NAIROBI A male suicide bomber dressed in a black burqa blew himself up at a graduation ceremony of doctors in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Thursday, killing 19 people, including parents, students and three government ministers.The attack is t
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A police spokesman says three Somali Cabinet ministers are among nine people killed in a bombing that ripped through a university graduation ceremony. The spokesman, Col. Abdilahi Hassan Barise, says the ministers for education,
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month. The 13 South Korean monks in
PARIS - French and German leaders joined together on Armistice Day for the first time to remember their war dead Wednesday, and pledged to work more closely together as partners in Europe. To the sound of the national anthems of the two former enem
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II has led Britain's annual ceremony for the country's war dead, joining thousands of troops, veterans and civilians in a traditional two-minute silence. Remembrance Sunday comes as Britain debates its role in Afghanistan an
LONDON - A leafy London square is the focus of memorials marking the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001. U.S. Ambassador Louis Susman is laying a wreath in Grosvenor Square on Friday morning and
GDANSK, Poland - Polish President Lech Kaczynski warned on Tuesday against efforts to rewrite history as nearly 20 European leaders gathered on Poland's Baltic coast to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two. Russia and its form
TEHRAN, Iran - The top aide to Iran's opposition leader says his boss has requested permission from authorities to hold a memorial service for victims of post-election unrest. Ali Reza Beheshti told The Associated Press Sunday that Mir Hossein Mousa
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