.ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - Only scratches remain on the white walls where the four Impressionist masterpieces once hung. No metal detectors, no armed guards, no cameras were in sight Tuesday, underscoring...

;OXNARD, Calif. (AP) - A 15-year-old boy was shot and wounded in a junior high school computer lab Tuesday and another eighth-grader was taken into custody, authorities said. Worried parents gathered outside...

>CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Aborigines in white body paint danced and sang traditional songs in Australia's national Parliament on Tuesday in a historic ceremony many hoped would mark a new era of race...

>VIENNA, Austria (AP) - A young Austrian woman whose kidnapper kept her locked away in a cell for years said Monday she lost faith in her country's judiciary after accusations surfaced that authorities...

>HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A former loyalist now trying to unseat President Robert Mugabe on Thursday rejected the ruling party's accusations that he is a pawn of the West. The challenge by former finance...

.QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano shot columns of ash miles into the air Wednesday, as officials ordered the evacuation of 3,000 villagers living near its slopes. Some 1,000 villagers...

>ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Lawmakers voted early Thursday to approve a constitutional amendment allowing female students to enter universities wearing Islamic head scarves - a move some Turks see as a threat...

>TORONTO (AP) - Canada's lower house Wednesday passed a revised anti-terrorism law that remains one of the country's most contentious, allowing the government to detain foreign terror suspects indefinitely...

.WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain's string of cross-country victories put him on the brink of being unstoppable - and showed his appeal across all segments of the Republican Party. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton...