MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The 346 passengers were cruising at 29,000 feet Friday when an explosive bang shook the Qantas jumbo jet. The plane descended rapidly. » Full Story

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military said Friday that bullets fired by American soldiers killed the 14-year-old son of the chief editor of a U.S. » Full Story

OJINAGA, Mexico (AP) — This hardscrabble Mexican border town welcomed 400 soldiers when they arrived four months ago to stop a wave of drug violence that brought daytime gunbattles to its main street. » Full Story

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A British army dog handler was fatally shot by insurgents in southern Afghanistan, where a Danish soldier died in a separate roadside bomb attack, officials said Friday. » Full Story

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 47 people died when a motorized boat sank on a river in Congo, and more than 100 people are missing, a district official said Friday. » Full Story

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A powerful explosion ripped through a car on a busy Gaza City beach Friday night, killing a Hamas field commander and three other people, security officials said. » Full Story

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Britain’s governing party suffered a sobering election defeat in a Scottish stronghold Friday, a personal rebuke to Prime Minister Gordon Brown from voters in one of the count » Full Story

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The deadline passed late Friday for Radovan Karadzic to lodge a formal appeal against his handover to the war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands, with the ex-Bosnian Serb w » Full Story

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Iran signaled Thursday that it will no longer cooperate with U.N. » Full Story

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The real Dragan Dabic has emerged — and the 66-year-old construction worker was shocked Thursday to discover his identity had apparently been stolen by one of the world’s most » Full Story