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Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel VATICAN CITY - Black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney again today as the scarlet-robed cardinals inside failed in two m...

MADAIN, Iraq - Iraqi security forces searched this small farming town today after reports that Sunni militants had kidnapped as many as 100 Shiite residents and were thr...

115 sequestered 'til white smoke rises VATICAN CITY - In a historic gathering steeped in intrigue, cardinals from six continents assembled today for their first conclave ...

PARIS - Firefighters sorting through the debris of a burned-out Paris hotel found the body of a small child Sunday, raising the number killed in Friday's blaze to 22, po...

VATICAN CITY - One papal election held during a sizzling Roman summer had cardinals collapsing of dehydration and heart attacks. The top candidate eventually died, and t...

Church ready for conclave VATICAN CITY - The Roman Catholic Church was completing its official nine-day mourning period for Pope John Paul II on Saturday while its cardin...

PARIS - People screamed to be rescued from flames - some even jumped from windows - as a fire roared through a Paris hotel early today used by the government to house ne...

Iraqi security also attacked BAGHDAD, Iraq - A pair of car bombs exploded near government offices in the Iraqi capital today, killing 18 people and wounding three dozen o...

Cardinals set sights on vote VATICAN CITY - Clutching rosaries, medals and flowers, thousands of people filed past the simple white marble tomb of Pope John Paul II today...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents set off a series of explosions today, killing 12 police officers near Kirkuk and hitting a Defense Department convoy as a senior American offi...