Britain discloses secret data on terror prisoner
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's government on Wednesday disclosed once-secret information on the treatment of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who says he was tortured in U.S. custody, losing a long court battle to keep the material classified....

Ukraine vote count shows win for Yanukovych
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Opposition candidate Viktor Yanukovych has narrowly defeated Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine's bitterly fought presidential race, a preliminary vote count showed Wednesday....

Reuters: US military releases Iraqi photographer
BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi freelance photographer who worked for Reuters has been released by the U.S. military after 17 months in detention in Iraq, the news agency reported Wednesday....

Official: Suicide attack kills 10 in NW Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A local government official says a suicide car bomber has attacked a tribal police patrol in northwestern Pakistan, killing 10 policemen....

US wants UN debate on Iran's human rights
GENEVA (AP) -- The United States hopes a U.N. debate next week on Iran will shine a light on Tehran's mistreatment of prisoners, its repression of protesters and its imprisonment of journalists and intellectuals, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday....

Doctor says vendor may have been in rubble 27 days
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The tale seems dubious: that a rice vendor survived 27 days trapped under the rubble of a flea market following Haiti's devastating earthquake....

Officials: Afghan avalanches kill 157 people
KABUL (AP) -- The death toll from massive avalanches that blocked a mountain pass north of Kabul soared to 157, as hundreds more remained trapped in their snowbound vehicles, Afghan officials said Wednesday....

UN envoy in North Korea to spur nuke talks
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A senior U.N. envoy held talks with North Korean officials Wednesday and the North's top nuclear negotiator met his Chinese counterpart amid an international push for the regime to rejoin disarmament negotiations....

Greek unions launch 1st assault on austerity plan
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A civil servants' strike grounded flights and shut down public services across Greece on Wednesday, as labor unions mounted their first major challenge to austerity measures in the debt-plagued country....

Iran rewards Basij militia with political clout
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- During an Iranian government meeting late last month, a top adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brought a proposal to expand the political voice of a group more known for its street muscle: the civilian militia corps called the Basij....