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 Wed December 26, 2007

Indonesia, Thailand mark tsunami with prayers

CALANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Hundreds of Indonesians prayed at mass graves in Aceh province on Wednesday, while in Thailand Buddhist monks held a ceremony to...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Wild Oats leads fleet out of Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Two-time defending champion Wild Oats X1 led the 82-yacht fleet out of Sydney harbor Wednesday at the start of the Sydney to Hobart race. ...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Jazz pianists pay tribute to Peterson

NEW YORK - Oscar Peterson's dazzling keyboard technique, commanding sense of swing and mastery of different piano styles could leave even his most accomplished...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

October home prices post record decline

NEW YORK - U.S. home prices fell in October for the 10th consecutive month, declining a record 6.7 percent compared with a year ago, according to the Standard ...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Retailers usher in post-Xmas business

NEW YORK - Retailers opened earlier than ever Wednesday and slashed prices with hopes of salvaging a holiday season that is falling short of already modest exp...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

3 years on, nations remember tsunami

CALANG, Indonesia - Survivors prayed at mosques and mass graves Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the devastating Asian tsunami, while hundreds fled b...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Rescuers struggle to save crash survivor

PANAMA CITY, Panama - Rescuers in a remote, mountainous region of Panama struggled Wednesday to evacuate a 12-year-old American girl, the only survivor of a sm...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Nepal bridge collapse kills 15

KATMANDU, Nepal - Hundreds of police, soldiers and villagers searched an icy river in western Nepal on Wednesday for more than 50 people believed missing after...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

78 feared dead in Indonesian landslides

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Soldiers, police and volunteers dug for survivors of landslides that killed as many as 78 people Wednesday in western Indonesia, including...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Tiger kills man at San Francisco Zoo

SAN FRANCISCO - Investigators trying to determine how a tiger escaped its enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo — killing one visitor and mauling two others ...

updated Wed December 26, 2007

Turkish jets strike Kurdish rebel bases

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish warplanes hit eight suspected Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq on Wednesday, the third cross-border air assault in 10 days, Tur...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Top general assassinated in crisis-hit Lebanon

BEIRUT (AFP) - A top Lebanese army officer and his bodyguard were killed on Wednesday in a powerful car bomb that further destabilised the country as it grapp...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

EU leaders converge on Lisbon to sign landmark reform treaty

LISBON (AFP) - EU leaders converge on Lisbon Thursday to sign a landmark treaty which they hope will revitalise the expanded bloc and allow them to refocus th...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

North Korea may have aided Hezbollah: U.S. report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea may have given arms to Lebanon's Hezbollah and Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, according to a report compiled for Congres...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

China recalls war massacre with sirens, warnings

NANJING, China (Reuters) - China marked 70 years since Japan's Nanjing massacre on Thursday, invoking memories of the atrocity to remind Tokyo that the wartime past remains a bitter backdrop to an improving rel...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Paulson says U.S., China agree to fight protectionism

XIANGHE, China (Reuters) - The United States and China agreed they need to take steps to boost growth and keep their economies in balance, U.S. Treasury Secre...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Emissions goals bedevil Bali climate talks

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Delegates at climate talks in Bali tried to break a deadlock on Thursday over U.S.-led opposition to tough guidelines for rich...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Interest high in scope of Mitchell steroids report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The keenly anticipated Mitchell Report on steroids usage in Major League Baseball will be issued on Thursday, fueling hope the record wil...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Ike Turner dead at 76

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner, whose achievements as one of the founding fathers of the genre were overshadowed by ex-wife ...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Bush vetoes children's health bill a second time

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday vetoed a bill expanding a popular children's health care program for the second time, an...