LONDON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- British officials say specially trained units are on the lookout for signs of nursery-age children brainwashed by Islamist extremists.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Victims of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia are seeking a new voice in the U.N. tribunal dealing with alleged atrocities of their day, observers say.

LISBON, Portugal, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The father of missing British girl Madeleine McCann said he and his wife intend to ask a court to permanently ban a book about their daughter.

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DUNDEE, Scotland, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Prison Service sources said a convicted killer who escaped from a prison in Scotland this year was later found dead at a resort in West Africa.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A media literacy expert at the University of Illinois said educators could potentially use text-messaging to help educate young people in the United States.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The Lebanese Parliament awarded the government of Saad Hariri with a vote of confidence in a national policy that lets Hezbollah maintain an armed resistance.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Croatia's admittance to the European Union could be undercut by the country's non-compliance with a war crimes tribunal request, diplomats said.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A Canadian judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation of a Vancouver man who injured his 4-year-old son during an attempted circumcision.

ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Iranian and Turkish military forces fought with guerrilla separatists in the Kurdistan Workers' Party, killing nine in border skirmishes.

LONDON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. strategists did not consult their British counterparts on disbanding the Iraqi army and removing Baath Party leaders from power, a London inquiry heard.

TURIN, Italy, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The trial of two former executives of a Swiss building firm accused of negligence in 2,200 asbestos-related deaths moved into its second day in Italy Friday.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide called on U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to start looking for someone to take over his post, officials said.

OSLO, Norway, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama departed Oslo, Norway, for Washington Friday morning after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize the night before.

WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. and Polish officials Friday signed a new Status of Forces Agreement in Warsaw, officials said.