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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- A former dictator's attempt to shield himself from genocide charges was denied on Thursday by a judge who ruled that an international treaty overrules an amnesty law passed in the wake of Guatemala's civil war....

CAIRO (AP) -- Seven Americans on trial over charges their pro-democracy groups fomented unrest flew out of Egypt Thursday after the U.S. posted nearly $5 million in bail....

CAIRO (AP) -- A plane carrying seven American pro-democracy workers on trial over their activities took off from Cairo airport after sunset Thursday after the U.S. posted nearly $5 million in bail, officials said, easing a deep diplomatic crisis over charges that their groups funded and promoted anti-government protests in Egypt....

ROME (AP) -- His musical roots were in jazz, but his songs ranged from folk to pop to classical to opera, creating a soundtrack beloved by generations of Italians....

BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's public-sector workers are set to walkout next week over a pay dispute with the government, a trade union said Thursday....

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....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made his first live communication with his country's news media in nearly a week Thursday, saying he was in good shape and recovering quickly from tumor surgery in Cuba....

CAIRO (AP) -- A plane carrying seven American pro-democracy workers took off from Cairo airport after sunset Thursday, airport officials said, easing a deep crisis in relations over charges that their groups funded and promoted anti-government protests in Egypt....

PARIS (AP) -- Voters in France's overseas territories began casting ballots for Nicolas Sarkozy or Francois Hollande on Saturday in a presidential election that could affect everything from Europe's efforts to fight its debt crisis to how long French troops stay in Afghanistan....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has made his first live communication with his country's news media since surgery to remove a possibly cancerous tumor....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- In another sign of warming relations between two wartime foes, a senior North Korean nuclear negotiator will attend a security conference in the United States, a person with knowledge of the negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang told The Associated Press on Thursday....

VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) -- The worst moments for Gordon and Eleanor Bradwell on their disabled cruise ship came immediately after the wail of the general alarm. Eleanor quickly left lunch to get a life vest in the couple's cabin. Gordon was pushed in another direction. The scent of smoke grew stronger. Then the lifeboats dropped....

VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) -- The worst moments for Gordon and Eleanor Bradwell on their disabled cruise ship came immediately after the wail of the general alarm. Eleanor quickly left lunch to get a life vest in the couple's cabin. Gordon was pushed in another direction. The scent of smoke grew stronger. Then the lifeboats dropped....

MALE, Maldives (AP) -- A raucous opposition protest kept the Maldives' president waiting more than nine hours and ultimately prevented him from opening Parliament on Wednesday, three weeks after he took office in a contentious power transfer....

LONDON (AP) -- A prominent British TV presenter said Wednesday that CNN talk show host Piers Morgan gave him a primer on phone hacking, a revelation that suggests he knew a fair amount about how the shady practice was carried out....

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MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's top investigative agency has launched a probe regarding videos on Internet that purport to show fraud during the country's presidential election, even though it hasn't taken place yet....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Two American soldiers were killed Thursday in a shooting by an Afghan soldier and a literacy teacher at a joint base in southern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest in a series of deaths as anti-Americanism rises following the burning of Qurans by U.S. soldiers....

PERM, Russia (AP) -- In Vladimir Putin's Russia, artists have done art and left politics to the politicians....