;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...

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...

.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...

.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...

> 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...