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

State Department enforces postings to Iraq

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing staff shortages in Iraq, the U.S. State Department announced on Friday that diplomats would have no choice but to accept one-year postings in the hostile environment or face losing...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Californians return to fire-scarred homes

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thousands of Californians forced from their neighborhoods by this week's wind-whipped wildfires returned home on Friday, some of t...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Bhutto prays at father's grave

GARHI KHUDA BAKSH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Thousands of party faithful feted former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday as she visited her stronghold in so...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

U.S. says latest missile shield test succeeded

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A test of a missile defense system successfully intercepted a ballistic target, the U.S. military said on Saturday, a boost to developm...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Iraqi insurgents' clash with Qaeda kills 16

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A battle between al Qaeda in Iraq and a major Sunni Arab insurgent group killed at least 16 militants on Friday near the ancient city of S...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Darfur peace talks begin without key rebels

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Sudan's government and some rebel groups began talks in Libya on Saturday to end 4-1/2 years of conflict in Darfur, but the absen...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Red Sox arrive in Denver a mile high

DENVER - The Colorado Rockies hope a one-mile increase in altitude will make a world of difference. The Boston Red Sox are on a high, and it's not just because...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Rembrandt fever over auctioned portrait

LONDON - A museum in the Netherlands said the portrait was not by Rembrandt, and the provincial auction house in England was only advertising it as a work by o...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Astronauts prepare to open station room

HOUSTON - Wearing goggles and surgical masks, the commander of the international space station and an Italian astronaut on Saturday opened the hatch to christe...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Rice looks to history for peace effort

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is looking to the past for lessons on how to make next month's Mideast peace conference a success. ...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

US to order diplomats to serve in Iraq

WASHINGTON - In the largest call-up of U.S. diplomats since the Vietnam War, the State Department is planning to order some of its personnel to serve at the Am...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Bush touts federal response to wildfires

WASHINGTON - President Bush touted his administration's response to the California wildfires on Saturday. "I made a pledge to the people of California on behal...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Turkish premier vows fight 'when needed'

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's prime minister said Saturday that his country would take steps to fight Iraq-based Kurdish rebels "when needed," regardless of intern...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Dean lashes out at GOP over health plan

WASHINGTON - Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean on Saturday criticized Republicans in Congress for not supporting legislation to expand a popular children's...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

UAW members OK 4-year deal with Chrysler

DETROIT - United Auto Workers members passed a four-year contract agreement with Chrysler LLC on Saturday despite significant dissent from some workers, the un...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Wildfire pollution poses health threat

LOS ANGELES - Even as many of the wildfires in flame-ravaged Southern California died down and residents returned home, lingering dust and soot-laden air made ...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Putin aims for EU deal 'soon' at Portugal summit

MAFRA, Portugal (AFP) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin voiced hope at a summit on Friday that a new EU-Russia treaty could be agreed "soon," ...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

'Positive' Turkey-Iraq talks resume: Iraqi official

ANKARA (AFP) - Crisis talks between Iraqi and Turkish ministers over threats of a Turkish strike on northern Iraq resumed Friday afternoon, an Iraqi embassy s...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Monkeys, apes teeter on brink of extinction

BEIJING (Reuters) - Mankind's closest relatives are teetering on the brink of their first extinctions in more than a century, hunted by humans for food an...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Russia could quickly resume missile output: general

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is capable of quickly resuming production of short and medium-range nuclear missiles, Russia's rocket forces commander said on F...