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Israel identifies Australian at heart of spy saga
Israel on Tuesday for the first time identified the Australian-Israeli at the heart of an espionage saga that has tested ties between the close ...
$50 million in diamonds stolen at Brussels airport
When the armored car set off for the Brussels airport carrying $50 million worth of precious stones from Antwerp's diamond district, eight gunmen knew ...
French family of 7 kidnapped in Cameroon
A French family of seven — including four children — was kidnapped on Tuesday in northern Cameroon, and officials suggested the involvement of one of ...
Court says police don't have to prove dog training
Police don't have to extensively document the work of drug-sniffing dogs in the field to be able to use the results of their work in court, the ...
8 arrested in slaying of Russian councilman
Zooming around in a Rolls Royce and boasting of ties to Chechnya's strongman ruler, Mikhail Pakhomov didn't live the life of the average provincial ...
Palestinians, Israelis clash at solidarity strike
Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers at a pair of rallies in the West Bank on Tuesday in support of four imprisoned countrymen on ...
Correction: France-Holocaust Theft story
In a Feb. 14 story about France giving back seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, The Associated Press erroneously ...
Court won't hear appeal from ex-Ill. governor
The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from ex-Illinois Gov. George Ryan over his corruption conviction. The justices on Tuesday turned away Ryan's ...
Judge approves Transocean's $1B spill settlement
A U.S. judge on Tuesday approved Swiss-based Transocean Ltd.'s agreement with the Justice Department to pay $1 billion in civil penalties for its role ...
Romania: alleged illegal trafficking of human eggs
Police questioned 30 people on Tuesday and searched the homes of six employees of a private fertility clinic who are suspected of illegally ...
Paralympics refocuses on future without Pistorius
As Oscar Pistorius offered his first defense against a murder charge, the head of the Paralympics was trying to reassure members on Tuesday that the ...
India, UK to cooperate in probing helicopter deal
India and Britain agreed Tuesday to work together to investigate any possible wrongdoing by a British company involved in a $750 million deal to sell ...
High court limits detention powers in searches
The Supreme Court has limited the power of police to detain people who are not at home when their residence is to be searched. By a 6-3 vote Tuesday, ...
Nigeria hostage crisis differs from Algerian drama
The kidnapping of seven foreign workers in Nigeria claimed by an Islamic extremist group has touched a nerve in Europe, coming just weeks after the ...
Court will hear campaign donation limits appeal
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to campaign finance laws limiting how much an individual can give to political campaigns. The justices on ...
Turkish police detain suspected leftist militants
Turkey's state-run news agency says police is rounding up dozens of people suspected of membership in a left-wing militant group that has claimed ...
Afghans arrest senior Pakistani Taliban
Afghan intelligence officers have arrested a senior Pakistan Taliban commander who was hiding out in eastern Afghanistan, a security official said on ...
Russia opens probe into Kosovo organ trafficking
Russia says it has opened its own probe into allegations of illegal donor organ trafficking in Kosovo. The European Union is also conducting a probe ...
Russians investigating adoptee's death in Texas
Russian authorities have blamed "inhuman treatment" for the death of a 3-year-old boy adopted by an American family, but Texas officials say they are ...
2 charged in Papua New Guinea 'witch' killing
Papua New Guinea police have charged two people with the grisly killing of a woman who was tortured and burned alive in front of hundreds of people, ...
US AG meets with Caribbean leaders in Haiti
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder discussed regional crime with Caribbean leaders on Monday during a summit in Haiti. Holder talked with the leaders ...
Germany: Tighter controls needed on meat products
German officials on Monday vowed tighter controls on meat products and stronger penalties for companies that violate food-labeling rules as more items ...