NATO rescues 4 kidnapped aid workers... Mubarak life sentence sets off protests...Iraqi figures show slight growth in death toll...Panetta arrives at former US base in Vietnam...Shots fired at Canada shopping mall,1 dead...Canada defends military drone attacks...US drone in Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants...Suu Kyi returns home after 1st trip in 24 years...Hun Sen's party poised to win Cambodia elections...

US reaches out to Syria's allies in Russia...Pro- and anti-Syrian groups clash in north Lebanon...official says there should be no amnesty for crimes committed in Syria...France says military action in Syria only under UN...

Olympic torch starts 5-day Northern Ireland tour

NYC exhibition evokes Claude Monet's flower garden

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising.

More than 2,000 Polish gays, lesbians and their supporters are marching through Warsaw in a yearly gay pride parade.

South Korea has begun building a promised high-speed railway to shorten travel time between its main airport and the venue of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton treks north of the Arctic Circle on Saturday, a region that could become a new international battleground for resources.

The Obama administration is warning American businesses about an unusually potent computer virus that infected Iran's oil industry.

Italian insurance company Assicurazioni Generali has ousted its chief executive.

Egyptian security officials say Hosni Mubarak resisted leaving the helicopter that flew him to a prison hospital for the first time after a court sentenced him to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters during last year's uprising.

Officials at the United Nations in Geneva say the Human Rights Council is gearing up to hold an emergency session on last week's massacre of more than 100 Syrian villagers.

Britain's Supreme Court has endorsed the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden.

A newly discovered small asteroid has harmlessly zipped close to Earth -- just as scientists expected.

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook northern Italy on Tuesday, killing at least three people according to Italian news reports.

NATO says its forces have killed al-Qaida's second-highest ranking leader in Afghanistan in an airstrike.

Governor Scott spent last week in Europe. His mission? Bring jobs to Florida.

Syrian troops suspected of massacre of children...Carter calls violations in Egypt's vote minor...Peru taxi explodes in Chile minefield near border...Hardline Islamists spread terror in Tunisian town...Yemen: 27 al-Qaida militants killed in south...Roadside bomb kills 3 Iraqi soldiers...4 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan...Hunger returns to Africa, stalking 1million children...

Puerto Ricans are debating an upcoming referendum that would give judges the right to deny bail in certain murder cases.

Activists have raised the number of those reportedly killed by regime forces in a district of central Syria to more than 90

Iran's envoy to the U.N.'s nuclear agency says traces of enriched uranium discovered at an underground bunker were due to a "routine technical issue."

A police official says two British men have drowned after their raft overturned and capsized in a river in southern India.

The visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Myanmar on Sunday is the latest sign that India now believes it needs to assert its presence in its eastern neighbor.

Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq has paid tribute to the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and vowed not to try and "recreate" the old regime.

The president of troubled Spanish lender, Bankia, says the bank will emerge as a solid financial entity that will not need further recapitalization after it receives (euro) 19 billion ($23.8 billion) in state aid it has asked for.