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MIAMI (AP) - Prosecutors say the British teen found carrying 30 pounds of cocaine stuffed in boxes of cake mix at Miami's airport will be charged as an adult.

BEIJING (AP): A British human-rights group says another Tibetan Buddhist monk has set himself on fire in a protest against Chinese rule over the Himalayan region in the 10th self-immolation this year....

CHICAGO (AP):Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on Tuesday said the killing of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi was "an assassination", and predicted the US was unprepared for the looming backlash from his overthrow.

ERCIS (AP): Murat Sonmez's mother, wife and four daughters were crushed to death in their home by Turkey's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, leaving him so distraught he found it difficult to speak....

ISLAMABAD (AP):Police say a gunman wounded the chief justice of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir's high court as he was walking through a park.Police officer Riaz Abbasi says yesterday's attack on Ghulam Mustafa Mughal occurred in Pakistan-controlled...

MANILA (AP):More than 16,000 people have fled from four southern Philippine towns where government troops have been battling Muslim guerrillas and outlaws in clashes that are endangering already-shaky peace talks...

The whistle-blowing website Wikileaks is suspending its publication of classified files.

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Prosecutors said Saturday that a 15-year-old boy has confessed to running a drug trafficking gang on the Mexican resort island of Isla Mujeres and murdering two women who reportedly worked as drug dealers.

Up to late yesterday, rescue workers were still digging through the rubble in sections of eastern Turkey where a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit killing at least 138 people as buildings collapsed. The quake struck close...

BERLIN (AP:A defunct German research satellite crashed into Earth yesterday somewhere in southeast Asia and several parts must have survived re-entering the atmosphere before hitting the surface at a speed of up to 280 mph (450 kph), scientists...

SIRTE, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by his own people in an uprising that turned into a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sir

PENNSYLVANIA (AP):Police say they have charged four men in western Pennsylvania for allegedly operating a nationwide lottery scam.Investigators say the men targeted elderly citizens throughout the United States (US)...