Diplomatic push to end ethnic strife in Kenya

NAIROBI (AFP) - Diplomatic efforts accelerated Wednesday to resolve the crisis in Kenya, where post-election violence has threatened to escalate into tribal war, with tens of thousands displaced and hundreds murdered. The dispute over last week's president... full story

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Clinton holds lead as Romney slips in Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mike Huckabee hold narrow leads on their top rivals two days before the state opens the p...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Georgia romps Hawaii 41-10 at Sugar Bowl

NEW ORLEANS - There was no repeat of the Boise State Miracle. The Georgia Bulldogs were simply too big, too fast and too strong for the team from paradise. ...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Tom Bosley still acting up a storm at 80

LOS ANGELES - Tom Bosley wants to show he still has it at 80. Last year, the actor best known for playing Richie Cunningham's father on "Happy Days" co-starred...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Whites more likely to get ER narcotics

CHICAGO - Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than ...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

New Year's snowstorm hits Mich. hard

DETROIT - A fast-moving New Year's Day storm dumped more than a foot of snow on southeastern Michigan, a record blast that made driving hazardous, snarled the ...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

FBI makes new bid to find 1971 skyjacker

PORTLAND, Ore. - The FBI is making a new stab at identifying mysterious skyjacker Dan Cooper, who bailed out of an airliner in 1971 and vanished, releasing new...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

American diplomat killed in Sudan

KHARTOUM, Sudan - An American diplomat was shot and killed early Tuesday by gunmen in a passing car who cut him off as he was being driven home in Sudan's capi...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Pakistan elections delayed by a month

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Elections will be delayed by one month following the turmoil sparked by Benazir Bhutto's assassination, despite opposition threats of str...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Candidates urge voter turnout in Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa - Uplifting appeals largely replaced stinging insults Tuesday as Democratic and Republican candidates did the only thing left to do in Iowa ra...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Military use of unmanned aircraft soars

WASHINGTON - The military's reliance on unmanned aircraft that can watch, hunt and sometimes kill insurgents has soared to more than 500,000 hours in the air, ...

updated Wed January 02, 2008

Kenya church torched, 50 reported killed

NAIROBI, Kenya - A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people — including children — were bur...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

UN, EU try to fix Afghan 'misunderstanding' on diplomats

KABUL (AFP) - The United Nations and European Union were Wednesday trying to settle a "misunderstanding" that led Kabul to order the expulsion of tw...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Scores dead or missing in Indonesia floods, landslides

TAWANGMANGU, Indonesia (AFP) - Floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains left close to 100 people dead or missing on the main Indonesian island of Java...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Olmert and Abbas to meet to try to salvage talks

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plan to meet on Thursday to try to salvage peace talks bogged...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Survivor found in Panama plane crash

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Rescue crews in Panama found an American girl on Tuesday who survived a plane crash that killed the other three people on board, inc...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Iraqi cabinet approves bill to free prisoners

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday which could see thousands of prisoners freed, one of the main demands of Sunni Arab po...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Turkish warplanes strike rebels in northern Iraq

ANKARA/SULAIMANIYA (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq on Wednesday, Turkey's general staff said, in their fou...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Diplomatic row as Afghans expel European pair

KABUL (Reuters) - A diplomatic row erupted on Wednesday between Afghanistan and key aid partners after Kabul declared "persona non grata" a Briton a...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Escaped tiger kills man at San Francisco zoo

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An escaped tiger killed a visitor at San Francisco Zoo and mauled two other men on Tuesday, a year after the same animal attacked a ...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Landslides leave up to 81 dead or missing in Indonesia

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Landslides and floods caused by torrential rains have left up to 81 people dead or missing in Indonesia's Central Java province, polic...