AP - People screamed for help and jumped from windows early Friday as a fire swept through a hotel used by the city to house needy African families. At least 20 people were killed, half of them children, officials said.
AP - An influential Sunni cleric urged President Jalal Talabani on Friday to fulfill his promise to pardon homegrown insurgents and resist U.S. pressure to keep them in prison.
AP - Below a golden crown, Prince Rainier III was given a tearful farewell Friday at a funeral in Monaco's cathedral, closing a fairy tale that started nearly 50 years ago with his marriage in the same spot to Hollywood beauty Grace Kelly.
A fire that swept through a central Paris hotel early today killed 20 people and wounded more than 50 others, including an American and two Canadians, according to police. Ten of the dead were children. The blaze at the Paris-Opera hotel was so bad that some people jumped from windows to escape flames and choking smoke.
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Friday he believes the investigation into who leaked the name of a CIA operative nearly two years ago is moving forward appropriately.