Argentine train slams into station, killing 49
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters as passenger cars crumpled behind the engine. It was Argentina's worst train accident in decades....
Italy: Divers find 8 more bodies in ship wreckage
ROME (AP) -- Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off a Tuscan island found eight bodies Wednesday on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said....
2 Western journalists killed as Syria shells Homs
BEIRUT (AP) -- A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday as Syrian forces intensely shelled the opposition stronghold of Homs. President Bashar Assad's regime also escalated attacks on rebel bases elsewhere, with helicopter gunships strafing areas in the northwest, activists said....
Egyptian court to rule in Mubarak trial on June 2
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian judge on Wednesday set June 2 as the date for the verdict and sentencing in the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak....
Greek lawmakers rush to clear promised austerity
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece scrambled Wednesday to push through a batch of emergency laws that will further cut incomes and state spending, a day after securing a new bailout and debt relief deal designed to stave off bankruptcy....
7 killed as Afghan Quran protests turn violent
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after clashes in several cities between Afghan security forces and protesters furious over the burning of Muslim holy books at a U.S. military base left seven people dead....
Leaders meet in UK over fragile Somalia's future
LONDON (AP) -- Somalia's fragile leadership, its neighbors and international allies are meeting in London in the hope of speeding the troubled east African nation's progress toward a stable government and containing the threat from Islamic militants who some fear could export terrorism to Europe and the United States....
Ukrainian party accused of racism in pop scandal
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- A small Ukrainian nationalist party came under fire Wednesday after a high-profile member suggested a singer of African descent was a bad choice to represent the country in the Eurovision song contest....
US troops now in 4 African countries to fight LRA
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- U.S. troops helping in the fight against a brutal rebel group called the Lord's Resistance Army are now deployed in four Central African countries, the top U.S. special operations commander for Africa said Wednesday....
