Bush to hold talks with Turkish leader on Iraqi Kurds

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush on Monday faces crisis talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he vies to dissuade his "war on terror" ally from an incursion into Iraq to hunt down Kurdish rebels. Ahead of the meeting at the W... full story

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Pakistani police smash protests amid global anger

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani police used tear gas and batons to crush protests by lawyers against President Pervez Musharraf on Monday, despite spiralling worl...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Russian spying distracts from Qaeda threat: MI5

LONDON (Reuters) - Russian spying against Britain remains at Cold War levels, diverting intelligence resources that would be better devoted to fighting al Qae...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Queen Elizabeth in fashion top 50

LONDON (Reuters) - One is in vogue. At the age of 81, Queen Elizabeth on Monday joined models Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell on Vogue Magazine's list of the...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Oprah "cleans house" in school abuse case

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - U.S. television magnate Oprah Winfrey said on Monday she was "cleaning house" at her exclusive all-girl academy in South Af...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Rice seeks Mideast peace deal while Bush in office

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joined Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Monday in voicing hope they could reach a p...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Hollywood writers begin strike after talks collapse

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film and television writers went on strike on Monday, after last-minute talks aimed at averting the Writers Guild of America's fir...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Turkish soldiers freed after diplomatic push

ANKARA (Reuters) - Kurdish rebels on Sunday freed eight Turkish soldiers captured in an ambush last month in northern Iraq, a move which could ease public pre...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Citigroup problems grow

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc's (C.N) problems deepened on Monday as it was unable to assure investors a potential $11 billion write-down for s...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

U.S. and Britain pressure Musharraf

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States and Britain heaped pressure on Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf on Monday, urging him to hold elections on ti...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Dodgers to introduce Torre as manager

LOS ANGELES - Joe Torre will be front and center for his first day in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform. The new manager's introductory news conference Monday was ...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Couple from Hell wins Halloween lottery

HELL, Mich. - Life in Hell just got a little easier for John and Sue Wilson. The couple, who live in the unincorporated town 45 miles west of Detroit, were ble...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

MySpace expands program for targeted ads

NEW YORK - The popular online hangout MySpace is expanding its program for letting advertisers target their pitches using personal details on users' profile pa...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Lack of sleep may lead to fatter kids

CHICAGO - Here's another reason to get the kids to bed early: More sleep may lower their risk of becoming obese. Researchers have found that every additional h...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Stocks pull back amid credit worries

NEW YORK - Stocks fell but regained some ground Monday as a stronger-than-expected reading on the service economy mitigated concerns about soured debt that spr...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Oprah wept at learning of school assault

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Oprah Winfrey said Monday she wept after hearing allegations that a dorm matron at her academy for disadvantaged girls had abused ...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Abbas: all sides want peace

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that all sides want to reach a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians before Pres...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Shuttle begins journey home

HOUSTON - After a week and a half of intense and unprecedented work, the astronauts aboard shuttle Discovery undocked from the international space station on M...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Picketing under way in TV writers strike

NEW YORK - Noisy pickets appeared outside the "Today" show set on Monday as a strike by film and television writers got under way. ...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Thousands face down Pakistani police

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Police fired tear gas and clubbed thousands of lawyers protesting President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's decision to impose emergency rule, as...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Deadly Hurricane Noel churns north toward Canada

SANTO DOMINGO (AFP) - Hurricane Noel on Friday churned over the Atlantic Ocean on a northerly track to Canada after battering the Caribbean where it killed at...