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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Soldiers looted the presidential palace Thursday hours after saying they were taking control of one of the few established democracies in this corner of Africa. There were conflicting reports on President Amadou Toumani Toure's whereabouts....

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....

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....

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....

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....

PARIS (AP) -- French presidential front-runner Francois Hollande says that if he's elected, he would immediately ask other European leaders to renegotiate the fiscal treaty aimed at reducing debts to include measures to encourage growth....

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BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi lawmakers from the Sunni-dominated bloc are accusing the country's Shiite government of torturing to death a jailed bodyguard who worked for the fugitive Sunni vice president....

PARIS (AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says an investigation is under way to see if the suspect in a series of radical Islam-inspired killings had any accomplices....

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....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican's No. 2 has dismissed suggestions that Cuba's Communist government could exploit Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip as a propaganda tool, saying the visit should help promote democracy on the island....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The day after an embargo was placed on Mali, the soldier who led a recent coup said Tuesday that he agrees with restoring constitutional order, but first Mali's ills need to be addressed by holding a national convention which will decide on the best way forward....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Australia's most wanted man, who eluded capture for seven years by hiding in dense forests, was captured and charged with murder Thursday, ending a frustrating and at times violent hunt, police said....

DUBLIN (AP) -- A fact-finding tribunal has ruled that former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received (EURO)209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office but stopped short of finding him guilty of corruption....

DUBLIN (AP) -- A fact-finding tribunal has ruled that former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received (EURO)209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office but stopped short of finding him guilty of corruption....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Glittering sapphire necklaces, designer suits against perfumed skin, the taste of freshly popped Champagne and the roar of a speeding Porsche: the five senses in Nigeria, brought to you by luxury brands now trying to tap directly into the country's market....

PARIS (AP) -- French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says her anti-Islam agenda has been vindicated: The chief suspect in the country's worst killing spree in years is a French Muslim claiming ties to al-Qaida....

LONDON (AP) -- Martine Wright was running late for work....