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US Hikers Held in Iran Get Court Date for May

Apr 26, 2011 - 8:51 AM |AOL News

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The two American men jailed in Iran for the past 19 months and accused of being U.S. spies are set to appear in a Tehran court next month. The May 11 court session, announced today in Iranian media,...

Leaked Files Show Gitmo Inmate Released After Informing on 123 Others

Apr 26, 2011 - 8:42 AM |AP

LONDON -- Leaked U.S. military documents reveal that a Guantanamo Bay detainee was freed after informing on 123 other prisoners, despite concerns about the reliability of his evidence, a British...

Lost In Translation: American Decodes Weird Spanish Slang

Apr 26, 2011 - 8:40 AM |AOL News

Courtesy of Jared Romey

Learning a foreign language is hard enough. But if that language is riddled with weird slang terms and ever-changing funny phrases, you may wind up lost in translation. That's exactly what happened...

Afghan Forces Recapture at Least 65 From Taliban Jailbreak

Apr 26, 2011 - 7:42 AM |AP

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Afghan forces have recaptured at least 65 of the prisoners who escaped from the south's largest prison, the government said Tuesday as it scrambled to recover from the...

How Can You Tell Someone Is al-Qaida? Look at His Watch

Apr 26, 2011 - 7:15 AM |AOL News

Shiho Fukada, AP

It's a simple, water-resistant digital watch that retails for about $11. But beware: It could sell you out as al-Qaida. A new batch of WikiLeaks files from Guantanamo Bay reveals a secret checklist...

Angry Farmers Protest Against Japanese Nuke Plant Owner

Apr 26, 2011 - 7:09 AM |AP

TOKYO -- Angry farmers brought two cows to Tokyo where they shouted and punched the air Tuesday in a protest to demand compensation for products contaminated by radiation spewing from Japan's...

Carter, Former World Leaders in N. Korea for Talks

Apr 26, 2011 - 4:33 AM |AP

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former President Jimmy Carter and other past world leaders were hoping to meet with North Korea's ruler as they began a three-day mission Tuesday to discuss dangerous food...

NATO: Key al-Qaida Figure Killed in Afghanistan

Apr 26, 2011 - 4:30 AM |AP

KABUL, Afghanistan - A NATO airstrike earlier this month killed a key al-Qaida operative in Afghanistan - a regional commander in charge of suicide bombings and cash flow, the international military...

Dingoes Maul 3-Year-Old Girl on Australia Beach

Apr 26, 2011 - 4:26 AM |AP

BRISBANE, Australia -- Two dingoes that mauled a 3-year-old girl on an Australian beach have been caught and destroyed, officials said Tuesday. The girl suffered bites to her legs when the native...

US Urges Americans to Leave Syria Amid Violence

Apr 25, 2011 - 11:59 PM |AP

WASHINGTON - The State Department on Monday told American citizens to leave Syria as soon as they can and ordered some personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus to depart the country, as the Syrian...

Chernobyl Widows Mourn as Bell Tolls 25 Times

Apr 25, 2011 - 9:15 PM |AP

Efrem Lukatsky, AP

KIEV, Ukraine -- Black-clad Orthodox priests sang solemn hymns, Ukrainians lit thin wax candles and a bell tolled 25 times for the number of years that have passed since the Chernobyl disaster as the...

Feuding Ivory Coast Warlords Threaten Peace

Apr 25, 2011 - 8:45 PM |AP

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Volleys of gunshots erupted again in Abidjan Monday as a years-old feud between rival warlords came to a head, threatening Ivory Coast's fragile peace. It is unclear if...