Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees
Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday. (Updated: 11/21/09 12:41 PM )
Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks
Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable phone network that was used by the militants who carried out last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, India. (Updated: 11/21/09 1:01 PM )
Buddhists from 2 Koreas hold joint ceremony
Buddhist monks from South and North Korea held a joint ceremony at a temple in the communist country Saturday in a continuation of civic exchanges between the nations despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month. (Updated: 11/21/09 8:26 AM )
Chavez praises alleged terrorist Carlos the Jackal
President Hugo Chavez is praising Carlos the Jackal, the imprisoned Venezuelan once notorious for a series of Cold War-era bombings, assassinations and hostage dramas, saying he was a "revolutionary fighter" and not a terrorist. (Updated: 11/21/09 9:21 PM )
3 men blow themselves up in Pakistani Kashmir
Three suspected militants blew themselves up as police gave chase Saturday in the Pakistani part of disputed Kashmir, authorities said. (Updated: 11/21/09 7:46 AM )
China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
A state news agency says the death toll in a northeast China coal mine blast has jumped to 87. (Updated: 11/21/09 8:41 PM )
Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger
The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate. (Updated: 11/20/09 8:46 PM )
Mexico says drug witness died in apparent suicide
A top drug cartel suspect who turned state's evidence has been found dead in an apparent suicide, while a body found in Guerrero state was identified as a rebel leader who accused the state governor of drug ties, Mexican law enforcement said Saturday. (Updated: 11/21/09 6:01 PM )
Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA
Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to political prisoners slain a quarter-century ago - even when they don't want to know their birth parents. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:41 PM )
McCain urges Obama to speed up Afghan decision
U.S. Sen. John McCain predicted success in the Afghan war effort Friday if President Barack Obama makes a decision quickly to send the reinforcements requested by his top commander there. (Updated: 11/20/09 5:21 PM )
Mexican reporter on organized crime goes missing
Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime. (Updated: 11/20/09 4:31 PM )
Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack
The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors. (Updated: 11/21/09 1:21 PM )
Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them
A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon. (Updated: 11/20/09 3:41 PM )
Mubarak vows not to tolerate attacks on Egyptians
President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptians abroad will not be tolerated. (Updated: 11/21/09 10:56 AM )
Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them
A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid. (Updated: 11/20/09 5:21 PM )