.VATICAN CITY (AP) - Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world's largest religion, the Vatican newspaper said Sunday. "For the first time in history, we are no longer at the top: Muslims have...

.MADRID, Spain (AP) - A small piece of jawbone unearthed in a cave in Spain is the oldest known fossil of a human ancestor in Europe and suggests that people lived on the continent much earlier than previously...

.GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A shootout between heavily armed groups in eastern Guatemala on Tuesday left at least nine people dead and three wounded in violence authorities said was likely linked to drug traffickers. The...

.MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Prison inmate Kathryn Canty seems like a prime candidate for work release: good behavior, less than three years left to serve, and an accounting degree along with vocational training. But...

.RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian leaders asked Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday to pressure Israel to halt settlement construction and voiced other complaints that deflated Cheney's hopeful...