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By Robin Pomeroy ROME (Reuters) - An Afghan man who faces a possible death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity has told an Italian newspaper he is ready to die for his new faith. "I don't want to die. But if God decides, I am ready to confront my choices, all the way," Abdur Rahman was quoted as saying in Sunday's La Repubblica. The Italian newspaper conducted the interview by sending Rahman written questions via a human rights worker who visited him in jail outside Kabul. Rah ...

(CNN) -- Police are asking the public for help in finding two Milwaukee, Wisconsin, boys who disappeared last Sunday. "We know there's additional information out there," Milwaukee police spokesman Anne E. Schwartz said Saturday. "If someone has provided you with that information, we need you to give us a call." Quadrevion Henning, 12, and his friend Purvis Parker, 11, were last seen Sunday afternoon as they headed off to play ball at a park near their homes. Extensive sear ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Under mounting foreign pressure, President Hamid Karzai searched for a way to free an Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity without angering Muslim clerics who have called for him to be killed. Karzai and several Cabinet ministers on Saturday discussed the case of Abdul Rahman, who faces a possible death sentence for alleged apostasy, an official at Karzai's palace said. But she declined to comment on the outcome of the talks. Hours earlier,  ...

By Andrew Gray EDINBURGH (Reuters) - A sweeping ban on smoking comes into force in Scotland on Sunday, making it the first part of Britain where pubs, restaurants and workplaces are smoke-free. Scotland imposed the measure on all enclosed public places as part of efforts to improve a poor public health record. Officials have been inspired by Ireland, which imposed the world's first nationwide s ...