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 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...

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...