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  • ** FILE ** In this April 5, 2011, file photo Israeli President Shimon Peres speaks to members of the media outside White House in Washington following his meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

    Jordan lawmaker expelled for shaking Shimon Peres' hand

    A Jordan parliament member was kicked out of his Islamic party after newspaper articles surfaced showing he shook Israel President Shimon Peres' hand during a recent visit for the country's Independence Day celebrations.


  • World Briefs: Headless bodies found near U.S. border

    Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in what appears to be the latest blow in an escalating war of intimidation among drug gangs.


  • Tunisians stand in line in Menzeh, Tunisia, near the capital of Tunis, to cast their ballots in the nation's first free election on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Amine Landoulsi)

    Tunisians vote in first free election

    Tunisians began voting Sunday in their first truly free election, the culmination of a popular uprising that ended decades of authoritarian rule and set off similar rebellions across the Middle East.


  • Tunisians stand in line in Menzeh, Tunisia, near the capital of Tunis, to cast their ballots in the nation's first free election on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Amine Landoulsi)

    Tunisians vote in first free election

    Tunisians began voting Sunday in their first truly free election, the culmination of a popular uprising that ended decades of authoritarian rule and set off similar rebellions across the Middle East.


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