;KAZIMIERZ DOLNY, Poland (AP) - Dressed in their black habits, the ex-nuns sat on the floor of the convent, defiantly strumming guitars and singing religious songs as police in riot gear pushed through...

.ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's government said Wednesday that parliamentary elections will be in early January, setting the stage for a test of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's campaign to rally...

.MEXICO CITY (AP) - It sounds like a fast-food grudge match: Taco Bell is taking on the homeland of its namesake by reopening for the first time in 15 years in Mexico. Defenders of Mexican culture see...

President George W. Bush's veto of a children's health-care bill Oct. 3 has ignited controversy from Capitol Hill to hospitals around the country. The legislation would have reauthorized the State Children's...

;NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said after talks Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two countries had bridged some of their differences on the Iran nuclear...

> STEPHENS CITY, Va. (AP) - A stray kitten has found a new mother in a golden retriever, who began producing milk for the gray tabby after hearing its cries. The hungry kitten, found in an old tire...

.MOSCOW (AP) - After a year and nearly a dozen arrests, the main mystery in the slaying of a Russian journalist strongly critical of the Kremlin remains unsolved - who ordered her killed, the chief investigator...

.ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - One of hundreds of balloons in town for a festival tipped after snagging a utility line Monday, sending a woman plummeting at least 70 feet to her death. Three other women in...