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A wave of pharmacy robberies is sweeping the United States as addicts and dealers turn to violence to feed the nation’s growing hunger for narcotic painkillers. Criminals are holding pharmacists at gunpoint and escaping with […] […]

A jury has convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich of nearly all the corruption charges against him, including trying to sell or trade President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. Jurors delivered their verdicts Monday after […] […]

SAN FRANCISCO — A former stockroom worker for Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is suing the clothing retailer in federal court, saying she was illegally fired after refusing to remove her Muslim headscarf. Hani Khan said […] […]

THE Israeli government has dropped a threat to issue lengthy deportation orders against journalists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that he ordered authorities to find a formula for the reporters […] […]

TWO bomb attacks have ripped through vehicles carrying civilians in Afghanistan, killing seven people including children, the government says. One bomb planted by the side of a road in Ghazni province, southeast Afghanistan, hit a […] […]

A military court in Moscow last night handed down a 25-year sentence to a top Russian foreign intelligence agent who was convicted in absentia of exposing a “sleeper cell” network in the US. Colonel Alexander […] […]

THE International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his son and his intelligence chief for crimes against humanity in the early days of their struggle to cling to power. Judges […] […]

CAIRO — Amnesty International said Monday that Egypt’s military rulers have acknowledged carrying out so-called “virginity tests” on female protesters — the first time the army has admitted to the much-criticized practice. Maj. Gen. Abdel […] […]

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber in a wheelchair blew himself up at the entrance to a police station north of the capital Baghdad on Sunday, killing three people and wounding 18, officials said. Two police […] […]

BAGHDAD—An Iraqi court has sentenced the wife of a slain al-Qaida leader to 20 years in prison on terrorism-related charges, an Iraqi judicial spokesman said Sunday. Hasna Ali Yahya, the Yemeni wife of Abu Ayyub […] […]