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WARSAW, Poland – Food coupons for some of the notorious Nazi doctors at the Auschwitz death camp — including perhaps the sadistic Dr. Joseph Mengele — have been found in the attic of a nearby house, where they had lain unseen for decades. Full Story »
Reuters REGENSBURG, Germany - Four priests and two nuns in the Regensburg diocese are under investigation for sexual abuse allegations, the diocese said Monday, as a wider picture began to emerge of incidents decades ago in the pope's native Bavaria. Full Story »
AP BEIJING - The dust works its way through keyholes and window frames, and smells like a filthy brew of dirt, smoke and metallic particles. The sky turns magenta and whole buildings disappear. Eyes tear up and throats get sore from coughing. Full Story »
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party was trounced inregional elections Sunday, leading some supporters to doubt his chances forre-election in 2012 Full Story »
PARIS - A strike Tuesday in France is expected to disrupt trains, transport, postal services and schools as unions aim a new blow at President Nicolas Sarkozy following his party's drubbing in regional elections. Full Story »
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - It was a startling voice of protest at a startling venue. Covered head-to-toe in black, a Saudi woman lashed out at hard-line Muslim clerics' harsh religious edicts in verse on live TV at a popular Arabic version of "American Idol." Full Story »
Reuters MEXICO CITY - The pre-dawn discovery of two bodies cut into pieces and shoved into two black bags brought a tragic end Monday to a search for two missing police officers in the southern state of Guerrero. Full Story »
AFP/File ABUJA (AFP) - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan is likely to meet US President Barack Obama next month in Washington, outgoing foreign minister Ojo Maduekwe said on Monday. Full Story »
AFP/File SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea announced Monday it will put on trial a US citizen who entered the country illegally, and disclosed his identity for the first time, triggering immediate concern in the United States. Full Story »
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Activists launched an online video game on Monday to attack leading politicians' support for development of Canada's oil sands, which greens portray as a crime against nature. Full Story »
AP BRISBANE, Australia - An American surgeon charged with killing three Australian patients with unnecessary, sloppy or antiquated operations pleaded not guilty Monday to manslaughter in a case that has drawn widespread attention in Australia. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought Monday to reassure Israel of the Obama administration's strong backing after the worst friction between the countries in almost 20 years, even as she reiterated U.S. objections to continued Israeli building in East Jerusalem. Full Story »
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - When Aleksandre Radosavcec landed in Haiti just two weeks after the Jan. 12 earthquake, he immediately headed to ground zero. As a longtime disaster relief specialist with Danish People's Aid (DPA), he knew the drill for such emergencies. Within days he'd set up a small office, rented a cellar for living space, and begun to assess what needed to be done, especially before Haiti's rainy season begins in April. Full Story »
Caught up with internal politics and crises, Mexico wants resurrect its diplomatic oomph -- establishing a hemispheric organization that excludes the U.S. Full Story »
AP REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Blasts of lava and ash shot out of a volcano in southern Iceland on Monday and small tremors rocked the ground, a surge in activity that raised fears of a larger explosion at the nearby Katla volcano. Full Story »
AP SHANGHAI - Four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto pleaded guilty Monday to taking bribes, lawyers and an Australian diplomat said, in an embarrassing case seen as part of a harsh new attitude toward foreign business in China. Full Story »
Texas Republican Rep. Randy Neugebauer acknowledged Monday that he is the lawmaker who shouted out "baby killer" during a floor speech by Rep. Bart Stupak, an anti-abortion Democrat whose vote was crucial to passage of the Democratic health care bill Sunday evening. Full Story »
States are already lining up to sue the federal government over the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Full Story »
If you want to understand why we need to reform our health insurance system, you need to know about Americans like Natoma Canfield. Natoma is a 50-year-old cancer survivor from Medina, Ohio, who wrote to President Obama last December. Like a growing number of Americans, she's self-employed and can't get health insurance through her job. But until this January, she always made sure to maintain a policy for herself on the individual market. It was the responsible thing to do. Full Story »
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