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 Thu December 13, 2007

Republican rivals find lots of agreement in debate

JOHNSTON, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican presidential contenders took shots at China, budget deficits and the debate moderator but avoided attacking each other o...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Tejada traded to Houston; Rowand signs

Miguel Tejada was traded to Houston and Aaron Rowand joined the San Francisco Giants as major league teams made a flurry of moves Wednesday, one day before the...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

New `Jackass' movie to hit Internet

NEW YORK - The next batch of painful "Jackass" stunts is coming to a computer screen near you. ...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Rock pioneer Ike Turner dies at age 76

SAN DIEGO - Ike Turner, whose role as one of rock's critical architects was overshadowed by his ogrelike image as the man who brutally abused former wife Tina ...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Saturn's rings older than first thought?

LOS ANGELES - Saturn's shimmering rings may be as old as the solar system, scientists said Wednesday, debunking earlier theories that the rings were formed dur...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Woman convicted in husband's acid murder

LOS ANGELES - A biochemist who killed her husband by knocking him out and pouring hydrochloric acid on him was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder. ...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Data sought on veterans' suicide

WASHINGTON - The parents of an Iraq war veteran who committed suicide and members of Congress on Wednesday questioned why there's not a comprehensive tracking ...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

First Palestinian policewomen begin work

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian pedestrians gawked at the unusual sight of female police officers directing traffic in Ramallah on Wednesday, the first batch...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Clinton adviser: Obama drug use concern

CONCORD, N.H. - A top adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said Wednesday that Democrats should give more thought to Sen. Barack Obama's admissions of ...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Rice: Iran, North Korea still dangerous

WASHINGTON - North Korea and Iran have a long way to go to get off the Bush administration's list of nuclear threats, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told ...

updated Thu December 13, 2007

Bush vetoes kids health insurance bill

WASHINGTON - President Bush vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have expanded government-provided health insurance for children, his second slap-down of a ...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Putin urged to lead government after Kremlin

MOSCOW (AFP) - Months of uncertainty over Russia's future power structure ended Tuesday when President Vladimir's handpicked successor, Dmitry Medvede...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Twin bomb blasts kill 62 in Algiers

ALGIERS (AFP) - A twin car bomb strike rocked Algiers on Tuesday killing at least 62 people and devastating a UN office where staff were trapped for hours aft...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Serbia warns EU not to send mission to Kosovo

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serb Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica warned the European Union on Tuesday that sending a supervisory mission to the breakaway province ...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Israeli ground troops kill five in Gaza Strip raid

GAZA (Reuters) - About 30 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles pushed into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Tuesday, sparking clashes with Palestinians that killed f...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Waterboarding useful but torture: ex-CIA interrogator

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA officials extracted valuable information from a terrorism suspect after he was subjected to waterboarding, a simulated drowning tec...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Congress has been stymied by Bush, Republicans

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush wants it known the U.S. Congress has been asleep at the switch since Democrats took over in January. The only ...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Subprime hotline has 45,000 calls in three days

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A hotline for a program that aims to help about 1.2 million subprime borrowers received 45,000 calls in the three days after President ...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Bible Belt state may be crucial in election

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Like many people in South Carolina, prison pastor Stan Kennedy is following the 2008 U.S. presidential race closely but h...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Russia's Medvedev backs Putin to become PM

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev, named by Russian President Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor, said on Tuesday he wanted Putin to become prime mini...