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VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) -- Hot and tired passengers disembarking from a disabled cruise ship Thursday in the Seychelles said they had prepared to abandon ship when fire broke out in the engine room three days ago, causing smoke to billow from the vessel that was suddenly adrift in waters prowled by pirates....

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The head of Germany's Bundesbank is warning the European Central Bank about risks involved in the massive euro529.5 billion ($712 billion) credit offering it made to banks Wednesday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. official says two more American troops have been killed in Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks following protests over the burning of the Quran....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. official says two more American troops have been killed in Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks following protests over the burning of the Quran....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- In another sign of warming relations between two wartime foes, a senior North Korean nuclear negotiator will attend a security conference in the United States, a person with knowledge of the negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang told The Associated Press on Thursday....

HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) -- Jeff Rann had ample warning that terrible weather was approaching before dawn. A frantic call to his wife from his mother-in-law alerted them to reports that a tornado was barreling down, and Rann heard the deafening wail of storm sirens....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Before there was MTV, before "American Idol" made overnight stars of people you never heard of, there was "The Monkees," a band fronted by a diminutive singer named Davy Jones who was so boyishly good looking that teenage girls swooned the first time they ever saw him....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Before there was MTV, before "American Idol" made overnight stars of people you never heard of, there was "The Monkees," a band fronted by a diminutive singer named Davy Jones who was so boyishly good looking that teenage girls swooned the first time they ever saw him....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Back-to-back surprises - Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe is retiring and former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey is running again - have given Democrats a burst of optimism that they can hold on to control of the Senate, a goal that seemed to be slipping from reach just weeks ago....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Back-to-back surprises - Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe is retiring and former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey is running again - have given Democrats a burst of optimism that they can hold on to control of the Senate, a goal that seemed to be slipping from reach just weeks ago....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Back-to-back surprises - Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe is retiring and former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey is running again - have given Democrats a burst of optimism that they can hold on to control of the Senate, a goal that seemed to be slipping from reach just weeks ago....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Back-to-back surprises - Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe is retiring and former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey is running again - have given Democrats a burst of optimism that they can hold on to control of the Senate, a goal that seemed to be slipping from reach just weeks ago....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Back-to-back surprises - Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe is retiring and former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey is running again - have given Democrats a burst of optimism that they can hold on to control of the Senate, a goal that seemed to be slipping from reach just weeks ago....

ABA, China (AP) -- China's stifling lockdown of this Tibetan town has not only been about patrolling its sleepy streets, but also policing the minds of a community at the center of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule....

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- The deadline to file charges in a fatal Ohio high school shooting loomed as students still reeling from the slaying of three teenagers planned a march to return to their school....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is considering GOP legislation aimed at rolling back President Barack Obama's policy on birth control coverage....

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar President Thein Sein said Thursday that his government will build on the sweeping reforms it has begun over the last year, and will work hard to convince skeptics at home and abroad that it is truly committed to democratic change....

MALE, Maldives (AP) -- Supporters of Maldives' former president prevented the country's new leader from opening Parliament and protested in the streets Thursday, three weeks after he took office in a contentious power transfer....

GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N.'s top human rights body voted Thursday to condemn Syria for its "widespread and systematic violations" against civilians in a violent crackdown on opposition groups, as more western governments closed their embassies in Damascus over worsening security....

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's National Gallery and the National Gallery of Scotland said Thursday they have raised 45 million pounds ($72 million) to buy a Renaissance masterpiece that has been in the U.K. for 200 years and to keep it on public display....