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Kennedy dispute reveals divide among Catholics

Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years

BRUSSELS - For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.

Jackson's doctor returns to his Houston clinic

French aid workers kidnapped in Centr.Africa: diplomat

LIBREVILLE (AFP) - - Two French aid workers were kidnapped overnight by a gang of armed men in the northeast Central African Republic, close to the border with Sudan, a Bangui diplomat in Sudan said Monday.

Eight soldiers dead in Russia munitions blast: ministry

MOSCOW (AFP) - - Eight soldiers died in a munitions blast Monday in central Russia, a defence ministry spokesman said, at the same arms depot where two died in a huge accidental blast 10 days earlier.

British police to compensate De Menezes family

LONDON (AFP) - - British police have agreed a compensation deal with the family of an innocent Brazilian who was shot dead in London four years ago after being mistaken for a suicide bomber, both sides announced on Monday.

France shows off cutting-edge navy ship in Russia

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - A cutting-edge French warship sailed into St.

The nation's weather

Drier weather was expected to return to much of the West on Monday as a building ridge of high pressure replaces the eastern Pacific storm from Sunday.

Iran police arrest 12 couples for partner swapping

TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iran's moral police have arrested a dozen couples for engaging in illicit sexual acts, including swapping of partners, the conservative Jomhuri Eslami reported on Monday.

Mexico City's famed dance-for-peso halls fading

MEXICO CITY - Mirna Torres salsas with a gray-bearded man for $1.50 a dance in the Barba Azul, a dark yet garish cabaret decorated like an erotic carnival fun house.

Winners at the American Music Awards

_ Artist of the Year.

Thousands back Mexico's shadow president

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - - Thousands of Mexicans rallied to show support for "shadow president" Manuel Lopez Obrador -- who believes his country's top job was stolen from him in 2006 -- at the mid-point of his would-be presidential term.

Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean

NEW ORLEANS - The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr.

Venezuela to get 300 tanks, armored vehicles

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300 Russian-made tanks and armored vehicles, and urging civilians to join government-organized militias to be ready to defend Venezuela from a foreign invasion.

Egypt's president warns Israel over Jerusalem

Madagascar leaders to meet on unity government deadlock

By Alain Iloniaina

Deaths not linked to H1N1 vaccine - WHO

By Stephanie Nebehay

Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life

VATICAN CITY - E.T. phone Rome.