PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - An Italian journalist was mortally wounded by gunmen who may have tried to rob him outside a bank in Haiti's capital, Haitian media reported Sunday. Francesco Fantoli died of his wounds at a hospital run by the international
CONAKRY, Guinea - The overnight return to Guinea of the No. 2 man in the junta that seized power a year ago makes it more likely that the military clique will be able to hang on to power following an assassination attempt of their president. Many pe
CONAKRY, Guinea - A government spokesman says that the No. 2 of Guinea's military junta that grabbed power in a coup last year returned to the country overnight. Sekouba Konate's return Saturday helps fill a power vacuum after Capt. Moussa Dadis C
LONDON - The European Medicines Agency warns that young children given GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu shot may get a fever after their second dose. In a statement issued Friday, the European drug regulator said data from GlaxoSmithKline PLC showed a hi
LONDON - Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization, making it available for donors to buy for developing countries. In a statement issued Tuesday, GlaxoSmithKline PLC said WHO h
MADRID - A Spanish policeman was shot after surprising several people apparently planting a bomb outside a police barracks in the town of Leitza near the Basque Country before dawn on Sunday, state news agency EFE said. The suspects fled after the
ALICE SPRINGS, Australia - State authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small town in Australia's Outback in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supp
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivian police say they have busted five cocaine labs and arrested two people in a remote Indian village after a confrontation in which an officer was shot. Maj. Alex Alfaro says Indians in Qaqachaca village held police at bay wit
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