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HONG KONG (AP) -- The tycoon's son was widely considered a shoo-in as Hong Kong's next leader, with key backing from Beijing. Then came the scandals, including an extramarital affair and an uproar over his illegally built underground leisure palace....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece took a critical step toward staving off an imminent bankruptcy after securing the support of the vast majority of its bondholders to accept steep losses on their holdings of Greek debt, a move that should pave the way for the country's second massive international bailout....

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Every Friday, bearded men in shin-length robes demonstrate in Tunisia's capital against perceived insults to Islam in a country once known for its aggressive secularism. They have occasionally turned violent, attacking secular intellectuals and harassing women for their style of dress....

Nine people from across the north east of Scotland and Fife are arrested in connection with football violence in Aberdeen and Glasgow.

A 46-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of Christopher Mackin in Belfast last Thursday.

HONOLULU (AP) -- The commander of NATO-led operations that helped Libyan rebels overthrow Moammar Gadhafi is taking over as the top U.S. military commander in Asia and the Pacific....

Dutch bank ABN Amro said underlying net profit for 2011 was undermined by bad debt charges, including 880m euros for Greece.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Right after three reactors in northeastern Japan sank into meltdowns, the government vowed to sever the cozy relations between the nuclear industry and its regulators. One year later, it has yet to even appoint committee members to scrutinize the "revolving door" of officials landing jobs in the very industries they regulate....

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Right after three reactors in northeastern Japan sank into meltdowns, the government vowed to sever the cozy relations between the nuclear industry and its regulators. One year later, it has yet to even appoint committee members to scrutinize the "revolving door" of officials landing jobs in the very industries they regulate....

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Right after three reactors in northeastern Japan sank into meltdowns, the government vowed to sever the cozy relations between the nuclear industry and its regulators. One year later, it has yet to even appoint committee members to scrutinize the "revolving door" of officials landing jobs in the very industries they regulate....

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef is in the United States for medical tests, the kingdom's state media reported on Friday....

MP Eric Joyce is fined £3,000 and banned from pubs for three months after he admits assaulting four politicians in a House of Commons bar.

Energy supplier EDF agrees to pay a package worth £4.5m imposed by the regulator Ofgem, including £3.5m to its "most vulnerable customers".

More than 15,000 people presented themselves as homeless in Wales last year, up 11% on 2010, figures obtained by the BBC show.

Relatives of a woman who killed herself and her disabled daughter after suffering abuse from local youths settle a claim against Leicestershire Police.

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Tech's president was set to testify Friday in a civil trial seeking official accountability for the slaying of 32 on the Tech campus on April 16, 2007....

A newborn baby was found dead Thursday in the trunk of a car in southern Maryland, authorities said.

Bankers defend the closure of under-used branches as campaigners say a rise has left a number of Welsh communities with no or few services.

BEIJING (AP) -- China's government vowed Friday that it will not deviate from its socialist path, defending anew its authoritarian system and saying Western capitalist political systems are not suitable for China....

Mitt Romney's struggle with white evangelical voters doesn't bode well for him as he moves through the GOP presidential primary, with Mississippi and Alabama just ahead....