KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukraine court sentenced an ally of jailed ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday to two years in prison, the latest conviction in what the opposition says is a campaign of political repression. Yuri Lutsenko, interior minister under Tymoshenko, President Viktor Yanukovich's main rival, is already serving four years for a separate charge and Friday's sentence should not add to that jail time. But the ruling means he will stay in prison even if the European Court of Human Rights overturns his previous conviction. … Norway police chief resigns after harsh criticism against response to bomb and gun massacre
OSLO – Norway’s chief of police has stepped down following scathing criticism of the police’s bungled response to a bomb and gun massacre that left 77 dead last year.
Iran: Israel's existence 'insult to all humanity'
Iran’s president says Israel’s existence is an “insult to all humanity.”
Barton set for Marseille switch
Queen's Park Rangers midfielder Joey Barton could be set for a season-long loan move to Marseille in exchange for the French Ligue 1 side's Cameroonian midfielder Stephane Mbia, Sky Sports television said on Friday. 10-year-old boy dead, brother missing after current sweeps them into river in Yosemite park
FRESNO, Calif. – Authorities were searching a stretch of the Merced River for a 6-year-old boy after his older brother died when a current swept them away during a family outing in Yosemite National Park.
World stocks up on US housing data, Cisco earnings
Encouraging signs about the U.S. housing market and strong earnings from U.S. tech giant Cisco helped lift global stock markets Friday.
With Assange inside, police guard Ecuador embassy
Julian Assange remained holed up in Ecuador's London embassy on Friday with police guarding its exits, as Britain's government warned that the diplomatic row over the WikiLeaks founder could go on for years. Parents charged in Malaysia toddler's 'exorcism' death
A Malaysian court on Friday charged seven family members, including the parents, over the death of a three-year-old girl who suffocated in a suspected exorcism ritual, media reports said. Police investigate Moors murderer 'letter'
Police were on Friday scouring documents seized from the house of serial killer Ian Brady's mental health advocate after she said he may have revealed the location of 12-year-old Keith Bennett's body. Air France: Out of gas? Ask passengers to pitch in
An emergency layover in Syria’s capital was bad enough. Then passengers on Air France Flight 562 were asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough cash to pay for more fuel.
UK monitoring oil market, but no stock release decision
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is prepared to ask the International Energy Agency (IEA) to take action to deal with high oil prices, but the UK energy ministry and its international partners have not made any decisions to release stocks, a ministry spokesman said on Friday. “We and our international partners continue to monitor the oil market and stand ready to call upon the International Energy Agency to take appropriate action as required. No decisions have been taken to release stocks at this stage,” he said. …
Verdict coming for Russia's punk provocateur band - Washington Post
MOSCOW -- Security is tight around a Moscow courthouse where three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot are to hear the verdict Friday in a trial that could send them to prison for seven years. The case has attracted international attention as … Police Kill 30 at South African Mine - Voice of America
South Africa's police ministry says at least 30 people were killed Thursday, when officers opened fire on striking workers at a platinum mine. A ministry official said Friday that police opened fire with automatic weapons at the Lonmin PLC mine, … 'Tumour' of Israel will soon be destroyed: Ahmadinejad
Israel is a "cancerous tumour" that will soon be finished off, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday told demonstrators holding an annual protest against the existence of the Jewish state. Shares in African miner Lonmin dive after violence
Shares in South African miner Lonmin are falling, down as much as 8 percent after another day of violence at the company’s platinum mining complex where police opened fire on striking miners, killing more than 30.
India auditor says billions lost in coal scandal
India’s national auditor said Friday the government lost huge sums of money by selling coal fields to private companies without competitive bidding, adding to massive losses from dubious auctions of other state assets.
Santa Fe Opera to present US premiere of opera about a founding father of modern China
SANTA FE, N.M. – The Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2014 season will feature the American premiere of a work by Chinese-born composer Huang Ruo.
Two US troops killed by Afghan policeman
Two American soldiers were killed by a member of the Afghan local police Friday in a new "green-on-blue" attack, NATO said. Shoaib Akhtar wants Pakistan job
Controversial former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar threw his hat into the ring on Friday to become Pakistan's next bowling coach. Wave of attacks that killed 60 overshadow Eid in Iraq
A spate of attacks that killed 60 people in Iraq overshadowed preparations to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan on Friday, amid warnings insurgents would look to carry out further deadly strikes. 
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