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PARIS (AP) — Paris police have freed two suspects detained in the probe into the kidnapping of a 5-year-old British boy in Pakistan.A police official says the suspects, a father and son, were related to two people who collected the ransom paid for the boy in Paris, but were found to have no li...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military says an American soldier has died in combat in Baghdad.A statement by the military says the soldier from the U.S. Central Division was killed in combat on Thursday in the Iraqi capital.The name of the deceased soldier is being withheld pending notification of n...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorean officials say 16 Canadian tourists and eight Ecuadorean crew members have been rescued from a yacht that ran aground in the Galapagos Islands.The country's national park service says all of those aboard the 140-foot (46 meter) Alta are safe. But it says it will...

LOME, Togo (AP) — Togo's constitutional court has declared victory for the son of the former dictator and dismissed fraud complaints in a disputed presidential election held earlier this month.The court's Thursday ruling gave Faure Gnassingbe a nearly 61 percent victory in the March 4 vote. Th...

VOLGODONSK, Russia (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says that Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant is set to be launched this summer.Putin spoke at Thursday's meeting with nuclear officials. He didn't mention an exact launch date or add any other details.Putin's statement marked...

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Shorts, tight skirts and suggestive T-shirts are out and, in stifling local temperatures, men must wear long-sleeved shirts, according to new dress regulations for civil servants issued by Botswana authorities.In an arid, largely desert nation where daytime temperatur...

MUNICH (AP) — An expert witness says a statement being used as evidence against John Demjanjuk should be treated with the "highest caution" because it came from a KGB interrogation.Demjanjuk, a retired Ohio auto worker is charged with 27,900 counts of accessory to murder for allegedly serving ...

BERLIN (AP) — The basics of Adolf Eichmann's story are well documented: Commonly known as the "architect of the Holocaust" for his role in coordinating the Nazi...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected Thursday by a U.N. wildlife meeting, with scores of developing nations joi...

GENEVA (AP) — What will the wealthy do without their caviar?A leading conservation group says sturgeon species such as the beluga are being pushed to the brink of extinction by overfishing and environmental degradation.The International Union for Conservation of Nature says a complete ban on f...