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 Sun October 28, 2007

Argentines seen voting for continued prosperity

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentines vote for a new president on Sunday with first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner poised to succeed her husband in a rare ...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Under heavy guard, Bhutto to host supporters at home

GARHI KHUDA BAKSH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Surrounded by guards wielding AK-47 and M-16 rifles, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was due to receive supporters...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Paulson: India should proceed with nuclear deal

AMTALA, India (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Sunday urged India to proceed with a civilian nuclear deal as soon as possible, but acknowledged ...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Protesters call for end to Iraq war

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anti-war demonstrators marched in a dozen U.S. cities on Saturday to call for an immediate end to the war in Iraq and a cut-off of fundin...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Iran favors peaceful solution on Kurds, Iraq says

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has told Iraq he supports a crackdown on Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq but wants a peaceful...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

U.S. and Afghan forces kill some 80 insurgents

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops killed some 80 Taliban fighters in a six-hour battle following an ambush in southern Afghanistan, the U...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Dice-K leads Red Sox to 3-0 Series lead

DENVER - Mile high or sea level, these Boston Red Sox can't be stopped. The Red Sox made Coors Field their own pinball palace, spraying balls to every part of ...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Report: Grand jury probing Copperfield

SEATTLE - A federal grand jury is investigating allegations that magician David Copperfield raped and threatened a Washington state woman at his estate in the ...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Da Vinci's 'Last Supper' goes online

MILAN, Italy - Can't get to Milan to see Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper?" As of Saturday, all you need is an Internet connection. Officials p...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Sudan pledges Darfur cease-fire at talks

SIRTE, Libya - Sudan's government committed to a cease-fire in Darfur at the start of peace talks Saturday, but mediators and journalists outnumbered the few r...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Giuliani resembles Bush on terror war

WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani, to quote a Democratic rival, would be like President Bush on steroids in the way he would go about protecting the U.S. from terrori...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Feds strike ID deal over NY licenses

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration and New York cut a deal Saturday to create a new generation of super-secure driver's licenses for U.S. citizens, but also ...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

US will hand Iraqis control of Karbala

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces will turn over security to Iraqi authorities in the southern Shiite province of Karbala on Monday, the American commander for the area sa...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

UAW members approve Chrysler contract

DETROIT - Despite significant dissent among some of its workers, United Auto Workers members narrowly passed a four-year contract agreement with Chrysler LLC o...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Thousands call for swift end to Iraq war

SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of people called for a swift end to the war in Iraq as they marched through downtown on Saturday, chanting and carrying signs that re...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Weather improves at California fires

LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. - Cooler weather helped firefighters make strong gains on many of the wildfires burning across Southern California on Saturday, but offi...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Pakistan's Bhutto visits ancestral home

GAHRI KHUDA BAKSH, Pakistan (AFP) - Thousands of supporters welcomed Benazir Bhutto at her ancestral village amid tight security Saturday as she made her firs...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Darfur peace talks open in Libya

SIRTE, Libya (AFP) - A peace conference aimed at ending four years of conflict in Darfur opened here Saturday with an address by the African Union's speci...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Churchill painting auctioned by Truman's daughter

LONDON (Reuters) - A painting by Winston Churchill, given by Britain's World War Two leader to U.S. President Harry Truman, is expected to fetch up to 500...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Space station gets more room with Harmony opening

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts on the International Space Station got more living space on Saturday when they opened up Harmony, the outpost's first new r...