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ALGIERS, Algeria – Al Qaeda’s North Africa branch claimed Wednesday it is holding hostage a senior U.N. peace envoy, his aide and four tourists kidnapped in the Sahara Desert in recent weeks. United Nations special envoy for Niger, Robert Fowler, and his aide Louis Guay, both Canadian diplomats, were kidnapped …

SYDNEY – A skydiving, mountain-climbing interpreter from Taiwan has scored herself a shot at what’s been dubbed the “Best Job in the World” — getting paid to serve as the caretaker of a tropical Australian paradise island. Officials with the tourism department of Australia’s Queensland state on Wednesday announced that …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA is now targeting next Wednesday for the launch of space shuttle Discovery. The mission has been delayed repeatedly over the past month for tests on critical engine valves. Shuttle managers decided Wednesday to move up liftoff by one day. They say they are confident that …