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TEHRAN, Iran – The government closed one of the country’s top three newspapers Tuesday, detaining its editor and cartoonist for publishing a caricature that caused members of Iran’s Azeri minority to riot in protest. State television reported that the Press Supervisory Body had closed the state-owned newspaper Iran “due to …

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Islamic militias and rival secular fighters signed a formal cease-fire Sunday under pressure from clan leaders — a deal intended to end eight days of fighting that has killed at least 142 people. The chairman of the radical Islamic Court Union militias and a senior commander for …

LOS ANGELES – Johnny Depp has the write stuff when it comes to signing autographs while Cameron Diaz is the worst, according to a new list from Autograph Collector magazine. Depp, followed by George Clooney, topped the magazine’s 14th annual survey of Hollywood’s best and worst signers. The “Pirates of …