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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican is investigating seven priests from the troubled Legion of Christ religious order for alleged sexual abuse of minors and another two for other alleged crimes, The Associated Press has learned....

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- The European Union observer mission Saturday called Algeria's elections an important step toward reform, even as the opposition denounced the overwhelming win by government parties as resulting from fraud....

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- The trial of Anders Behring Breivik was interrupted briefly Friday by a spectator who hurled a shoe at the confessed mass killer and yelled "go to hell" before being escorted from the court room, witnesses said....

BERLIN (AP) -- A bad European week for Chancellor Angela Merkel looks likely to end with more electoral woes - this time, the likely re-election of a center-left government in Germany's most populous state, which Merkel has sought to portray as irresponsibly addicted to debt....

MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (AP) -- Search teams found at least 12 bodies Friday on the steep slope of an Indonesian volcano where a Russian-made jetliner crashed while demonstrating the plane for potential buyers from airlines, an official said....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican is investigating seven priests from the troubled Legion of Christ religious order for alleged sexual abuse of minors and another two for other alleged crimes, The Associated Press has learned....

MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (AP) -- Search teams found at least 12 bodies Friday on the steep slope of an Indonesian volcano where a Russian-made jetliner crashed while demonstrating the plane for potential buyers from airlines, an official said....

BATTIR, West Bank (AP) -- One of the last Palestinian farming villages that still uses irrigation systems from Roman times says its ancient way of life is in danger as Israel prepares to lay down its West Bank separation barrier....

BATTIR, West Bank (AP) -- One of the last Palestinian farming villages that still uses irrigation systems from Roman times says its ancient way of life is in danger as Israel prepares to lay down its West Bank separation barrier....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A flash flood swept through villages in a mountainous area of northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 27 people, authorities said....

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Activists say Argentina now leads the world in transgender rights after giving people the freedom to change their legal and physical gender identity simply because they want to, without having to undergo judicial, psychiatric and medical procedures beforehand....

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Activists say Argentina now leads the world in transgender rights after giving people the freedom to change their legal and physical gender identity simply because they want to, without having to undergo judicial, psychiatric and medical procedures beforehand....

BEIJING (AP) -- Authorities in the hometown of activist Chen Guangcheng have notched up restrictions on members of his extended family while he awaits permission in Beijing to travel abroad under an agreement between China and the U.S....

BEIJING (AP) -- Authorities in the hometown of activist Chen Guangcheng have notched up restrictions on members of his extended family while he awaits permission in Beijing to travel abroad under an agreement between China and the U.S....

NEW DELHI (AP) -- In fields along a northern Indian highway, mountains of grain have turned black with mildew after getting soaked in the rain....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's main opposition group on Sunday picked a secular Kurd as its new leader after criticism that the former head was too autocratic and the group was becoming dominated by Islamists....

MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (AP) -- The crash of a new, Russian-made jetliner into a jagged Indonesian volcano during a flight to impress potential buyers has thrown doubt on dozens of plane sales just as Moscow seeks a comeback in foreign markets. All 45 people aboard were feared dead....

MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (AP) -- Clearer weather finally allowed Indonesian helicopters to land Saturday and retrieve some remains of the 45 people aboard a Russian-made plane that crashed into a volcano during a demonstration flight....

CAIRO (AP) -- Two election front-runners, a former foreign minister and a moderate Islamist, squared off Thursday in the Arab world's first ever presidential debate, trading barbs over the role of religion and how to bring democratic reform to Egypt....

CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptians are for the first time getting a taste of how it is to choose a president- with groundbreaking presidential debates, face-to-face encounters with candidates on the campaign trail, and chances to question their programs, political history and even personal lives....