Britain discloses secret data on terror prisoner
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's government on Wednesday disclosed a once-secret description of "cruel, inhuman and degrading" U.S. treatment of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, losing a long court battle to keep the material classified....

Afghans airlift bodies as avalanche deaths hit 166
KABUL (AP) -- Helicopters ferried rescuers to and bodies away from the site of a massive avalanches that blocked an important mountain pass north of Kabul as the death toll soared Wednesday to 166, officials said. Hundreds more remained trapped in snowbound cars....

Chopper crashes during Sao Paulo rush hour, 1 dead
SAO PAULO (AP) -- A TV news helicopter pilot steered his crippled, out-of-control aircraft away from a busy highway before crashing in a grassy field during rush hour Wednesday, losing his own life but avoiding greater casualties. A cameraman onboard was seriously injured....

Greek unions strike against austerity plan
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A strike by civil servants grounded all 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....

Byzantine-era street uncovered in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Archaeologists said Wednesday that they have unearthed a section of a stone street in Jerusalem that provides important new evidence about the city's commercial life 1,500 years ago....

Pakistani officials confirm Taliban chief is dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud has died, the country's top civilian security official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. It was the government's first categorical confirmation of the death of the feared militant, whose passing is likely to weaken, but not vanquish, the al-Qaida-linked insurgent network he led....

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....

Uzbek filmmaker convicted of slander
MOSCOW (AP) -- An Uzbek film director was convicted of slander on Wednesday for making a documentary on wedding rituals in the authoritarian ex-Soviet state, but released on amnesty, the artist and her lawyer said....

London to open 1st exercise area for older people
LONDON (AP) -- It may not be Swinging London - but the British capital's aging baby boomers may soon be flexing muscles that haven't gotten much use since the 1960s....

Kenya relocates thousands of animals to game park
SOYSAMBU, Kenya (AP) -- A senior Kenyan wildlife official says about 7,000 zebras and wildebeests are being moved to one of the country's premier game parks to restore the balance of predators and prey disrupted by last year's drought....