Central African Republic rebels threaten new fight
A coalition of rebel groups that signed a peace accord with the Central African Republic government two months ago is now threatening to take up arms ...
Irish official skips Savannah to miss all-men meal
A top Irish government official visiting the U.S. during St. Patrick's Day celebrations said Saturday he skipped a trip to Savannah, home of the ...

Political rivals vote for Zimbabwe referendum
Zimbabwe's longtime political rivals came together to vote 'Yes' in a referendum to accept a new constitution Saturday, but the rare consensus does ...
24 soldiers killed in road accident in Pakistan
A bus carrying Pakistani soldiers slid off a mountainous road and fell into a deep ravine in the country's northwest on Saturday, killing 24 and ...

Gay politician's rise highlights NY parade dispute
She's a leading candidate to be New York's next mayor. She's already one of its top Irish-American officials. Christine Quinn is also a lesbian and ...

Hugo Chavez coffin parades past Venezuela's ills
The road from the military academy where Hugo Chavez's body has been lying in state to the hilltop museum where he'll be displayed indefinitely is ...

Vatican criticizes campaign against pope
The honeymoon that Pope Francis has enjoyed since his remarkable election hit a bump Friday, with the Vatican lashing out at what it called a ...
Police clash with Sunni worshippers in Baghdad
Protesters clashed Friday with Iraqi police trying to prevent them from reaching the most venerated Sunni mosque in Baghdad, as members of their sect ...

NJ governor asked to apologize for race remark
Republican Gov. Chris Christie has been asked to apologize for referring to the first black female leader of the state Assembly by race and gender, ...

AP EXCLUSIVE: Police blamed in Egypt revolt deaths
The highest-level inquiry into the deaths of nearly 900 protesters in Egypt's uprising has concluded that police were behind nearly all the killings ...

The choreographed election of a pope in a nutshell
The election of a pope follows a series of choreographed rules and rituals that have been tweaked over the centuries ever since the term "conclave" ...

Venezuela's political divisions spill into streets
Under a three-story-tall banner blaring "You are all Chavez," Jose Rafael Hernandez crouched low with a can of spray paint, outlining on a wall a ...

New storm in Egypt over citizen arrests
An official statement encouraging Egyptian civilians to arrest lawbreakers and hand them over to police has set off a new political storm in a country ...

Jerusalem Arab residents contest highway route
A new Israeli highway project is threatening to add to tensions in Jerusalem by cutting through a quiet, middleclass Arab neighborhood to link a large ...
Attacks in Iraq kill 12 people, officials say
A suicide attacker drove his explosives-laden car on Monday into a police station in northern Iraq, killing five people, while attacks elsewhere in ...

Recovery slow as Japan marks 2 years since tsunami
Amid growing dissatisfaction with the slow pace of recovery, Japan marked the second anniversary Monday of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that ...
Merkel party loses mayor's job in state capital
Germany's opposition has ousted Chancellor Angela Merkel's party from the mayor's office in the capital of a traditional battleground state — a blow ...
Nigerian extremists claim they killed 7 hostages
A breakaway Islamic extremist group said Saturday it had killed seven foreigners who its members kidnapped from northern Nigeria, according to an ...

Vietnam cardinal arrives, last 1 in for conclave
The last cardinal who will participate in the conclave to elect the next pope arrived in Rome on Thursday, meaning a date can now be set for the ...

Greece: Special units police site of gold clash
Residents of a northern Greek village clashed with authorities during protests against a Canadian company's plans to operate a gold mine in the area, ...

Scola reaches youth through Kerouac and McCarthy
To illustrate that life is a journey, one of the Italian cardinals touted as a favorite to be the next pope doesn't just turn to the Scriptures — but ...
Correction: Congo-Plane Crash story
In a story March 4 about a plane crash in Congo's eastern city of Goma, The Associated Press reported erroneously that 36 passengers were killed in ...