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 Fri October 05, 2007

Young, Diamondbacks near sweep of Cubs

PHOENIX - The chant began in the ninth inning: "Sweep the Cubs!" The youthful Arizona Diamondbacks are one game away from making it happen. Rookie Chris Young hit a three-run homer and Stephen Drew tripled ...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Owen Wilson returns to public eye

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Owen Wilson returned to the public eye Thursday night, making an appearance at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Darjeeling Limited." ...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Retailers following teen tobacco laws

WASHINGTON - The percentage of retailers selling tobacco to underage youth during unannounced inspections dropped to 10.9 percent last year, the government rep...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Police kill man who shot 5 at law firm

ALEXANDRIA, La. - Police shot and killed a man early Friday after an hours-long standoff in which he shot five people at downtown law office, killing two of th...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Blackwater aided by PR giant

WASHINGTON - Public relations giant Burson-Marsteller has vast experience steering companies through tough times. But there's a limit to how much it can help B...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Craig poses dilemma for GOP colleagues

WASHINGTON - Facing untimely resignations, an unpopular war and a troubling 2008 election landscape, Senate Republicans didn't need another headache this week....

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Obama hopes to surprise Clinton in Iowa

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's hopes for the Democratic nomination hinge on getting hundreds of thousands of new voters fired up enough to actually turn out —...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Barclays withdraws $84B ABN Amro offer

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Britain's Barclays PLC withdrew a $84 billion offer for ABN Amro Holding NV on Friday, the largest attempted takeover in the history of the financial industry. The concession, which...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Pakistan to delay election winner

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan was thrust into political uncertainty on the eve of its presidential election as the Supreme Court ruled Friday that no winner w...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Democrats want to see interrogation memo

WASHINGTON - Senate and House Democrats demanded Thursday to see two secret memos that reportedly authorize painful interrogation tactics against terror suspec...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Bhutto pulls back from showdown with Musharraf

LONDON (AFP) - Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto said Thursday she was expecting an amnesty from corruption charges, removing a major obstacle to a power-sharing deal with President Pervez Musharra...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Myanmar junta chief willing to meet Suu Kyi if she drops demands

YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's junta chief would be willing to meet opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi if she meets major preconditions including ending her support for sanctions on the regime, state media said Thurs...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Nations must move now to save WTO round: U.S.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A long-delayed global free trade deal can still be done but countries such as Japan, Brazil and China must show flexibility or risk being blamed for failure, the top U.S. negotiator said on...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Richardson calls for immediate pullout from Iraq

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson criticized his rivals on Thursday for failing to support an immediate and complete U.S...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Jury sees last footage of Princess Diana

LONDON (Reuters) - The final pictures of Princess Diana climbing into the car in which she and her lover Dodi al-Fayed died were shown for the first time on Th...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Myanmar junta tightens screws

YANGON (Reuters) - Despite gradually easing its iron grip on Myanmar's main city on Thursday, the junta continued to round up scores of people and grill hu...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

At least 19 killed as plane crashes in Congo's captial

KINSHASA (Reuters) - At least 19 people died when a Russian-made cargo plane crashed and exploded on Thursday in a teeming neighborhood of Kinshasa, the Democr...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

FBI takes lead in Blackwater investigation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has taken control from the State Department of an investigation into the September 16 shooting incident involving security cont...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Rescuers save 2,350 trapped S.African gold miners

ELANDSRAND MINE, South Africa (Reuters) - Some 850 miners remained trapped more than a mile underground in a South African gold shaft on Thursday after a day-...

updated Fri October 05, 2007

Koreas seek formal end to Korean War

SEOUL (Reuters) - Leaders of the two Koreas agreed on Thursday to try to bring peace to the Cold War's last frontier, just a day after the North signed up...