Gunmen kill U.S. official in Sudan

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Gunmen killed a U.S. government aid agency official and his driver in Khartoum on Tuesday, U.S. and Sudanese officials said. The unknown assailants opened fire as the official from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ... full story

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Pakistan to grant amnesty to former premier Bhutto ahead of vote

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan agreed to grant former prime minister Benazir Bhutto an amnesty on corruption charges Tuesday as President Pervez Musharraf named a...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Obesity may push U.S. health costs above Europe: study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly twice as many U.S. adults are obese compared to European, a key factor leading Americans to suffer more often from cancer, diabe...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Diana inquest opens with accusations

LONDON (Reuters) - The inquest into Princess Diana's death in a Paris car crash 10 years ago opened on Tuesday with accusations that the British royal fam...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

U.S. says approves North Korean nuclear deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has approved a tentative deal reached in six-party talks that would disable facilities at North Korea's Yongbyon ...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Leaders of divided Koreas to hold formal talks

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's president will hold formal talks with reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on Wednesday, after the second summit of t...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

U.N. envoy meets Myanmar junta chief

YANGON (Reuters) - U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari met separately with junta chief Than Shwe and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, ending a four-day m...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Clinton leads 2008 money chase

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton raised $27 million for her 2008 presidential bid in the third quarter, leading all rivals and strengthenin...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

House Democrats urge Jan 2009 Iraq pullout

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's request for nearly $200 billion more to fund the Iraq war will not be approved unless it is linked t...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Blackwater on defensive in Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. security contractor Blackwater defended its role in Iraq on Tuesday but skeptical lawmakers took aim at the company over a series ...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Music download trial starts in Minn.

DULUTH, Minn. - An amateur musician and 11 other jurors were seated Tuesday in the trial of Jammie Thomas, accused by the recording industry of sharing music o...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Costs of outfitting soldiers spirals up

WASHINGTON - As official Washington argues over the spiraling price of the war in Iraq, consider this: Outfitting a soldier for battle costs a hundred times mo...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

No license, missed test cost Britney

LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears lost custody of her children because she failed to produce a California driver's license and allegedly missed a drug and alcohol t...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Simpson ordered to give Rolex to Goldman

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - O.J. Simpson must hand over his Rolex watch and other assets to satisfy a judgment that found him liable for the deaths of his ex-wife N...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Pending home sales index hits record low

WASHINGTON - An index that forecasts near-term home sales fell in August to a record low as would-be homebuyers had difficulty getting mortgages. Economists sa...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Jury awards $11.6 million in Knicks case

NEW YORK - A federal jury decided Madison Square Garden and its chairman must pay $11.6 million in damages to former New York Knicks executive Anucha Browne Sa...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Blackwater chairman defends his company

WASHINGTON - Blackwater chairman Erik Prince vigorously defended his private security company on Tuesday, rejecting charges that his staff acted like a bunch o...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Opening of Koreas summit is chilly

SEOUL, South Korea - The first summit between the divided Koreas in seven years opened Tuesday to rapturous cheers from hundreds of thousands of North Koreans,...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

Clinton raises $22 million, bests Obama

WASHINGTON - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton raised $22 million this summer for her presidential primary campaign, outpacing all other candidates so far with h...

updated Wed October 03, 2007

House moves on troop withdrawal plan

WASHINGTON - The House takes up legislation today that would require President Bush to submit a plan for a withdrawal of troops from Iraq. ...

updated Mon October 01, 2007

Ukraine votes in tense contest to end turmoil

KIEV (AFP) - Ukrainians voted Sunday in their third national poll in three years, aimed at ending months of political unrest with pro-Western parties seeking ...