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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Private security firms are storing their guns aboard floating armories in international waters so ships that want armed anti-piracy guards for East Africa's pirate-infested waters can cut costs and circumvent laws limiting the import and export of weapons, industry officials say....

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Private security firms are storing their guns aboard floating armories in international waters so ships that want armed anti-piracy guards for East Africa's pirate-infested waters can cut costs and circumvent laws limiting the import and export of weapons, industry officials say....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Five teenagers in school uniforms hold accordions. On the wall is a giant painting of the secret mountain hideout of their nation's founder, Kim Il Sung. Small red stickers on their instruments mark them as gifts from Kim Jong Il....

Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand has had a dig at Manchester City fans by suggesting they have only become more visible now the club is tasting success.

The parents of a teenager shot and killed in a Florida suburb address a rally in New York to call for justice, as the local police chief is censured.

In an effort to find a visual counterpart to his rhetoric on energy, President Barack Obama is speaking at four types of energy production facilities in two days, each site representing a facet of his energy plan.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation that weakens some federal controls to help startup companies raise capital and help small-scale investors put money into promising new ventures is set to pass the Senate Thursday....

ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly half of first marriages break up within 20 years, a new government study has found. With those odds, one might wonder: Would we be better off living together first?

The new research, part of a marriage survey of 22,000 men and women, suggests times have changed ...

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's scandal-plagued government lost hundreds of billions of dollars by selling coalfields to companies without competitive bidding, according to a leaked audit report that the auditor itself called misleading....

Renegade troops in Mali loot the presidential palace in the capital as the leaders of the coup call for calm and say all borders are closed.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Al-Qaida's Yemen branch said Thursday that it killed an American teacher because he was trying to spread Christianity in the mainly Muslim Arab nation....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict in the coming decades, as developing countries scramble to meet demand from exploding populations while dealing with the effects of climate change, U.S. intelligence agencies said in a report released Thursday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top commander in Afghanistan says the United States will still need "significant combat power" in the country in 2013 despite the call for reducing the force....

Five Metropolitan Police officers are injured in an attack by a dog as they try to make an arrest in east London.

Attempts to shorten school summer holidays and change terms in England could lead to more regional strike action by teachers.

SOPA appears to be dead. But the battle over Internet piracy is not.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle describes Fabrice Muamba's improving condition as "remarkable".

The road back to the top of world golf is proving to be a long and arduous one for former world No. 1 Tiger Woods.

PARIS (AP) -- An Islamic extremist who boasted of killing seven people to strike back at France died after being shot in the head by police as he jumped out of his apartment after a fierce gunfight with police, authorities said....

Stella McCartney has spoken about designing the Team GB kit for the 2012 Games, which is dark indigo blue, inspired by the union flag and paired with vivid red shoes.