The No. 2 of Guinea's military junta says that the army has to change and a lack of discipline won't be tolerated. Read More

A former Madagascar president says he has been unable to return to his homeland since participating in talks in Mozambique that angered Madagascar's current leader. Read More

Romania's Constitutional Court on Friday ordered a re-examination of ballots declared void in Sunday's presidential election amid allegations of widespread fraud. Read More

Zimbabwe's president says infighting is destroying the party that has kept him in power for nearly three decades. Read More

Grave robbers have dug up the coffin of former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos and stolen his corpse, police said Friday. Read More

A Ugandan official says that parliament has passed a bill banning female genital mutilation. Read More

For Indonesian farmers, burning down rain forests is the cheapest and fastest way to clear land for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations. Read More

Government-armed former militiamen freed 10 more hostages seized in the remote southern Philippines, and their leader demanded Friday that murder charges against them be dropped before they release 47 others. Read More

European Union leaders agreed at a summit Friday to come up with $3.6 billion a year through 2012, or a total of $10.8 billion over three years, to help pay developing nations to cut emissions and adapt to climate change. Here are some of the pledges made by the 27 EU members, to cover the next three years until a new climate pact being negotiated in Copenhagen comes into effect: Read More

The top U.N. official in Afghanistan said Friday he will not renew his two-year contract when it expires in March. Read More

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he will leave the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras by Jan. 27, when his presidential term ends, according to an interview broadcast Friday. Read More

Pope Benedict XVI and the president of Vietnam have held long talks at the Vatican, amid reports that the Communist country is seeking diplomatic ties with the Holy See. Read More

At least seven federal police officers and a civilian were killed in Michoacan state in several attacks by gunmen against federal agents in less than 24 hours, state prosecutors said. Read More

French leader says EU agrees to reduce emissions by 30 percent of 1990 levels by 2020. Read More

The A400M military transport plane that has been causing Airbus and European defense ministers budgetary and logistical headaches finally took to the skies for its maiden flight on Friday. Read More

Just a few months ago, Sri Lanka's president and its army chief were strong allies, working closely together to defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels and end the nation's 25-year civil war. Read More

Cambodia's king pardoned a Thai man Friday three days after he was sentenced to seven years in prison for spying on Thailand's fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a case that soured relations between the neighbors. Read More

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told American troops Friday in this oil-rich northern city that their mission in Iraq remains critical despite the nation's focus on Afghanistan and that plans are on track to reduce forces next year. Read More

Assailants vandalized a Palestinian mosque early Friday, burning prayer carpets and holy books, and leaving behind Hebrew graffiti indicating the rampage was the work of settlers angry over Israel's plans to curb settlement construction. Read More

An explosion caused the collapse of an underground chamber of a Turkish coal mine, killing 19 workers, the government said Friday. Read More