LONDON, July 3, 2009 (AFP) - Three adults and three children have died in a major fire at a tower block in south London, the city's fire service said Friday.

LONDON, July 3, 2009 (AFP) - An Irish aid worker has been kidnapped in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, a spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin confirmed Friday.

BAGHDAD, July 3, 2009 (AFP) - Vice President Joe Biden on Friday threatened that the United States would politically disengage from Iraq if sectarian or ethnic violence resumes, a senior US official told reporters.

KHARTOUM, July 3, 2009 (AFP) - Two aid workers from Ireland and Uganda were kidnapped by armed men in Sudan's volatile Darfur region Friday, a source told AFP.

PARIS, July 3, 2009 (AFP) - Five people were injured Friday when a train derailed near the southwestern French city of Limoges, the police said in a statement.