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 Sat November 03, 2007

Tamil Tiger political chief killed in Sri Lanka air strike

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka struck a major blow against the Tamil Tigers Friday, killing the rebels' political chief and top peace negotiator in a surgical ...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Japan government deadlocked over Afghan mission

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda struggled on Friday to break a deadlock that has halted a refueling mission in support of U.S.-led oper...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Missile strike adds to Pakistan's complications

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani villagers said a missile strike hit houses near a madrasa founded by an old friend of Osama bin Laden's on Friday, killing...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Hollywood writers edge closer to strike

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Negotiators representing Hollywood's screenwriters have recommended the union go on strike for the first time in two decades, a mo...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Russia's "chessboard killer": Punishment too harsh

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's "chessboard killer" has appealed his life sentence, saying he thinks spending the rest of his life in jail is too st...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Israel seeks deal with Palestinians within a year

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert hopes to agree a peace deal with the Palestinians before President George W. Bush leaves office, an I...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Russia raps Saudi atomic fuel proposal for Iran: RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's nuclear chief on Friday said only full nuclear powers should create centers for enriching uranium, in a swipe at a Saudi propo...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Police probe series of fires near Capitol

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Capitol Police are investigating a series of small fires that have occurred over the past month in Senate office buildings, mostly in w...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Rice: Kurdish rebels are 'common threat'

ANKARA, Turkey - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured Turkish officials Friday that Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq were a "common threat" and tha...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Twins invent wedgie-proof underwear

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Wedgie-proof underwear earned 8-year-old twin boys a spot Friday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." ...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Cops learning how to extend beats online

ARLINGTON, Va. - Raise your hand if you've heard of "Second Life," police Lt. Charles Cohen asks a room of about 75 law enforcement officers from around the co...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Wall Street waffles after jobs report

NEW YORK - Wall Street waffled Friday after a surprisingly strong October jobs report failed to alleviate escalating worries about the beleaguered financial se...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Arrest in abuse case at Oprah school

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A former employee of Oprah Winfrey's school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa has been arrested on charges of abuse and sexu...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Deadly Atlantic storm parallels US coast

NASSAU, Bahamas - Hurricane Noel, the deadliest storm to hit the Atlantic this year, paralleled the U.S. coast on Friday, losing strength as it headed north to...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Teacher, student may have fled to Mexico

OMAHA, Neb. - A female teacher and a 13-year-old boy believed to be on the run may have crossed the California border into Mexico, a police investigator said F...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Rice presses diplomats on Iraq posts

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the U.S. envoy to Baghdad reminded diplomats on Friday of their duty to serve their country amid a revolt ...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Bush vetoes water projects bill

WASHINGTON - An increasingly confrontational President Bush on Friday vetoed a bill authorizing hundreds of popular water projects even though lawmakers can co...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Mexico fears disease outbreak from flood

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico - Military trucks hauled bottled water, food and clothing to Mexico's flooded Gulf coast Friday as rescue workers in helicopters and boats...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Europeans charged over child 'abductions' in Chad

ABECHE, Chad (AFP) - Sixteen Europeans charged over the alleged abduction of 103 children sat in a dusty cell in eastern Chad Tuesday, as a row escalated in F...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Suicide blast kills seven near Musharraf's HQ

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber killed seven people near Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf's army office in Rawalpindi as the presid...