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2 rebel groups merge in Mali
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- A rebel leader says the two rebel groups in north Mali have agreed to merge and work together to create an independent Islamic state on the territory they occupy....
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Carter says minor violations in Egypt's vote
CAIRO (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter said Saturday that monitors noted violations during Egypt's presidential elections but that the vote was generally acceptable and the irregularities won't impact the final results....
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Peru taxi explodes in Chile minefield near border
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Chilean army bomb specialists have pulled the remains of a Peruvian taxi out of a minefield where at least one person was killed in an explosion. Authorities say the driver went into a well-marked minefield in an apparent attempt to avoid border controls....
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Cairo's poor hope new president will help them
CAIRO (AP) -- As Egyptians took part in the country's first free presidential election, residents of one of Cairo's poorest quarters expressed hope that a new leader would help them with a simple request - finding a new home....
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Hardline Islamists seed terror in Tunisian town
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Hundreds of hardline Islamists terrorized a Tunisian town on Saturday, attacking a police station and stores selling alcohol....
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Funeral held for Muslim Bosniaks killed long ago
VISEGRAD, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Several thousand people held a mass funeral on Saturday for 66 Muslim Bosnians who were killed by Bosnian Serb forces during the country's 1992-1995 war....
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Mexico's Michel Franco wins Cannes sidebar prize
CANNES, France (AP) -- "After Lucia" by Mexican director Michel Franco has won the top prize in the Cannes Film Festival's sidebar competition, Un Certain Regard....
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Havana sees US invasion at key art festival
HAVANA (AP) -- Ruben Alpizar never met the American collector who fell in love with his painting of a plummeting Icarus against a starry background, hanging on the wall of a Spanish colonial-era fortress across the bay from Havana. Nor did he get a name or a hometown, or even learn whether the b...
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UN: 32 children, 60 adults killed in Syria attack
GENEVA (AP) -- The head of the U.N. observer team in Syria says at least 32 children under 10 years of age and more than 60 adults were killed in fighting in the center of the country Friday....
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CIA remembers those lost in covert operations
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CIA is remembering those lost in the hidden, often dangerous world of espionage, adding a new star to the intelligence agency's memorial wall and more than a dozen names to its hallowed Book of Honor....
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Charity: 9/11 widow died of natural causes
DENVER (AP) -- The 52-year-old widow of the man who captained a United Airlines flight that crashed into a Pennsylvania field after being taken over by terrorists on 9/11 has died of what her charity says was natural causes....
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Heavy winds, rain damage Bahamas islands
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) -- Heavy winds in the Bahamas have toppled cars, felled trees and damaged roofs as thunderstorms roll through the Caribbean archipelago....
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Obama on the defensive on spending, debt
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government spending and debt are emerging as a campaign tug-of-war....
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Biden says end to wars gives US new flexibility
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year commencement address to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point....
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Hunger returns to Africa, stalking 1M children
GOUDOUDE DIOBE, Senegal (AP) -- It's 10 a.m., and the 2-year-old is still waiting for breakfast. Aliou Seyni Diallo collapses to his knees in tears and plops his forehead down on the dirt outside his family's hut....
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Dutch-born war crimes convict dies in Germany
BERLIN (AP) -- Klaas Faber, a Dutch native who fled to Germany after being convicted in the Netherlands of Nazi war crimes, has died. He was 90....
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Dutch-born war crimes convict dies in Germany
BERLIN (AP) -- Klaas Faber, a Dutch native who fled to Germany after being convicted in the Netherlands of Nazi war crimes, has died. He was 90....
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Singapore's ruling party loses by-election
SINGAPORE (AP) -- Voters have dealt Singapore's ruling People's Action Party its third electoral setback in a year, allowing the opposition to hold onto a Parliament seat in a by-election....
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Quiet Revolution's old dreams fuel Quebec protests
MONTREAL (AP) -- Quebec's generous social services date back to sweeping reforms in the 1960s, a period of intense nationalism. Yet many Quebecers look back at the "Quiet Revolution" with regret over one unfulfilled promise: free higher education....
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Puerto Rico bail referendum sparks rights debate
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Ricans are debating an upcoming referendum that would give judges the right to deny bail in certain murder cases....
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Ivory Coast ex-combatants flee Ghana refugee camp
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- An official says that more than 170 Ivory Coast ex-combatants being held in a refugee camp in Ghana's west have escaped....
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Zimbabwe arrests British music presenter
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Organizers of a classical music festival in Zimbabwe say authorities arrested a prominent British music personality at a concert in the second city of Bulawayo....
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Romney has tighter state path as Obama takes aim
President Barack Obama faces new warnings in a once-promising Southern state and typically Democratic Midwestern states roughly five months before the election, even amid encouraging economic news....
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FACT CHECK: Obama off on thrifty spending claim
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars. To back it up, the administration cites a media report that claims federal spending is rising at the slowest pace since the Eisenh...
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Eurovision set for battle of the oldies
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) -- Usually a jamboree of youthful exuberance - and questionable taste - this year's Eurovision Song Contest features a pair of elderly acts among its top contenders....
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