A United States court martial sentenced a marine to four years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old.

Cardinal Gantin, the son of a railway worker, worked closely with Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI.

Thousands of civilians fled when former opponents in Sudan’s civil war between north and south clashed in the oil-rich central town of Abyei, officials said.

The Dalai Lama criticized China’s suppression of unrest in Tibet and insisted that the region wanted to live in peace with China under genuine autonomy.

CNN apologized to China after the government strongly complained about remarks made on April 9 by the CNN commentator Jack Cafferty.

An election tribunal in Lahore accepted the nomination papers of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, paving the way for him to run in legislative elections on June 18.

An excavation near Arles has found what is thought to be the only surviving bust made of Julius Caesar during his lifetime, the newspaper Le Monde reported.

A Moscow court sentenced eight members of a nationalist group who took part in the bombing of a Moscow produce market intending to kill immigrant workers to prison terms of from two years to life.

Tendai Biti, the secretary general of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, protested the government’s decision to delay the presidential runoff up to 90 days. By law, the election — pitting Morgan Tsvangirai, of the opposition, against President Robert Mugabe — was supposed to take place by May 23, or 21 days after results were announced for the first round of voting. The delay, he said, allows the government to continue a campaign of violence that the opposition says has claimed at least 32 lives, including, on Tuesday, two founding members of the party’s youth assembly.

Chaitén, the town in the Patagonia region abandoned by residents after a volcano erupted, has been almost entirely flooded by a rain- and mud-swollen river.

Marina Silva, the environmental minister who resigned this week, acknowledged that governors in Amazon states were pressing the president to rescind measures intended to check deforestation.

New York’s Dominican’s, eligible to participate in elections back home, are being courted for their votes.

As the country’s ruling party stepped up its campaign of intimidation ahead of a presidential runoff, it has focused on a growing roster of groups that elude its direct control.

Venezuela had claimed that the files, which referred to efforts by Venezuelan intelligence agents to secure arms for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, were fabrications.

China’s main centers for making and storing nuclear arms lie in the earthquake zone, leading Western experts to look for signs of any damage that might allow radioactivity to escape.

A construction vehicle struck an oil pipeline on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city, setting off an oil-fed inferno that spread to surrounding homes and a school.

Pakistani officials are making it clear that they have no interest in stopping cross-border attacks by militants into Afghanistan, prompting a new level of frustration from Americans.

The deal was a victory for the Hezbollah-led opposition, which won concessions from the governing coalition on how to end the 18-month political stalemate here.

While there have been no riots yet in Afghanistan over spiraling food prices, the economic pain and hunger are hitting the poor and unemployed, aid agency officials are warning.

The widely publicized raids were a strong signal from Italy’s new right-wing government, led by Silvio Berlusconi, that it will pursue tougher policies toward immigrants.