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ANKARA, Turkey - The Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II nearly 29 years ago emerged from prison Monday, declared himself a messenger from God, then spent his first night of freedom in a luxury hotel room. Mehmet Ali Agca, 52, said he would talk to the media in the next few days. Full Story »

• Video: Pope gunman Agca freed Reuters

BRAMPTON, Ontario - The ringleader of a homegrown terror plot that planned to set off truck bombs in front of Canada's main stock exchange and two government buildings was given a life sentence on Monday. Full Story »

No store or shop or life is safe as looting and violence rush into the vacuum created by the collapse of the Haitian government after the earthquake Full Story »

• Video: Bill Clinton's Haiti relief trip Reuters

BUCHAREST, Romania - In the latest bizarre claim to come out of Romania's presidential race last year, the loser and his wife have claimed he was subject to attacks of negative energy by aides of President Traian Basescu during a crucial debate. Full Story »

CAIRO - Rare torrential rains across the Middle East swept away homes, marooned resort towns and killed seven people Monday, including a British tourist, in what officials are calling the worst flooding in at least a decade. Full Story »

MEXICO CITY - Some Twitter users are revealing the locations of police drunk-driving checkpoints in Mexico City and the people behind the tweets could be prosecuted, police said Monday. Full Story »

ALGIERS, Algeria - While still struggling with the aftermath of a decade-long Islamic insurgency, oil-rich yet impoverished Algeria is getting a makeover: a new airport, its first mall, its largest prison, 60,000 new homes, two luxury hotels and the longest continuous highway in Africa. Full Story »

NEW YORK (AFP) - The trial of a Pakistani neuroscientist educated in the United States and accused of trying to kill US personnel in Afghanistan was due to start Tuesday in New York. Full Story »

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will carry out a minor shuffle of his cabinet on Tuesday, CTV television and a source in the ruling Conservative Party said on Monday. Full Story »

SYDNEY (AFP) - Prince William will meet Prime Minister Kevin Rudd when Queen Elizabeth II's grandson visits Sydney this week, the Australian leader and avowed republican said Monday. Full Story »

GARDEZ, Afghanistan — Seven Taliban attackers, including a suicide bomber driving an ambulance, hit the center of Kabul on Monday morning, killing five people, wounding at least 71 and demonstrating their ability to strike at the hub of the U.S.-backed Afghan government. Full Story »

Santiago, Chile; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - For two decades, Chile was the “teacher’s pet” of Latin America, the student who always brought home straight A’s. Full Story »

As rescuers race against time, it's the poorest parts of the city that seem to wait the longest Full Story »

• Video: Frist on Surgical Shortage in Haiti FOX News
• Slideshow: Massive earthquake hits Haiti

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iranian opposition groups flooded the Web on Monday with calls for a massive show of force during next month's anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, openly taunting authorities who have warned of a punishing response to any disruptions of the most hallowed day in the Iranian political calendar. Full Story »

• Video: Iran mourns slain nuclear scientist AFP
• Slideshow: Iran Election

JOS, Nigeria - Angry Muslim youths set a church filled with worshippers ablaze in northern Nigeria, starting a riot that killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 300 others in the latest religious violence in the region, officials said Monday. Full Story »