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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico is preparing to welcome the world’s two largest cruise ships for the first time next year. The executive director of the island’s Tourism Company says Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas will bring an estimated 60,000 passengers to …

CAIRO – Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities says American archeologists have discovered a 3000-year-old tomb with beautifully painted walls belonging to a nobleman who guarded the temple of the ancient deity Amun. Tuesday’s statement says the tomb, found near the southern city of Luxor, dates back to the New Kingdom of …

MEXICO CITY – A Mexican court has ordered alleged drug lord Servando Gomez to stand trial on drug and organized-crime charges. The national Judiciary Council said late Wednesday the court had found enough evidence to warrant a trial of the alleged leader of the Knights Templar cartel on charges of …

LONDON – The organizer of Britain’s biggest dog show says an investigation is under way regarding claims that a dog which competed at the annual Crufts show has died after being poisoned. The Kennel Club said Sunday it was “deeply shocked and saddened” upon hearing reports that 3-year-old Irish Setter …

JOHANNESBURG – Humans have looked to a variety of animals to help detect explosives. Research in South Africa showing that elephants can identify explosives by smell follows a long tradition of such experiments. Dogs are commonly used to sniff out explosives, contraband and other illegal items. A group called APOPO …

MADRID – Police say they have arrested the chief executive officer of a bank in the tiny country of Andorra on suspicion of money laundering following U.S. allegations that funds were laundered for groups from China, Russia and Venezuela. An Andorran police official says Joan Pau Miquel Prats of Banca …

WASHINGTON – An unarmed U.S. Predator drone aircraft went down in Syria, but it’s not clear whether it was shot down as claimed by the Syrian government, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Syria’s SANA state news agency said Tuesday that the country’s air defenses shot down a U.S. drone in a …

BAUCHI, Nigeria – Witnesses say Boko Haram extremists have attacked a Nigerian town and killed 11 people who had just returned home after the military reclaimed the town. Resident Mohammed Umara said troops from Cameroon immediately crossed the border and repelled Wednesday’s assault on Gamboru-Ngala within an hour. Umara and …

Libyan government war planes targeting an Islamist militia killed eight civilians in an airstrike near Tripoli, the U.S. ambassador said Monday. Air Force Commander Saqer al-Joroushi said the attack occurred in the town of Tarhouna — which has been held by an armed rebel group, Reuters reported. U.S. Ambassador Deborah …

THESSALONIKI, Greece – Greek border police say they have rescued about 70 migrants stranded on a berm on the Greek-Turkish border after they crossed the river dividing the two countries and found the fields on the Greek side flooded following days of heavy rainfall. The migrants, including women and children, …