Scientist says Pakistan knew of Korea nuke deal
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's army under President Pervez Musharraf supervised a shipment of uranium centrifuges to North Korea in 2000, the disgraced architect of Pakistan's atomic weapons program said Friday....

Colombians mull Betancourt presidency
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Could Ingrid Betancourt become Colombia's next president?...

Betancourt greets France with tears, joy
PARIS (AP) -- "I cry with joy," Ingrid Betancourt said. And she did. After six years as a hostage in the Colombian jungle, the former Colombian presidential candidate and French citizen flew back to her beloved France to be embraced Friday as an icon by the country that raised her....

West condemns Mugabe, ignores other Africa despots
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- Nigeria. Rwanda. Uganda. Ethiopia. Gabon. Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe has plenty of competitors for the title of "least democratic in Africa."...

G-8 summit gives chance to gauge Medvedev's power
MOSCOW (AP) -- Dmitry Medvedev's grand debut on the world stage at the Group of Eight summit Monday promises insights into the riddle all Kremlinologists are trying to crack: Is he calling any of the shots as Russia's president - or is he merely a puppet of Vladimir Putin?...

Jerusalem attacker once had Jewish girlfriend
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Palestinian who went on a deadly rampage on a Jerusalem street this week had spent years in a romantic relationship with a Jewish Israeli woman, relatives said, a rarity in a city where such ties between Arabs and Jews are nearly nonexistent....

Prado says 'Colossus' is not the work of Goya
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- For years Spain's famed Prado museum had its suspicions about one of its most prized Goyas. Now the museum says it is certain the painting is not by the 18th-century master....

Belarus bomb explosion wounds more than 50
MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- A homemade bomb tore through a crowd that included the country's authoritarian president early Friday, wounding more than 50 people at an all-night holiday concert, health officials said....

US soldiers in Iraq mark Fourth of July
BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) -- It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day anyway....

State media: Iran responds to nuclear proposal
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran delivered its response Friday to an international offer of incentives for it to suspend uranium enrichment, a central part of its nuclear program, state television reported....