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 Fri October 26, 2007

Fenway happy as Red Sox lead Series 2-0

BOSTON - It was 1 a.m. in the Red Sox clubhouse beneath the first-base seats at Fenway Park, and players were laughing, cracking jokes. Fans were giddy as they...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Britney Spears avoids hit-and-run trial

LOS ANGELES - Hit and run ... then pay as you go. Britney Spears is no longer facing hit-and-run charges since she paid off the other car's driver in the fender-bender, but she still has to deal with one count ...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

N.D. fugitive known for escapes captured

MINOT, N.D. - Every time convicted killer Richard Lee McNair landed behind bars, he dreamed up a new way to escape. ...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

US levies harsh sanctions against Iran

WASHINGTON - The United States announced harsh new penalties on the Iranian military and state-owned banking systems Thursday, raising pressure on the world fi...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Israel plays down Mideast conference

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert prepared for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, a day after saying an upcoming Mideas...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Astronauts prepare for first spacewalk

HOUSTON - Astronauts aboard shuttle Discovery and the international space station geared up Friday for the first spacewalk of their joint mission and the robot...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

That's the spirit: Belief in ghosts high

WASHINGTON - Those things that go bump in the night? About one-third of people believe they could be ghosts. ...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

Fight over child health care persists

WASHINGTON - The Senate is the next stop for legislation to expand children's health coverage, revised by Democrats but rejected by President Bush as little changed from their earlier offering. "You can put...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

As Calif. fires burned, copters grounded

LOS ANGELES - As wildfires were charging across Southern California, nearly two dozen water-dropping helicopters and two massive cargo planes sat idly by, grou...

updated Fri October 26, 2007

6 burned bodies found in California

SAN DIEGO - On a day when firefighters methodically beat back several of the wildfires menacing Southern California and thousands of evacuees were allowed home, authorities said Thursday they had found six bodi...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Rice plays down chance of breakthrough on Mideast trip

TEL AVIV (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Israeli leaders on Sunday at the start of her latest Middle East tour, warning that she did not ex...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Under-fire Australian PM calls election

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday called a general election for November 24, in which the staunch US ally in Iraq will face the f...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Two militants killed in Pakistan clash: army

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani troops killed two pro-Taliban militants, including an Uzbek, on Sunday after they fired on a paramilitary checkpoint near the ...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Iraqis wait for refuge in United States

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ahmed Abassi once worked for the U.S. government in Iraq but fled with his family in fear, hoping to seek refuge in the United States. ...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Turkish army chief says U.S. ties at serious risk

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military chief said on Sunday that if the U.S. Congress approved a bill branding the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks gen...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Cuba releases pictures of recovering Fidel Castro

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba released two photographs of Fidel Castro on Sunday in which the ailing leader looked alert as he stood and chatted with visiting Venez...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Rice in Mideast to prepare for conference

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began a Middle East visit on Sunday by voicing doubts Israel and the Palestinians could agree d...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Kimmel to host 2 shows on 2 coasts

LOS ANGELES - Jimmy Kimmel is going bicoastal. The host of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will fill in for a vacationing Regis Philbin on "Live with Regis and Kell...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Everest beckons more Japanese seniors

TOKYO - Yuichiro Miura has an unusual routine for a man who just turned 75. At dawn, the veteran adventurer wakes after a night in a private low-oxygen chamber...

updated Sun October 14, 2007

Turkish general warns US over ties

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey's top general warned that ties with the U.S., already strained by attacks from rebels hiding in Iraq, will be irreversibly damaged if...