Libya defections rise: 8 officers flee to Europe

Libya's Qaddafi faces intense bombing campaign from NATO jets; More than a dozen key defections show a dictator in decline

• May 29, 2011

Libyan lawyers want NATO charged with war crimes

Attorneys pledge to take anti-Qaddafi coalition to court seeking redress for victims of NATO airstrikes

• May 29, 2011

Lawyer: Ratko Mladic's mental state "alarming"

Attorneys for Serbian general arrested for genocide fight his extradition to the Hague for war crimes trial

• May 29, 2011

Malta votes "Yes" for divorce

Referendum OKs introducing divorce on staunchly Catholic Mediterranean island

• May 29, 2011

Up to 10 dead from E. coli outbreak in Germany

Infected cucumbers are at the center of a deadly outbreak of the E. Coli bacteria in Europe that's infected 300 so far

• May 28, 2011

Manny Pacquiao leads anti-condom fight at home

Boxing legend and congressman spars with lawmakers over population control and contraceptives bill in Philippines

• May 28, 2011

Report: UK trained Saudi troop protest crushers

British military personnel regularly train Saudi Arabian troops used in deadly crackdown on Bahrain protesters, The Guardian newspaper claims

• May 28, 2011

Yemen's Saleh makes deal to avert civil war

Yemeni president and tribal chief agree to end five-day standoff that killed 124 people amid political crisis

• May 28, 2011

Obama meets with Solidarity movement vets

President winds up European tour in Poland, where he honors early democracy activists, heroes of WWII uprising against Nazis

• May 28, 2011

Obama gets unusual boost from U.N.

Leader of General Assembly says all-member body won't consider Palestinian statehood until Security Council does

• May 28, 2011

Egypt permanently opens Gaza border crossing

Gives Palestinians gateway to rest of world; Israel fears move gives militants easy Gaza access, bolstering Hamas

• May 28, 2011

North Korea frees American detained for half year

Man held by N. Korea for a half year, reportedly for proselytizing, will return to the United States after being brought to Beijing by U.S. envoy

• May 27, 2011

Freed U.S. journalist recounts capture in Libya

James Foley says he constantly relives watching a fellow journalist get killed and will regret that day the rest of his life

• May 27, 2011

Bluefin tuna kept off endangered species list

Federal agency denies group's petition to add protections to giant, highly migratory fish after possible extinction warning

• May 27, 2011

CIA finds "some new information" at bin Laden house

Forensics team visited the Abbottabad compound for first time since May 2 raid that killed Osama bin Laden

• May 27, 2011

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