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  • Italy: Mafia's No. 2 nabbed in Sicily

    AP – 22 mins ago  
    A view inside the hideout apartment of Mafia Boss Domenico Raccuglia,... AP

    ROME - The Italian interior minister says police in Palermo have captured the Cosa Nostra's No. 2 in a raid in Palermo, Sicily. Full Story »

  • Russian nightclub fire kills 109; many crushed

    AP – 46 mins ago  
    In this combination of  images from amateur video, customers,... AP

    PERM, Russia - A blaze sparked by onstage fireworks tore through a nightclub ceiling covered in decorative twigs and plastic sheeting early Saturday, killing at least 109 people and critically injuring about 90 in Russia's deadliest fire since the fall of the Soviet Union, witnesses and officials said. Full Story »

  • AP – 48 mins ago  

    ROME - Italian police: $150 million in stashed art masterpieces seized from former dairy mogul Full Story »

  • Victim's family: 'pleased' with Knox conviction

    AP – 1 hr 30 mins ago  
    From left, John Kercher, father, Stephanie Kercher, sister, John... AP

    PERUGIA, Italy - The murder conviction of American student Amanda Knox brings a measure of justice for her slain roommate Meredith Kercher but is no cause for celebration, Kercher's family said Saturday. Full Story »

  • Turkish commanders in court to testify in plot probe

    Reuters – Sat Dec 5, 7:30 am ET  

    ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Three retired military commanders went to court on Saturday to testify in a probe into a plot to oust Turkey's Islamist-rooted government -- a case that has boosted tensions in the EU-candidate country. Full Story »

  • Reports: Russian nightclub blast kills 102

    AP – Sat Dec 5, 2:35 am ET  
    Investigators and relatives of the victims gather outside a nightclub... AP

    MOSCOW - An explosion and fire blamed on fireworks tore through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm early Saturday, killing 102 people, Russian officials said. Full Story »

  • Nicolas Cage wins UN award for humanitarian work

    AP – Sat Dec 5, 12:17 am ET  

    UNITED NATIONS - Film star Nicolas Cage has won a U.N. award night for his humanitarian work and has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime. Full Story »

  • Ex-Files: British military ends its UFO hot line

    AP – Fri Dec 4, 9:12 pm ET  
    This May 25, 1992 document made available by the British National... AP

    LONDON - The truth — and the UFOs — may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore. Full Story »

  • Brown rejects 'flat-earth' climate sceptics

    AFP – Fri Dec 4, 7:40 pm ET  
    Prime Minister Gordon Brown gestures as he answers a question... AFP/POOL

    LONDON (AFP) - World leaders heading to UN climate talks next week must not be distracted by "flat-earth" sceptics who deny humans are to blame for global warming, Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Saturday. Full Story »

  • Ex-public official convicted in WTC cleanup case

    AP – Fri Dec 4, 7:15 pm ET  

    NEW YORK - Sept. 11 made a hero of Mark Jakubek, lauded for his key role in rescuing two people from an elevator in the burning World Trade Center. But the aftermath of the attacks became a forum for his crimes. Full Story »

  • Prosecutor says new charges possible in Darfur

    AP – Fri Dec 4, 6:12 pm ET  

    UNITED NATIONS - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court raised the possibility Friday of charging Sudanese officials who cover up the government's involvement in alleged war crimes in Darfur and said President Omar al-Bashir will ultimately face international justice. Full Story »

  • At least 7,000 fresh NATO troops to bolster war

    AP – Fri Dec 4, 6:00 pm ET  
    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, speaks... AP

    BRUSSELS - NATO allies will bolster the American troop surge in Afghanistan by sending at least 7,000 soldiers of their own, officials said Friday in pledges that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton described as crucial to turning the tide in the stalemated war. Full Story »

  • AP sources: US eyes January for new Iran sanctions

    AP – Fri Dec 4, 5:30 pm ET  
    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is welcomed by... AP

    WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is looking to press in early January for a new round of United Nations sanctions against Iran for its continued defiance of demands to come clean about its nuclear program, U.S. officials said Friday. Full Story »

  • NY agency OKs tax-free debt for World Trade Center

    Reuters – Fri Dec 4, 1:25 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A $2.6 billion tax-free bond sale for World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein was approved on Wednesday by a state economic agency though the rebuilding of the shattered complex remains stalled. Full Story »

  • Fugitive in husband's Tucson killing caught

    AP – Fri Dec 4, 1:22 pm ET  

    VIENNA, Austria - Austrian police have arrested an American woman sought in connection with the killing of her ex-husband, who died when a pipe bomb exploded in his car more than a decade ago, law enforcement officials said Friday. Full Story »

  • EU, Ukraine trade accusations at summit

    AFP – Fri Dec 4, 1:13 pm ET  
    Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (C), Swedish Prime... AFP/POOL

    KIEV (AFP) - A top EU official accused Ukraine of dragging its feet on reforms at a summit in Kiev on Friday, while the ex-Soviet republic's leader complained about a delay in a promised EU-Ukraine accord. Full Story »

  • Myanmar's top court agrees to hear Suu Kyi appeal

    AFP – Fri Dec 4, 12:34 pm ET  
    Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (C) smiles following... AFP/File

    YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's supreme court agreed Friday to hear an appeal against the extended house arrest of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, as the European Union said it wanted sustained dialogue with the ruling junta. Full Story »

  • Sudanese who deny Darfur crimes may be charged: ICC

    Reuters – Fri Dec 4, 12:31 pm ET  
    Refugees who fled the conflict in Sudan's western Darfur... Reuters

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sudanese officials who deny and deceive the world about crimes committed in Sudan's western Darfur region might face criminal charges, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Friday. Full Story »

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