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ABUJA, Nigeria – Sudan seems poised to disarm a vicious militia faster and accept more rebels into its security force in U.S.-initiated concessions that meet fighter demands for bringing peace to Darfur, a government spokesman said Wednesday. Abdulrahman Zuma said the concessions, including speedier disarmament of the Janjaweed militia the …

BERLIN – A brown bear that has raised the ire of Bavarian farmers by raiding sheep flocks and chicken coops has been identified — his name is JJ1 and he comes from a project to reintroduce bears to the wild in northern Italy. But Bavaria isn’t backing off a much-criticized …

ROCKVILLE, Md. – Sniper John Allen Muhammad was convicted of six more of the killings Tuesday after a trial in which he acted as his own attorney and the prosecution’s star witness was his young protege and partner in crime. Muhammad, 45, is already under a death sentence in Virginia …