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PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) -- Rogue police officers in Papua New Guinea blockaded Parliament for several hours on Friday, a day after Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's government leveled sedition charges against the country's chief justice....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Recent rapes blamed on African migrants have ignited a political and emotional backlash against their ballooning numbers, with Israelis and their leaders stridently - and in an alarming new development, violently - calling for their expulsion....

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) -- Hurricane Bud strengthened into a major storm and was headed early Friday toward an area of beach resorts and small mountain villages on the Pacific coast stretching south from Puerto Vallarta....

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- The captain and the navigating officer of a ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef have each been sentenced to seven months in jail....

SINGAPORE (AP) -- Lady Gaga's manager says the pop diva has no plans to tone down her act, even if that prevents her from performing in some countries on her Asian tour....

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to revive the seaside shantytown known throughout the hemisphere for its extreme poverty and gang battles....

CAIRO (AP) -- The Muslim Brotherhood has quickly staked a claim for its candidate to advance to a runoff vote, saying its exit polls showed him leading in Egypt's landmark presidential election to succeed ousted leader Hosni Mubarak....

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- A wave of climbers has headed for the summit of Mount Everest, and several people have already made it in what is expected to another busy weekend on the top of the world....

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) -- Police in Papua New Guinea blockaded Parliament on Friday, a day after Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's government leveled sedition charges against the country's chief justice....

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) -- Authorities on Mexico's Pacific Coast canceled school in low-lying communities and prepared emergency shelters Thursday as Hurricane Bud churned toward an area of beach resorts and small mountain villages....

CAIRO (AP) -- The Muslim Brotherhood quickly staked a claim Thursday for its candidate to advance to a runoff vote, saying its exit polls showed him leading in Egypt's landmark presidential election to succeed ousted leader Hosni Mubarak....

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's election result has eased fears of imminent financial disaster for Europe, but the continent's leaders are still searching for a way to contain a debt crisis that threatens the global economy....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The president of the Vatican bank was effectively ousted Thursday after receiving a unanimous vote of no-confidence from bank overseers for having leaked documents and failed to do his job at a critical time in the Holy See's efforts to show financial transparency, the Vatican and officials said....

CAIRO (AP) -- The Muslim Brotherhood said Thursday that its candidate was leading in exit polls from Egypt's landmark presidential election, as official counting began after two days of voting to choose a successor to ousted leader Hosni Mubarak....

MIAMI (AP) -- A hurricane warning has been issued for the coast of Mexico as Bud approaches land....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iran and six world powers wrapped up talks Thursday still far apart over how to oversee Tehran's atomic program, but with resolve to keep dialogue going as an alternative to possible military action....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iran and six world powers wrapped up talks Thursday still far apart over how to oversee Tehran's atomic program, but with resolve to keep dialogue going as an alternative to possible military action....

CAIRO (AP) -- Arwa el-Hussein, a 20-year-old pharmacy student, has been quarreling with her father for weeks, trying to get him not to back Hosni Mubarak's former prime minister for president....