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Mali jihadists in custody say tortured by military
Three suspected jihadists arrested in the days since the liberation of Timbuktu said Friday that Malian soldiers were torturing them with a method ...
Germany aims to acquire armed drones
Germany plans to join the ranks of countries that deploy armed drones on the battlefield — a move critics say would lower the threshold for foreign ...
CEO of scandal-hit Barclays gives up 2012 bonus
The chief executive of Britain's Barclays bank said Friday he is giving up his 2012 bonus amid a string of high-profile scandals over market-fixing, ...
Spanish economy minister to testify in bank probe
Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos has been called by the National Court to testify in a probe into alleged fraud at one of the country's major ...
Militants attack Pakistani army camp; 6 killed
Militants attacked an army camp in northwestern Pakistan with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades before dawn on Saturday, killing six ...
Jury: Oregon car-bomb suspect guilty of terrorism
Three hours before they handed down a sentence that could put an Oregon man in prison for life, deliberating jurors sent a note to a trial judge with ...
If space shuttle is doomed, do you tell the crew?
A NASA top official wrestled with what he thought was a hypothetical question: What should you tell the astronauts of a doomed space shuttle Columbia? ...
Games likely to follow Pentagon on women in combat
Lara Croft. Samus Aran. Jill Valentine. Chell. In the realm of video games, it's not difficult to identify tough-as-nails women who uncover ancient ...
Stocks rise on strong jobs numbers
Stocks rose Friday after the latest employment report showed that the country added 157,000 jobs in January, and that hiring for the past two years ...
Australian general gets key US Army post
Maj. Gen. Richard Burr salutes with his palm facing out, like he's shielding his eyes from the sun. He wears a wide-brimmed felt "slouch hat" with a ...
10 spots to look out for during Super Bowl Sunday
Celebrities, humor, babies and cute animals will once again rule the commercial breaks on Sunday during Super Bowl XLVII, advertising's biggest ...
Spain's attorney says PM Rajoy could be quizzed
Spain's top prosecutor says there is sufficient cause to investigate fresh allegations of irregular financing of Spain's governing Popular Party and ...
Futures moving higher on strong jobs numbers
Stock futures rose Friday after the latest employment report showed that the country added 157,000 jobs in January, and that hiring for the past two ...
Rare good news for eurozone economy
Mention it quietly, but there were rare hopeful signs for Europe's struggling economy on Friday. Three pieces of economic news for the 17 European ...
Few surprises in Super Bowl ads
So much for surprises. The majority of the 30-plus Super Bowl advertisers have been releasing their spots in the days leading up to the game. So it's ...
Eating champ 'El Wingador' indicted on drug charge
A five-time wing-eating champion known as "El Wingador" has been indicted in New Jersey on cocaine distribution charges. William Simmons is charged ...
UK: No charges for Australian royal hoax DJs
British prosecutors said Friday they will not press charges against two Australian DJs over the royal hoax call that preceded a nurse's suicide.
British detective jailed in phone-hacking scandal
A senior British counterterrorism detective was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the ...
10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (all times EST): 1. NORTH KOREA CONDUCTS THIRD ...
4 detained after deadly highway collapse in China
Chinese authorities have detained four people, state media said Saturday, a day after at least 11 people died when a truck loaded with fireworks for ...
2 children, 1 adult die in Detroit freeway pileup
It took only seconds for the light snow to turn into a blinding curtain of white. Drivers slammed on their brakes, others swerved to avoid ...
China poised to control strategic Pakistani port
China is poised to take over operational control of a strategic deep-water Pakistani seaport that could serve as a vital economic hub for Beijing and ...
Oil slips closer to $97 ahead of US jobs report
The price of oil slipped to near $97 a barrel on Friday after figures showed weak growth in China's manufacturing sector and as investors awaited a ...
Negotiators talking to Ala. captor through pipe
More than three days after he allegedly shot a school bus driver dead, grabbed a kindergartner and slipped into an underground bunker, Jimmy Lee Dykes ...
For 5 years, US families pursue Kyrgyz adoptions
The boy, named Vladimir, is 5½ years old, struggles at learning to count and draw, and lives in an orphanage in Kyrgyzstan. His would-be parents in ...