MADRID (Reuters) - One of three Spanish aid workers kidnapped by a group believed to be al Qaeda's wing in North Africa arrived back in Spain Wednesday after she was released in Mali. Looking tired and thinner than in photos taken before she was seized along with two other Spaniards in northern Mauritania by a gang armed with machine guns ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish cartoonist whose sketch of the Prophet Mohammad has made him the target of Muslim anger said on Wednesday he had received more death threats since arrests were made this week over an alleged plot to kill him. Lars Vilks, whose sketch had shown the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog, told Reuters the death ...

OSLO (Reuters) - A record 237 people and organizations have been nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, with interest boosted by last year's award to President Barack Obama, organizers said on Wednesday. The world's media focused on the Peace Prize after Obama was the unexpected choice for what some see as the world's highest accolade, although he ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares in several big financial companies bailed out by the U.S. government rose on Wednesday on what analysts said were momentum bets and short-covering on hopes the entities were on the road to recovery. The run-up that built on Tuesday gains coincided with speculation that regulators might consider banning short-selling in the shares. The talk, dismissed ...