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Rivals prepare for legal battle over abortion bans
Rival legal teams, well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North ...
LA police ID suspect in girl's abduction case
A transient with a long criminal record is being sought for the kidnapping of a 10-year-old girl who was snatched from her San Fernando Valley home ...
Afghan leader in Qatar to discuss peace talks
Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with the emir of Qatar in Doha Sunday to discuss the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state.
Syria accuses rebels of setting fire to oil wells
Heavy shelling in a neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo sent civilians fleeing for their lives on Sunday, and the state news agency accused ...
Uneasy calm in Kenya after court ruling on vote
Kenyan police deployed forces Sunday in the capital and the lakeside city of Kisumu to contain the continuing threat of violence after five people ...
Islamic extremists attack Timbuktu in north Mali
Timbuktu has been hit by a prolonged battle between Islamic extremists and the Malian and French armies, residents and a Malian military spokesman ...
Nigerian military: Soldiers raid home, 14 killed
Nigeria's military says soldiers have attacked a home believed to harbor Islamic extremists, an assault that killed 14 people. Capt. Ikedichi Iweha ...
5 young siblings die in house fire in France
Authorities say five young siblings have died after a fire erupted in a home in northern France. Rescue team official Thierry Oberlin told France-2 ...
Shells from Syria strike Lebanese border villages
Lebanon's state news agency says shells fired from inside Syria have struck Lebanese border villages. The National News Agency said the shells ...
Kuwait online activist jailed for Twitter posts
A human rights campaigner in Kuwait says a Twitter user has been sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the ruler of the Gulf nation.
C. African Republic: March in favor of new leader
A demonstration in support of Central African Republic's new leader Michel Djotodia was held in the capital, Bangui, on Saturday. Several hundred ...
Bomb in Pakistan hits politician's convoy, kills 2
Taliban militants attacked the election motorcade of a secularist-backed politician with a roadside bomb on Sunday, wounding him and killing two of ...
Suicide bomber, landmines rock northern Mali
A suicide bomber attempted to force his way past the defenses of the city of Timbuktu on Saturday, detonating himself on its outskirts, while a ...
Eiffel Tower evacuated after bomb threat
The Eiffel Tower was evacuated Saturday night after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat, police said. Nearly 1,400 people were sent away from ...
Rights groups slam UK town's under-16 restrictions
A British police force on Saturday defended its plan to impose nighttime restrictions on youngsters, saying it did not amount to a curfew, after civil ...
Shroud of Turin goes on display amid new research
The Shroud of Turin went on display for a special TV appearance Saturday amid new research disputing claims it's a medieval fake and purporting to ...
Egypt issues arrest warrant for TV satirist
Egypt's state prosecutors ordered the arrest Saturday of a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting Islam and the country's leader, in a ...
Chavez's legacy gains religious glow in Venezuela
Holding a Bible in her arms at the start of Holy Week, seamstress Maria Munoz waited patiently to visit the tomb of the man she considers another ...
Syrian rebels enter strategic Aleppo neighborhood
Syrian rebels pushed into a strategic neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo after days of heavy clashes, seizing control of at least part of the ...
NKorea says it is in a 'state of war' with SKorea
North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered "a state of war" and threatened to shut down a border factory complex ...
Venezuela's Maduro says opposition seeks violence
Venezuela' acting president, Nicolas Maduro, on Saturday accused his opponent of seeking to provoke violence by scheduling a dueling campaign rally ...
Kenyan Supreme Court upholds election result
Kenya's Supreme Court on Saturday upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president and the loser accepted that verdict, ending ...
Ex-leader of Basque group ETA dies in France
A former leader of armed Basque separatist group ETA died Saturday in a French hospital where he was receiving treatment while serving a prison ...
Loser in Kenya election accepts court defeat
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga says he accepts the Supreme Court's verdict that upholds the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya's next president.
Jamaica to approve bill targeting lottery scams
The House of Representatives in Jamaica has passed a bill this week calling for tougher prosecution of those involved in multimillion-dollar lottery ...