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Gunners misfire, Raul on fire for Ramos debut at football Champions League (AFP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AFP - Arsenal slipped up in their bid to top their Champions League group as they went down to rivals FC Porto 2-0 in their final read more »
US leads UN push to hunt, punish Somali pirates (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - The United States sought international authorization Wednesday to hunt Somali pirates on land with the cooperation of Somalia read more »
Administration refuses to cite China on currency (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - The Bush administration has declined to cite China for manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages against the read more »
UN labels 4 Pakistanis linked to Mumbai terrorists (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - A U.N. Security Council panel has designated four men allegedly linked to the Mumbai attacks as terrorists subject to sanctio read more »
Brown draws laughs for "saving the world" (Reuters)
Date : 10 Dec 2008Reuters - Prime Minister Gordon Brown triggered laughter in parliament on Wednesday when he accidentally said he had saved the wor read more »
Suicide on TV condemned in Britain (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - The scene is difficult to watch, even for viewers inured to the subject of dying by a steady diet of violent Hollywood and te read more »
Bush urges Obama to keep Darfur pressure on Sudan (AFP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AFP - US President George W. Bush, in a message seemingly aimed at successor Barack Obama, said Wednesday the United States must k read more »
A young life changed forever by Iraq's war (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - She was a beautiful, round-faced little girl with large, coal-black eyes and an instant smile. Two years later, the 3-year-ol read more »
Testing gap in Puerto Rico stirs translation feud (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - Test results that show Puerto Rican students lagging far behind children on the U.S. mainland ignited debate Wednesday over t read more »
Greek government defends handling of riots (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - Five days of rioting that saw bands of youths marauding through the streets has shocked a generally tolerant Greek public and read more »
Gitmo commander predicts prison won't close soon (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - Guantanamo's commander believes that the prison on this base won't close anytime soon after President-elect Barack Obama take read more »
Britain to withdraw most troops from Iraq by June (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - Britain announced Wednesday it will withdraw all but a handful of its 4,000 soldiers from Iraq next year, ending a mission th read more »
Mining giant Rio Tinto cuts 14,000 jobs (AFP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AFP - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto will slash thousands of jobs globally to cut its debt by 10 billion US dollars as it read more »
China names and shames fake drug websites (Reuters)
Date : 10 Dec 2008Reuters - China, beset by food and drug safety scandals, has blacklisted dozens of websites for making false claims about traditio read more »
US Special Forces mistakenly kill 6 Afghan police (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - U.S. Special Forces killed six Afghan police and wounded 13 early Wednesday in a case of mistaken identity after the police f read more »
Cruise lets off passengers to avoid pirate threat (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - A cruise ship headed for the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden docked Wednesday in Yemen to let off hundreds of passengers so they read more »
Thousands march in Athens rallies after riots (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - More than 10,000 people are marching past burned out and looted shops in central Athens, heading toward Parliament after four read more »
Rio Tinto cuts 14,000 jobs (AFP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AFP - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto will slash thousands of jobs globally to cut its debt by 10 billion US dollars as it read more »
Iraq reporter jailed for homosexuality story freed (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - An international media watchdog says a freelance journalist imprisoned in northern Iraq for writing about homosexuality has b read more »
Britain says most troops will leave Iraq by June (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - British troops will begin withdrawing from Iraq in March and will mostly be gone by June, the Ministry of Defense said Wednes read more »
Somali piracy backed by international network (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - Ahmed Dahir Suleyman is cagey as he talks about the global network that funds and supports piracy off the coast of Somalia. read more »
India promises tougher security but worries remain (AP)
Date : 10 Dec 2008AP - At one entrance to Mumbai's main train station, police stand guard behind sand bags. At another, they search baggage. But com read more »
Musicians protest use of songs by US jailers (AP)
Date : 09 Dec 2008AP - Blaring from a speaker behind a metal grate in his tiny cell in Iraq, the blistering rock from Nine Inch Nails hit Prisoner N read more »
Russians bid farewell to Orthodox church leader (AP)
Date : 09 Dec 2008AP - In a somber service that echoed with ancient chants, Russia paid final tribute Tuesday to Patriarch Alexy II, who rebuilt the read more »
Pakistan won't hand suspects to India (AFP)
Date : 09 Dec 2008AFP - Pakistan said Tuesday it would not hand over suspects in the Mumbai terror strikes to India and warned that while it wanted read more »