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MUNICH – The legal saga of John Demjanjuk neared its final chapter Monday as prosecutors set the stage for one of Germany’s highest-profile war crime trials in years — formally charging the retired U.S. auto worker with involvement in the murder of 27,900 people at a Nazi death camp. The …

MOMBASSA, Kenya – Undeterred by U.S. and French hostage rescues that killed five bandits, Somali pirates brazenly hijacked four more ships in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway at the center of the world’s fight against piracy. Pirates have vowed to retaliate for deaths of their colleagues_ and the top …

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will consider whether prosecutors have to face a lawsuit from two men whose convictions for killing a retired police officer were set aside. The justices said Monday they’ll hear an appeal in the fall from former Pottawattamie County, Iowa, prosecutors. They are being sued by …