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Argentina's president urges Middle East peace

Argentina's president says Israel and the United States should do more to push for peace in the Middle East.

  • Formerly conjoined twins leave intensive care

    Conjoined Bangladeshi twins who were separated in a marathon surgery last week left intensive care on Monday and were adjusting well, hospital officials said. Video Available

  • UK begins inquiry on Iraq war

    A panel investigating Britain's role in the Iraq war begins questioning witnesses this week in an inquiry that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict.

  • FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2008 file photo, European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) scientists control computer screens showing traces on Atlas experiment of the first protons injected in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) during its switch on operation in CERN's control room, near Geneva, Switzerland. Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago, circulating beams of protons in a significant leap forward for the Large Hadron Collider.

    Big Bang atom smasher sends beams in 2 directions

    The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said. Photo Gallery Available

  • Embassy: Japanese man released by Yemeni captors

    A Japanese engineer seized by Yemeni tribesmen seeking to swap him for a prisoner with al-Qaida links was released Monday after a week in captivity, his embassy said.

  • Canada woman to fight insurance co. over Facebook

    A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression said Monday she would fight an insurance company's decision to cut her benefits after her agent found photos on Facebook of her vacationing, at a bar and at a party.

  • Former aide to Duchess of York escapes from prison

    A convicted murdered who once served as the personal assistant to the duchess of York has escaped from a low-security prison in southern England, British officials said Monday.

  • FILE - 1956 file portrait of French writer Albert Camus. Albert Camus' children are split about whether to support a proposal by President Nicolas Sarkozy for the Nobel Prize-winning author's remains to be moved from southern France to the Pantheon in Paris the final resting place of other French greats like Voltaire and Victor Hugo.

    Camus' children torn over Pantheon transfer bid

    Albert Camus' children are torn about whether to allow the Nobel Prize-winning author's remains to be moved from southern France to Paris' Pantheon, the final resting place of other French greats like Voltaire and Victor Hugo.

  • 4 UK lawmakers could face charges over expenses

    Four British lawmakers could face criminal charges over the expenses they claimed from taxpayers, prosecutors said Monday, marking the latest twist in a scandal over lavish spending by elected officials.

  • Iran bans paper for running photo of Baha'i temple

    Iranian authorities have banned the country's largest-circulation newspaper for publishing a photo of a Baha'i temple, state media reported Monday.

  • Israel has history of uneven prisoner swap deals

    Palestinians said Monday that negotiators were close to exchanging an Israeli soldier held by Gaza militants for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Israel has carried out such swaps in the past:

  • London police settle with slain Brazilian's family

    British police have reached a compensation deal with the family of a Brazilian man who was shot dead by police after he was mistaken for a terrorist.

  • Report: Russian billionaire buys Hitler's car

    A German newspaper is reporting that Adolf Hitler's original Mercedes has been sold to an unidentified Russian billionaire for several million euros.

  • Blast at Russian arsenal kills 8 during cleanup

    Russia's Defense Ministry says eight military personnel were killed when a truckload of ammunition exploded as they cleaned up after a huge conflagration at a munitions depot earlier this month.

  • Pakistani army troops patrol after a suicide bombing outside a judicial complex in Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. A suicide bomber killed over a dozen people Thursday outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants fighting back against an army offensive in the nearby Afghan border region.

    Pakistan's army attacks militants in northwest

    Pakistan's army fought Islamist militants for control of a northwestern district on Monday, killing 18 of them in an escalating campaign against insurgents intent on toppling the U.S.-allied government.

  • An Iraqi gasoline street vendor seen with his rifle, during a funeral procession for Jamal al-Baz in Azamiyah neighborhood, northern Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov 22, 2009. Jamal al-Baz was a member of the Awaking council of Azamiyah, a Sunni group that revolted against al-Qaida. Al-Baz was shot dead early Sunday by unknown gunmen using silencer pistols, officials said.

    Amended Iraqi election law still angers Sunnis

    Iraq's parliament amended the country's vetoed election law on Monday with a version that failed to appease Sunni Arabs, who fear they are being marginalized. Photo Gallery Available

  • Iranian official in fake degree scandal dies

    Former Iranian Interior Minister Ali Kordan, who was dismissed after being accused of faking a law degree from the University of Oxford, has died, reports said Monday. He was 51.

  • In this Oct. 2, 2009 photo, Afghan opium addicts squat on the floor as they smoke opium inside the bombed-out ruins of the former Russian Cultural Center, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. announced Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 that it is giving US$38.7 million to 27 Afghan provinces that either reduced poppy cultivation by more than 10 percent or became poppy free this year.

    Afghan provinces get millions to reduce poppies

    The U.S. on Monday agreed to hand out millions of dollars in development aid to provinces in Afghanistan that have eliminated or reduced the production of opium poppies, the raw ingredient in making heroin. Photo Gallery Available

  • EU: Nearly half of unemployed out of work a year

    Nearly half of Europe's unemployed stay out of work for at least a year, a European Union report said Monday, far more than in the U.S.

  • Pirates free hijacked ship bound for Somali port

    A Somali businessman says a ship hijacked by pirates off East Africa two weeks ago has been released.


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