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ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's race to slice euro107 billion ($140 billion) off its national debt entered the final stretch Thursday, with markets confident enough private investors will decide to accept a deal to write down the value of their Greek bond holdings....

ROME (AP) -- International food prices have risen for the second time in two months, a U.N. agency said Thursday blaming bad weather in major exporting countries among other factors that have reversed downward price trends....

BEIJING (AP) -- Key issues on deliveries of American food aid to North Korea have been resolved, though details remain to be settled after talks ended Thursday....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's state TV is reporting that the country's top leader has welcomed comments by President Barack Obama pushing diplomacy and not war as a solution to Tehran's nuclear ambition....

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) -- A nation in mourning will bury the more than 200 victims of last weekend's deadly blasts at a military armory in a mass funeral Saturday, state radio in the Republic of Congo reported Thursday....

BEIJING (AP) -- A high-flying Chinese politician dogged by a scandal involving a subordinate possibly seeking U.S. asylum missed an important session of the national legislature Thursday, raising speculation about new setbacks to his political ambitions....

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan is advertising for companies to install an Internet filtering system that could block up to 50 million Web addresses, alarming free speech activists who fear current censorship could become much more widespread....

PARIS (AP) -- The Josephine beauty parlor in northern Paris is celebrating its first birthday Thursday and the success of a simple idea: When life is ugly, make women feel beautiful....

PARIS (AP) -- The Josephine beauty parlor in northern Paris is celebrating its first birthday Thursday and the success of a simple idea: When life is ugly, make women feel beautiful....

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) -- Police say they have stormed a camp of about 300 armed opposition supporters in northern Mozambique, arresting 20 and wounding two....

STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Falkland Islanders are still bristling over the invasion by Argentina 30 years ago, but they're not complaining about its aftermath....

BEIJING (AP) -- China's authoritarian government is restricting the police's power to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law Thursday after a wave of public complaints....

BEIJING (AP) -- China's authoritarian government is restricting the police's power to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law Thursday after a wave of public complaints....

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan is advertising for companies to install an Internet filtering system that could block up to 50 million Web addresses, alarming free speech activists who fear current censorship could become much more widespread....

SYDNEY (AP) -- An Australian investment banker pleaded guilty Thursday to chaining a fake bomb to a young woman's neck in a bizarre extortion attempt last year....

SYDNEY (AP) -- An Australian investment banker pleaded guilty Thursday to chaining a fake bomb to a young woman's neck in a bizarre extortion attempt last year....

SYDNEY (AP) -- An Australian investment banker pleaded guilty Thursday to chaining a fake bomb to a young woman's neck in a bizarre extortion attempt last year....

BEIJING (AP) -- China's authoritarian government is restricting the police's power to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law Thursday after a wave of public complaints....

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Two Catholics have been convicted of spreading anti-government propaganda and sentenced to prison in Vietnam, where local church officials and the ruling Communist Party have had an uneasy relationship for years....

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Two Catholics have been convicted of spreading anti-government propaganda and sentenced to prison in Vietnam, where local church officials and the ruling Communist Party have had an uneasy relationship for years....