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Cocaine's charge through Europe undiminished: report

A police officer opens a bag of cocaine that was seized in 2008. Cocaine's relentless march through Europe's social order showed no sign of abating in 2009, according to an annual report into drug use and addiction by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
AFP - Friday, November 6

BRUSSELS (AFP) - - Cocaine's relentless march through Europe's social order showed no sign of abating in 2009, an annual report into drug use and addiction showed on Thursday. More »

  • A Ugandan soldier hunts for Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in the northeastern Congo during a joint operation with Congolese troops. Senior LRA commander Charles Arop -- who was implicated in leading a massacre on Christmas Day that killed at least 143 Congolese -- has surrendered to the Ugandan military, an army spokesman has told AFP.

    Top rebel commander 'surrenders' to Uganda troops

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    KAMPALA (AFP) - - Senior Lord's Resistance Army commander Charles Arop, who was implicated in leading a massacre on Christmas Day that killed at least 143 Congolese, has surrendered to the Ugandan military, the army spokesman told AFP on Thursday.

  • Italy convicts 23 US agents in CIA kidnapping trial

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    MILAN (AFP) - - An Italian judge convicted 23 US and two Italian secret agents for the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003, as Washington expressed dismay over the ruling.

  • A grenade and landmines are displayed among other weapons by the Israeli military at the port of Ashdod. Lebanon's Hezbollah on Thursday vehemently denied Israeli accusations that a huge shipment of arms seized by the Jewish state was destined for the militant group

    Hezbollah denies link to arms seized by Israel

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    BEIRUT (AFP) - - Lebanon's Hezbollah on Thursday vehemently denied Israeli accusations that a huge shipment of arms seized by the Jewish state was destined for the militant group.

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit during a joint press conference in Cairo November 4. State Department officials defended Clinton's five-day Middle East trip, which was marred by controversy over Israeli settlements

    Clinton deputies defend Middle East trip as success

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - State Department officials defended Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's five-day Middle East trip, which was marred by controversy over Israeli settlements.

  • European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Karel De Gucht (R) looks at a stand with Cuban cigars during a visit to the 27th International Trade Fair of Havana. The European Union does not seek a regime change in communist Cuba, but expects progress on human rights, the visiting EU official said after meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro

    EU seeks Cuban gesture on human rights: EU official

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    HAVANA (AFP) - - The European Union does not seek a regime change in communist Cuba, but expects progress on human rights, a visiting EU official said after meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro.

  • Israel said on Wednesday that commandos had intercepted a ship carrying

    Israel says it seized Iranian arms shipment for Hezbollah

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    ASHDOD, Israel (AFP) - - Israel said on Wednesday that commandos had intercepted a ship carrying "hundreds of tonnes" of arms from Iran to Hezbollah in a raid dozens of miles off its coast but both Iran and Syria denied the cargo was headed to the Lebanese militia.

  • Serbian war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic, pictured in 2008, said Wednesday he hopes an upcoming UN report will recognise his country's

    UN has 'complete cooperation' on war crimes: Serb prosecutor

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    BELGRADE (AFP) - - Serbian war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said Wednesday he hopes an upcoming UN report will recognise his country's "complete cooperation" in trying to bring to justice two fugitives accused of atrocities during the 1990s Balkans War.

  • Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (right) talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a meeting in Cairo. Middle East peace talks must include the disputed city of Jerusalem, Clinton said after meeting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

    Clinton and Palestinians turn spotlight on Jerusalem

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    CAIRO (AFP) - - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday the future of Jerusalem must be on the agenda of any Middle East peace talks, as the Palestinians again took Israel to task over Jewish settlements in the city's Arab eastern sector.

  • Police and protesters clash violently in Tehran

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    TEHRAN (AFP) - - Riot police waded in with batons and teargas to break up opposition protests in Tehran on Wednesday, as huge crowds staged a noisy anti-US rally nearby to mark the storming of the American embassy by students 30 years ago.

  • Booking photo received November 1, from the Cleveland Police Department in Ohio, shows Anthony Sowell. A US judge has refused bail to the alleged serial killer as investigators examined the gruesome remains of up to 11 victims found at his home.

    Neighbors of alleged US serial killer 'smelt bodies'

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    CLEVELAND, Ohio (AFP) - - Neighbors of alleged US serial killer Anthony Sowell had apparently complained about a foul smell for years, but many believed it was coming from a sausage shop next door.

  • British mercenary Simon Mann, seen here in 2008, arrived home after being freed from jail in Equatorial Guinea expressing relief to be back in Britain.

    Freed British mercenary returns from E. Guinea

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    LUTON, England (AFP) - - British mercenary Simon Mann arrived home Wednesday after being freed from jail in Equatorial Guinea expressing relief to be back in Britain.

  • A picture taken at the Israeli port of Ashdod shows an intercepted cargo ship. The Israeli military said that a ship seized at sea was carrying

    Israel seizes 'hundreds of tonnes' of arms

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    ASHDOD, Israel (AFP) - - The Israeli military said on Wednesday that a ship seized at sea was carrying hundreds of tonnes of arms sent from Iran to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia.

  • Five soldiers have been shot dead by an Afghan policeman at a checkpoint in an incident which is now under investigation.

    Five British soldiers killed in Afghanistan

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    LONDON (AFP) - - Five British soldiers have been shot dead by an Afghan policeman at a checkpoint in an incident which is now under investigation, officials said on Wednesday.

  • British mercenary Simon Mann, seen here during a 2008 court appearance, has left Equatorial Guinea on a private jet. Mann was granted amnesty for a 2004 failed coup plot in the oil-rich African nation.

    British mercenary leaves E.Guinea

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    LIBREVILLE (AFP) - - British mercenary Simon Mann, granted amnesty for a 2004 failed coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, on Wednesday left the west African country on a private jet, airport officials said.

  • British police are expected to question mercenary Simon Mann, pictured in court in 2008, over a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea when he returns home after being freed, media reports said here Wednesday.

    Police to quiz mercenary over EGuinea plot: reports

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    LONDON (AFP) - - British police are expected to question mercenary Simon Mann over a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea when he returns home after being freed, media reports said here Wednesday.

  • Firefighters extinguish a blaze at a warehouse in St. Petersburg. The huge fire broke out at a facility owned by an industrial firm in Russia's second city, news agencies reported.

    Huge fire breaks out in Saint Petersburg: reports

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    MOSCOW (AFP) - - A massive fire broke out late Tuesday at a facility owned by an industrial firm in Russia's second city of Saint Petersburg, Russian news agencies reported.

  • Czech president signs EU reform treaty

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    PRAGUE (AFP) - - Czech President Vaclav Klaus has given a long-awaited final seal of approval to the European Union's reforming Lisbon Treaty, paving the way for the 27-nation bloc to find a new president.

  • A cross is seen in a classroom in France. The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Italy violates educational and religious freedoms by displaying crucifixes in classrooms, prompting anger in the fiercely Catholic country.

    Uproar in Italy after Euro court rejects school crucifixes

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    STRASBOURG (AFP) - - The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Italy violates educational and religious freedoms by displaying crucifixes in classrooms, prompting anger in the fiercely Catholic country.

  • Interactive graphic on the European Union's reforming Lisbon Treaty as Czech President Vaclav Klaus becomes the the last EU leader to ratify the landmark document after it is ruled in line with the country's constitution.

    EU officially starts search for first president

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - - The Lisbon Treaty's final ratification by the Czechs paves the way for "a more democratic" European Union and officially launches the hunt for its first president, the Swedish EU presidency said Tuesday.

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