Gunmen, Mexican police battle in Ciudad Juarez; 1 killed as El Paso shuts border highway

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Venezuelan prosecutors say soldier kills 2, ensuing shootout wounds 6 at Caracas military base

2 shot dead at Venezuela military base; 6 wounded

Egyptian official backtracks, says stolen van Gogh painting not recovered, search continues

Egyptian minister: Search still on for van Gogh

Law enforcement swarms remote town north of Phoenix after shooting involving biker gangs

Police swarm Arizona town after biker shootout

2 security guards from FEMSA bottling company found dead day after shootout in northern Mexico

FEMSA guards found dead after Mexico shooting

Gunmen battling police take hostages in luxury hotel in Rio, but surrender after 3 hours

Gunmen fighting Rio police invade luxury hotel

Police: Fla. congressional candidate robbed at gunpoint while waiting for campaign appearance

Police: Fla. congressional candidate robbed

Egyptian police recover Van Gogh painting hours after it was stolen from Cairo museum

Egyptian police recover stolen Van Gogh painting

Sports columnist Jay Mariotti arrested on felony charge in Los Angeles

Sports columnist Jay Mariotti arrested in LA

US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Four militants died Saturday when a US drone fired three missiles into a house in northwest Pakistan, Xinhua reported.

Thieves steal Van Gogh painting valued at $50 million from Cairo museum

Thieves steal Van Gogh painting from Cairo museum

ESPN personality Jay Mariotti arrested on felony charge in Los Angeles

ESPN personality Jay Mariotti arrested in LA

Swedish officials withdraw arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder, say rape accusation unfounded

Sweden withdraws warrant for WikiLeaks founder

Former Mass. police chief asks judge to drop charges in 8-year-old Conn. boy’s Uzi death

Mass. man wants charges dropped in boy’s Uzi death

NJ man charged with killing 5 New Jersey teenagers in 1978 is freed on bail

NJ man accused in teens’ 1978 deaths freed on bail

Ohio dog that survived 6 gunshot wounds to move in with pit bulls seized from Michael Vick

Ohio dog shot 6 times to move in with Vick dogs

Workers oppose mosque at 9/11 site

NEW YORK - A few construction workers’ unions have refused to work in building a mosque at the site of the Sep 11, 2001 terror attack in New York, and termed it as a “sacrilege”.

FBI documents: Hoover’s agents tracked 1969 desegregation suit against Bear and ‘Bama

FBI tracked desegregation suit against Bryant

Swedish authorities issue arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Assange after rape accusation

Sweden seeks WikiLeaks founder arrest in rape case

Militant behind Moscow metro blasts killed

Moscow, Aug 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian officials said Saturday that a militant behind the bombings on the Moscow metro in March has been killed in a police operation.

Kenyan court gives 8-month sentence to 2 tuberculosis patients for skipping their medications

Kenyan court sentences 2 TB patients to 8 months

Taliban kill 25 road crew guards in Afghanistan

KABUL - Taliban militants killed 25 security guards of a road construction project in southern Afghanistan during a 13-hour firefight earlier in the week a government spokesman disclosed Saturday.

Hempfest Celebration Marred By Arrest

Swedish prosecutors say WikiLeaks founder Assange suspected of rape, urged to contact police

Prosecutors: WikiLeaks founder suspected of rape

SKorean police raid house of religious activist detained after making illegal trip to NKorea

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Ruling renews tug-of-war between US, Russia on fate of reputed ‘Merchant of Death’

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama

WikiLeaks decries “dirty tricks” in report that its founder is suspected of rape in Sweden

Report: rape investigation of WikiLeaks founder

Three civilians among 13 killed in Afghanistan

KABUL - Three civilians and eight Taliban insurgents were killed in clashes in Afghanistan and two NATO soldiers died in separate attacks, the alliance said Saturday.

Ariz. escapee, alleged accomplice jailed in Kingman, near site of state prison break

Ariz. escapee back in jail near site of prison

Three civilians among nine killed in Afghanistan

KABUL - Two children and a woman were killed in clashes between NATO-led forces and Taliban militants in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.

Lockerbie bomber ‘manipulated’ illness for his release

LONDON - Amid mounting pressure on Britain to hold an independent inquiry into circumstances that led to the release of the lockerbie bomber from Scotland, media reports revealed that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ‘manipulated’ his illness to win freedom.

Eight policemen killed in Philippines attack

MANILA - Eight police officers were killed Saturday in an attack by communist rebels in the eastern Philippines, a police spokesman said.

FBI documents: Hoover’s agents tracked 1969 desegration suit by blacks against Bear and ‘Bama

FBI tracked desegration suit against Bryant, ‘Bama

Several inmates stabbed at Maryland prison after fights break out at facility

Several inmates stabbed at Maryland prison

Assam-Arunachal border row turns violent

SARAIPUNG - Panic gripped villagers in Assam after incursions and attacks by tribals from Arunchal Pradesh, backed by militants of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), during the past one week.