MANILA (AFP) - - A Qantas Boeing 747 flying to Melbourne made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after a dramatic mid-air rupture that punched a "gaping hole" in its fuselage, officials and passengers said. More »
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - - At least three people were killed in fierce sectarian clashes in Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli on Friday as fighters exchanged rocket-propelled grenades and sniper fire, a security official said. More »
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - A Mexican police official says gunmen have killed a state prison director in the border city of Ciudad Juarez. More »
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A man convicted of murder for failing to seek medical help for his handicapped daughter for more than a week after she suffered third-degree burns in a scalding bath was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison. More »
BERLIN (AFP) - - US presidential hopeful Barack Obama was due in Paris on Friday a day after telling a vast crowd of 200,000 people in Berlin that Americans and Europeans must tear down walls between estranged allies, races and faiths, in a soaring challenge to a new political generation. More »
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 21-year-old woman working at a lodge for the summer was attacked by a grizzly bear about 25 yards outside a building. More »
LIMA, Peru - A Peruvian model and showgirl is facing a criminal investigation for posing naked sitting atop the country's red-and-white flag. More »



