Bouteflika looks to third term
Algeria (AP): Algerians are looking largely with frustration or indifference towards a presidential election today, which is set to hand Abdelaziz Bouteflika another five years at the helm of this US ally with vast gas reserves, soaring youth...

Quake-stricken residents still faithful despite tragedy
Italy (AP): In the shadows of an earthquake-ravaged church, Marisa Giacomo fingered a rosary yesterday as she sat among a pile of plastic bags stuffed with a few hastily salvaged possessions. "I lost everything, but I still have God," she said stoically ...