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Afghan lawmakers are calling on President Hamid Karzai to disband a special court investigating allegations of fraud in last year's parliamentary election. 

Hundreds of police began taking up positions the night before a pro-democracy protest march in Algiers by militants who have vowed to defy an official ban.

Egyptians continue to celebrate the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak after three decades of his authoritarian rule.

A standoff between the United States and Pakistan over a jailed American embassy worker has taken an ominous turn as police are accusing the man of "cold-blooded murder."

The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-7 earthquake has hit southern Chile.

Israel watched Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation with trepidation Friday, concerned the ouster of its staunchest Arab ally might endanger a peace treaty between the two countries and help boost Islamists already on the rise in the region.

A cruise ship passenger from California has been arrested for allegedly selling drugs to fellow passengers on a Caribbean cruise.

A South African court has refused a U.S. request that the son-in-law of former South African President Nelson Mandela be sent to Connecticut to face sexual assault charges.

Kandahar's police substation No. 16 is a small green metal building plopped on a patch of dirt, and though primitive, officials say the progress is promising.

Pirates off the coast of Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos have attacked a chemical tanker in a bid to board and rob the ship in the Gulf of Guinea.