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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A Pakistan doctor who assisted the CIA in tracking down Osama bin Laden was sentenced to 33 years in prison for conspiring with an Islamist militant commander, a verdict that could make it more difficult for Washington to argue for his release....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Defense Minister Ehud Barak abruptly proposed on Wednesday that Israel consider "unilateral action" if long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians don't resume and produce a deal - suggesting Israel may be thinking of withdrawing from part of the West Bank, as it did from the Gaza Strip seven years ago....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Defense Minister Ehud Barak abruptly proposed on Wednesday that Israel consider "unilateral action" if long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians don't resume and produce a deal - suggesting Israel may be thinking of withdrawing from part of the West Bank, as it did from the Gaza Strip seven years ago....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Moving to Rio, I had visions of paradise, of a sprawling apartment with panoramic views over a palm-lined beach....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Moving to Rio, I had visions of paradise, of a sprawling apartment with panoramic views over a palm-lined beach....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Moving to Rio, I had visions of paradise, of a sprawling apartment with panoramic views over a palm-lined beach....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Moving to Rio, I had visions of paradise, of a sprawling apartment with panoramic views over a palm-lined beach....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Moving to Rio, I had visions of paradise, of a sprawling apartment with panoramic views over a palm-lined beach....

BANGKOK (AP) -- A court sentenced a Thai webmaster Wednesday to an eight-month suspended sentence for not moving quickly enough to delete online comments deemed insulting to the country's royalty in a case widely seen as a test of freedom of expression in Thailand....

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- International judges sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison Wednesday, saying he was responsible for "some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history" by arming and supporting Sierra Leone rebels in return for "blood diamonds."...

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- International judges sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison Wednesday, saying he was responsible for "some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history" by arming and supporting Sierra Leone rebels in return for "blood diamonds."...

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Supreme Court has endorsed the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, bringing the secret-spilling Internet activist a big step closer to prosecution in a Scandinavian court....

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Supreme Court has endorsed the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, bringing the secret-spilling Internet activist a big step closer to prosecution in a Scandinavian court....

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Supreme Court has endorsed the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, bringing the secret-spilling Internet activist a big step closer to prosecution in a Scandinavian court....

PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government says it opposes a (EURO)400,000 ($500,920) payout for Air France-KLM's former CEO, part of its push to rein executive salaries at state-owned companies....

PARIS (AP) -- France's new Socialist government says it opposes a (EURO)400,000 ($500,920) payout for Air France-KLM's former CEO, part of its push to rein executive salaries at state-owned companies....

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Judges at an international war crimes court have sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison following his landmark conviction for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered and mutilated thousands during their country's brutal civil war in return for blood diamonds....

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Judges at an international war crimes court have sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison following his landmark conviction for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered and mutilated thousands during their country's brutal civil war in return for blood diamonds....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's state-run media on Wednesday criticized decisions by the U.S. and other nations to expel the country's diplomats, describing the moves as "unprecedented hysteria" and warning they might deal a fatal blow to an international peace plan....