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The widow of an al Qaeda in Iraq leader has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, after being convicted of involvement in terrorism.

A young emperor penguin discovered with its belly full of sand in New Zealand might recover to return to his Antarctic home thousands of kilometers away.

Two prisoners have confessed to digging a tunnel that led to the escape of 63 inmates last week, Yemen’s state-run SABA news agency reported Sunday.

A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-laden belt targeted a police station Sunday in northern Baghdad, killing two civilians, an Iraqi official at the police station said.

In the second such attack in two days, militants attacked a police station in Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least three officers.

LulzSec, the gleeful and secretive band of hackers who appear to be responsible for a string of high-profile and sometimes embarrassing Internet attacks, said it was disbanding.

In one of the Americas’ biggest soccer showdowns, the United States jumped to an early lead in the Gold Cup final before Mexico rallied to even the score.

Chinese authorities have released activist Hu Jia, his wife posted Sunday on Twitter.

Facing internal conflict, the number of people fleeing their homes in Afghanistan has more than doubled compared to this time last year, says Refugees International, an advocacy group for displaced persons.

NATO airstrikes in the Libyan city of al-Brega Saturday killed 15 civilians and wounded several others, a Libyan government official told CNN.