At least 41 killed in blast at Iraqi college
BAGHDAD - A female suicide bomber triggered a ball bearing-packed charge Sunday, killing at least 41 people at a mostly Shiite college whose main gate was left littered with blood-soaked student notebooks and papers amid the bodies.

Farrakhan: `My time is up'
DETROIT - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan stressed religious unity Sunday during his final major speech, saying the world is at war because Christians, Muslims and people of other faiths are divided.

U.S. silence worries Ethiopians
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Journalists here don't criticize the government much anymore, perhaps because doing so has landed at least 15 of them in prison on treason charges.

Israeli raid targets militants' bomb labs
NABLUS, West Bank - The largest Israeli raid in the West Bank in months entered its second day with tens of thousands of Palestinians confined to their Nablus homes as soldiers searched the crowded, poor section for suspected militants.

'We have the majority,' Italian party says
ROME - A top ally of Romano Prodi contended Sunday that the center-left coalition has secured enough support to win the confidence vote needed to return to power, following the Italian president's rejection of Prodi's resignation.

Rice: U.S. won't reheat Cold War
WASHINGTON - The top U.S. and Russian diplomats on Sunday tried to play down concerns about a Cold War revival set off by Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim that Washington is fostering a global arms race.

Iran president: Nuclear program like train without brakes
TEHRAN, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday his country's disputed nuclear program was like a train without brakes or a reverse gear, prompting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to respond that Iran needs ``a stop button.''

Court to make genocide ruling
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Can a state commit genocide? Should an entire nation -- not just its presidents, generals and soldiers -- be held responsible for humanity's worst crime?

Senegal elections may hinge on youth vote
DAKAR, Senegal - The president of one of Africa's most stable democracies sought another five-year term Sunday, jostling with 14 contenders in a race that may hinge on the votes of young people hungry for jobs.

GENOCIDE DEFINED
The text of the definition of genocide cited in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 1948. In the present convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: