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British police arrest two more over London attack

LONDON - British police arrested two more people on Thursday in a hunt for accomplices of two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries. | Video

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EU probes ally of Kosovo PM, ambassador for war crimes

PRISTINA - European Union police said on Thursday they had arrested five people, including a wartime ally of Kosovo's prime minister, and were investigating the ambassador to Albania on suspicion of war crimes during Kosovo's 1998-99 conflict.

2:11pm EDT

Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes in sea off Tonga: USGS

LONDON - A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in the sea 177 miles southwest of Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Thursday.

1:41pm EDT

Around 10 injured in Guinea opposition protest: hospital source

CONAKRY - Ten people were injured when security forces and supporters of Guinea President Alpha Conde clashed with protesters marching in the capital against planned legislative elections on Thursday, a hospital source said.

Africa, 1:04pm EDT

Kenyan police clear truckers blocking east Africa's main trade route

MOMBASA - Kenyan police cleared the only highway from the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi on Thursday, two days after striking truck drivers blocked it and threatened to choke the main trade artery in east Africa.

Africa 1:02pm EDT

Islamists kill 20 in suicide attacks in Niger

NIAMEY - Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant violence spreading across West Africa.

Africa 12:48pm EDT