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BRUSSELS (AP) -- An optimistic survey on the German economy lifted stocks across Europe on Friday at the end of a week that was overshadowed by worries over Spain's finances....

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union parliament on Friday condemned Argentina's move to seize control of the YPF division of Spanish oil and gas giant Repsol and demanded that EU takes action against Buenos Aires at the World Trade Organization....

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A U.S. Army helicopter crashed in bad weather during the night in Afghanistan as it was en route to respond to a suicide attack on a local police checkpoint, an Afghan official said Friday....

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik took to the Internet to learn how to carry out a bombing-and-shooting rampage, studying attacks by al-Qaida, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Iraqi branch of al-Qaida claimed responsibility Friday for bombings that killed at least 30 people in the capital and across the country the day before, the worst wave of violence in weeks....

LONDON (AP) -- Make way for the torch. (But the flame will come later.)...

KOMODO ISLAND, Indonesia (AP) -- Coral gardens that were among Asia's most spectacular, teeming with colorful sea life just a few months ago, have been transformed into desolate gray moonscapes by illegal fishermen who use explosives or cyanide to kill or stun their prey....

CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptians voted for a second day Sunday in a presidential runoff pitting Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister against a conservative Islamist, with a sense of gloom hanging over many at the polls over the choice and the prospect that the ruling military will still hold most power even after their nominal handover of authority to civilians by July 1....

GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N.'s top human rights body harshly condemned Syria on Friday for the massacre last week of more than 100 civilians, apparently at the hands of government troops and pro-regime thugs....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Saying he is impatient and frustrated, special envoy Kofi Annan called on the Syrian president Friday to implement a U.N.-brokered peace plan following a horrific weekend massacre that killed more than 100 people....

KOMODO ISLAND, Indonesia (AP) -- Coral gardens that were among Asia's most spectacular, teeming with colorful sea life just a few months ago, have been transformed into desolate gray moonscapes by fishermen who use explosives or cyanide to kill or stun their prey....

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- The first genocide suspect to be transferred by an international genocide tribunal to Rwanda has arrived in the country's capital....

RIO HATO, Panama (AP) -- Three Panamanian men were on their way home after a night of fishing, happy with their success, when the motor on their small open boat rattled and quit, leaving them adrift in sight of land, but too far out for their cell phones to work....

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Senegalese state radio reports that Mali's ousted president has left the country and flown to Senegal....

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) -- A journalist in western Kazakhstan has been stabbed and shot in an attack that his colleagues say may have been motivated by his reporting....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the International Monetary Fund meets this weekend, its top goal will be as simple as it is difficult: Get member nations to pledge many more billions in aid - in case the IMF needs to rescue more European economies....

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's Islamic-rooted government has scored two victories in its quest to end the military's decades-long influence over politics....

BEIRUT (AP) -- The militarization of Syria's uprising has strengthened the most radical elements on both sides of the bloody, 13-month-old conflict, sidelining the moderate voices that many see as the best hope for Syria's future....

BEIRUT (AP) -- The militarization of Syria's uprising has strengthened the most radical elements on both sides of the bloody, 13-month-old conflict, sidelining the moderate voices that many see as the best hope for Syria's future....

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Anders Behring Breivik knew it would take practice to be able to slaughter dozens of people before being shot by police. In a chilling account, the far-right fanatic claimed Thursday that he sharpened his aim by playing the video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" for hours on end....