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Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has given US academics a lecture on democracy, declaring his country's government freer than any in the West. "There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet," he told an audience at New York's Columbia University via live satellite...

Woman tells details of 10 years in captivity Forced to have sex with man twice her age, she had a bucket for bathroom McKEESPORT, Pa. - Since the day she ran away 10 years ago, Tanya Nicole Kach says her home was a bedroom she was rarely allowed to leave. A man more than twice her age kept her...

Mermaids for hire? Fake healer’s scam is all wet Bogus medium cons $30,000 from businesswoman in short-lived scheme HARARE, Zimbabwe - A bogus traditional healer who persuaded a businesswoman to hire “mermaids” and accommodate them in a hotel to help find a stolen car was convicted of theft by...

Long arm of the law catches speeder with none Cop pulls over 121-kph driver using one foot to steer, other to work pedals WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A New Zealand police officer got a shock when he stopped a driver doing 121 kilometers (75 miles) an hour on the east coast of the country's North...

...for $1Billion Over Helicopter Contract The Ottawa Citizen reports, "Stephen Harper's new government could face a $1-billion legal penalty after a European aerospace firm filed a claim for damages, citing political interference by the Liberals during the 2004 purchase of naval helicopters."...

Trial links Ottawa man to plot To face charges in Canada in January LONDON—An Ontario man played a "vital role" in a bomb plot that was foiled by police just before targets in Britain were selected, a major anti-terrorism trial has heard. Ottawa resident Momin Khawaja made up "the Canadian end...

Polar shift: Melting ice, quakes and higher seas Studies in Science say changes tied to warming are faster than expected Greenland and Antarctica are seeing faster than expected warming that triggers glacial quakes and has the potential for a sharp rise in sea levels, according to three...

Researchers study prayer's influence on healing Conclusions and premises debated as investigations into issue increase At the Fairfax Community Church in Virginia, the faithful regularly pray for ailing strangers. Same goes at the Adas Israel synagogue in Washington and the Islamic Center of...

WWII airman finally to receive proper burial Leo Mustonen’s body was found in Sierra Nevada mountains in October BRAINERD, Minn. - The World War II airman whose body was found on a mountainside more than six decades after his plane crashed was raised by Finnish immigrant parents in this central...

Caught the train — but where’s the baby? Father forgets infant in his parked car while he races to get onto the Metro WASHINGTON - Commuters racing to catch the train typically forget things in the car — keys, wallets, briefcases. But a baby daughter? That’s what happened Thursday just north...

Survey finds many Brits dial N — for naked We have no idea why this research was done, but it makes us laugh too LONDON - Up to a third of telephone users in the Britain make calls in the nude, with men more prone to do it without clothes than women, a survey revealed on Thursday. Research...

By Mark Johnson Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. - A federal appeals court Friday blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from easing clean air rules on aging power plants, refineries and factories, one of the regulatory changes that had been among the top environmental priorities of the White...

Uh, officer, is this really crack I bought? Man arrested after allegedly handing pipe to cops for an authenticity check TAMPA, Fla. - A man is behind bars in Tampa after allegedly asking two uniformed officers to test a crack pipe. Police say the man doubted whether he was being sold actual...

Slow going! Tortoise dies after 250 years Addwaitya, believed to be oldest tortoise in the world, lived in Indian zoo KOLKATA, India - A giant aldabra tortoise thought to be around 250 years old has died in the Kolkata zoo of liver failure, Indian authorities said on Thursday. The tortoise...

Obese man walks his weight (off) across U.S. Pound by pound, California man has trekked 2,300 miles so far NEW YORK - Steve Vaught is trying to shed unwanted pounds the long, slow way: step by step as he walks across the United States. Vaught, 39, began his trek last April in Oceanside...

By Robert Fisk 03/18/06 "The Independent" -- -- It is a bright winter morning and I am sipping my first coffee of the day in Los Angeles. My eye moves like a radar beam over the front page of the Los Angeles Times for the word that dominates the minds of all Middle East correspondents: Iraq. In...

Amazon forest nearly halved by 2050? Researchers say computer models show it’s likely given trends LONDON - Computer models show that about 40 percent of the Amazon rainforest will be lost by 2050 unless more is done to prevent what could become one of the world’s worst environmental crises...

LA PAZ, Bolivia - An American man and his Uruguayan girlfriend were arrested Wednesday after bombs severely damaged two low-budget hotels in Bolivia's capital, killing two people and injuring at least seven. Police initially said the blasts were "typical of terrorist crime," and President Evo...

U.N. Resolution on Human Rights Council Does Not Deserve U.S. Support Last week, U.N. General Assembly President Jan Eliasson released of the text of a resolution establishing a new Human Rights Council to replace the discredited U.N. Commission on Human Rights. U.S. Ambassador to the UN John...

By WARREN HOGE Published: March 22, 2006 UNITED NATIONS, March 21 — The United Nations special envoy to Sudan said Tuesday that violence was rising in Darfur and that lack of progress in the south was jeopardizing a peace agreement that ended a separate conflict there. The official, Jan Pronk...