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Bayern Munich will enjoy home advantage when they play Chelsea in the European Champions League final after defeating Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu following a dramatic penalty shoot out.

British girl Madeleine McCann, who vanished during a 2007 family vacation in Portugal, may still be alive, UK authorities said Wednesday.

Dominique Moisi says the French have soundly rejected Nicolas Sarkozy, and François Hollande, who campaigned on fighting social injustics, will win.

Officials are forcing the 25-year-old model who won the Dominican Republic’s top beauty pageant to hand over her crown, saying she violated contest rules when she hid her marriage.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that he is returning home after cancer treatment in Cuba.

In a sign of the widening investigation into Bo Xilai’s family and finances, his older brother resigned from the board of a state-controlled alternative energy company Wednesday.

Bo Guagua, the son of embattled Chinese Communist cadre Bo Xilai, has issued a statement defending his actions and his academic record following allegations his college “party boy” image had contributed to his father’s fall from grace.

Rupert Murdoch admitted there had been a “cover-up” of phone hacking at his flagship British tabloid newspaper and apologized Thursday for not paying more attention.

Mexican authorities have opened an investigation into permits issued to Wal-Mart in light of allegations that the retail giant bribed officials in Mexico to speed up store construction.

U.N.-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan has expressed dismay over reports that the Syrian government resumes brutal attacks on cities once U.N. monitors leave — the latest sign that diplomatic efforts are failing to quash the bloodshed in the countr…