Three people have been killed after a man armed with a knife hijacked a bus in western Norway.
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CAIRO - Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi has appeared in court on the first day of his trial for incitement to murder, rejecting its legitimacy and demanding "coup" leaders be prosecuted.
JAKARTA - Indonesia has threatened to withdraw cooperation with Australia on various policy fronts, including in the area of people smuggling, amid a growing backlash over revelations of spying out of the Australian embassy in Jakarta.
LONDON - Former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks was involved in a "risky" conspiracy to try to hide evidence from police investigating phone hacking in the UK, a jury has heard.
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MAIDUGURI - Dozens of Boko Haram gunmen riding on motorcycles and in pickup trucks have stormed a town in Nigeria's restive northeast, killing 27 people and razing some 300 homes.
LONDON - British police are still searching for a terrorism suspect who escaped surveillance by changing into a burka while visiting a mosque.
BERLIN - The discovery in a rundown Munich apartment of 1500 lost works of art looted by the Nazis might form only part of a vast hoard of missing modernist masterpieces.
BRUSSELS - The European Commission has unveiled measures aimed at reducing the use of lightweight plastic bags, arguing that they clutter up seas and can persist in the environment for hundreds of years.
