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A ball for one? Lady Gaga unsure on Indonesia show

Lady Gaga is as confused as anyone about whether she'll be allowed to perform in Indonesia. Islamic hard-liners have threatened violence, saying her sexy clothes and provocative dance moves could corrupt youth. Police initially denied a permit for the "Born This Way Ball" but are now hinting the concert could ...

  • Updated: 11:13 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Royal Crown for the christening of Princess Estelle, first born daughter of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden, on it's cushion at the Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, ahead of the ceremony. (AP Photo/Anders Wiklund, Pool)

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Photos: Sweden's royal baby is christened

Princess Estelle appears unfazed by the pomp and circumstance as she gets her crown.

  • 11:01 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012
FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 25, 2006 file photo, former beauty student Schapelle Leight Corby who is currently serving 20 years in an Indonesian prison for drug smuggling, listens to an interpreter during her appeal hearing at the district court in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. A court official says Tuesday, May 22, 2012, the Australian woman has been granted a five-year remission on her 20-year drug smuggling sentence. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati, File)

Australia: No deal was made in Indonesia drug case

Australia on Wednesday denied reports it had agreed to treat young Indonesian people smugglers more leniently in return for Indonesia reducing the prison sentence of a high-profile Australian drug trafficker. But Foreign Minister Bob Carr conceded that Indonesians saw a link between the treatment of Australian Schapelle Corby and young ...

  • Updated: 10:05 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Honduran Navy officers patrol in Patuca river, near Ahuas, a remote community in La Mosquitia region, Honduras, Monday, May 21, 2012. On Friday May 11, a joint Honduran-U.S. drug raid, on a helicopter mission with advisers from the DEA, appears to have mistakenly targeted civilians in the remote jungle area, killing four riverboat passengers and injuring four others. Later, according to villagers, Honduran police narcotics forces and men speaking English spent hours searching the small town of Ahuas for a suspected drug trafficker.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Hunt for trafficker terrorizes Honduran villagers

A fearsome rattle of gunfire from the sky. The roar of helicopters descending on a tiny, Honduran town. And the sound of commandos speaking in English as they battered down doors and detained locals in the hunt for a drug trafficker. Villagers say the drug bust that left four passengers ...

  • Updated: 7:25 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012
This April 29, 2012 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows what appears to be the initial stages of construction of a rocket assembly building at Musudan-ri in northeastern North Korea. The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies says this building and a nearby launch pad under construction are upgrading facilities so the site can handle larger rockets, which could increase international concern over the secretive country's weapons programs. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe)

APNewsBreak: NKorea upgrading rocket launch site

Satellite imagery shows North Korea is upgrading its old launch site in the secretive country's northeast to handle larger rockets, like space launch vehicles and intercontinental missiles, a U.S. institute claimed Tuesday. The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies said the upgrade of the Musudan-ri site ...

  • Updated: 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012
This undated image released by PFCAuctions shows a vial containing Ronald Reagan's dried blood residue. A Channel Islands online auction house has angered Ronald Reagan's foundation by claiming to offer a vial that once contained his blood. The auctioneers say it was used by the laboratory that tested Reagan's blood when he was hospitalized after a 1981 assassination attempt in Washington. Bidding for the vial had passed the 7,000 pound ($11,000) mark Tuesday May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/PFCAuctions)

Auction claims it's selling vial with Reagan blood

A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan — a move denounced Tuesday by the late U.S. president's family and his foundation. The vial being auctioned online was used by the laboratory that tested Reagan's blood when he was treated ...

  • Updated: 8:18 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012

London police investigate corruption allegations

London's Metropolitan Police say they are investigating allegations that police officers accepted illegal payments from a private investigation agency in exchange for information. The police statement Tuesday came as a parliamentary inquiry examined allegations that payments were made in return for information in the case of James Ibori, the former ...

  • Updated: 3:54 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012
An Egyptian woman looks at clothes next to a poster of Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate, Mohammed Morsi with Arabic that reads, "Mohammed Morsi, for Egyptian presidency," in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The May 23-24 presidential election is the first since last year's ouster of longtime authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak. It marks the first time Egyptians will choose their leader in a race overseen by international monitors. (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson)

Egypt's presidential race is haunted by the past

Egypt's presidential campaign has been full of startling moments. At one point, ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister rode into a rally on a white horse like a knight, promising to restore Mubarak-era stability and ensure secular rule. A veteran of the old regime, Ahmed Shafiq was himself booted ...

  • Updated: 3:21 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Cuba Waiting for Cyber Age to Come

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Cuba Waiting for Cyber Age to Come

Cuba, si. High-speed Internet access on the island? Internet service in Cuba remains the slowest in the Western Hemisphere. (May 22)

  • 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Legion's latest admission revives hypocrisy charge

The Legion of Christ religious order, already discredited for concealing the crimes of its pedophile founder, suffered another blow to its credibility Tuesday after its superior admitted he knew in 2005 that his most prominent priest had fathered a child, yet allowed him to keep teaching and preaching about morality. ...

  • Updated: 2:29 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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