PARIS (AP) _ Arriving to a hero's welcome in France, Ingrid Betancourt said Friday that she cried a lot during her six years as a prisoner in the Colombian jungle. Today, she said, "I cry with joy. » Full Story

BAGHDAD (AP) _ Gunmen on a motorcycle assassinated an official of Iraq's biggest Shiite party Friday in the southern city of Basra, police said. » Full Story

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 pr » Full Story

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. » Full Story

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 s » Full Story

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) _ The children of Ingrid Betancourt embraced their mother for the first time in six years on Thursday in a tear-drenched airport welcome, a day after the former presidential cand » Full Story

JERUSALEM (AP) _ A day after a Palestinian construction worker's deadly rampage in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday called for reviving the practice of demolishing the homes of attack » Full Story

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) _ Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. » Full Story

BAGHDAD (AP) _ Iraq's prime minister plans trips to Europe and the Persian Gulf this month, apparently hoping improved security at home will pay dividends in greater international support — including » Full Story

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ State media say a motorized ferry sank in a river in Myanmar's cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta, leaving 38 people dead. » Full Story