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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Academy Award winners Nicole Kidman and Mira Sorvino urged an end to violence against women at a concert Wednesday night to support the U.N. agency that promotes equality for women and an end to attacks against millions of women and girls....

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Academy Award winners Nicole Kidman and Mira Sorvino urged an end to violence against women at a concert Wednesday night to support the U.N. agency that promotes equality for women and an end to attacks against millions of women and girls....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un made his second speech at a major public event since taking power in December, addressing a children's rally aimed at winning a new generation's support....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un made his second speech at a major public event since taking power in December, addressing a children's rally aimed at winning a new generation's support....

BEIJING (AP) -- State media reported that staff at a religious school in heavily Muslim far western China set off explosives to fend off a police raid and that 12 children were burned. An overseas rights group, however, blamed tear gas used by paramilitary forces for the injuries....

BEIJING (AP) -- State media reported that staff at a religious school in heavily Muslim far western China set off explosives to fend off a police raid and that 12 children were burned. An overseas rights group, however, blamed tear gas used by paramilitary forces for the injuries....

BEIJING (AP) -- State media reported that staff at a religious school in heavily Muslim far western China set off explosives to fend off a police raid and that 12 children were burned. An overseas rights group, however, blamed tear gas used by paramilitary forces for the injuries....

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia's defense minister said Wednesday he was protecting the confidentiality of government communications after a newspaper reported he left his delegation's laptop computers and cellphones behind before flying to mainland China....

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia's defense minister said Wednesday he was protecting the confidentiality of government communications after a newspaper reported he left his delegation's laptop computers and cellphones behind before flying to mainland China....

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Wednesday her activities on a recent trip to Thailand gave no cause for anyone to be unhappy, dismissing speculation her high-profile visit annoyed the government....

MONTREAL (AP) -- Police investigating the grisly killing of a Chinese student said Wednesday that mailed packages containing the man's body parts also included notes....

MONTREAL (AP) -- Police investigating the grisly killing of a Chinese student said Wednesday that mailed packages containing the man's body parts also included notes....

CAIRO (AP) -- Hosni Mubarak's health sharply deteriorated Wednesday, days after he was sentenced to life in prison, and specialists were evaluating whether to transfer him to a better-equipped hospital outside the penal system, security officials said....

CAIRO (AP) -- Hosni Mubarak's health sharply deteriorated Wednesday, days after he was sentenced to life in prison, and specialists were evaluating whether to transfer him to a better-equipped hospital outside the penal system, security officials said....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A Nigerian airline whose airplane crashed in the country's largest city, killing 153 on board and more on the ground, defended itself Wednesday against growing public criticism, saying its own chief engineer died on the doomed flight....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A Nigerian airline whose airplane crashed in the country's largest city, killing 153 on board and more on the ground, defended itself Wednesday against growing public criticism, saying its own chief engineer died on the doomed flight....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A Nigerian airline whose airplane crashed in the country's largest city, killing 153 on board and more on the ground, defended itself Wednesday against growing public criticism, saying its own chief engineer died on the doomed flight....

LONDON (AP) -- Business social network LinkedIn said Wednesday that some of its users' passwords have been stolen and leaked onto the Internet....

MONTREAL (AP) -- Police investigating the grisly killing of a Chinese student said Wednesday that mailed packages containing the victim's body parts also included notes....

LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama have agreed on the need for immediate action to resolve the eurozone crisis....