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Fetuses found stashed in luggage

Fetuses found stashed in luggage

Six roasted fetuses covered with gold for black magic rituals were found in a Bangkok hotel room, and the gruesome discovery led to the arrest of a British citizen Friday, Thai police said.

Wrecked Costa Concordia to be raised from sea floor

Wrecked Costa Concordia to be raised from sea floor

Salvage experts outlined their plan Friday to raise the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner from the sea floor off Italy in one piece and tow it from the disaster site.

Rights group slam guest list at Queen Elizabeth’s lunch

Rights group slam guest list at Queen Elizabeth’s lunch

Rights groups have slammed a lunch being hosted by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on Friday for including monarchs criticized over their countries’ human rights records.

Blasts at Baghdad pet market kill 5

Blasts at Baghdad pet market kill 5

Three roadside bombs exploded Friday in quick succession at an outdoor pet market in Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 31 others, police officials said.

Al Qaeda berates Yemen leader

Al Qaeda berates Yemen leader

Al-Qaeda’s leader is calling for the Yemeni people to rise up against the country’s new president, portraying him as the stooge of the unpopular former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the United States.

Tycoon gets life for smuggling

Tycoon gets life for smuggling

A Chinese court on Friday sentenced Lai Changxing, a tycoon who spent more than a decade as a fugitive in Canada, to life in prison for smuggling and bribery, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported.

Afghan street kids in Paris

Afghan street kids in Paris

We’re at a soup kitchen in a shabby back street in Paris, next to the canal Saint Martin, near the Jaurès metro stop. Hundreds of homeless people are queuing up for some hot food and a coffee. Most of them are from Asia; many from Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Should I cancel my Europe trip?

Should I cancel my Europe trip?

In the last decade of the 20th century, the Turkish lira fell in value 1,000 times against the U.S. dollar, meaning that tourists returning to that country after several years found that any old money they still possessed since their last visit had become almost worthless.

49 headless bodies: Just another Mexico drug war crime?

49 headless bodies: Just another Mexico drug war crime?

On Sunday, 49 decapitated bodies were found on a major highway outside Monterrey, Mexico, which is about 80 miles southwest of the U.S. border.

Can Franco-German marriage survive?

Can Franco-German marriage survive?

The relationship between France and Germany is the barometer of the political health of Europe.

Acid poured on woman’s face for ‘no’

Acid poured on woman’s face for ‘no’

When 18-year-old Mumtaz walks into a room the first thing you notice about her is the patchwork of painful puffy red scars that stretch across her face.

Al Qaeda leader to Saudis: Rise up

Al Qaeda leader to Saudis: Rise up

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged people in Saudi Arabia to follow the example set by popular revolutions in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia and rise up.

Guatemalan seeks ‘stolen’ daughter

Guatemalan seeks ‘stolen’ daughter

Loyda Rodriguez says she can still remember the day her daughter was taken. The seven-year-old is now at the center of an international custody dispute with two identities and two sets of parents who claim her as their own.

Replacing Kenya’s ‘flying toilets’

Replacing Kenya’s ‘flying toilets’

In the slums of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, visiting the bathroom usually means one of two things; a trip to the local pit latrine or the ‘flying toilet’.

Planes collide in midair; pilots dead

Planes collide in midair; pilots dead

Two Pakistani Air Force planes collided in midair Thursday, killing the pilots and injuring people on the ground, according to local police.

When name is Arabic slang for male part

When name is Arabic slang for male part

France’s new Socialist government is already causing ripples throughout a Europe struggling to balance government budgets without making ordinary people’s lives miserable, but it has created a completely different problem in the Middle East.

DNA sought to ID decapitated bodies

DNA sought to ID decapitated bodies

Mexican authorities are asking for DNA samples from families of missing persons nationwide in their efforts to identify 49 decapitated bodies, an official said Wednesday.

No remorse by ‘Butcher of Bosnia’

No remorse by ‘Butcher of Bosnia’

The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic was suspended indefinitely Thursday over the prosecution’s failure to disclose some evidence against Mladic, court spokeswoman Nerma Jelacic said.

France: No EU pact without growth

France: No EU pact without growth

Newly appointed Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said Thursday that France would not ratify a European pact on budget discipline if it does not include measures to boost growth.

Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dies

Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dies

Mexican author Carlos Fuentes, a prolific writer known for his novels and political commentary, died Tuesday. He was 83.

Iran threatens to sue Google in map flap

Iran threatens to sue Google in map flap

Iran has threatened legal action against Google for not labeling the Persian Gulf on its maps.

Charles Taylor: I was peacemaker

Charles Taylor: I was peacemaker

He stood before judges Wednesday not as the first former head of state convicted of war crimes since World War II but as a leader convinced he was wronged by corruption and a hypocritical hand of justice.

De Klerk’s ‘separate but equal’ flap

De Klerk’s ‘separate but equal’ flap

Under fire for his comments on apartheid, former South African President F.W. de Klerk clarified his position again Wednesday, saying that he repudiates the system of racial segregation as unacceptable.

Mladic trial: Women of Srebrenica’s edge

Mladic trial: Women of Srebrenica’s edge

Seventeen years after the end of the war, Ratko Mladic gives the impression he is still on the battlefield in what was once Yugoslavia, staring down his enemy, glowering across the courtroom. Even gesticulating death threats.

Another Honduran journalist slain

Another Honduran journalist slain

A Honduran radio journalist has been found executed, authorities said — the 22nd journalist to be killed in the nation since 2010.