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BETHLEHEM, West Bank – Israeli troops opened fire on a car in the West Bank on Wednesday, killing four Palestinian militants, Palestinian medical officials said. The violence threw doubt on prospects for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Associated Press Television News video showed medical officials loading the bodies of …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Ricardo Cavallo, accused of “dirty war” torture and illegal kidnappings of dissidents under Argentina’s last military dictatorship, was extradited from Spain on Monday. Cavallo, one of the most-sought alleged human rights violators from the military crackdown on dissent that officially claimed nearly 13,000 lives from 1976 …

LONDON – Lisa Marie Presley has sued a British newspaper for alleging that she was piling on the pounds because of her unhealthy appetite, her lawyer said Monday. Presley, who is pregnant, alleges in a suit filed at London’s High Court on Friday that the story in Britain’s Daily Mail …