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 October 27, 2007

Czech parliament rejects missile shield referendum

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech lower house of parliament rejected on Friday a leftist opposition proposal to hold a national referendum on hosting a part of a U...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Kabila asks Bush support to stabilize east Congo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo asked U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday for continued support as he s...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Turkey sends troops to border, Iraq pushes diplomacy

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish helicopters and fighter jets pounded Kurdish rebel positions on Friday as diplomatic efforts began in Ankara to avert a major offen...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

UN's Ban "very worried" on Iran's nuclear progress

ROME (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is worried about Iran's nuclear program but hopes a stand-off with the international community can be ...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Oil hits new record above $92

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil rallied to a fresh record high above $92 a barrel on Friday as the dollar tumbled to a record low, Washington imposed new sanctio...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Cool weather brings relief to smoldering California

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Cool, damp weather moved into Southern California from the Pacific Ocean on Friday boosting efforts to beat down stubborn wildfires, whi...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Stocks rise on strong earnings reports

NEW YORK - Stocks advanced Friday as strong earnings from Microsoft Corp. and an optimistic outlook from Countrywide Financial Corp. tempered persisting concer...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Putin denounces US missile shield

MAFRA, Portugal - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday compared the U.S. proposal to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe to the Cuban missil...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Bush says he'll veto health bill again

WASHINGTON - President Bush accused Democratic lawmakers on Friday of wasting time by passing legislation to expand children's health coverage, knowing that he...

updated Sat October 27, 2007

Turkey demands Kurd rebel extraditions

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey demanded the extradition of Kurdish rebel leaders based in Iraq's north, the deputy prime minister said Friday after meeting with an Ir...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Firefighters report progress in scorched California

SAN DIEGO, California (AFP) - Firefighters reported progress Friday in controlling wildfires in southern California, but the death toll rose to nine as Presid...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Talks under way between Turkish, Iraqi ministers

ANKARA (AFP) - Crucial Turkish-Iraqi talks to avert a military operation by Ankara against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq began Friday at the foreign ministr...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Mugabe launches Robert Mugabe intelligence academy

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has launched an intelligence academy named after him, saying it would produce officers able to count...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

South Korea says U.S. troops to stay after peace deal

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. troops will remain on the Korean peninsula even if the North and South reach a peace deal to replace the armistice that ended their 195...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

House defies Bush, backs new kids health bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress and President George W. Bush headed for a fresh showdown over children's health care on Thursday after the House ...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Israeli troops raid Gaza, kill three militants

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed three Palestinian gunmen in separate clashes in the Gaza Strip on Friday as the army mounted raids into the coastal enc...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Crystal, Costello laud Hillary's 60th birthday

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Led by crooner Elvis Costello, supporters of presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton rose to their feet and cheered on Thursday ...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

U.S. slaps new sanctions on Iran

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States slapped new sanctions on Iran and accused its Revolutionary Guard of spreading weapons of mass destruction on Thursda...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Push for Armenian genocide bill postponed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Backers of a resolution to formally name the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a genocide said on Thursday they would postpon...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

With fires waning, California assesses the damage

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four burned bodies found in the path of California's fierce wildfires raised the death toll to at least 12 people, even as firefig...