PARIS – In a massive international sweep, police across Europe on Monday detained 75 people suspected of funneling illegal immigrants — mainly Iraqi Kurds — into northern Europe, French officials said. The sweep — dubbed “Operation Baghdad” — was the result of a broad investigation into a complex people-smuggling ring …

LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences left Brad Renfro out of its Oscar “in memoriam” montage Sunday night, which featured actors who died over the past year. The tape featured 98 movie types who died in the last year (from Feb. 1, 2007 to Jan. …

BAGHDAD – At least three Iraqis were killed and one child was injured after American soldiers stormed a tiny one-room house north of Baghdad and opened fire, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Tuesday. Iraqi police, relatives and neighbors said a couple and their 19-year-old son were shot to death in …

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LAFAYETTE, Tenn. – County Mayor Shelvy Linville could only shake his head at the horrific toll left by a deadly series of tornadoes that pounded across the South. “It really is unbelievable that Mother Nature can create that much devastation,” he said Wednesday evening at his Macon County home. “We …

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans agreed Tuesday to advance a bill that would cut off money for Iraq, saying the additional debating time would allow them to tout progress there. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said the debate will “give us a chance to talk about the extraordinary progress that’s been …

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s parliament on Saturday approved the first of two constitutional amendments that would lift a decades-old ban on Islamic head scarves in universities despite the fierce opposition of the secular establishment. Parliament voted 403-107 in favor of the amendment that would insert a paragraph into the Constitution …

AHMADABAD, India – Sixteen people, including two children, were crushed to death under a train in western India, a local railway official said Thursday. The accident took place late Wednesday night near the city of Surat in Gujarat state, railway police officer H.M. Patel told The Associated Press. The bodies …

BERKELEY, Calif. – The tab for just overtime pay for Berkeley cops to keep the peace at Tuesday’s Marine protest outside City Hall was reported to be $93,000. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, about 140 Berkeley police worked at the protest, which drew more than 2,000 demonstrators. Anti-war groups …

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