Hong Kong makes biggest cocaine bust

Custom officers seized 649 kilos of drug in shipping container from Ecuador; 3 men arrested

• Jul 6, 2012

General from Assad's inner circle defects

Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass,long-time friend and ally to increasingly isolated Syrian leader, becomes most senior military defector

• Jul 6, 2012

Clinton: Russia "blockading" Syria peace

Top U.S. diplomat calls on "Friends of Syria" to convince Moscow and China defense of Assad regime "no longer tolerable"

• Jul 6, 2012

U.K.: 7 terror arrests over hidden weapons

Arrests come amid heightened security but authorities say not linked to upcoming Olympics

• Jul 6, 2012

Father seeks charges in Chinese forced abortion

Wants officials responsible to face criminal prosecution, pursuing gov't compensation

• Jul 6, 2012

South Korea to resume whale hunting

Officials say whaling will be for research, activists argue it's for commercial gain

• Jul 6, 2012

After 40 years of Qaddafi, Libya holds elections

2.8 million Libyans will be able to vote in a parliamentary elections on Saturday

• Jul 6, 2012

Official count confirms Pena Nieto win in Mexico

With just over 99 percent of the ballot boxes counted, presidential candidate Pena Nieto had more than 38 percent of the vote

• Jul 5, 2012

London unveils Europe's tallest building, for now

A 95-story tower is unveiled in London, but it will be surpassed by another structure before the end of the year.

• Jul 5, 2012

Art historians claim to find new Caravaggio works

Two Italian art historians claim to have discovered as many as 100 works, most of them drawings, by a very young Caravaggio

• Jul 5, 2012

2 ex-Argentine dictators convicted in baby thefts

Jorge Rafael Videla sentenced for a plan to steal babies from prisoners who were tortured and killed during military junta's war

• Jul 5, 2012

UK army to lose 17 major units amid austerity push

Part of a sweeping restructuring to handle the loss of 20,000 soldiers under the government's austerity drive

• Jul 5, 2012

Vatican posts record-high budget deficit: $19M

Says high personnel, communications costs and struggling real estate market are to blame; Increased donations didn't help

• Jul 5, 2012

Faulty data misled pilots in '09 Air France crash

Investigators find pilots were in "near total loss of control," never understood plane was in stall in deadly accident

• Jul 5, 2012

Costa Concordia captain free from house arrest

Captain Francesco Schettino must remain in Italian hometown as criminal investigation continues into shipwrecked cruise liner

• Jul 5, 2012

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