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 Mon October 08, 2007

Report says war on terror is fuelling al Qaeda

LONDON (Reuters) - Six years after the September 11 attacks in the United States, the "war on terror" is failing and instead fuelling an increase in...

updated Mon October 08, 2007

Seven dead in Wisconsin after deputy opens fire

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A sheriff's deputy shot and killed six young people in the northern Wisconsin town of Crandon before being killed himself after a manhunt, a local TV station reported on Sunday, quoting poli...

updated Mon October 08, 2007

Petraeus steps up accusations against Iran

EAST OF BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - The U.S. military commander in Iraq stepped up accusations over the weekend that Iran was inciting violence there and said Te...

updated Mon October 08, 2007

Curt Schilling pitches Red Sox into ALCS

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Brilliant as ever in the postseason, Curt Schilling helped give the Boston Red Sox some time off. The way they're playing, maybe that's the l...

updated Mon October 08, 2007

UK probe of Diana's death going to Paris

PARIS - A decade after Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed were killed in a Paris car crash, a British coroner's jury comes to the French capital this ...

updated Mon October 08, 2007

Activists mark Russia journalist's death

MOSCOW - Activists marked the first anniversary of journalist Anna Politkovskaya's slaying Sunday while across town, pro-Kremlin youth thronged a Moscow embank...

updated Mon October 08, 2007

UAW, Chrysler return to bargaining table

DETROIT - Negotiators with the United Auto Workers union and Chrysler LLC have made progress on efforts to reach a new four-year labor contract, but a person b...

updated Mon October 08, 2007

Iowa poll puts Clinton atop in key state

NEW HAMPTON, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton has taken the lead among Democratic presidential candidates in an Iowa poll, an encouraging sign of progress toward ...

updated Mon October 08, 2007

Darfur town razed after peacekeeper raid

KHARTOUM, Sudan - A Darfur town under the control of Sudanese troops has been razed in apparent retaliation for a rebel attack on a nearby base of African peac...

updated Mon October 08, 2007

Leavitt seeks deal on children's health

WASHINGTON - President Bush's health secretary said Sunday he does not expect Congress to override a veto on children's insurance and warned that the popular p...

updated Mon October 08, 2007

Knowing the enemy difficult in Iraq

PATROL BASE HAWKS, Iraq - When U.S. sentries fatally shot three guards near an Iraqi-manned checkpoint south of Baghdad, they thought they were targeting enemy...

updated Mon October 08, 2007

Scorching Chicago Marathon leaves 1 dead

CHICAGO - In a race run in scorching heat that left one man dead, Kenya's Patrick Ivuti won the Chicago Marathon by a fraction of a second Sunday. At least 49 ...

updated Mon October 08, 2007

Off-duty Wis. deputy sheriff kills 6

CRANDON, Wis. - An off-duty sheriff's deputy went on a shooting rampage early Sunday at a home where seven young people had gathered for pizza and movies, kill...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Protests around world against Myanmar crackdown

LONDON (AFP) - Protesters across the world demonstrated against Myanmar's bloody crackdown on dissent Saturday, with thousands gathering in London and sma...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Pakistan's eyes turn to court after Musharraf sweeps vote

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf girded Sunday for a Supreme Court battle over whether he can claim victory in a presidential vote,...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

U.S. hospital ship aims to grow goodwill in Americas

ABOARD THE USNS COMFORT (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy hospital ship finished a four-month humanitarian mission on Saturday that offered a glimpse of the Pentagon...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Costa Ricans vote on free trade with the U.S.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Costa Ricans vote on a free-trade deal with the United States on Sunday in a referendum that has split the Central American na...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Republican lawmaker dies of breast cancer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. Jo Ann Davis, a Virginia Republican first elected to the House of Representatives in 2000, died on Saturday after a long battle wi...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Pakistani forces kill 20 militants, army says

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani soldiers backed by helicopter gunships killed 20 pro-Taliban militants in an attack on Sunday in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, a military spokesman said. ...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Mynamar junta takes soldiers off streets

YANGON (Reuters) - The Myanmar junta reduced security in Yangon sharply on Sunday, apparently confident it would face no further mass protests against militar...