ABUJA, Nigeria – Eight foreign oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria, including an American, were released Sunday, a local government spokesman said, adding that he was with them in the presence of the governor of a southeast Nigerian state. “All the hostages have been released. They are with the governor now,” …

NEW YORK – The battle over a virtual red-light district is entering another round. Although the Internet’s key oversight agency rejected a proposal to create a “.xxx” domain for porn sites, the domain’s chief sponsor, ICM Registry Inc., is appealing the decision and began taking reservations from adult sites this …

ATHENS, Greece – A rare silver coin celebrating the most famous murder of antiquity was handed over on Tuesday to Culture Ministry officials in Athens, after a groundbreaking deal that allowed its repatriation from Britain. The tiny coin, a denarius issued in 42 B.C. by Brutus, the chief assassin of …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Two suicide car bombers killed only themselves in an attack on U.S. forces Wednesday, while a U.S.-led coalition soldier died in a land mine explosion and 12 Taliban militants were killed in a raid on their compound, officials said. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged a rise …

WASHINGTON – The No. 2 American general in Iraq will soon review a preliminary criminal report into the alleged massacre by Marines of Iraqi citizens in Haditha, a congressman just back from Iraq said Monday. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., one of four House members who traveled to Iraq over the …

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee urged the Bush administration on Sunday to seek criminal charges against newspapers that reported on a secret financial-monitoring program used to trace terrorists. Rep. Peter King cited The New York Times in particular for publishing a story last week that …

NEW YORK – Whenever he sees Barbara Walters, George Clooney mentions how he’s still paying for telling her in an interview that he was never going to marry again. Future Clooney dates will have an opportunity to revisit that talk, and hundreds of other interviews Walters has conducted for ABC …

CHICAGO – Groups opposed to circumcision are watching the case of an 8-year-old suburban Chicago boy whose divorced parents are fighting in court over whether he should have the procedure. The child’s mother wants him circumcised to prevent recurring, painful inflammation she says he’s experienced during the past year. But …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A “stench of despair” hangs over the Guantanamo Bay prison where three detainees committed suicide this weekend, a defense lawyer who recently visited the U.S. jail in Cuba said as calls increased Sunday to close the facility. The U.S. Defense Department identified the three on …

Taking antidepressants seems to dramatically increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes among people who are already at risk for the disease. That is the finding from a major government-funded study designed to determine the role of lifestyle and drug therapy in preventing diabetes. Researchers from the Diabetes Prevention …