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MANILA, Philippines - Philippine police on Wednesday named 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month in the country's worst election violence, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion charges. Full Story »

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Taliban militants on Wednesday dynamited two boys' schools in Pakistan's Khyber district, where troops are pressing an offensive against Islamist insurgents, an official said. Full Story »

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will "show no mercy" toward opposition protesters seen as threatening national security, a judiciary official said on Tuesday, a day after thousands of students staged anti-government rallies. Full Story »

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran claimed Wednesday that a newly built U.N. station to detect nuclear explosions was built near its border to give the West a post to spy on the country. Full Story »

JOHANNESBURG - Beware of police roadblocks in Nigeria: If you cannot pay a bribe, you can end up dead, according to an Amnesty International report published Wednesday. Full Story »

VERACRUZ, Mexico - Mexican prosecutors say they have arrested a suspect wanted by the FBI in the 2004 rapes of two young girls in Pennsylvania. Full Story »

BAGHDAD - The prime minister appealed Wednesday to Iraqis to stand by their security forces, even as angry lawmakers demanded answers and called on top officials to resign following the third massive attack against government sites since summer. Full Story »

KABUL - The No. 2 commanding general in Afghanistan acknowledged Wednesday that a NATO-led attack the day before in eastern Afghanistan possibly resulted in civilian deaths. Full Story »

MUMBAI (AFP) - Ever since his arrest in Chicago in October, India has been gripped by the case of David Headley, a Pakistani-American man who is alleged to have helped plan last year's deadly attacks on Mumbai. Full Story »

BEIJING - China has closed one of the country's largest file-sharing sites in what it says is a fight against copyright infringement, but could be seen as another measure aimed at controlling what content the country's Web users can find online. Full Story »

Spain's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum contains one of the world's most prized art collections. But now a mother-son legal battle has its fate up in the air Full Story »

BAGHDAD - The owner of a dog that miraculously survived a massive bombing returned to his collapsed home Wednesday to be reunited with his pet, stunning neighbors who thought he was dead. Full Story »

RIO DE JANEIRO - Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch. Full Story »

SEOUL, South Korea - The United States assured North Korea of "a robust channel" for direct talks if it rejoins six-nation nuclear negotiations, as a senior U.S. envoy was in Pyongyang on Wednesday to try to salvage the stalled international talks. Full Story »

BEIJING - Police have finally presented a case against prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo, who has been jailed for a year without charge after helping produce a high-profile manifesto calling for sweeping democratic reforms in China, a lawyer said Wednesday. Full Story »

LIMA, Peru - Peru's military is close to a deal to buy tanks from China, the defense minister said Tuesday. Full Story »

ASUNCION, Paraguay - When he was a Roman Catholic bishop, Fernando Lugo taught liberation theology to uplift the poor. Now president, he is in the uncomfortable position of sending special forces into Paraguay's northern forests to hunt kidnappers whose leaders include a former student and his former altar boy. Full Story »

YANGON, Myanmar - Detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken from her home Wednesday into unannounced talks with a junta official, the first in two months, officials said. Full Story »