UN confirms just 1 survivor in Congo crash

Small passenger plane carrying U.N. staff crashed; some on board on peacekeeping mission

• Apr 4, 2011

Report: Musician Martelly wins Haiti presidency

Final results still a month away, but preliminary returns in Haiti's presidential election show Michel Martelly winning

• Apr 4, 2011

UN helicopter fires at Gbagbo Ivory Coast forces

France also authorizes military to take out Gbagbo's heavy weapons in international community's latest efforts to oust him

• Apr 4, 2011

Nuclear plant dumps radioactive water into sea

Workers freeing storage space for even more highly radioactive water at Japanese complex

• Apr 4, 2011

Troops fire on Yemeni protesters, 12 killed

Dozens wounded as security forces and gunmen, some on rooftops, shoot into crowd in Taiz

• Apr 4, 2011

Bodies from Air France wreckage may be recovered

Undersea robots locate huge part of wreckage, but no black boxes; Specialists may be able to pull bodies up within a month

• Apr 4, 2011

Spy files shed light on Nazi saboteurs in U.S.

Declassified WWII-era records detail failure-prone German plot to infiltrate Florida, Long Island with saboteurs

• Apr 4, 2011

Rush to determine path of Japan radiation leak

As "stopgap measures" fail, including plugging gaps with sawdust-paper mixture, TEPCO urged to stop leak into sea

• Apr 4, 2011

Japanese dog rescued at sea reunited with owner

Ban, who had been floating at sea, jumped to owner wagging her tail and was greeted with hugs

• Apr 4, 2011

Libyan rebels retake much of strategic oil town

Fighters push into Brega under shelling by government forces; Envoy signals Qaddafi seeking way out of fighting

• Apr 4, 2011

U.K. urges Koussa to answer Lockerbie questions

Scottish prosecutors seek to interview former Libyan foreign minister about 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing, which killed 270

• Apr 4, 2011

Uniformed Afghan shooter kills 2 Americans

Unknown if man who attacked service members was border policeman or insurgent in disguise; Two Americans were training security forces

• Apr 4, 2011

Afghans' protests of Quran-burning still rage

Police fire shots in air to disperse crowds; At least 21 have died in rallies condemning desecration by Fla. pastor

• Apr 4, 2011

Report: Alleged Libya rape victim released

Iman al-Obeidi, who told foreign reporters about rape at hands of Qaddafi troops, was arrested last week for accusations

• Apr 4, 2011

NYT: U.S. now seeks departure of Yemeni president

After backing long-time ally in war on terror, Washington reportedly impatient with Saleh's promises of reform, in talks for transfer of power

• Apr 4, 2011

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