(AP) OSLO, Norway -- Anders Behring Breivik got what he wanted -- a prison term instead of an insanity ruling -- as he received his sentence Friday for bomb and gun attacks that killed 77 people last year. Breivik, a self-styled anti-Muslim militant, … S. Korea footballer in island row spared military duty
A South Korean footballer will be excused military service despite controversially displaying a sign on a territorial dispute at the Olympic Games, the head of conscription said on Friday. Merkel and Hollande unite in tough message for Greece
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande presented a united front towards Greece on Thursday, telling Athens it should not expect leeway on its bailout agreement unless it sticks to tough reform targets. The German and French leaders met in Berlin to fine-tune their message to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who begins a charm offensive in Berlin and Paris this week in the hope of persuading Europe's big powers that Greece deserves patience. … IMF to visit Serbia mid-Sept, will not discuss lending
BELGRADE (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it would visit Serbia in mid-September to assess the Balkan country’s macroeconomic outlook and fiscal situation but would not discuss a new lending programme. IMF resident representative Bogdan Lissovolik said in a statement that the mission would also discuss the Fund’s concerns about legislation adopted this month on the Serbian central bank that he said “undermined its autonomy.” (Writing by Matt Robinson. Editing by Jeremy Gaunt.)
Ill. police: Teen held 2 years escapes captors; man and his mother in custody, child recovered
WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. – A teen girl reported missing more than two years ago told police she escaped a home in southwestern Illinois where she had been held captive and repeatedly sexually assaulted.
Syrian forces strike Aleppo as West pressures Assad
Syrian forces blitzed areas in and around the city of Aleppo Friday, destroying a number of homes, activists said, as Western powers sought to tighten the screws on strongman Bashar al-Assad. Breivik deemed sane and sentenced to prison
Anders Behring Breivik was convicted Friday of terrorism and premeditated murder for bomb and gun attacks that killed 77 people and sentenced to a special prison term that would allow authorities to keep him locked up for as long as he is considered dangerous. Breivik deemed sane and sentenced to prison for bomb and gun attacks
OSLO – Anders Behring Breivik has been declared sane and sentenced to prison for bomb and gun attacks that killed 77 people last year.
Court finds Norwegian mass killer Breivik sane
OSLO (Reuters) – A Norwegian court found Anders Behring Breivik sane on Friday and gave him a maximum jail term for murdering 77 people in a shooting and bombing last year, offering closure to a Nordic nation devastated by its worst attack since World War Two. Breivik, who has admitted blowing up the Oslo government headquarters with a fertilizer bomb, killing eight, before gunning down 69 at the ruling party's summer youth camp, was sentenced to 21 years in prison, the maximum penalty in Norway. … Drone attacks kill 10 in Pakistan: officials
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Missile-firing U.S. drone aircraft killed at least 10 people on Friday in an attack in northwest Pakistan, two Pakistani intelligence officials. The attacks targeted three walled compounds in the Shawal Valley, which is in the South Waziristan region on the border with Afghanistan, the officials said. The area has long been known as a sanctuary for militants. The drone attacks are highly controversial in Pakistan, where there is anger over civilian casualties and what is perceived as a violation of Pakistani sovereignty. But U.S. …
Pakistan: US missiles hit hideouts, kill 12
Pakistani intelligence officials say American drone-fired missiles have slammed into militant hideouts close to the Afghan border in North Waziristan, killing 12 suspected militants.
Greenpeace activists storm oil rig in Russia's Pechora Sea in protest of Arctic drilling
MOSCOW – Greenpeace activists have stormed a floating oil rig in Russia’s Pechora Sea to protest oil drilling in the Arctic, the environmental organization said on Friday.
Iran envoy expects 'progress' in IAEA talks
Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog said that he expected "progress" in talks Friday with the agency aimed at clarifying suspicions of covert nuclear weapons research work. 
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