Ready, set, snore! Spain holds siesta contest in shopping mall
MADRID (AP) — Some clutched pillows or stuffed animals, others fought back giggles as they sought to take a siesta in public...
Beheadings, killings plague Tijuana amid festival
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A rash of decapitations and other gruesome killings have hit Tijuana since Mexican President Felipe Calderon visited the border...
2 foreigners tied to adulterer stoning case arrested in Iran
CAIRO (AP) — Iran said Monday it arrested two foreigners as they were interviewing the son of a woman whose death sentence by stoning...
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North Korea leader Kim Jong-il and heir appear at lavish parade
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The next leader of North Korea from the only ruling family the isolated nation...
Twin explosions kill 5, wound 20 at vegetable market south of Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) — Back-to-back bombings at a vegetable market south of Baghdad on Thursday afternoon killed at least five...
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Iranian opposition lawyer on hunger strike while in prison
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has gone on a hunger strike to protest...
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U.S. missile strike kills five German militants in Pakistan on Monday
BERLIN (AP) — An American missile strike killed five German militants Monday in the rugged Pakistan border...
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At least 8 killed, 18 wounded in fighting in Somalia's capital city
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A medical official says at least eight people have died in fighting in Somalia's...
16 inmates killed, 35 injured in prison gang riot in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan official says a riot involving rival gangs inside a prison has killed 16 inmates and injured...
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Two earthquakes hit near eastern Indonesia, tsunami warning issued
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Two powerful earthquakes hit waters off eastern Indonesia in rapid succession Thursday,...
Officials uncover terror plot in Europe targeting Britain, France
LONDON (AP) — Intelligence officials have intercepted a credible terror plot against Britain and France, raising security fears at...
Small-town mayor stoned to death in drug-plagued western Mexico
MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — A small-town mayor and an aide were found stoned to death Monday, the fifth city leader to be slain in Mexico...
