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There has been a suicide bomb attack in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse on a beach in front of hotel, officials and security sources say.

A woman is jailed for stealing flowers from a Liverpool crematorium which she then sold on at a profit.

Mozambicans are outraged at the government's failure to end kidnappings for ransom following the murder of a child by his abductors.

Police say a man has blown himself up near a hotel in Sousse while a would-be bomber has been captured in Monastir.

Rrrrrchaelogists have recovered five big six pounders from t' wreck o' t' famed scurvy dog Blackbeard's ship off t' coast o' North Carolina.

Authorities struggled to explain how a small plane crashed at an international airport, erupted in fire, but evidently went unnoticed for hours.

Istanbul's new transcontinental train tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait had a bumpy first day of operation, a day after Turkey's Prime Minister called it a "project for whole humanity" at an inaugural ceremony.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A 16-year-old Nevada boy accused of killing his mother and brother before disappearing for several days is expected to plead not guilty.     

Report urges concussion culture change for young athletes, says too little known about risks     

A 36-year-old New Bedford man was charged this morning in the Oct. 14 slaying in Fairhaven of 69-year-old Joyce Howland, a retired elementary school teacher, prosecutors said.     

A Connecticut couple allegedly punished a 9-year-old girl in their care with an electric shock collar designed to discipline dogs, police said.

Iraqi officials: Twin suicide attack targets army, anti-al-Qaida militiamen, killing 12 people     

UN commission probing possible grave North Korea rights abuses holding 2-day public hearing     

Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners early Wednesday, part of an agreement that fueled new peace talks.

At least 40 people die after the bus they were travelling in catches fire in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh, police say.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) -- Hundreds of demonstrators marched Tuesday to protest the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Northern California sheriff's deputy in an encounter that sparked community outrage and an FBI ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's Financial Services Agency plans inspections of the country's biggest banks after finding loans linked to organized crime at No. 2 lender Mizuho.     

EASTON, Pa. (AP) -- The court battle between two girls and their Pennsylvania school over "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets could be settled by the U.S. Supreme Court.     

Members of House foreign affairs committee say freezing military aid could have long-term strategic consequences.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia's highest court on Wednesday denied worker's compensation to a bureaucrat who was injured while having sex in her hotel room on a business trip in a final decision reversing lower co...

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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Uruguay's president says he plans to remove his country's nearly 1,000 peacekeeping troops from Haiti.