CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Foreigners displaced by xenophobic violence would be better housed in small, localized shelters rather than large refugee camps, government officials said Thursday. Camps sheltering thousands of refugees could raise security and health issues, government spokesman Themba Maseko said after a Cabinet meeting where ministers discussed …

SEOUL, South Korea – Entertainment mogul Sumner Redstone said Tuesday he has no objection to Tom Cruise starring in the next segment of the popular “Mission Impossible” movie series, despite cutting his relationship with the actor in 2006. Redstone — executive chairman and controlling shareholder of Viacom Inc. and CBS …

Dramatic photos show a Marine’s narrow escape from death Sunday while facing insurgent gunfire in Afghanistan. The Marine, part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), was exchanging gunfire with Taliban fighters near Garmser in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province when a Reuters photographer captured the soldier’s very close call. Click here …

An influential Muslim cleric, instrumental in reaching out to law enforcement after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, arrived at a federal immigration courthouse in Newark, N.J., Thursday to fight deportation. Imam Mohammad Qatanani, accompanied by his wife and six children, had little to say as he walked past several hundred …

JERUSALEM – A corruption investigation against Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is threatening to force his resignation. Here are some of the previous scandals and investigations that have rocked Israel’s politics: — KATSAV: Israeli President Moshe Katsav forced to resign in June 2007 under cloud of rape, sexual harassment and …

DALLAS – Fifteen tattered $20 bills recovered from the 1971 D.B. Cooper skyjacking sold Friday for more than 120 times their face value at a Dallas auction. Heritage Auction Galleries said the bills sold for a total of more than $37,000 — two to three times higher than expected. Winning …

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Wednesday his government intends to make a fresh start after his entire Cabinet offered to resign following weeks of anti-government rallies over plans to resume imports of U.S. beef. His remarks came hours after about 80,000 people demonstrated into early …

Boy Scouts who survived the deadly tornado that killed four and injured 48 described the experience as living through hell, as government officials Thursday hailed the boys as heroes. “I’ve been to hell and back,” a dirtied Alex Robertson told FOX affiliate KPTM-TV as he described fleeing the tornado that …

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – U.S. military officers responsible for defending Guantanamo detainees said they will investigate why five men accused in the Sept. 11 attacks were allowed to talk among themselves at their arraignment and allegedly pressure one defendants to reject his lawyers. All five said they would …

LEBANON, Ohio – A man has been indicted on murder charges accusing him of stabbing to death his wife and setting the fire that killed his four children at their southwest Ohio home. Michel Veillette was charged with five counts of aggravated murder and other charges in the indictment issued …