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Analysis: No easy path to peace in Colombia
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has claimed to have "the key to peace" in his pocket since assuming the presidency two years ago in a nation ...
Prominent Sufi dies in Dagestan suicide bombing
Thousands of mourners converged on a cemetery in Russia's republic of Dagestan on Tuesday night for the burial of a top Muslim religious leader who ...
AP Exclusive: Syria defectors live in secret camp
In an isolated stretch of Jordanian desert, a heavily guarded, secret compound houses 1,200 senior police and army officers who defected from nearby ...
Thieves toss away vial of Pope John Paul II's blood
A trio of thieves aboard a train stole a priest's backpack containing a vial of the late Pope John Paul II's blood on Tuesday, but police recovered ...
France opens murder inquiry into Arafat's death
French prosecutors opened a murder inquiry into the death of Yasser Arafat on Tuesday, his widow's lawyer said, after she and a TV investigation ...
Fire extinguished at Venezuela refinery
Venezuela's biggest oil refinery remained offline Tuesday after firefighters extinguished a blaze that raged for more than three days following an ...
Israeli court rejects US activist's family lawsuit
An Israeli court on Tuesday cleared the military of wrongdoing in the death of a young American activist who was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer ...
Israel calls Iran the greatest nuclear threat
Muslim nations and Israel are heading for a confrontation at a 154-nation nuclear meeting next month over an Arab initiative to criticize Israel's ...
Iran agenda faces 'realities' at world gathering
Iranian officials have made no secret about their massive ambitions for this week's nonaligned nations' gathering, with a guest list including leaders ...
UN chief to raise human rights in Iran meetings
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to tell Iran's leaders on the sidelines of a summit of nonaligned nations that the human rights situation in ...
Baby killed in army shootout in northeast Nigeria
A witness says stray bullets from an army shootout wounded a woman and killed a baby strapped to her back in Nigeria's northeast. The witness, who ...
UN food agency: hunger worsens in Zimbabwe
The United Nations food agency says hunger is worsening in Zimbabwe after erratic rains, shortages of seeds and fertilizer and "poor agricultural ...
Nigeria to start $1B sovereign wealth fund
Officials say Nigeria will launch a $1 billion sovereign wealth fund in the coming months to invest some of the nation's oil revenue.
6 men convicted in attack on Mali's interim leader
Six men were convicted Tuesday of attacking Mali's interim leader. Judge Karamoko Diakite told reporters that the court had condemned them to six ...
1 dead in Kenya riot over Muslim cleric's killing
Rioting in Kenya's second-largest city over the killing of a radical Islamic cleric extended into a second day Tuesday as police fought running ...
Red Cross to resume but scale back ops in Pakistan
The Red Cross plans to resume some of the work that it suspended in Pakistan but on a vastly smaller scale after the killing of a British nurse it ...
Watchdog: 3,600 complaints over naked prince pics
A press watchdog says it has received some 3,600 complaints over The Sun's decision to publish nude photos of Britain's Prince Harry. The tabloid was ...
Christian in Pakistan blasphemy case ruled a minor
An official medical review of a Pakistani Christian girl accused of desecrating the Quran has determined that the girl is a minor, a lawyer for the ...
Pirates kidnap 24 in gunfight off Togo coast
Pirates attacked an oil tanker Tuesday off the coast of Togo, taking control of its bridge and kidnapping 24 Russian sailors before escaping amid an ...
Ukraine opposition leader appeals to Europe court
Lawyers for Ukraine's jailed opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, appealed to Europe's human rights court Tuesday as her only hope for a fair hearing, ...
Police: Italian Mafia boss nabbed in Venezuela
Italian authorities say a fugitive Sicilian Mafia boss has been arrested in Venezuela, with family ties aiding investigators on his trail. Police and ...
Syrian opposition leader criticizes US
The head of the main Syrian opposition group seeking to oust President Bashar Assad criticized U.S. officials Tuesday for saying it was premature to ...
Israeli court indicts 9 teens for injuring Arab
An Israeli court has indicted nine Jewish teenagers for seriously injuring an Arab youth in an assault condemned by Israel's leaders as a hate crime.
Virgin in court bid to keep rail franchise
Virgin Trains says it will go to court in its campaign to hold onto the west coast rail franchise between London and Scotland. Virgin, which announced ...
Romanian businessman acquitted of corruption
A Romanian court has acquitted a businessman and 11 other people of defrauding the state of $85 million (€68 million) by money laundering and ...