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BEIRUT (AP) -- Two Western journalists killed in the Syrian city of Homs last week were buried in the embattled neighborhood where they died, according to activist videos posted Thursday, while two other reporters escaped into neighboring Lebanon....

KOMOTINI, Greece (AP) -- A former plastics factory employee in the northern Greek city of Komotini who took two hostages has surrendered after nearly 12 hours early Friday, police said. He had previously shot and wounded three people....

BRUSSELS (AP) -- Europe's leaders have said they are committed to supporting economic growth, in a concession that their focus on austerity as the key to solving the debt crisis is not working as unemployment hits record highs and recession looms over the region....

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide are planning rallies this month to demonstrate the power of his Lavalas party and protest Haiti's current government, a longtime Aristide ally said Thursday....

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide are planning rallies this month to demonstrate the power of his Lavalas party and protest Haiti's current government, a longtime Aristide ally said Thursday....

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide are planning rallies this month to demonstrate the power of his Lavalas party and protest Haiti's current government, a longtime Aristide ally said Thursday....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made his first live communication with his country's news media in nearly a week Thursday, saying he was in good shape and recovering quickly from tumor surgery in Cuba....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made his first live communication with his country's news media in nearly a week Thursday, saying he was in good shape and recovering quickly from tumor surgery in Cuba....

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez made a surprise conciliatory gesture Thursday by seeking negotiations with the United Kingdom to establish several weekly flights from Buenos Aires to the Falkland Islands....

CAIRO (AP) -- Seven Americans on trial over charges their pro-democracy groups fomented unrest flew out of Egypt Thursday after the U.S. posted nearly $5 million in bail for them and nine others who managed to leave before a travel ban was imposed....

CAIRO (AP) -- Seven Americans on trial over charges their pro-democracy groups fomented unrest flew out of Egypt Thursday after the U.S. posted nearly $5 million in bail for them and nine others who managed to leave before a travel ban was imposed....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Two Western journalists killed in the central Syrian city of Homs last week were buried in a cemetery in the embattled neighborhood where they died, according to activist videos posted online Thursday....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Surprise and skepticism met the announcement that North Korea would freeze most nuclear activities in exchange for food aid from the United States....

VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) -- The worst moments for Gordon and Eleanor Bradwell came immediately after the alarm sounded. Eleanor rushed to their cabin to get a life vest. Gordon was pushed in another direction. The scent of smoke grew stronger aboard the disabled cruise ship. Then the lifeboats dropped....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- One of Mexico's most successful environmental rescue projects, a newly thriving coral reef, is under threat from a Cancun-sized mega-development planned for the Baja California Peninsula, activists said Thursday as they staged a protest to put pressure on the Spanish developer....

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez made a surprise conciliatory gesture Thursday by seeking negotiations with the United Kingdom to establish three weekly flights from Buenos Aires to the Falkland Islands....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- In another sign of warming relations between two wartime foes, a senior North Korean nuclear negotiator will attend a security conference in the United States, a U.S. official confirmed Thursday....

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- A former dictator's attempt to shield himself from genocide charges was denied on Thursday by a judge who ruled that an international treaty overrules an amnesty law passed in the wake of Guatemala's civil war....

CAIRO (AP) -- Seven Americans on trial over charges their pro-democracy groups fomented unrest flew out of Egypt Thursday after the U.S. posted nearly $5 million in bail....

CAIRO (AP) -- A plane carrying seven American pro-democracy workers on trial over their activities took off from Cairo airport after sunset Thursday after the U.S. posted nearly $5 million in bail, officials said, easing a deep diplomatic crisis over charges that their groups funded and promoted anti-government protests in Egypt....