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In 1 part of UK, Goths can be hate crime victims
If you punch a punk in Manchester, it could be a hate crime. Police in the English city announced Wednesday that they will begin recording offenses ...
Hollande pledges clean sweep amid corruption probe
For a French president who came to power on a promise of "irreproachability," naming a lying tax-dodger to be his chief tax collector was probably not ...
NKorea refuses to let SKoreans enter joint factory
In past deadly confrontations between North and South Korea, a jointly operated industrial park stayed open, churning out goods. But in the latest ...
Zimbabwe groups: election intimidation building
Elections in Zimbabwe are still months away, but already President Robert Mugabe's party is intimidating its opponents and threatening violence, human ...
US offers $5 million bounty for Kony
The Obama administration on Wednesday offered up to $5 million in rewards for information leading to the capture of Lord's Resistance Army chief ...
3 Pakistani security officers killed in attack
Suspected militants threw a grenade at a vehicle carrying paramilitary security officers in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing three and wounding ...
US group: Sudan should face war crimes charges
A U.S. based advocacy group alleged in a new report Wednesday that Sudan's government has committed war crimes since mid-2011 in two of its southern ...
UK couple face jail for killing 6 children in fire
Mick Philpott presented himself as an amiable rascal with an unorthodox lifestyle and a rambunctious brood of children — 17 in all, with five women.
Rebels capture military base in southern Syria
Syrian rebels captured a military base in the country's south on Wednesday after days of heavy fighting, activists said, in the latest advance by ...
Too early for 2016? Not for Hillary Clinton's fans
Hillary Rodham Clinton stayed on safe political ground Tuesday, advocating women's rights globally in a 12-minute speech, but that was enough to ...
African forces suspend hunt for warlord Kony
African troops in Central African Republic have suspended the hunt for the fugitive warlord Joseph Kony because the new government there is not ...
SAfrica: Balloonist to fly from old Mandela jail
The power of ideas nourished Nelson Mandela during his confinement on Robben Island, but even this visionary might not have imagined the surreal scene ...
Greece: 5 jailed for militant anarchist attacks
A Greek court on Wednesday convicted five people on terrorism-related charges related to a militant anarchist group which claimed responsibility for ...
Poll: Pakistani youth disenchanted with democracy
A larger number of young Pakistanis believe the country should be governed by Islamic law or military rule rather than democracy, according to a ...
Thieves in UK steal 1934 Nobel Peace Prize
Police in northern England say thieves have stolen a gold Nobel Peace Prize awarded in the 1930s. Northumbria Police say burglars broke into the ...
Singapore PM draws laughs in US speech
Singapore is well-known for its efficiency and order, but during a visit to Washington the city-state's prime minister displayed a less advertised ...
AP Essay: My Cyprus, changed forever
Nicosia, Cyprus, 1973: Riding with my parents and two elder siblings in a taxi, the kind of large Mercedes favored in the Middle East. The driver ...
Mandela making progress in 7th day in the hospital
South Africa's government says Nelson Mandela "continues to make steady improvement" as he spends a 7th day in a hospital being treated for a ...
18 killed in head-on bus crash in central Nigeria
Authorities say 18 people have been killed in a head-on collision between two buses in central Nigeria. Jonas Agwu, a spokesman for Nigeria's Federal ...
Gunmen in Iraq kill Sunni militiaman, his mother
Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead a member of an anti-al-Qaida Sunni militia along with his mother. A police official said Yousef Sayhoud was ...
Malaysia PM dissolves Parliament to hold elections
Malaysia's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Wednesday to call for general elections that will pit a coalition that has ruled for nearly 57 years ...
Italy seizes record 1.7 billion euro from Sicilian
Italian police have seized a record €1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in cash and property from a single person, a Sicilian alternative energy entrepreneur ...
Rape, kidnap of tourists feed Rio safety fears
A late night outing turned into a six-hour-long nightmare after an American woman was gang raped and beaten aboard a public transit van while her ...
Francis marks anniversary of John Paul II death
Pope Francis prayed Tuesday before the tomb of Pope John Paul II on the eighth anniversary of the beloved pontiff's death in what the Vatican said was ...
Possible human remains found in new 9/11 debris
Jim Riches pulled his firefighter son's mangled body out of the rubble at the World Trade Center, but the phone calls still filtered in years ...