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PARIS (AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says an investigation is under way to see if the suspect in a series of radical Islam-inspired killings had any accomplices....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Five teenagers in school uniforms hold accordions. On the wall is a giant painting of the secret mountain hideout of their nation's founder, Kim Il Sung. Small red stickers on their instruments mark them as gifts from Kim Jong Il....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican's No. 2 has dismissed suggestions that Cuba's Communist government could exploit Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip as a propaganda tool, saying the visit should help promote democracy on the island....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The day after an embargo was placed on Mali, the soldier who led a recent coup said Tuesday that he agrees with restoring constitutional order, but first Mali's ills need to be addressed by holding a national convention which will decide on the best way forward....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Australia's most wanted man, who eluded capture for seven years by hiding in dense forests, was captured and charged with murder Thursday, ending a frustrating and at times violent hunt, police said....

DUBLIN (AP) -- A fact-finding tribunal has ruled that former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received (EURO)209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office but stopped short of finding him guilty of corruption....

DUBLIN (AP) -- A fact-finding tribunal has ruled that former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received (EURO)209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office but stopped short of finding him guilty of corruption....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Glittering sapphire necklaces, designer suits against perfumed skin, the taste of freshly popped Champagne and the roar of a speeding Porsche: the five senses in Nigeria, brought to you by luxury brands now trying to tap directly into the country's market....

PARIS (AP) -- French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says her anti-Islam agenda has been vindicated: The chief suspect in the country's worst killing spree in years is a French Muslim claiming ties to al-Qaida....

LONDON (AP) -- Martine Wright was running late for work....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- From one of the hiding places where he has been holed up since last month's coup, Mali's president penned a resignation letter and handed it to an emissary to deliver to the country's new leaders, while reporters looked on....

TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- The suspect in an radical Islam-linked killing spree in southern France has stopped communicating with authorities and may have committed suicide, the interior minister said Thursday, as a standoff between the gunman and hundreds of police entered a second day....

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Now that Myanmar is opening to the outside world, good luck getting a hotel room....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Luxury goods sellers, from Champagne to sports cars, are now targeting Nigeria's wealthy....

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A dispute between Egypt and Gaza's Hamas government has produced the worst energy crisis here in years: Gazans are enduring 18-hour-a-day blackouts, fuel is running low for hospital backup generators, raw sewage pours into the Mediterranean Sea for lack of treatment pumps and gas stations have shut down....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Australia's most wanted man, who eluded officials for seven years by hiding out in dense forests, was captured Thursday and charged with murder, ending a frustrating and at times violent hunt, police said....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Australia's most wanted man, who eluded officials for seven years by hiding out in dense forests, was captured Thursday and charged with murder, ending a frustrating and at times violent hunt, police said....

TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- A standoff at a Toulouse apartment building entered a second day Thursday with hundreds of French police working to try to capture alive the main suspect in an al-Qaida-linked killing spree that left seven people dead....

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A dispute between Egypt and Gaza's Hamas government has produced the worst energy crisis here in years: Gazans are enduring 18-hour-a-day blackouts, fuel is running low for hospital backup generators, raw sewage pours into the Mediterranean Sea for lack of treatment pumps and gas stations have shut down....

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Now that Myanmar is opening to the outside world, good luck getting a hotel room....