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Misidentified 2010 plane crash victim reburied
A repeat burial was held on Saturday for Poland's last president-in-exile, whose body was misidentified and buried in the wrong grave following the ...
Correction: Algeria-Terror Turnaround story
In a story Nov. 2 about Algeria's battle against al-Qaida fighters in the Kabylie region, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled the last name of ...
Israel: Syria tanks enter Golan DMZ
Three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights on Saturday, prompting Israel to complain to U.N. peacekeepers, a military ...
Suspected jihadis kill 3 police in Egypt's Sinai
Egyptian security officials say suspected Islamic militants have ambushed police in the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing three. The gunmen pulled in ...
Pharaonic princess's tomb found near Cairo, Egypt
Czech archaeologists have unearthed the 4,500-year-old tomb of a Pharaonic princess south of Cairo, in a finding that suggests other undiscovered ...
As foreigners go, Afghan city is feeling abandoned
By switching from studying business management to training as a nurse, 19-year-old Anita Taraky has placed a bet on the future of the southern Afghan ...
Indonesian police kill alleged militant in raid
Indonesian anti-terrorism forces shot and killed an alleged militant and arrested another in a predawn raid Saturday in Central Sulawesi province, ...
Suicide bomber kills 6 people in NW Pakistan
A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near a vehicle carrying the regional head of a government-allied militia in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, ...
Insurgents shoot dead 3 soldiers in Iraq
Iraqi authorities say insurgents have gunned down three soldiers at a checkpoint near the country's capital. Police officials said that the early ...
Roadside bomb kills Afghan district police chief
Officials say a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed a district police chief, as the insurgents increasingly target Afghan security ...
Reminder: Time to fall back an hour
Most Americans will be able to get an extra hour of sleep this weekend thanks to the annual shift back to standard time. Officially, the change occurs ...
Aussie PM's stock rises a bit with smack at rival
For a moment on the floor of Parliament, Australia's political landscape seemed upside down. Prime Minister Julia Gillard, whose party is widely ...
Hamas PM blasts Palestinian leader over TV remarks
The prime minister of the Hamas-ruled Gaza strip criticized the Palestinian president on Friday for comments given to Israeli media, alleging that ...
Flowers, ritual, horse race mark Day of the Dead
Mexicans cleaned the bones of dead relatives and decorated their graves with flowers and candy skulls. In Haiti, voodoo practitioners circled an iron ...
Cuba denounces US diplomats
Cuba denounced the American diplomatic mission on the island on Friday for what it called subversive activities designed to undermine the government ...
Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels
A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns ...
3 IRA suspects arrested over prison guard killing
Northern Ireland police arrested three suspected Irish Republican Army militants Friday on suspicion of killing an off-duty prison officer, a rare ...
Fistfights, tear gas, sobs as Kiev tallies vote
Nearly a week after Ukraine's parliamentary election, officials on Friday were still counting votes in eight key districts across the country, in what ...
A look at atrocities in Syria's civil war
International human rights groups say the vast majority of atrocities in Syria's civil war have been committed by the regime, but violations by those ...
Holy Sepulchre bank account blocked for water bill
A clergyman from the church built on the site where Jesus Christ is said to have been crucified said Friday that its bank account has been frozen as ...
Soldiers raid in north Nigeria kills more than 40
Soldiers in northeast Nigeria shot dead more than 40 people, likely civilians, during an operation in a city long under attack by a radical Islamist ...
Uganda threatens to pull troops from Somalia
A spokesman for the Ugandan military says Uganda will withdraw peacekeeping troops from Somalia if the United Nations Security Council accepts the ...
Sinn Fein official charged with IRA membership
An official in the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party was arraigned Friday on Irish Republican Army charges in a case that highlights a murder pivotal ...
Egyptian Islamists hold pro-Shariah protest
Hundreds of ultraconservative Egyptian Islamists have held a protest in Cairo to demand the imposition of Shariah, or Islamic law. Protesters, many ...
Egypt postpones curfew on shops, cafes by a week
The Egyptian government decided to postpone by one week the imposition of a curfew on shops and restaurants that had been intended to save energy and ...