Experts: Bishops covered up priests' child abuse

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK

Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and most fellow clerics turned a blind eye, an investigation ordered by Ireland's government concluded Thursday.

Nov 26, 2009 | 4:10 pm

Canadian ex-official: Afghan prison claims known

By ROB GILLIES

Canada's former top official on Afghanistan says allegations of abuse in Afghan jails were well known in 2006 when the Canadian military was turning over detainees to Afghanistan's intelligence service.

Nov 26, 2009 | 4:00 pm

UK gov't will not stop extradition of hacker to US

The British government said Thursday it will not prevent the extradition of an autistic hacker accused of breaking into U.S. military computers.

Nov 26, 2009 | 2:55 pm

Philippines prepares to charge suspect in massacre

By AARON FAVILA and JIM GOMEZ

Under threat of military attack, the scion of the clan suspected in the slaughter of 57 people in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday, and prosecutors say he will face murder charges in the country's worst election violence.

Nov 26, 2009 | 2:50 pm

Watchdog warning about TV in post-Soviet states

By VERONIKA OLEKSYN

Government-influenced television is hampering democracy in Russia, Belarus and most post-Soviet countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, and it could endanger international peace and security if misused as a propaganda tool, a watchdog warned Thursday.

Nov 26, 2009 | 12:40 pm

Mumbai commemorates anniversary of attacks

By ERIKA KINETZ

A grandfather visited the room where his grandson was orphaned. A young man returned to the hotel where he narrowly escaped death. Mumbai residents went in droves to donate blood at a train station overrun in the 60-hour siege of India's financial capital.

Nov 26, 2009 | 12:20 pm

Canada PM to attend Copenhagen climate meeting

Canada's prime minister is reversing his position and will attend the Copenhagen climate-change meeting next month.

Nov 26, 2009 | 11:55 am

German military's inspector general removed

By DAVID RISING

The German military's top official was removed Thursday for failing to properly pass on information to political leaders about a September airstrike in Afghanistan that killed civilians.

Nov 26, 2009 | 11:35 am

China vows to dramatically slow emissions growth

By CARA ANNA

China promised Thursday to slow its carbon emissions, saying it would nearly halve the ratio of pollution to GDP over the next decade _ a major move by the world's largest emitter, whose cooperation is crucial to any deal as a global climate summit approaches.

Nov 26, 2009 | 11:30 am

Soldiers in Afghanistan enjoy turkeys they raised

By DENIS D. GRAY

As daylight faded and the winter cold set in, soldiers huddled inside a crude wooden hut to tuck into Thanksgiving turkeys the unit itself had fattened and to give thanks for having survived a year of combat in Afghanistan.

Nov 26, 2009 | 10:20 am

Coma recovery case attracts doubters

By RAF CASERT

Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.

Nov 26, 2009 | 10:10 am

Norway: Iran seizes Nobel laureate Ebadi's medal

By IAN MacDOUGALL

Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the Norwegian government said Thursday, accusing Iran of a shocking first in the history of the prize.

Nov 26, 2009 | 10:05 am

Swiss police: Geneva mosque vandalized

Swiss police say a Geneva mosque has been vandalized, three days ahead of a national vote on whether to ban the construction of minarets as an Islamic intrusion.

Nov 26, 2009 | 10:00 am

Ex-UK envoy: US focused on Iraq hours after 9/11

By DAVID STRINGER

Tony Blair could have delayed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and ensured better plans were in place for its chaotic aftermath by taking a tougher stance with President George W. Bush, Britain's ex-ambassador to Washington said Thursday.

Nov 26, 2009 | 9:30 am

Tunisian court hands journalist 6-month sentence

A journalist known for his critical stance toward Tunisia's government was sentenced to six months in prison Thursday for what his lawyer called a trumped-up assault charge.

Nov 26, 2009 | 8:20 am

Russian official admits some blame in lawyer death

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA

A Russian prison official reportedly admitted Thursday that harsh prison conditions are partially to blame for the death last week of a lawyer being held in a Moscow detention center.

Nov 26, 2009 | 7:35 am

Shooting at Hungarian university leaves 1 dead

A gunman opened fire in a Hungarian university classroom Thursday, killing one student and leaving three people seriously injured, the state-run news agency said.

Nov 26, 2009 | 7:20 am

US demand for cheap wine buoys global market

Is the world drowning its sorrows in cheap wine?

Nov 26, 2009 | 7:20 am

Namibian elections to return ruling party to power

By ALEXANDRA REGNER and CELEAN JACOBSON

Namibia's longtime ruling party is expected to return to power in Friday elections but its hold on this desert nation may weaken with the emergence of a new opposition party.

Nov 26, 2009 | 7:20 am