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Bomb kills 14 at pet market in Baghdad 06/28/08
BAGHDAD - A bomb struck a popular pet market in central Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 14 civilians and wounding nearly two dozen, police said. The blast ...
Rockets hit British in southern Iraq 06/28/08
BAGHDAD - Violence returned Thursday to the southern city of Basra, where militants pummeled Britain's airport base with 20 rockets and British gunners answered...
US military deaths in Iraq at 3,942 06/28/08
As of Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, at least 3,942 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associat...
UK probes claims of Iraq detainee deaths 06/28/08
LONDON - Britain's military is investigating allegations that 22 detainees died in its custody and nine others were tortured after a battle in Iraq, officials s...
Olmert won't resign over war report 06/28/08
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert signaled Thursday that he has no intention of stepping down after an inquiry held his government and the military...

Bulgarian pop diva keeps flame burning for Castro 06/28/08
SOFIA (Reuters) - Yordanka Hristova was once called "the bride of all Cubans" and was so popular on Fidel Castro's island that Cuban families named th...
Slovenia heads EU as Balkan neighbors begin to stir 06/28/08
Ljubljana, Slovenia - This tiny verdant patch of Europe has been a star pupil among new European Union states. Now, after three years of diligent study, Sloveni...
Storm battered ship grounded on English coast 06/28/08
LONDON (Reuters) - Passengers and non-essential crew were airlifted off a ferry that had been at risk of capsizing in the Irish Sea during a storm on Thursday a...
Safety operation complete on stricken Irish Sea ferry 06/28/08
LONDON (AFP) - Nine people who remained on board a ferry after it ran into difficulties in bad weather in the Irish Sea have been airlifted to safety, its opera...
World is watching US presidential race 06/28/08
Germans are gaga over Barack Obama. He's got Japan pretty jazzed, too, along with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Russia's leaders, not so much: They prefer a Republica...

Puerto Rico home of deadly syndrome 06/28/08
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico - Mayra Nieve is used to being ostracized and called names as an albino in this Caribbean community. What she fears is not being able to ...
Police: New evidence in Holloway case 06/28/08
ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Aruban prosecutors said Thursday that authorities are investigating new information in the Natalee Holloway case provided by a Dutch crime r...
Mexico seeks US probe of border tear gas 06/28/08
MEXICO CITY - Mexico has formally requested the United States investigate recent incidents in which Border Patrol officers fired tear gas onto the Mexican side ...
Mexico to focus on crimes against women 06/28/08
MEXICO CITY - Mexico has created a new federal position to prosecute violence against women and human exploitation, as rights groups urge the government to do m...
Argentine activists take torture center 06/28/08
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who launched a human rights crusade in the late 70s against a bloody dictatorship, took cont...

US, SKorea to hold joint military drill 06/28/08
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea and the United States will hold a joint military exercise next month to prepare for Seoul's plans to retake wartime command of ...
Japan stocks fall on subprime losses 06/28/08
TOKYO - Japanese shares fell Friday after Japanese banks reported larger-than-expected losses due to the subprime mortgage crisis. A slump in China's Shanghai S...
China snow leaves millions in cold and dark 06/28/08
GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Millions of Chinese faced a humanitarian crisis on Friday, as petrol and food reserves dwindled and yet more bad weather was foreca...
Nissan quarterly profit soars on year 06/28/08
TOKYO - Nissan reported a 26.6 percent jump in October-December profit Friday and kept its full year forecasts despite looming worries about a U.S. slowdown and...
Top al-Qaida figure killed in Pakistan 06/28/08
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A missile from a U.S. Predator drone struck a suspected terrorist safehouse in Pakistan and killed a top al-Qaida commander believed respo...

Canada says tough times a challenge for budget 06/28/08
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is better placed than other members of the Group of Seven industrialized nations to withstand the difficulties likely to confront the ...
Canadian sisters, age 1 and 3, found dead in snow 06/28/08
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canadian police said on Thursday they are investigating the father of two toddlers who were found dead in the snow, wearing only ...
Canada's top court to hear case on pension funding 06/28/08
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of Canada will look into whether companies can fund their contributions to their pension funds from surpluses in those fund...
No plea deal yet in Canadian Air India bomb trial 06/28/08
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canadian prosecutors and a lawyer for the only person convicted for the 1985 Air India bombings played coy on Wednesday ...
"Trailer" a shaky construction of ramshackle laughs 06/28/08
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - One of the less felicitous cultural exports in its history, the Canadian-made "Trailer Park Boys: The Movie" demonstra...

Australia to apologize to Aborigines 06/28/08
MOUNT DRUITT, Australia - As a girl, Mari Melito Russell felt out of place. She was darker than the other kids at school, she felt more comfortable in the fores...
Japan kills whales as protesters pull out: report 06/28/08
SYDNEY (AFP) - Japanese harpoonists killed five whales in one day after protesters who had halted the hunt in Antarctic waters were forced to return to port to ...
Aboriginal leaders to welcome lawmakers 06/28/08
CANBERRA, Australia - Aborigines have long lived on the fringe of Australian society, but they will take center stage when Parliament holds a historic ceremony ...
Media bidding war starts for Guantanamo ex-detainee 06/28/08
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian David Hicks, the only Guantanamo Bay detainee convicted of terrorism charges, is at the centre of a worldwide media bidding war fo...
Wife's body kept in drum for 23 years, Australian court told 06/28/08
SYDNEY (AFP) - A man kept his wife's body in a drum container at the family home for 23 years after pretending she had run off with another man, Australian pros...

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