Pirates release German ship's 4 crew members BERLIN (AP) -- A German shipping company says four crew members from one of its vessels have been released a month after being kidnapped by pirates off Equatorial Guinea's coast....'Yugonostalgia' as Croatia prepares to join EU KUMROVEC, Croatia (AP) -- Forget the European Union, many in this Croatian village are saying. The group of nations being celebrated this weekend is one that died more than 20 years ago when Yugoslavia - now fervently remembered as a haven of peace, prosperity and equality - fell apart in a cascade of ethnic wars....Priest who defied Mafia is beatified in Sicily ROME (AP) -- An Italian priest who stirred consciences with his anti-Mafia preaching and was gunned down by mobsters has been honored by the Vatican as a martyr....'Friend' of suspect in UK slaying arrested LONDON (AP) -- Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of a British soldier. The friend, Abu Nusaybah, was arrested immediately after he gave a television interview telling his story about how Adebolajo came to be radicalized....Female suicide bomber injures 12 in Russian region MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- A female suicide bomber identified as a widow of two killed Islamists blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday injuring at least 12, including two children and five police officers, police said....Dozens march in Ukraine's first-ever gay rally KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country's first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event.... MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- Russian police: Female suicide bomber injures at least 11 in Caucasus region of Dagestan....
