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ELASHA BIYAHA, Somalia (AP) -- Evil laughter pealed out of the mobile phone. Abshir Ali Mohamed, an al-Shabab defector now wearing a Somali military uniform, had asked his former commander to join him. The commander, an al-Shabab judge known for ordering amputations, said he would instead kill Mohamed....

ELASHA BIYAHA, Somalia (AP) -- Evil laughter pealed out of the mobile phone. Abshir Ali Mohamed, an al-Shabab defector now wearing a Somali military uniform, had asked his former commander to join him. The commander, an al-Shabab judge known for ordering amputations, said he would instead kill Mohamed....

The President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, says further support for the banking system will be provided if needed.

TOKYO (AP) -- Police on Friday arrested the last fugitive suspected in a doomsday cult's deadly nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways 17 years ago, ending one of Japan's longest manhunts and closing a chapter on the worst terrorist attack in the country's history....

The French philosopher Roger Garaudy, a former Communist who stirred controversy for denying the Holocaust, dies at the age of 98.

So are MPs now allowed to call each other liars?

TOKYO (AP) -- Police on Friday arrested the last fugitive suspected in a doomsday cult's deadly nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways 17 years ago, ending one of Japan's longest manhunts and closing a chapter on the worst terrorist attack in the country's history....

ELASHA BIYAHA, Somalia (AP) -- Somalia's government spokesman says some 500 al-Shabab fighters have left the group and joined the government in a sign of disarray among the Islamist group's ranks....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Kevin Costner said his reputation was at stake as he defended himself against accusations that he cheated fellow actor Stephen Baldwin out of millions of dollars in a lucrative BP contract for oil-cleaning machines after the 2010 spill....

BERN, Switzerland (AP) -- Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed her European tour Friday, after a brief bout of illness prompted by exhaustion forced her to cancel a gala dinner the night before....

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The government is bolstering the nation's rundown aerial firefighting fleet by taking steps to add seven large tanker planes. But the aircraft likely won't be available soon and several other firefighting planes are grounded as destructive wildfires rage in Colorado and New Mexico....

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The government is bolstering the nation's rundown aerial firefighting fleet by taking steps to add seven large tanker planes. But the aircraft likely won't be available soon and several other firefighting planes are grounded as destructive wildfires rage in Colorado and New Mexico....

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The government is bolstering the nation's rundown aerial firefighting fleet by taking steps to add seven large tanker planes. But the aircraft likely won't be available soon and several other firefighting planes are grounded as destructive wildfires rage in Colorado and New Mexico....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- CBS is getting its chance to try to shatter rival ABC's plan for its new reality competition show "The Glass House" by focusing their arguments on one person - a federal judge....

China will launch its historic space docking mission Saturday along with its first female astronaut in space.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Police in Nigeria say they detained and questioned a federal lawmaker who led a probe into the country's mismanaged gasoline subsidy program that found billions of dollars misspent....

New Labour pressure group Progress describes attempts by a union to get it banned from the party as "deeply disappointing" and rejects comparisons with the Militant Tendency.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- European Central Bank head Mario Draghi says it's now up to the European Union to make the political choices needed to strengthen the euro - and proposals will be coming soon....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama accused Republicans of paying for wars "on the nation's credit card" even though he has used the same plastic for the same purpose, and for many others. Mitt Romney defied logic and statistics in claiming the huge stimulus package did not create private-sector jobs....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama accused Republicans of paying for wars "on the nation's credit card" even though he has used the same plastic for the same purpose, and for many others. Mitt Romney defied logic and statistics in claiming the huge stimulus package did not create private-sector jobs....