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After signing a bill that hikes the fine for joining an unauthorized protest to 300,000 rubles ($9,000), Russian President Vladimir Putin compared the measure to similar laws in Germany, Spain, Britain and France....

LONDON (AP) -- A British journalist claims that Syrian rebels set him up to die in a no man's land near the Lebanese border, saying he believes they hoped he would be shot by government forces....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican chastised Italian authorities on Friday for seizing documents intended for the pope during a raid on the home of the recently ousted Vatican bank chief, reminding them that the Holy See is a sovereign state whose officials and documents enjoy immunity protections....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican chastised Italian authorities on Friday for seizing documents intended for the pope during a raid on the home of the recently ousted Vatican bank chief, reminding them that the Holy See is a sovereign state whose officials and documents enjoy immunity protections....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican chastised Italian authorities on Friday for seizing documents intended for the pope during a raid on the home of the recently ousted Vatican bank chief, reminding them that the Holy See is a sovereign state whose officials and documents enjoy immunity protections....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican chastised Italian authorities on Friday for seizing documents intended for the pope during a raid on the home of the recently ousted Vatican bank chief, reminding them that the Holy See is a sovereign state whose officials and documents enjoy immunity protections....

PATROL BASE PUL-I-ALAM, Afghanistan (AP) -- The top commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan offered a somber apology on Friday in an eastern province where officials say 18 civilians - half of them children - were killed in a coalition airstrike this week....

VIENNA (AP) -- Iran and six world powers seeking to coax Tehran into curbing its nuclear activities appear to be coming to talks later this month without resolving the differences that scuttled previous rounds, according to recent letters exchanged between the two sides....

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- A suicide bomber blew up his car just outside the police headquarters in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing eight people, a Nigerian Red Cross report said Friday amid warnings that the situation in the city is worsening....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy at risk, President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of pursuing policies that would weaken the U.S. recovery. He simultaneously urged Europe's leaders to prevent an overseas debt crisis from dragging down the rest of the world....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy at risk, President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of pursuing policies that would weaken the U.S. recovery. He simultaneously urged Europe's leaders to prevent an overseas debt crisis from dragging down the rest of the world....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy at risk, President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of pursuing policies that would weaken the U.S. recovery. He simultaneously urged Europe's leaders to prevent an overseas debt crisis from dragging down the rest of the world....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy at risk, President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of pursuing policies that would weaken the U.S. recovery. He simultaneously urged Europe's leaders to prevent an overseas debt crisis from dragging down the rest of the world....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy at risk, President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of pursuing policies that would weaken the U.S. recovery. He simultaneously urged Europe's leaders to prevent an overseas debt crisis from dragging down the rest of the world....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy at risk, President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of pursuing policies that would weaken the U.S. recovery. He simultaneously urged Europe's leaders to prevent an overseas debt crisis from dragging down the rest of the world....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's first major trial dealing with the country's savage Sunni-Shiite sectarian killings is tainted by politics, critics say - an ominous sign for those hoping for justice for tens of thousands of victims of street executions, bombings and kidnappings....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's first major trial dealing with the country's savage Sunni-Shiite sectarian killings is tainted by politics, critics say - an ominous sign for those hoping for justice for tens of thousands of victims of street executions, bombings and kidnappings....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's first major trial dealing with the country's savage Sunni-Shiite sectarian killings is tainted by politics, critics say - an ominous sign for those hoping for justice for tens of thousands of victims of street executions, bombings and kidnappings....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's first major trial dealing with the country's savage Sunni-Shiite sectarian killings is tainted by politics, critics say - an ominous sign for those hoping for justice for tens of thousands of victims of street executions, bombings and kidnappings....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's first major trial dealing with the country's savage Sunni-Shiite sectarian killings is tainted by politics, critics say - an ominous sign for those hoping for justice for tens of thousands of victims of street executions, bombings and kidnappings....