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19 people drowned after boat capsizes in Benin
Officials say at least 19 people drowned after a boat capsized on a river near a village in Benin's south. The mayor of the town of Abomey, Patrice ...
Guinea to give civil servants 50 percent pay raise
A labor inspector says that Guinean authorities will give civil servants a pay raise of 50 percent over the next year. Inspector Mariama Djogo Barry ...
Cameroon upholds 3-year term for gay text message
An appeals court on Monday upheld a three-year sentence against a man found guilty of homosexual conduct for sending a text message to another man ...
Car bomb at US compound in Kabul kills 2 Afghans
A car bomb outside a compound housing a U.S. military contractor in the Afghan capital killed at least two Afghan workers and wounded more than a ...
Somali militants publicly rebuke American member
Militants in Somalia are publicly rebuking their best known American fighter. Al-Shabab posted a statement Monday scolding Omar Shafik Hammami, ...
Court fines woman in Berlusconi 'bunga bunga' case
A Milan court fined a Moroccan woman at the center of Silvio Berlusconi's sex-for-hire scandal €500 ($650) on Monday for failing to appear as a ...
Ethiopian Muslim activists deny terror charges
A group of more than two dozen Ethiopian Muslims pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of terrorism. Federal prosecutors are accusing the group, ...
Vatican hopes UN Palestinian vote brings peace
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has met with Pope Benedict XVI to thank him for supporting the recent U.N. resolution recognizing a ...
Hospitalized Mandela misses grandson's initiation
As Nelson Mandela remains hospitalized after undergoing surgery and recuperating from a lung infection, the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader missed ...
South Africa's ANC begins leadership nominations
South Africa's African National Congress, the nation's governing party, has begun accepting nominations for its top officials. At their meeting ...
Report: Explosion in Lebanon near Israel border
A large explosion struck southern Lebanon near the border with Israel on Monday, the Lebanese official news agency reported. South Lebanon is ...
After landslide, Abe says Japan has difficult road
After leading his conservative party to a landslide victory that will bring it back to power after a three-year hiatus, Shinzo Abe stressed Monday ...
Iran media: Son of ex-president released on bail
Iranian media say the son of influential former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been released on bail. Several papers, including the pro-reform ...
Chavez allies sweep Venezuela gubernatorial vote
Allies of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez steamrolled Venezuela's opposition in gubernatorial elections, winning 20 of 23 states. The only good ...
North Koreans mourn Kim Jong Il 1 year later
North Koreans stopped in their tracks at midday to silently honor former ruler Kim Jong Il, whose death one year ago Monday swept his 20-something son ...
Venezuelan elections a test for Chavez's movement
Venezuelans chose governors and state lawmakers on Sunday in elections seen as a key test of whether President Hugo Chavez's movement can endure if ...
Mistrust runs deep over Egypt referendum
Nevine Mustafa finally had enough after 10 hours of waiting to cast her "no" vote in Egypt's referendum on a highly disputed draft constitution.
Syrian vice president: both sides losing in war
Syria's longtime vice president said Sunday that his regime and the rebels are both going down a losing path after 21 months of civil war, a rare ...
Ghana considers court order to release ship
Ghana's government said Sunday it was "carefully considering" a U.N. tribunal's order for the immediate release of an Argentine navy training ship ...
Fidel Castro nominated for Cuban parliament seat
Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro has been nominated for a seat in the country's parliament, authorities said Sunday. The afternoon TV news announced ...
Iraq: Bombs strike disputed northern area, kill 8
Bombings rattled two cities in disputed areas in Iraq's north on Sunday, killing at least eight people and raising concerns that extremists are trying ...
Iran urges election as step to halt Syria conflict
Iran is backing presidential elections in Syria as part of a six-point plan outlined Sunday to halt the 21-month civil war in Tehran's main Middle ...
RI man, wife charged with DUI on same night
Rhode Island State Police say a husband and wife both face charges of driving under the influence after they were stopped separately on the same night
UK watchdog: Doctor dishonest in death of Iraqi
A medical watchdog ruled Sunday that a former British army doctor failed to protect detainees and acted dishonestly following the death of an Iraqi ...
Egypt evacuates 4,000 people from Syria
Egypt's Foreign Ministry says that Cairo has more evacuated more than 4,000 of its nationals and their family members from Syria over the past several ...