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Mandela's wife thanks world for 'love, generosity'
In tweets, songs, telephone calls, cards and more, messages of love have come from across South Africa and the world for 94-year-old Nelson Mandela, ...
Mandela praise singer recalls travels with him
Poet and traditional praise singer Zolani Mkiva spent 13 years traveling alongside Nelson Mandela and performing songs in honor of the ...
Court says jury should have final say in minimums
The Supreme Court says a jury should have the final say on facts that can trigger mandatory minimum sentences in criminal trials. The high court on ...
Court will review dispute between airline, pilot
The Supreme Court will review a $1.24 million defamation judgment against a Wisconsin airline that reported one of its pilots as mentally unstable and ...
US First Lady urges youth to shape NIreland future
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama has urged the young people of Northern Ireland to take a fresh perspective to help solve the country's historic ...
Canada to provide $98.4 million in aid to Jordan
Canada has pledged an additional $98.4 million to Jordan to help the Arab country cope with the costly fallout from the worsening crisis next door in ...
Attack on Afghan convoy kills 3 drivers
Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns into a convoy carrying goods to the Afghan capital on Monday, killing three drivers ...
10 Things to Know for Monday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. SURVEILLANCE LEAKS TEST TRANSPARENCY ...
Vietnam arrests third blogger in less than a month
Vietnamese police have arrested a blogger accused of posting "erroneous and slanderous" information about the communist government, state media ...
Man survives plunge from 15th floor in New Zealand
A man was recovering in a hospital Monday after surviving a plunge from the 15th floor of his New Zealand apartment building. Police said the ...
Turkey unrest goes on despite end to park protest
Riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannon to prevent anti-government protesters from converging on ...
G-8 leaders to mull Syria, tax evasion, free trade
Police are expected to outnumber protesters Monday at the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland, where leaders will seek to narrow their differences on ...
Czech prime minister says he will resign
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas announced Sunday that he will resign over a spy and bribery scandal involving his government. Necas said he also will ...
AP PHOTOS: Police end 2 weeks of Turkey protests
The park that was the center of defiance against the rule of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been cleared by riot police after more ...
Colombia's long-elusive goal: land reform
Caught in the crossfire between far-right militias and leftist rebels, 40 families abandoned the farm they shared in the foothills of Colombia's ...
Venezuela's cardinal: Pope should urge coexistence
Pope Francis should pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to focus on promoting democracy and peaceful coexistence to ease tensions with the ...
Is it a bird? A plane? No, it's a G-8 drone
Northern Ireland police have a new eye in the sky just in time for the G-8 summit of world leaders. A unit of surveillance drones will be used here ...
Series of attacks kill 51 people across Iraq
A blistering string of apparently coordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 51 and wounded dozens Sunday, spreading fear ...
Syrian refugees in Egypt hit by break in ties
The minute professional diver Mohammed Ibrahim, a Syrian, heard that Egypt's president had cut relations with Syria and closed its embassy, he jumped ...
Putin, Cameron still hopeful on Syria peace talks
The leaders of Britain and Russia said Sunday they're hopeful that Syria's warring factions can hammer out their differences at upcoming peace talks ...
Moderate Iranian leader could hinder Israel
The surprising victory of a reformist candidate in Iran's presidential election has put Israel in a difficult position as it tries to halt the Iranian ...
Hard-line Egypt cleric sentenced for burning Bible
A hard-line Muslim cleric received an 11-year suspended sentence Sunday for tearing up and burning a Bible, Egypt's official news agency said.
Senior Libyan judge assassinated in country's east
Libya's official news agency says unidentified militants assassinated a senior Libyan judge in an eastern city known to be a stronghold of Islamic ...