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Egyptian sheik gets jail after fondling report
An Egyptian court sentenced an ultraconservative former lawmaker and cleric to a year in prison for public indecency on Saturday, after police said ...
South Africa bus crash kills 18, injures 27
A South African official says a bus crash in the country's southeast has killed 18 people. Three of them were elementary school children headed to a ...
Somalia seizes weapons said to be from al-Qaida
Security forces of a semi-autonomous region in northern Somalia seized a boat carrying weapons that were being smuggled from al-Qaida militants in ...
146 presumed dead in Tanzania ferry accident
Tanzania's government on Saturday halted rescue operations for a ferry accident that appears to have killed 146 people. Government official Ali Juma ...
Rights group: Drop cases against Oman activists
An international human rights group is appealing to Oman to halt the prosecution of 10 people, including prominent bloggers, convicted of insulting ...
Muslims begin Ramadan fast; bombs hit Thai south
Muslims have begun fasting for the start of the Ramadan holy month in Indonesia, Malaysia and elsewhere around Asia, but the somber occasion was ...
Thousands flee as Syrian rebels wage guerrilla war
Rebels pressed their guerrilla fight to topple Syria's regime deeper into the capital on Friday, ambushing troops and attacking police stations as ...
Chavez's gasoline rationing plan causes uproar
As home to the world's cheapest gasoline, Venezuela has long had to contend with the hemorrhaging of supplies as smugglers haul gas across the border ...
Iraqis flee Syria in droves by land and air
Thousands of Iraqi nationals have fled by land and air from Syria over the last two days to escape an escalating civil war, officials said Friday, as ...
UN approves last 30 days for UN observers in Syria
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday renewing the 300-strong U.N. observer force in Syria for 30 days, leaving the door ...
Anti-Putin feminist punks on trial in Moscow
A Moscow court on Friday launched the trial of three feminist rockers who face a possible seven years in prison for performing a "punk prayer" against ...
Clashes in Bahrain over opposition clampdown
Thousands of anti-government protesters in Bahrain clashed Friday with riot police firing tear gas during demonstrations against plans to limit ...
Syrian troops recapture Damascus neighborhood
Syrian troops and tanks on Friday drove rebels from a Damascus neighborhood where some of the heaviest of this week's fighting in the capital left ...
Shooting cancels Paris premiere of Batman movie
The Paris premiere of the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" was canceled Friday after a gunman killed several people at a Colorado opening of ...
Italy's Monti: No new budget measures necessary
Italy does not need any new budget measures to confront the sovereign debt crisis, Premier Mario Monti said Friday even as he acknowledged his ...
UN court to Senegal: Prosecute Chad dictator Habre
The United Nations' highest court on Friday ordered Senegal to prosecute or extradite former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, who has lived in luxury ...
Surviving members of Syria inner circle
A bombing in Damascus claimed by Syrian rebels Wednesday killed key figures in President Bashar Assad's inner circle. A look at some surviving ...
Analysis: Assad's grip on Syria has become tenuous
The Assad family's grip on Syria has never looked so tenuous. After 17 months of violence and an estimated 17,000 people killed, a lightning-quick ...
Zimbabwe constitution ready after long wrangling
Zimbabwe's constitutional affairs minister says an all-party panel has finally completed a draft of the country's new constitution after three years ...
9 Ivorian women sentenced over genital mutilation
An Ivory Coast official says nine women have been sentenced to two years in prison each for involvement in female genital mutilation, marking the ...
French parliament OKs new budget to fill coffers
France's lower house of parliament passed a revised 2012 budget on Friday to raise €7.2 billion ($8.8 billion) in new revenue by targeting ...
Police take over Olympic security lead in Scotland
Police in Scotland's biggest city say they have taken charge of security duties amid the failure of security contractor G4S to provide enough guards ...
Artist Ai decries unfairness in China legal system
Activist artist Ai Weiwei believes a tax evasion case was meant to intimidate him, but losing his challenge to the $2.4 million fine Friday did not ...
Brazil removes diplomats from Syria
Brazil's Foreign Ministry says it has removed nearly all diplomats from its embassy in Syria because of heavy fighting there. The ministry says in an ...
Russia flood brings volunteer spirit, and new law
A stooped woman in her 70s dropped off a kettle and about $600 in cash in Moscow, while a thick-necked businessman unloaded an SUV packed with brand ...