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- Queen's WWIII speech prepares for 'horrors of war'
Queen's WWIII speech, scripted but never given, was prepared when tension between the USSR and the US rose to the point that nuclear war seemed likely.
- Zimbabweans eager to know: Will Mugabe's reign continue?
Law enforcement in Zimbabwe discouraged groups from leaking early results in its presidential election, so the world waits to learn the outcome. Should he lose the race, President Robert Mugabe has promised to concede defeat. Mugabe, now 89, has led the country for 33 years.
- Pope Francis challenges his church: Get moving
Pope Francis delivered a clear message in word and deed during his first international trip: Catholics must work with the marginalized, get out in the street, and modernize their language.
- Switzerland train crash: Driver is the only fatality
Switzerland train crash: Two trains collided Tuesday in Switzerland. Of the 46 passengers on board the trains, 26 were taken to hospitals, none had life-threatening injuries.
- Taliban attack frees over 250 prisoners from Pakistani jail
Prison guards say the attackers, numbering more than 100, used explosives to gain entrance to the jail in northwest Pakistan.
- Streetcar shooting in Toronto sparks outrage about possible excessive force
Streetcar shooting: A video shows 18-year-old Sammy Yatim holding a knife inside an empty streetcar early Saturday, with police outside. Yatim goads police while officers yell, 'Drop your knife!' Shortly after, three shots are fired.
- King Richard III of England: Dig unearths mysterious coffin-within-a-coffin
King Richard III of England was unearthed in a parking lot about a year ago. The Richard III site has now produced a new mystery: a lead coffin within a stone coffin. 'We still don't know who is inside,' says a researcher.
- Switzerland train crash: Trains collide in Switzerland, injuring 35
Switzerland train crash: Trains collided head-on near Granges-pres-Marnard in western Switzerland on Monday evening, just two days after a train derailment in Spain killed 79.
- Hitler's bell: Will it continue to ring in Austria?
Hitler's bell, embossed with a swastika, has rung over an Austrian town for 74 years. But now some are asking if the new owner of Hitler's bell will keep it ringing.
- Why Pope says he won't judge gay priests
Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said homosexual men should not be priests. Pope Francis says gay clergymen should be forgiven.
- Benghazi courthouses rocked by large explosions Sunday
Benghazi security officials said police are investigating if the explosions were the result of bombs. They spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak to media.
- Pink Panther jewel thief escapes from Swiss prison
Pink Panther: Milan Poparic, a Bosian member of the Pink Panther gang, escaped from a Swiss prison. He is the third member of the Pink Panther jewel thief ring to escape in recent months.
- Francisco Garzon, Spain train driver, faces 79 counts of homicide
Francisco Garzon: The driver of the Spanish train that crashed last week faces 79 counts of homicide. Spain's royal family and leading politicians were to attend a Mass on Monday in honor of the 79 people killed in the country's worst train accident in decades.
- After Italian bus crash kills 37, cause remains unknown
The bus plunged off a highway in southern Italy Sunday night. The driver was among the dead.
- Spanish train derailment: Driver released from hospital
The driver of the high-speed train whose derailment killed dozens has been released from the hospital; now, he's being held by Spanish police on potential manslaughter charges.
- Massive jailbreak in Libya amid street protests
More than 1,000 prisoners escaped from jail near Benghazi Saturday during street protests. In Tripoli, protesters appeared to be inspired by events in neighboring Egypt.
- Egypt's military and Muslim Brotherhood in violent showdown
Egypt's health ministry says at least 65 are dead in violent clashes Saturday between security forces and supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. The violence indicates a willingness by police to use firepower against any expansion of Islamist-led protests.
- Pope urges Catholic Church to engage as he wraps up South American visit
Pope Francis told bishops to leave their churches and go out into society in an address on Saturday in Brazil.
- Violent clashes between Egyptian security and Morsi supporters
At least 38 protesters have died and 180 have been wounded as Egyptian security forces clashed with supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
- Pope's vigorous pace in Brazil leaves his staff 'destroyed'
Pope Francis's visit to Brazil reveals the pope's tremendous vigor and energy. In his first international trip as pope, he is running his staff ragged, even adding last-minute events to his packed schedule.