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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Air travelers who have endured lost bags, delayed flights, lousy service and getting bumped from full planes might want to scream at the entire airline industry. But flying actually is getting better, when measured by these benchmarks, say private researchers who have analyzed federal data on airline performance....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two injured British sailors off the California coast Sunday from a yacht that was hit by a monster wave while participating in an around-the-world race....

Papers take stock of historic Burmese elections

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari is to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over lunch in the Indian capital, Delhi, on 8 April, his office announces.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- New satellite images of a North Korean rocket launch site show a mobile radar trailer and rows of what appear to be empty fuel and oxidizer tanks, evidence of ramped-up preparation for what Washington calls a cover for a long-range missile test....

Aung San Suu Kyi says she hopes Sunday's by-elections mark the start of a new era for Burma, as she hails a "triumph of the people".

Three widows of Osama bin Laden are expected to be charged Monday with living illegally in Pakistan, an offense that carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

A passenger plane carrying 43 people has crashed shortly after take-off in Siberia, killing 31, Russian officials say.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A motor home packed with a Minnesota family and a handful of their friends crashed Sunday morning in northeast Kansas as they returned from a vacation, killing five people and sending 13 others to hospitals....

Susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appears to be partially determined by genetics, a study suggests.

SANDAKAN, Malaysia (AP) -- Passengers of a fire-damaged luxury cruise ship lauded the captain and crew Monday for maintaining order and bringing them safely ashore in Malaysia after 24 hours adrift in Philippine waters....

The Information Commissioner has said protections must be put in place if plans to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of everyone in the UK are implemented.

After rebels seize the whole of northern Mali, the military leaders now face an economic blockade after a deadline expires for them to step down.

How artists have been turned on by TV

Eighty firefighters tackle a major fire affecting five properties in Cornwall.

A day after seven members of a Michigan-based Christian militia were acquitted after some spent two years in jail on charges of trying to overthrow the government, people who watched their trial said the federal case against them was flawed.

Jack Kay, a professor of communication at Eastern Michigan University ...

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's policy of forbidding employees from speaking to the media is at odds with a law designed to reduce impropriety at transit agencies by protecting insiders who bring concerns to light, an expert said.

The National Transit System Security Act of 2007, authored by Rep. ...

North Korea will hold a key meeting ahead of its planned rocket launch, potentially consolidating the power transfer to Kim Jong-un.

SANDAKAN, Malaysia (AP) -- Passengers of a fire-damaged luxury cruise ship lauded the captain and crew Monday for maintaining order and bringing them safely ashore in Malaysia after 24 hours adrift in Philippine waters....

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- She struggled for a free Myanmar for a quarter-century, much of it spent locked away under house arrest. Now, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate whose nonviolent campaign for democracy at home transformed her into a global icon is on the verge of ascending to public office for the first time....