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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- West African regional mediators headed to Guinea-Bissau for talks Monday after the military coup leaders who seized power last week said they were forming a transitional government without the country's ruling party....

DILI, East Timor (AP) -- Two former guerrilla leaders vied for East Timor's presidency Monday, each hoping to steer the young, often-troubled nation after U.N. peacekeeping troops begin their planned withdrawal later this year....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead four Shiite farmers working in an orchard just north of Baghdad....

The junta in Guinea-Bissau says it is setting up a transitional government along with some political parties as condemnation of last week's coup continues.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia called a failed North Korean rocket launch a security threat Monday. He declined to talk about possible punishing sanctions but said the world would unite to stop more provocations....

The club of Italian footballer Piermario Morosini is to take care of his disabled sister after he died during a game on Saturday.

More than 400 people hold a candle-lit vigil in a south Wales village for a pensioner, missing from his home for more than a week.

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UK mortgage lending picked up in February, according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

French police hold two suspects over four similar murders in a suburb of Paris, believed to be the work of a serial killer.

Claudio Ranieri says if Chelsea win the FA Cup and finish in the Premier League's top four, Roberto di Matteo has a chance of remaining as manager.

Critics hail Cate Blanchett as "mesmerising", "magnificent" and "beyond terrific" for her latest role on stage at The Barbican in London.

The cost of borrowing for Spain jumps above 6% ahead of two key auctions, raising again the prospect of a bailout.

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About 25 firefighters are at the scene of a large wild fire which started at the weekend on a hillside in Galloway.

WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) -- When a tornado shrouded in darkness and wrapped in rain dropped quickly from the sky above this northwest Oklahoma town, many residents relied on television weathermen to warn them of impending devastation. Others learned of the monster twister from neighbors or calls from frantic relatives....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- David Coppedge, a former computer specialist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, spent much of his free time advocating for the idea that a higher intelligence must have had a hand in creation. Now, a judge will decide if his commitment to that belief has also cost him his job....

The garden of a house in Kent is being searched by police investigating reports that human remains may be buried there.

The head of Spain's oil giant Repsol, Antonio Brufau, calls for dialogue with Argentina amid tension over the future of Repsol's subsidiary, YPF.

The wife of a 62-year-old marathon runner missing for more than a week after failing to finish an event in Greece, says she is desperate for news.