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ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The widow and mother-in-law of a Pakistani man killed by a CIA contractor last year were murdered Monday, allegedly by the widow's father who may have feared she would remarry and take the "blood money" she received with her, police said....

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The widow and mother-in-law of a Pakistani man killed by a CIA contractor last year were murdered Monday, allegedly by the widow's father who may have feared she would remarry and take the "blood money" she received with her, police said....

GAUHATI, India (AP) -- A packed ferry boat capsized in heavy winds and rain in remote northeastern India late Monday, leaving at least 35 people dead and 165 others feared missing, police said....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A Palestinian rights group said Monday that half of about 5,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel are on a hunger strike, demanding an end to imprisonment without trial as well as better conditions....

LONDON (AP) -- Elections in Greece renewed uncertainty over Europe's debt crisis, causing a massive drop on the Athens exchange, though losses elsewhere were trimmed as investors regained their poise and Spain announced it will help its banks....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Reeling from a vicious financial crisis that has cost them pensions and jobs, Greeks have been turning away in droves from the mainstream politicians they feel have let them down. Another political force is trying to tap the void, with blunt promises to "clean up" the country....

GAUHATI, India (AP) -- A packed ferry boat capsized in heavy winds and rain in remote northeastern India late Monday, leaving at least 35 people dead and 165 others feared missing, police said....

JALINGO, Nigeria (AP) -- A motorcycle-riding suicide bomber drove into a convoy carrying a top police official in northeast Nigeria on Monday, detonating his explosives and killing at least 10 people, rescue officials said....

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Police say the widow and mother-in-law of one of two Pakistani men shot and killed by a CIA contractor last year have been murdered in the eastern city of Lahore....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Ben-Zion Netanyahu, the historian and Zionist activist whose skepticism about peacemaking with the Arabs helped to shape the world outlook of his son, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, died on Monday. He was 102....

BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese activist who triggered a diplomatic dispute between China and the United States said Monday he is confident that Beijing will hold up its end of a tentative deal to let him study overseas....

LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- Angry parents are demanding to know why their kids are being taught about bombs and knives at nursery schools in a northern Indian state....

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A French journalist was missing Sunday along with five Colombian security force members following combat with leftist rebels that claimed the lives of three soldiers and a police officer, Colombia's Defense Ministry said....

BEIJING (AP) -- A senior U.S. diplomat arrived in China on a hurried mission Sunday as new problems - from possible U.S. arms sales to Taiwan to the custody of a blind dissident - threaten to complicate relations with Beijing ahead of high-level talks....

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Sudan's army spokesman says that three foreigners and a South Sudanese national arrested by authorities in a disputed area on the Sudanese-South Sudanese border had military hardware and an armored vehicle in their possession....

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia says there is no evidence that Osama bin Laden's wives and family members deported to the kingdom are involved in terrorism....

CAIRO (AP) -- Assailants attacked demonstrators gathered outside the Defense Ministry in Egypt's capital to call for an end to military rule with rocks and firebombs, killing one protester and wounding 30, security officials said on Sunday....

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A massive street rally demanding electoral reforms in Malaysia raised questions Sunday about whether the long-ruling coalition government will delay calling elections in the face of such a strong show of force by the opposition....

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- A Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist has been arrested and accused of terrorism for allegedly trying to sabotage liberation celebrations commemorating the end of the Vietnam War, state media said Sunday....

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's military says a French journalist has gone missing during combat with leftist rebels in which four security force members were killed....