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 12, 2007

Twin car bombs kill 67 in Algiers

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Suspected Al Qaeda militants detonated twin car bombs in Algiers on Tuesday, killing up to 67 people in the bloodiest attack in the north ...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Saints rough up emotional Falcons 34-14

ATLANTA - With Reggie Bush watching from the sideline, Drew Brees passed for 328 yards and three touchdowns as the New Orleans Saints bounced back from a devas...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Keys, Thurman among Nobel concert celebs

OSLO, Norway - Stars performing at a concert Tuesday honoring Nobel Peace laureates Al Gore and the United Nations climate panel said they hoped to draw attent...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Honda robots pair up to lend a hand

TOKYO - As if the idea of having one robot to serve you wasn't unusual enough, Honda says its humanoids are now ready to work in pairs — and they can even...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Colo. gunman may have warned of attacks

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Authorities believe the man who killed four people at a church and missionary training center posted an anti-Christian diatribe onlin...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Panel weighs easing old crack sentences

WASHINGTON - Buoyed by a Supreme Court ruling, some 19,500 federal inmates and their families, most of them black, are hoping the U.S. Sentencing Commission is...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Midwest plastered by more deadly ice

DES MOINES, Iowa - A thick glaze of ice brought down power lines and cut electricity to hundreds of thousands of people, closed schools and canceled flights Tu...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Ex-CIA agent: Waterboarding OK'ed at top

WASHINGTON - The CIA's waterboarding of a top al-Qaida figure was approved at the top levels of the U.S. government, a former CIA agent said Tuesday as agency ...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Bush demands Iran explain nuke program

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday called on Iran to explain why it had a secretive nuclear weapons program, and warned that any such efforts must not be a...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Fed expected to cut interest rate today

WASHINGTON - Faced with a spreading mortgage crisis, the Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates for a third time and hint that even more rate cuts c...

updated Wed December 12, 2007

Car bombs in Algeria kill at least 22

ALGIERS, Algeria - Car bombs exploded minutes apart Tuesday in central Algiers, heavily damaging U.N. offices and partly ripping the facade off a new governmen...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Bush steps up US aid to Turkey against Kurdish rebels

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush, vying to avert a Turkish incursion into Iraq, pledged Monday to step up US military and intelligence cooperation ...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Pakistani police smash protests amid global anger

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani police used tear gas and batons to crush protests by lawyers against President Pervez Musharraf on Monday, despite a torrent of wo...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Australian researchers find hunger switch

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have found how to switch hunger on and off using a molecule that targets the brain -- a discovery which could stop we...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Striking writers slow down Hollywood machine

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood screenwriters went on strike against major film and television studios on Monday, knocking some of America's favorite TV...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Space shuttle Discovery headed home

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station on Monday after an 11-day stay during which astronauts made a risky ...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Wall Street falls with Citi

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday after Citigroup's warning of billions more in loan losses compounded fears that the credit crunch could get w...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Bush vows help for Turkey against Kurdish rebels

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush, facing Turkish threats of a military strike against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, told Turkey's leader on Monday that he ...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Mudslide buries houses in flooded Mexico

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - A huge mudslide engulfed a remote village in flood-ravaged southern Mexico on Monday and the government said at least 16 peop...

updated Tue November 06, 2007

Pettitte declines option with Yankees

ORLANDO, Fla. - Andy Pettitte declined his $16 million option with the New York Yankees, still uncertain whether he wants to pitch next season. ...