OSLO, Norway (AP) - 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, … PR consultant: More Harry photos may emerge soon
A prominent British public relations guru says he’s been approached by two women who want to sell their photos of Prince Harry.
Q&A about Norway massacre case
A chapter of a terror case that has haunted Norway for 13 months ended Friday as confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was declared sane and sent to prison for bomb and gun attacks that killed 77 people and injured 200 others last year. Ethiopia's new leader Hailemariam emerges
Political preparations in Ethiopia for the handover of power to expected new leader Hailemariam Desalegn gathered pace Friday, following the death of the longtime ruler Meles Zenawi this week. Spain regions, doctors defy immigrant healthcare ban
MADRID (Reuters) – Some Spanish doctors and regions say they will defy a ban on free healthcare for an estimated 150,000 undocumented immigrants, imposed by the central government as part of spending cuts to avoid an international bailout. Five of Spain’s 17 autonomous regions – including Catalonia and Andalucia which provide more than a third of national economic output and are not governed by the central government’s ruling People’s Party (PP) – said they would continue to treat immigrants who have no papers. …
Bridge collapses in China, killing three
Three people were killed and five injured when an eight-lane bridge in northeast China collapsed early on Friday, only nine months after it opened, state media said. Hippo dies in SAfrica rescue op
A hippo that had wandered into a swimming pool at a game reserve in South Africa has died as a game capture team tried to extract it. Spain's national TV resumes bullfight broadcasts
Spain’s state TV says it will again air live bullfights after a six-year halt, giving a boost to a centuries-old tradition hit by falling popularity and the economic crisis.
French leader to meet Italy's Monti in Rome
French President Francois Hollande will travel to Rome next month to meet Italy’s Mario Monti as part of concerted efforts to bolster confidence in the euro currency.
Hong Kong apartment fetches record $61 million
A luxury apartment in Hong Kong has sold for a record HK$470 million ($61 million), making it the priciest condominium in the Chinese city and possibly the second most expensive in the world, reports said Friday. UK government: Economy shrank 0.5 percent in Q2
Britain’s economy shrank by 0.5 percent between April and June -- a slightly less severe contraction than previously feared but the revised figures still show the country is stuck in recession.
British economy shrinks by 0.5% in second quarter
Britain's economic output fell by 0.5 percent in the second quarter, which was better than previously thought but still left the country mired in recession, official data showed on Friday. Pakistan: US missiles hit hideouts, kill 18
American missiles slammed into militant hideouts close to the Afghan border Friday, killing 18 suspected militants, Pakistani officials said, just a day after the government summoned an American diplomat to protest the drone strikes in the tribal areas.
Military hits town near Damascus; 100 killed nationwide
ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) – Troops and tanks swept into a town near Damascus on Thursday in an assault aimed at crushing opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's increasingly bloody civil war. Artillery and helicopters hammered the Sunni Muslim town of Daraya, killing 25 people and wounding 200 over the last 48 hours, opposition sources said. Soldiers moved in and raided houses. "Artillery is firing from Qasioun Mountain in regular bursts of heavy barrages. I wonder what is left of the town," said one woman watching the shelling from Damascus. … Amateur jihad tests Syrian rebel resources
ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) – Talal Mohammad is a long way from Tennessee, and he’s out of his depth. In an olive grove a few miles from the frontlines of Aleppo, he’s at a loss to explain to a battle-hardened bunch of Syrian rebels what exactly this prosperous, U.S.-trained Saudi dentist is doing there – and what he can offer to their cause. “Why have you come?” asked one of his new comrades, sharply, as they shared a traditional evening meal, the iftar to break the Ramadan fast, in the twilight of a makeshift training camp. …
China sends refugees back to Kachin war zone: rebels
China has pushed thousands of refugees from Myanmar's Kachin minority back across the border into a province wracked by fighting between government troops and ethnic guerillas, the rebels said Friday. 
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