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Bush makes stop in Afghanistan to rally troops (AP)
Date : 14 Dec 2008AP - President George W. Bush got a firsthand look Monday at the deteriorating situation in the seven-year-old Afghanistan war, am read more »
European banks suffer new hit from Madoff scandal (AFP)
Date : 14 Dec 2008AFP - European banks were counting at the weekend the damage from the investment scandal involving New York trader Bernard Madoff, read more »
Australia to cut polluttion 5 pct to 15 pct (AP)
Date : 14 Dec 2008AP - Australia has announced a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as little as 5 percent by the year 2020, far less than t read more »
ANC dissidents to launch new party ahead of SAfrica vote (AFP)
Date : 14 Dec 2008AFP - Defectors from the African National Congress opened a conference Sunday to discuss their policies, just two days ahead of th read more »
Raul Castro salutes Chavez in 1st trip as prez (AP)
Date : 14 Dec 2008AP - Cuban President Raul Castro spent Sunday in private meetings with socialist ally Hugo Chavez after publicly thanking the Vene read more »
Mumbai attackers more tech savvy than the police (AP)
Date : 14 Dec 2008AP - When the attackers arrived on the shores of Mumbai last month, they had studied satellite images of the city, were carrying h read more »
Second-ton Strauss puts England in command (AFP)
Date : 14 Dec 2008AFP - England opener Andrew Strauss smashed his second century in the match to push India further into a corner in the first Test read more »
Indian PM meets Brown in wake of Mumbai attacks (AFP)
Date : 14 Dec 2008AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday named Laskhar-e-Taiba militants as responsible for the Mumbai attacks, backing India's read more »
Egypt's first woman mayor takes role in her stride (AFP)
Date : 14 Dec 2008AFP - Eva Habil has just become Egypt's first female mayor but already she seems relaxed in her pioneering role as she strolls aro read more »
Mumbai gunman's chilling confession sheds light (AP)
Date : 14 Dec 2008AP - The gunman captured in last month's Mumbai attacks had originally intended to seize hostages and outline demands in a series read more »
Castro visits Venezuela on 1st trip abroad as prez (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - Raul Castro began his first foreign trip as Cuba's president in Venezuela on Saturday, a symbolic destination aimed at streng read more »
US troops to stay in Iraqi cities after June (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - Some American troops will remain in Iraqi cities after a June 30 deadline for combat soldiers to leave urban areas, the top U read more »
India pressed to share Mumbai evidence with rival (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - In the days after the deadly Mumbai attacks, India demanded that Pakistan crack down on militants, shutter charities linked t read more »
Mexican schools close as children are threatened (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - Fourth-grader Ricardo Ivan Ortega knows he is a target in this violent city. His school closed temporarily last month after a read more »
US attorneys visit Iraqis in Blackwater shooting (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - U.S. prosecutors visited on Saturday the site of last year's shooting that left 17 Iraqis dead in a Baghdad square and briefe read more »
Thousands flee fighting in Sudan oil flashpoint (Reuters)
Date : 13 Dec 2008Reuters - Thousands have fled Sudan's volatile oil town of Abyei after fresh north-south fighting has reignited tensions over the read more »
In-form Strauss turns the screw on India (AFP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AFP - Andrew Strauss was poised for a century in each innings as England took charge of the first cricket Test against India at th read more »
Police: Mumbai gunman asks Pakistan for legal help (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - The sole gunman captured in last month's terrorist attacks on Mumbai has written to Pakistani officials to ask for legal help read more »
Former Thai PM supporters gather for rally (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - Tens of thousands of pro-democracy activists and supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra filled a stadium in t read more »
Rower rescued off Australia after 10-month journey (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - SYDNEY, Australia An Italian adventurer who spent 10 months rowing more than 9,500 nautical miles (18,000 kilometers) acro read more »
Commander: Troops to stay in cities past deadline (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - Thousands of U.S. troops will remain in Iraqi cities at local security stations after the summer deadline to have combat troo read more »
Iraqi PM dismisses comment US to stay 10 years (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - Iraq's prime minister Saturday dismissed comments by the top government spokesman that some U.S. soldiers may need to stay fo read more »
British PM visits UK troops near Afghan front line (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday that the presence of international troops in Afghanistan is critical to ste read more »
Zimbabwe: Cholera introduced by West (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - The Zimbabwean government on Saturday accused the West of deliberately starting the country's cholera epidemic, stepping up a read more »
Gates visits Iraq to help prepare for troop cuts (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Middle East nations to support the fight against terror Saturday then traveled to Iraq t read more »