AFP/File BERLIN - A man who admits he took part in a brazen daylight raid on a poker tournament in Berlin surrendered to authorities and identified three suspected accomplices, one of whom was later arrested, officials said Wednesday. Full Story »
PARIS - Leon Laclau shared his life, and often, his bed, with Marga over 20 years — all while serving as a Catholic priest in a town in the French Pyrenees. Full Story »
AP AMSTERDAM - A Holocaust survivor claims in a new book that Anne Frank distracted younger children from the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp by telling them fairy tales — an account disputed by at least one Frank authority and a childhood friend of the diarist. Full Story »
AP BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel called the sex abuse scandal rocking the homeland of Pope Benedict XVI a major challenge to German society and warned the only way to come to terms with it was to "find out everything that has happened." Full Story »
AP MADRID - Police have arrested five people in the kidnapping of a 5-year-old British boy in Pakistan and recovered more than 100,000 pounds ($150,000) in ransom money, authorities said Wednesday. Full Story »
GENEVA - The U.N.'s top human rights official criticized Israeli and Palestinian authorities on Wednesday for failing to properly investigate alleged war crimes last year in the Gaza Strip. Full Story »
AP PARIS - The Basque separatist group ETA was blamed Wednesday for the shooting death of a French policeman outside Paris, as authorities interrogated one suspect and hunted for at least five other assailants who fled the scene. Full Story »
AP VIENNA - The Vienna Boys' Choir said Wednesday it has heard from eight possible abuse victims following an initial report of allegations last week. Full Story »
LONDON - The leader of Ireland's Roman Catholics said Wednesday that he is ashamed of his part in dealing with a child sex abuse scandal 35 years ago, and said he is uncertain what the future holds for him. Full Story »
AP MOSCOW - Dozens of people were evacuated from their homes in Russia's capital Wednesday after maintenance workers uncovered hundreds of rusty World War II-era artillery shells beneath a road. Full Story »
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