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JAKARTA (AP): The ringleader of a frenzied mob attack that killed three members of a minority Muslim sect was sentenced to five and a half months yesterday, in a ruling decried by critics as too lenient and a blow to religious freedom in Indonesia....

SEOUL (AP):A pilot aboard an Asiana Airlines cargo plane that crashed yesterday in waters off a southern South Korean resort island reported a fire just before losing contact with air-traffic workers, an official...

A US soldier arrested in Texas will face federal charges after bomb-making materials were found in his motel roo

South Korea's military warned Thursday that buried land mines may have slid down mountains eroded by flooding rains this week as the death toll from the torrential downpours rose to at least 57.

The man who admitted killing 76 people in a bombing and youth camp massacre last week is a sociopath who acted without accomplices or a network of like-minded right-wing extremists, and kept his plans to himself for more than a decade, Norway's top police

Stocks plunged Wednesday as the United States edged closer to an unprecedented default on its debt. The Dow Jones industrial average was headed for its worst weekly decline in nearly a year.

Stocks are falling as lawmakers remain at odds over how to avoid a debt default. A decline in orders for manufactured goods orders is also pushing stocks lower.

BISMARCK, N.D.The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a single-engine airplane lost power and crashed in a field near Williston, killing the pilot and injuring the passenger.

VIRGINIA (AP):Virginia State Police say a pilot from North Carolina was attempting an emergency landing when his single-engine plane hit several treetops and crashed into a backyard in New Kent...

The late fashion designer Alexander McQueen left most of his considerable fortune to charities but also left money to his siblings, household staff and for the upkeep of his dogs.

A C-130 military transport plane crashed into a Moroccan mountain Tuesday in bad weather, killing 78 people, the state news agency said. It said there were three survivors.

The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip hanged a father and son at dawn Tuesday for collaborating with Israel, a government spokesman said.