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BEIJING (Reuters) - China may be ready to launch its first aircraft carrier in 2011, Chinese military and political sources said on Thursday, a year ahead of U.S. military analysts' expectations. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised President Barack Obama on Friday for winning U.S. support for an arms treaty at the center of a "reset" in ties and lamented the slow pace of his own drive to modernize Russia. Full Story »

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi man killed his 19-year-old daughter after he discovered al-Qaida had recruited her as a suicide bomber in an area north of Baghdad, a police spokesman said on Friday. Full Story »

KABUL (Reuters) - A suspected weapons smuggler captured in southern Afghanistan is not a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard as first thought, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Friday. Full Story »

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea could carry out a third nuclear test next year to strengthen the credentials of its young leader-in-waiting, Kim Jong-un, a research report from a South Korean Foreign Ministry institute said on Friday. Full Story »

MOSCOW - Russia's lower house of parliament on Friday gave preliminary approval to a U.S.-Russian arms treaty, but decided to delay the final vote until next month. Full Story »

LONDON - Three people were arrested for stealing a 1.2 million-pound ($1.85 million) antique violin from an internationally acclaimed musician while she stopped for a snack at a London sandwich bar, British police said Thursday. Full Story »

MUMBAI, India - Police searched India's financial capital on Friday for four men who authorities believe entered Mumbai to carry out a terrorist attack, a top police official said. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange said in an interview there was a "high chance" he would be killed in a US jail if he were to be extradited from Britain on espionage charges. Full Story »

AMSTELVEEN, Netherlands - Monique van der Vorst's competitive spirit thrived even after she lost the use of her legs as a teenager. She won two silver medals at the Beijing Paralympics and hoped to win gold in London in 2012. Full Story »

STOCKHOLM - The two Swedish women accusing Julian Assange of sex crimes are supporters of WikiLeaks, not pawns of the CIA, and they simply seek justice for a violation of their "sexual integrity," their lawyer says. Full Story »

NAZARETH ILLIT, Israel (AFP) - The mayor of a Jewish suburb of Nazareth sparked outrage on Wednesday after refusing to allow Christmas trees to be placed in town squares, calling them provocative. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese vendors looking to cash in on the frenzy over the April wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton are selling copies of her engagement ring for as little as three dollars. Full Story »

KABUL, Afghanistan - A roadside bomb killed an Afghan army soldier and a passer-by in the country's east on Friday, local police said, while in Kabul, authorities were investigating what they said was an overnight raid by NATO troops on a private security company compound that killed two Afghan guards. Full Story »

East Sussex, England - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad advised Western nations Thursday to create a “win-win” scenario for nuclear talks next month by choosing a “path of cooperation over confrontation.” Full Story »

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A Hamas strongman in Gaza says the militant group doesn't want an escalation in fighting with Israel despite a rise in violence in recent weeks. Full Story »

ROME - Anarchists who sent mail bombs to the Rome embassies of Chile and Switzerland wanted to avenge actions by those countries against their movement, a top Italian security official said Friday. Full Story »

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has declared a public holiday to mark the birthday of leader Kim Jong-Il's youngest son, a report said Thursday, as the regime grooms him to take over power from his father. Full Story »