pakistani Sunni Muslims rally against terrorism
• More than 1 in 3 SAfrican men admit to rape: study
• Russia opens key plant to destroy chemical weapons
• Serbia seeks suspected Nazi from US
• Kenya wildlife agents kill 2 elephant poachers
• Skirmishes raise specter of violent Haiti election
• Deal on Ireland's euro85B bailout could come Sunday
• Asian carp create nagging fear in Lake Erie towns
• Lebanese PM seeks support in Iran visit
• Reserve saves trees but not monarch butterflies
• Czech Jew who fought with UK during WWII dies
• Magnitude-5.4 quake jolts city in southern Iran
• Deal on Ireland's €85B bailout could come Sunday
• Taiwan's ruling party wins 3 of 5 mayoral races
• Ultra-Orthodox Israeli draws ire with call to work
• Saudi women sue male guardians who stop marriage
• NKorea accuses SKorea of using civilians as 'human shield' at island North attacked this week
• Iraqi interior minister says militant group that planned deadly Baghdad church siege arrested
• Dutch rock fans snap up tickets to avoid new tax
• Accusers of priest in Chile won't appeal ruling
• Suicide bombers kill 12 at Afghan police HQ
• Schools in Ciudad Juarez targeted by extortionists
• Shiite group: Car bomber kills 2 in north Yemen
• Report: British Intelligence Agency Funded Taliban Impostor
• Aviation authority: cargo plane crashes in Pakistan's largest city, casualties feared
• Tijuana's top cop is replaced by his top deputy
• 3 hikers dead after avalanche in northern Italy
• Dominicans demand more money for public schools
• Iraq Kurdish leader: A uniter in a divided nation
• Iceland elects ordinary folk to draft constitution
• Pakistani intelligence officials say suspected US missiles have killed 3 alleged militants
• F1 boss Ecclestone attacked outside London office
• Thousands expected to protest Irish austerity plan
• Unpopular president says Peruvians sad by nature
• Afghan officials: Suicide bombers kill at least 12 at police headquarters in east Afghanistan
• Dutch rock fans snap up tickets to avoid new tax
• US briefs allies about next WikiLeaks release
• UK turkey magnate Bernard Matthews dies at 80
• Chavez vows to expedite socialist initiative
• S&P cuts ratings on Irish banks; Anglo deemed junk
• Kashmir rapper uses rhymes to protest Indian rule
• Argentine woman accuses father of decades of abuse
• Russian royal family's letters to be auctioned
• Knives, bribes and apathy in Egypt's election
• Sounds of artillery heard on island attacked earlier this week by NKorea
• Myanmar restricts speech of new parliament members
• Saudi forces arrest 149 al-Qaida suspects
• UN official: Bosnia war rapes must be prosecuted
• Lebanese PM Expected to Seek Support in Iran Visit
• Nigeria: Arms found during house-to-house search
• Mexico City police remove anti-drug cartel banner
• Canada Snubs Racism Conference, Says Israel 'Negatively Targeted'
• No quick pardon for condemned Pakistani Christian
• Mounting violence before historic Ivory Coast vote
• Students occupy Pisa's tower, Colosseum in protest
• British PM Cameron in hot water over dwarf joke
• Doctor: No significant change in Demjanjuk health
• Report: Possible Sudan war could cost $110 billion
• Election flap heats up in Afghanistan
• Myanmar allows HIV shelter to continue operating
• Italy expels Moroccan convicted of terrorism
• Tony Blair, Christopher Hitchens debate religion
• DomRep honors 3 sisters killed during dictatorship
• Poland charges 3 men in theft of Auschwitz sign
• Black sheep posters return before deportation vote
• Minneapolis businessman buried in Somalia
• Mexico's modern city succumbs to drug violence
• Envoy: Joint NATO-Russia missile defense likely
• Mexico grows, with migrants' numbers falling
• Nigeria charges Iranian, 3 others in arms seizure
• Zimbabwe PM sues Mugabe for violating constitution
• US presence in Afghanistan as long as Soviet slog
• Burkina Faso president re-elected by landslide
• EU court: No such thing as 'pure chocolate'
• Merkel, Sarkozy want quick bailout for Ireland
• 100-million-year-old crocodile species discovered
• Venezuelan NGOs fear restrictions on foreign funds
• EU lawmakers: US must help Iranian group in Iraq
• First Wills and Kate book published; more in store
• Irish opposition vows to upend austerity plan
• UN official to meet Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
• South American leaders urged to strengthen ties
• More than 600,000 people killed by 2nd-hand smoke
• India wants action from Pakistan on Mumbai attacks
• Cash-strapped Bank of Ireland sells off its art
• Debt turmoil, contagion fears sweep Europe
• Teens Missing in South Pacific for 50 Days Found Alive
• Tourist murder suspect receives free legal counsel
• Facts and figures about Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki
• Bastille prison had 5-star comforts, exhibit shows
• Red Cross scolds 'failed' HIV policy among nations
• India test-fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile
• Pakistani police say 2 arrested in foiled suicide plot targeting mosque, government buildings
• Ex-Israel PM doesn't deny air strike on Syria
• Christian dies of wounds from Cairo church riot