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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Militant leaders and foot soldiers from the militant group al-Shabab are fleeing to hideouts in a mountainous region of northeastern Somalia after facing increasing military pressure around Somalia's capital, the prime minister said in an interview Wednesday....

EARTHQUAKE STRIKES: An 8.6-magnitude earthquake and an 8.2-aftershock hit off Indonesia's western coast Wednesday but did not cause a major tsunami....

ICA, Peru (AP) -- Nine Peruvian miners were rescued Wednesday after six days trapped in an abandoned copper mine....

PARIS (AP) -- Raymond Aubrac, a major figure of the French Resistance who evaded the Nazis in a now-legendary escape led by his equally renowned wife, has died. He was 97....

GENEVA (AP) -- Cases of dementia - and the heavy social and financial burdens associated with them - are set to soar in the coming decades as life expectancy and medical care improve in poorer countries, the World Health Organization says....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Defiant North Korea fueled up a rocket Wednesday in preparation for what now appears to be an imminent liftoff while the country's young leader strengthened his grip on power with a new title making him the nation's top political official....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was named to what appears to be a top post in the ruling Workers' Party at a special political conference Wednesday, while his late father was declared its "eternal" general secretary....

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) -- Ice hockey is hardly the most suitable sport for a desert nation where temperatures can soar as high as 50 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit)....

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's president is set to mark on Wednesday 10 years since an al-Qaida truck bomb killed 21 people at a synagogue on the island of Djerba....

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Sudan said battles were raging Wednesday along its border with South Sudan after southern troops attacked an oil-rich town in the area. The fighting raised the specter of an all-out confrontation between the two countries already facing off over undetermined borders and how to share oil revenues....

PARIS (AP) -- Raymond Aubrac, one of the last major figures of the French Resistance, whose parents died at Auschwitz during World War II, has died....

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Serbia's police say they have detained nine people accused of setting fire to the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade in 2008 during riots against Kosovo's independence....

TORONTO (AP) -- A Korean Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Vancouver to Seoul was diverted to a nearby Canadian Forces base after the airline's U.S. call center received a bomb threat....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Delegates to North Korea's ruling party have convened for a special political conference where leader Kim Jong Un is expected to gain new titles....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean space officials say the rocket built to carry a satellite into space is ready for liftoff this week as the nation's leadership makes a series of appointments before a major political gathering....

PARIS (AP) -- Europe's human rights court ruled Tuesday that Britain can send a radical Muslim cleric and four other suspects to the United States to face terrorism charges in a case that has been closely watched as an indicator of whether tough U.S. prisons could influence extradition policy....

PARIS (AP) -- Europe's human rights court ruled Tuesday that Britain can send a radical Muslim cleric and four other suspects to the United States to face terrorism charges in a case that has been closely watched as an indicator of whether tough U.S. prisons could influence extradition policy....

PARIS (AP) -- Europe's human rights court ruled Tuesday that Britain can send a radical Muslim cleric and four other suspects to the United States to face terrorism charges in a case that has been closely watched as an indicator of whether tough U.S. prisons could influence extradition policy....

RASQUERA, Spain (AP) -- What about growing marijuana to pay off crushing municipal debt? One Spanish village put the idea to the vote Tuesday, and a majority of its citizens approved - but not the 75 percent needed....

RASQUERA, Spain (AP) -- What about growing marijuana to pay off crushing municipal debt? One Spanish village put the idea to the vote Tuesday, and a majority of its citizens approved - but not the 75 percent needed....