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KEREM SHALOM, Israel – Hamas suicide bombers detonated two booby-trapped jeeps at an Israeli border crossing Saturday in what a top army commander said was Hamas’ most ambitious attempt to target Israelis since Israel’s pullout from Gaza in 2005. Thirteen soldiers were wounded and four Hamas assailants killed in the …

MANILA, Philippines – The 346 passengers were cruising at 29,000 feet Friday when an explosive bang shook the Qantas jumbo jet. The plane descended rapidly. Oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling as debris flew through the cabin from a hole that had suddenly appeared in the floor. It wasn’t until …

CROWN POINT, Ind. – A 14-year-old runaway from Chicago stole a charter bus and drove it on a northern Indiana highway until a small fire broke out under the vehicle, state troopers said. A caller reported to police Monday that a charter bus was being driven erratically, weaving between lanes …

LONDON – A man named by police as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann won $1.2 million in libel damages Thursday from nearly a dozen British newspapers, his lawyer said. Robert Murat’s lawyer, Louis Charalambous, said the papers had agreed to pay Murat and to issue …

Surgeons in Munich, Germany performed the world’s first complete double arm transplant Friday, London’s Daily Mail reported Tuesday. The patient, whose name has not been released, is a 54-year-old man who lost both of his arms in a farming accident six years ago. Doctors said the patient is recovering well. …

TOKYO – About 5,400 residents were evacuated in Osaka in western Japan and flights at nearby airports were rerouted Sunday as army experts disposed of a large unexploded bomb believed to have been dropped by the U.S. military during World War II, authorities said. An explosives disposal unit from Japan’s …

Robert Novak, a syndicated columnist and FOX News contributor, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and was admitted Sunday to a Boston hospital. “On Sunday, July 27, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. I have been admitted to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where doctors will soon …

HOUSTON – A tracking dog apparently stepped on a loaded shotgun in the bed of his owner’s pickup truck, firing a fatal blast into the man’s thigh during a goose hunt, officials said. Perry Alvin Price III died Saturday at a hospital from severe blood loss from his femoral artery …

Italian Premier Romano Prodi resigned Thursday night after his government lost a risky Senate confidence vote. The center-left government fell four votes short of the 160 needed for victory. The vote was 161-156. Elected in April 2006, Prodi has had a shaky government from nearly the start. But it lurched …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s upper house of parliament lauded the death sentence handed down against a local journalist who was found guilty of insulting Islam, an official said Wednesday. In a statement signed by Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, the chamber’s chairman, the Senate also condemned what it called “international interference” to have …