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 Sun October 28, 2007

Sudan pledges Darfur cease-fire at talks

SIRTE, Libya - Sudan's government committed to a cease-fire in Darfur at the start of peace talks Saturday, but mediators and journalists outnumbered the few r...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Giuliani resembles Bush on terror war

WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani, to quote a Democratic rival, would be like President Bush on steroids in the way he would go about protecting the U.S. from terrori...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Feds strike ID deal over NY licenses

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration and New York cut a deal Saturday to create a new generation of super-secure driver's licenses for U.S. citizens, but also ...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

US will hand Iraqis control of Karbala

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces will turn over security to Iraqi authorities in the southern Shiite province of Karbala on Monday, the American commander for the area sa...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

UAW members approve Chrysler contract

DETROIT - Despite significant dissent among some of its workers, United Auto Workers members narrowly passed a four-year contract agreement with Chrysler LLC o...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Thousands call for swift end to Iraq war

SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of people called for a swift end to the war in Iraq as they marched through downtown on Saturday, chanting and carrying signs that re...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Weather improves at California fires

LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. - Cooler weather helped firefighters make strong gains on many of the wildfires burning across Southern California on Saturday, but offi...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Pakistan's Bhutto visits ancestral home

GAHRI KHUDA BAKSH, Pakistan (AFP) - Thousands of supporters welcomed Benazir Bhutto at her ancestral village amid tight security Saturday as she made her firs...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Darfur peace talks open in Libya

SIRTE, Libya (AFP) - A peace conference aimed at ending four years of conflict in Darfur opened here Saturday with an address by the African Union's speci...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Churchill painting auctioned by Truman's daughter

LONDON (Reuters) - A painting by Winston Churchill, given by Britain's World War Two leader to U.S. President Harry Truman, is expected to fetch up to 500...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Space station gets more room with Harmony opening

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts on the International Space Station got more living space on Saturday when they opened up Harmony, the outpost's first new r...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

State Department enforces postings to Iraq

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing staff shortages in Iraq, the U.S. State Department announced on Friday that diplomats would have no choice but to accept one-year postings in the hostile environment or face losing...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Californians return to fire-scarred homes

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thousands of Californians forced from their neighborhoods by this week's wind-whipped wildfires returned home on Friday, some of t...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Bhutto prays at father's grave

GARHI KHUDA BAKSH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Thousands of party faithful feted former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday as she visited her stronghold in so...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

U.S. says latest missile shield test succeeded

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A test of a missile defense system successfully intercepted a ballistic target, the U.S. military said on Saturday, a boost to developm...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Iraqi insurgents' clash with Qaeda kills 16

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A battle between al Qaeda in Iraq and a major Sunni Arab insurgent group killed at least 16 militants on Friday near the ancient city of S...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Darfur peace talks begin without key rebels

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Sudan's government and some rebel groups began talks in Libya on Saturday to end 4-1/2 years of conflict in Darfur, but the absen...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Red Sox arrive in Denver a mile high

DENVER - The Colorado Rockies hope a one-mile increase in altitude will make a world of difference. The Boston Red Sox are on a high, and it's not just because...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Rembrandt fever over auctioned portrait

LONDON - A museum in the Netherlands said the portrait was not by Rembrandt, and the provincial auction house in England was only advertising it as a work by o...

updated Sun October 28, 2007

Astronauts prepare to open station room

HOUSTON - Wearing goggles and surgical masks, the commander of the international space station and an Italian astronaut on Saturday opened the hatch to christe...