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 Sun October 07, 2007

Stanford shocks No. 2 USC 24-23

LOS ANGELES - In what's been the year of the upset in college football, Stanford's stunner just might top them all. Tavita Pritchard threw a 10-yard touchdown ...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Lights out! Rockies roar into NLCS

DENVER - Lights out! The blackout at Coors Field was caused by a cranky computer. Blame the Philadelphia Phillies' power outage on rookie Ubaldo Jimenez and a ...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

'Diddy' sued over B.I.G. music rights

MIAMI - A former associate of Sean "Diddy" Combs has filed a lawsuit from prison against the hip-hop mogul, claiming Combs owes him more than $19 million for m...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Bush talks of compromise on health bill

WASHINGTON - President Bush signaled a willingness Saturday to spend more than what he had recommended for a popular children's health program, but provided no...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Costa Rica urged to OK US trade deal

WASHINGTON - The White House said Saturday that if Costa Ricans vote against joining a U.S.-Central American free trade agreement, the Bush administration will...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

6 years later, US expands Afghan base

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Six years after the first U.S. bombs began falling on Afghanistan's Taliban government and its al-Qaida guests, America is planning for a...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Melting ice pack displaces Alaska walrus

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Thousands of walrus have appeared on Alaska's northwest coast in what conservationists are calling a dramatic consequence of global warming...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Boom, bust in area beset by foreclosures

QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. - Out on Phoenix's suburban fringes, where cement mixers are fast colonizing what's left of the hay and cotton fields, the day is winding to...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Chrysler, UAW continue contract talks

DETROIT - Negotiators with the United Auto Workers union and Chrysler LLC remained at the bargaining table Saturday evening as efforts to reach a tentative con...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Pakistan Supreme Court weighs election

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gen. Pervez Musharraf won an overwhemingly majority in a presidential election boycotted by nearly the entire opposition Saturday, and at...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Protests around the world against Myanmar's junta

LONDON (AFP) - Protests against Myanmar's bloody crackdown on dissenters took place in cities around the world Saturday, with thousands demonstrating in L...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Pakistan's Musharraf wins landslide, awaits court ruling

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf won a landslide victory in a controversial presidential election Saturday, but the Supreme Court may yet snatch another five-year term away from him....

updated Sun October 07, 2007

U.S. "disturbed" by aid worker's arrest in Nigeria

ABUJA (Reuters) - The United States is disturbed by the September 26 arrest in Nigeria of an American aid worker accused of helping two Germans film and photo...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Britain's Prince William in paparazzi row

LONDON (Reuters) - British tabloid newspapers opted not to publish paparazzi pictures of Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton on Saturday after he...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Myanmar protest in London, Asia fails to spark

LONDON (Reuters) - Several thousand protesters marched through central London on Saturday after a global day of demonstrations against Myanmar's violent s...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Jones "one of biggest frauds" in sport, says Diack

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Disgraced Olympic champion Marion Jones will be remembered as one of the biggest frauds in sporting history, the president...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Sam's Club recalls Cargill-made hamburgers in U.S.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sam's Club is pulling frozen hamburgers made by agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. from its stores shelves across the United States as Mi...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Kabul suicide bomb kills U.S. soldier

KABUL (Reuters) - A Taliban suicide car bomb killed five Afghan civilians and a U.S. soldier in Kabul on Saturday, the third such attack in the capital in eig...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Musharraf sweeps vote

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf won most votes in a presidential election on Saturday but he must wait for the Supreme Court t...

updated Sun October 07, 2007

Shi'ite leaders seal pact to curb violence

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's two most powerful Shi'ite leaders have signed their first written agreement, pledging to prevent bloodshed by working together to avoid confrontation, Iraqi officials said on Saturday...