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VIENNA, Austria – Right-wing British historian David Irving pleaded guilty Monday to denying the Holocaust and was sentenced to three years in prison, even after conceding he wrongly said there were no Nazi gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Irving, handcuffed and wearing a navy blue suit, arrived in …

MOSCOW – A top Iranian negotiator on Tuesday said “constructive” nuclear talks in Moscow offered hope of ending a diplomatic standoff, but some Russians voiced concern that Iran was using the talks to stall for time and avert international sanctions. The talks centered on a Kremlin compromise proposal, backed by …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Interior Ministry forces captured a top aide to Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi during a raid in western Iraq, a security official said Monday. The official, a member of the ministry’s counterinsurgency Wolf Brigade, identified the key Al Qaeda figure as Abu al-Farouq, who …