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CELEVELAND – An Islamic religious leader convicted of concealing ties to terrorist groups remains jailed in Michigan seven months after he reached a deal with the U.S. government to be deported. The agreement called for Fawaz Damra‘s deportation to Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Egypt or the Palestinian territories. …

SAN’A, Yemen – The four French tourists kidnapped by Yemeni tribesmen have been freed, the Yemeni official news agency reported Monday. The Frenchmen landed at a military base in San`a and were met by Yemeni Interior Minister Rashad al-Aleem. The four men, captured more than two weeks ago in Shabwa …

In high school, 66 percent earns a “D” — not quite bad enough to fail, but still dismally below average. And 66 is exactly the score the U.S. health system received in the most comprehensive grading to date of areas such as access to care, quality, cost, and efficiency. The …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Police on Wednesday said they found the bodies of 65 men who had been tortured and then shot before being dumped around Baghdad and just south of the capital, where two car bombs and two mortar attacks killed at least 32 people and injured dozens of others. …

Attention, class: ‘D’ is for ‘D’oh!’ An undoubtedly red-faced elementary school teacher in Monroe, N.Y., inadvertently gave parents a lesson in the ABC’s of XXX at an open house when she distributed a spelling curriculum handout with pornographic print, the Times Herald-Record reports. Can you spell H-U-M-I-L-I-A-T-I-N-G? The frisky font …

NEW YORK – Only one in five online video viewers has watched or downloaded a full-length movie or television show, according to a new AP-AOL Video poll. Overall, more than half of Internet users have watched or downloaded video. News clips were the most popular, seen by 72 percent of …

LONDON – A retired senior judge has been chosen to take over the inquest into the death of Princess Diana, British media reported Saturday. The Times newspaper and the British Broadcasting Corp. said Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss would replace royal coroner Michael Burgess, who pulled out of the inquest in July, …

BANGKOK, Thailand – The following is a list of previous recent coups in Thailand: — 1971: Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn returns to power and abolishes the constitution and dissolves the parliament. — October 1973: A student-led uprising ousts the “Three Tyrants” — Thanom, his son Col. Narong Kittikachorn and his …

BOULDER, Colorado – The Boulder District Attorney‘s office said it spent $23,656 investigating John Mark Karr, including nearly $6,000 for business class tickets to fly the former suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey case and an investigator back from Bangkok, Thailand. An outline of expenses released Thursday shows the 15-hour flight …

BALI, Indonesia – Judges sentenced two Islamic militants to prison Thursday for their roles in the 2005 Bali bombings that killed 20 people, saying they helped make explosives and videotapes of the suicide bombers ahead of the attacks. Mohammad Cholili and Dwi Widiarto were among four men charged in the …