Australia: Surgery on twins

MELBOURNE — Hospital officials say that twin Bangladeshi girls who were joined at the top of their heads and shared brain tissue have successfully been separated after 25 hours of delicate surgery.

Leo Donnan, chief of the Royal Children's Hospital, says that both girls are doing "very well" after the surgery, which concluded Tuesday.

He says the next step is reconstructive surgery, which will last many hours.

A team of 16 surgeons and nurses began work Monday on separating the 2-year-old Bangladeshi orphans, Trishna and Krishna, who were brought to Australia as infants by an aid organization.

Argentina: 2 men to wed

BUENOS AIRES — Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina's capital on Monday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage.

Jose Maria Di Bello and his partner, Alex Freyre, won the right to get married when a judge ruled last week that a ban on gay marriage violates Argentina's constitution.

Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri said the city will not appeal — in effect inviting other same-sex couples to pursue their rights in court as well.

"We have to live with and accept this reality: the world is moving in this direction," Macri said Friday, adding that it is important officials "safeguard the right of each person to freely choose with whom they want to form a couple and be happy."

Argentina's Congress is considering changing dozens of articles in the civil code to enable same-sex marriage. The proposal has support among ruling party lawmakers but President Cristina Fernandez has yet to take a stand. The Roman Catholic Church and other Christian groups are opposed.

France: Suspect surrenders

PARIS — A French armored car driver suspected of stealing euro11.6 million ($17.4 million) in cash has turned himself in to authorities in Monaco following a massive manhunt, police in France and Monaco said.

Toni Musulin appeared at a police station in the Mediterranean principality of Monaco on Monday after 11 days on the run, police said.

He was riding a motorcycle rented in his name, had grown a beard and appeared exhausted, a Monaco police official said, adding that Musulin's fingerprints matched with those on file with Interpol.

Police in both France and Monaco spoke on condition of anonymity because of office policy.

Musulin, 40, quickly became an antihero in France, a symbol of one man taking on the banking establishment in times of economic crisis. T-shirts for sale on the Internet bore his photo with the caption: "Best Driver 2009."