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HAVANA (AP) — Cuban news media say former President Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time since April last year. The Communist Party newspaper Granma reports that the 87-year-old Castro appeared Wednesday night at the…

Caracas, Venezuela (AP)--A popular soap-opera actress and former Miss Venezuela and her Irish ex-husband were shot and killed, and their five-year-old daughter wounded, when they resisted robbers by locking their car doors after it broke…

Washington (AP) -- The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says there has been a big jump in thieves stealing Social Security numbers to fraudulently claim tax refunds. The agency said it launched 1,492 criminal investigations…

North Carolina (CMC) -- The United States Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) agency says a former religious minister has been jailed for 25 years for engaging in illicit sexual conduct while on mission trips in Haiti. ICE said Larry Michael…

Rio De Janeiro (AP) -- The head of World Cup projects for Brazil's far-western Mato Grosso state has acknowledged a light railway system in the city of Cuiaba meant to help football fans move around the city during World Cup matches there,…

(BBC)-- A Spanish judge has summoned the youngest daughter of King Juan Carlos to appear in court over accusations of fraud and money-laundering. The Infanta Cristina, 48, has been linked to the business affairs of her husband, Inaki…

(CNN)-- Iraq’s security forces are taking on their biggest fight since U.S. troops withdrew from the country at the end of 2011, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, who was national security adviser in Iraq for the five years after the fall of Saddam…

(CNN) -- Lindsey Vonn's knee troubles apparently are too much to overcome in time for Sochi. Vonn, the reigning Olympic and World Cup downhill skiing champ, will not compete in next month's Winter Olympics, according to a post Tuesday…

Hong Kong (CNN) -- The world's second Bitcoin ATM is due to land in Hong Kong by the end of this month, according to U.S. based software company Robocoin. The machine, available for sale to individual operators such as banks and private…

(CNN) -- Basketball star Dennis Rodman on Tuesday defended his controversial visit to North Korea with a team of former NBA players, saying it was a "great idea for the world." In an exclusive interview with Chris Cuomo of CNN's "New Day"…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Eusebio, the Portuguese soccer star who was born into poverty in Africa but became an international sporting icon and was voted one of the 10 best players of all time, has died aged 71, his long time club Benfica…

BERLIN, Germany (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel cracked her pelvis during a skiing accident in the Swiss Alps and will have to cut back on her work schedule for the next three weeks, her spokesman said Monday. Merkel's spokesman…

NEW YORK (AP) -- A plane from Toronto slid into snow as it turned onto a taxiway after landing at John F Kennedy International Airport on Sunday, leading the airport to temporarily suspend flights from taking off and landing because of icy…

NEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities say two men were critically injured in a three-alarm high-rise apartment fire in midtown Manhattan. Firefighter spokesman Danny Glover said the fire reported to authorities shortly after 11:00 am Sunday was in…

OTTAWA (AFP) — Toronto's larger-than-life mayor, Rob Ford, who was stripped of most of his powers in November after admitting he had smoked crack, launched his bid for re-election Thursday. "Just filed my paperwork for the 2014 election.…