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Weapons of war spill blood in Nigeria's insurgency
At first, the Islamic extremists in Nigeria's dusty northeast rode on the backs of motorcycles, firing on government officials and other perceived ...
Mayor doesn't want bomb suspect buried in Boston
An aide to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino says the mayor does not want marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried in Boston and calls the decision ...
APNewsBreak: Harry to visit storm-wrecked US town
The mayor of a storm-wrecked Jersey shore town said Monday that England's Prince Harry will visit next week before heading to a news conference nearby
Sunnis flee Syrian city after reports of killings
Thousands of Sunni Muslims fled a Syrian coastal town Saturday, a day after reports circulated that dozens of people, including children, had been ...
Blasts in Pakistan port city kill 3 ahead of vote
Two blasts in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi killed three people near the office of a political party critical of the Taliban, a police officer ...
Report: SAfrica losing battle against corruption
South Africa is fighting a losing battle against corruption which sucked up nearly 1 billion rand ($111 million) in taxpayers' money last year, ...
Pakistan's lead prosecutor in Bhutto case killed
Gunmen on Friday killed the lead Pakistani prosecutor in two high-profile cases — the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and the ...
Police, politicians push surveillance after Boston
Police and politicians across the U.S. are pointing to the surveillance video that was used to help identify the Boston Marathon bombing suspects as ...
Greek lawmaker accused of trying to punch mayor
A lawmaker from Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn party allegedly tried to punch the mayor of Athens on Thursday, swinging at him but reportedly ...
AP Interview: Sunni Iraq official criticizes force
The Sunni head of a committee established to investigate deadly clashes that erupted at a protest camp in Iraq last week said Wednesday that he ...
Police clash with demonstrators in Istanbul
Violent clashes erupted between police and protesters in Istanbul on Wednesday, when hundreds tried to breach barricades and reach the city's main ...
Mexican official's daughter gets restaurant closed
A Mexican official's daughter has caused a scandal by sending inspectors to shut down a restaurant that didn't give her the table she wanted. It's the ...
Euro mayors try to keep youths from going to Syria
From his city hall under Belgium's most imposing cathedral, Mayor Bart Somers is wracking his brains trying to figure out how to keep young Muslims ...
Pakistan: Suicide bomber targeting police kills 10
A suicide bomber targeting police killed at least 10 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, including the son and nephew of an Afghan official ...
Gunmen kill 10 Iraqi security forces in 2 attacks
Gunmen killed 10 people in Iraq, including five soldiers near the main Sunni protest camp west of Baghdad, the latest in a wave of violence that has ...
Mayor corruption investigation under way in Bosnia
Bosnian police have searched the office of the presidency and other government buildings as part of an investigation into corruption among top public ...
Gunmen kill 10 in Philippine political violence
Gunmen ambushed political campaigners for a southern Philippine town mayor, killing his daughter and nine other supporters and relatives, police said ...
Bomb in Pakistan kills 5 near political office
A bomb exploded outside an election office of one of Pakistan's main political parties Thursday evening, killing five people in the latest attack ...
Minaret of landmark mosque in Syria destroyed
The minaret of a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed Wednesday, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a ...
Local government says 21 dead in west China clash
A violent clash between authorities and assailants described as a terrorist gang left 21 people dead in China's restive northwestern region of ...
Nigeria attack recalls other killings by soldiers
Residents in Nigeria's northeast accused the military of burning down civilian homes in a recent fight with Islamic extremists that left at least 187 ...
French protest against gay marriage turns violent
France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation's heartland and triggered huge ...
Iraq on edge after deadly raid on protest camp
Security forces stormed a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, sparking deadly clashes in several towns and sharply intensifying rage at ...