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Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago; 1 arrest
A man was arrested Friday as a suspect in the slaying of a Swedish couple who were found hacked to death in their home in a tourist district of the normally placid southern Caribbean island of Tobago.
Congo names new prime minister
Congo's President Joseph Kabila named a new prime minister following the resignation of 83-year-old Antoine Gizenga.
Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
The booming prices for Venezuelan oil, Brazilian soy beans and Chilean copper that brought prosperity to Latin America are heading for a bust that threatens to erode the hard-won gains of its poor and newly emerging middle class.
Canadian dollar takes steepest one-day dive
The Canadian dollar posted its steepest one-day decline against the U.S. greenback Friday, dropping by 4.5 American cents.
French police dismantle stolen-art ring
The French Interior Ministry says police have dismantled a large network of stolen and trafficked art in western France.
Gunmen kill 11 in northern Mexican bar
Gunmen opened fire in a bar in northern Mexico, killing 11 people, and the body of a newspaper editor was found shot dead on the side of a highway in two separate attacks, police said Friday.
2nd ship seized as pirates threaten to blow up 1st
Armed pirates hijacked a massive tanker as world powers on Saturday headed toward the Somali coast to end a two-week standoff aboard a ship laden with tanks and weapons, officials said.
PM: No early elections in Ukraine
Ukraine's prime minister said Friday there will be no early parliamentary elections, defying a presidential decree and raising the stakes in her fierce political battle with the president.
Israeli hospital hosts cancer-stricken Iranian boy
The head of an Israeli hospital where an Iranian boy is being treated for a brain tumor said Friday he hoped the gesture will help improve understanding between the bitterly divided countries.
North Korea releases pictures of Kim Jong Il
North Korea released pictures of leader Kim Jong Il on Saturday for the first time in nearly two months, showing the reclusive ruler looking generally well despite reports he recently underwent brain surgery.
In food crisis, Cuba limits sales so all can eat
Cuba is limiting how much basic fruits and vegetables people can buy at farmers' markets, irritating some customers but ensuring there's enough - barely - to go around.
Police: 2 Arab homes torched in Israel town
Police say two Arab-owned apartments were torched in the Israeli town of Acre amid clashes between Jews and Arabs.
Israeli woman seeks father's Holocaust diary
Baruch Milch was hiding from the Nazis in occupied Poland in the summer of 1943. His wife and 3-year-old son had been killed in Hitler's Holocaust.
Zimbabwe leaders call for Mbeki to break deadlock
Zimbabwe's leaders have agreed that power-sharing talks have broken down over the allocation of Cabinet posts and called Friday for former South African President Thabo Mbeki to mediate an end to the deadlock.
2 expats appeal for release in Somalia
Two foreign aid workers appealed for their freedom Friday in the Somali capital, surrounded by armed kidnappers who seized them last month in a restive region of Ethiopia, local media reported.
Dozens of slain anti-Taliban tribesmen mourned
Hundreds of mourners attended funerals Saturday for more than 30 anti-Taliban tribesmen killed in a brazen suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan.
US official: Central Asia gas deal is close
A U.S. official said Friday that a deal may be reached soon allowing natural gas from ex-Soviet nations to reach western Europe without crossing Russian territory.
Lawyer appeals for freedom of Myanmar's Suu Kyi
A lawyer for Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday that he has filed an appeal with the country's military government against her detention.
Peru says 14 killed in Shining Path attack
Shining Path rebels ambushed a column of military trucks in Peru's southeastern mountains with a bomb and gunfire, the military high command said Friday, killing 12 soldiers and two civilians in the deadliest rebel attack in years.
India to get first female Roman Catholic saint
India is expected to get its first female Roman Catholic saint on Sunday at a time when Christians have increasingly come under attack in the predominantly Hindu country.