The lawyer for a prominent Chinese dissident detained for a year without charge says police have finally presented their case against Liu Xiaobo to prosecutors. Read More

Myanmar's state media accused detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi of using the media to make the country's military rulers look bad, warning Wednesday it could hurt her efforts to meet with the junta chief. Read More

A suicide car bomb flattened a court building and an explosives-rigged ambulance blew down walls like dominos near the Finance Ministry during a wave of coordinated attacks Tuesday that targeted high-profile symbols of Iraqi authority. At least 127 people were killed. Read More

Lawyer says Chinese police want dissident Liu Xiaobo indicted on subversion charge. Read More

The French ambassador was stopped and his diplomatic car was searched as troops loyal to Guinea's ruling junta continued a manhunt for the renegade soldier that shot and wounded the head of Guinea's military junta, an official said on Tuesday. Read More

Three political leaders from Madagascar say they are going ahead with forming a unity government, but a fourth politician says that amounts to a coup. Read More

A Malaysian man is facing trial for allegedly seducing another man's wife _ a charge under a rarely used law that defense lawyers criticized Wednesday as archaic and tantamount to sexual discrimination. Read More

Amnesty International said that Mexican soldiers have carried out torture and forced disappearances while fighting drug cartels. Read More

Mexican prosecutors say they have arrested a suspect wanted by the FBI in the 2004 rapes of two young girls in Pennsylvania. Read More

Philippine police on Wednesday identified 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion charges. Read More

The FBI is sending a team to Pakistan and India as part of an inquiry into an American man accused of sizing up targets ahead of last year's deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India's financial capital. Read More

Peru's military is close to a deal to buy tanks from China, the defense minister said Tuesday. Read More

Honduras' president-elect said Tuesday he wants amnesty for ousted President Manuel Zelaya and for all of those involved in the June 28 coup that deposed him. Read More

Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch. Read More

A group of college students ended a hunger strike after 17 days following a meeting Tuesday with Organization of American States representatives to air their concerns about human rights in Venezuela. Read More

Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crackdown on the opposition after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months. Read More

Organizers of the Mexican tour of the "Walking With Dinosaurs" show say someone has walked off with a robotic baby Plateosaurus. Read More

Gunmen on motorcycles ambushed and killed Honduras' top anti-drug official in the capital Tuesday, just two months before he planned to retire and move to Canada. Read More

All that was left were the walls and a lucky dog. Read More

Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals. Read More