AP - A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm.

AP - Pope Benedict XVI's former German diocese said Friday it made a mistake when the pontiff was archbishop in allowing a priest suspected to have abused a child to return to pastoral work. However, it said Benedict wasn't involved in the decision.

AP - The Iraqi prime minister's bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government, signaling growing confidence after preliminary election results showed it winning in at least three provinces in the southern Shiite heartland.

AP - Eleven rare Siberian tigers have died at a wildlife park in a startling case that activists say hints at unsavory practices among some zoos and animal farms in China: They are overbreeding endangered animals in the hopes of making illicit profit on their carcasses.

AP - At least two mass graves containing dozens of people killed by the Nazis have been found on property used by the Austrian army, government officials said Friday. An army statement suggested some of the remains may be that of U.S. pilots shot down and imprisoned during World War II.

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BAGHDAD -- Preliminary election results indicate that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's slate won two southern provinces in Sunday's parliamentary elections, Iraqi officials said Thursday, as they contended with continued allegations of fraud and complaints about disqualified candidates.

KABUL -- U.S. and Afghan officials are beginning a major overhaul of the Afghan police with the goal of cleaning up a force whose recent history of corruption has undermined confidence in the Kabul government and fueled the insurgency.

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President Obama has delayed his upcoming trip to Asia by three days to remain in Washington for what could be the climax of his year-long battle for health-care reform, his press secretary announced via Twitter this morning.

BAGHDAD -- Preliminary results from Iraq's March 7 parliamentary elections continued to trickle in Friday amid continued allegations of fraud and misconduct, but it remained unclear who had won a plurality of votes across the country.

Car manufacturer Vauxhall, which has been under the threat of closure for a year, was last night offered a lifeline by the Government.

Burglars are increasingly using break-ins to steal their victims' cars as well as household possessions, official figures have disclosed.

Thousands of second home owners would benefit from a reverse of tax policies under a pledge from the Conservatives.

Nicolas Sarkozy angry at journalists asking about his marriage.

The British National Party was barred from taking new members on Friday after a judge ruled its constitution could discriminate against non-white people.

Baroness Uddin, the Labour peer, has been cleared of any wrongdoing over her expenses claims.

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