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UK doctor stripped of license over death of Iraqi
A British doctor was stripped of his medical license Friday for misconduct and dishonesty over the death of an Iraqi man who was beaten and killed ...
Puerto Rican TV show faces scrutiny amid outcry
A TV station in Puerto Rico that broadcasts a popular news and gossip show featuring a puppet has announced that the program will now be prerecorded.
French leader honors troops home from Afghanistan
President Francois Hollande on Friday declared "mission accomplished" for French combat troops in Afghanistan, hailing their 11-year military ...
Hot spots draw believers, but not doomsday
As the sun rose from time zone to time zone across the world on Friday, there was still no sign of the world's end — but that didn't stop those ...
Russian parliament wants winter time restored
On the darkest day of the year, Russia's parliament is pleading with the government for a little more light. The Duma on Friday formally asked Speaker ...
Delhi police say they will protect women on buses
Indian officials announced Friday a broad campaign to protect women in New Delhi following the gang rape and brutal beating of a 23-year-old student ...
UK High Court blocks drone intelligence challenge
Britain's High Court on Friday blocked a legal bid for an inquiry into the possible role of the country's spy agencies in aiding covert CIA drone ...
Burning pipeline fire sign of Nigeria's woes
The gasoline pipeline burns unstopped near a village close to Nigeria's sprawling megacity of Lagos, shooting flames into the air as leaking fuel ...
AP PHOTOS: A photo journey through North Korea
My window on North Korea is sometimes, quite literally, a window — of a hotel room, the backseat of a car, a train. Fleeting moments of daily life ...
Malala asks Pakistan not to rename college for her
A 15-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education has urged Pakistan to reverse a decision to rename a college ...
French leader: Al-Qaida link to Nigeria kidnapping
President Francois Hollande says a French engineer kidnapped in northern Nigeria was "without a doubt" seized by a group linked to al-Qaida's north ...
UN OKs military action to oust al-Qaida in Mali
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized military action to wrest northern Mali from the control of al-Qaida-linked extremists but demanded ...
Ethics panel says Nevada's Berkley violated rules
Rep. Shelley Berkley violated House rules and the government's code of conduct when she used her office to benefit her husband's medical practice, the ...
Marines pleads guilty in urination case
A Marine general will scale back the punishment announced by a military judge who presided at a court-martial of a Marine who pled guilty to urinating ...
North Mali Islamist group adds new brigade
An Islamist group behind public executions and amputations in northern Mali is further expanding its reach, taking in a new brigade of members.
Iraq finance minister says staff members kidnapped
Iraq's finance minister on Thursday accused a "militia force" of kidnapping members of his staff and said he holds the prime minister personally ...
4 killed in clashes in Libya's Benghazi
Four people were killed Thursday when a protest outside a base for security forces in eastern Libya turned violent less than a week after suspected ...
European envoy urges Bahrain to free prisoners
The head of a European Parliament human rights delegation is urging Bahrain to release political prisoners as a step toward easing an anti-government ...
New tensions in Egypt over top prosecutor
Egypt's top prosecutor retracted his resignation on Thursday, a decision that could cause a new uproar in the country after he was accused of ...
South African president says Mandela improving
Nelson Mandela was seriously ill but has steadily improved over the last few days after being diagnosed with a lung infection and undergoing gallstone ...
Russia acknowledges that Syrian leader may fall
Russian President Vladimir Putin distanced himself further than ever from Syria's embattled leader on Thursday, suggesting that Bashar Assad's regime ...
Lost Jewish tombstones found in Greece
In a find that local Jewish groups have described as highly significant, Greek police said Thursday that hundreds of marble headstones and other ...
All lanes reopen on NY road after auto crashes
All lanes of the Long Island Expressway reopened Thursday following a chain reaction of fiery crashes that killed one person and injured 33 others.
UAE shuts US-based think tank RAND
The U.S.-based policy think tank RAND Corp. says it has been ordered to close its Abu Dhabi office, the latest such move against Western research ...
US 'aware' of report of jailed pastor in Iran
The U.S. State Department says it is in contact with the family of a man described by activists as an Iranian-American Christian pastor jailed in ...