US: Draft pact struck on US forces in Iraq
Last Updated: 3:48 PM 08/20/08 -
A senior U.S. military official says the U.S. government has approved a draft agreement on reducing the American military presence in Iraq.
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US says Russia is beginning pullout from Georgia
Last Updated: 12:15 PM 08/20/08 -
The Bush administration says Russian troops are beginning to withdraw from war-battered Georgia but that the pullback is not significant and needs to increase. (Full Story) |
Attacks, clashes continue in wake of Musharraf departure
Last Updated: 1:31 PM 08/19/08 -
One of the biggest challenges facing Pakistani leaders following President Pervez Musharraf's resignation is how to deal with an al-Qaida and Taliban-backed insurgency in Pakistan's volatile northwest as well as in neighboring Afghanistan. (Full Story) |
Stats show perils of living in east Congo
Last Updated: 1:19 PM 08/19/08 -
Imagine living in a place where you have a 50-percent chance of being enslaved or threatened with death by an armed group. A one-in-three chance of being tortured or wounded. A 12-percent chance of being sexually assaulted multiple times. (Full Story) |
Librarian' of international child porn archive pleads guilty
Last Updated: 4:33 PM 08/18/08 -
A man British police are calling the "librarian" of a child-porn archive has pleaded guilty to sending indecent images of children to subscribers in more than 30 countries. (Full Story) |
Rice: NATO won't let Russia succeed in Georgia
Last Updated: 4:27 PM 08/18/08 -
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says NATO will not allow Russia to destabilize Georgia, intimidate other pro-Western governments in the former Soviet bloc or re-establish an Iron Curtain across Europe. (Full Story) |
Police capture fugitive in dictatorship-era abuses
Last Updated: 4:17 PM 08/18/08 -
Interpol agents have captured a "dirty war" fugitive who ran a secret government detention center under Argentina's military dictatorship of the 1970s. (Full Story) |
Israel to free long-serving Palestinian prisoners
Last Updated: 1:06 PM 08/18/08 -
Israel is announcing a prisoner release that will include two of its most prominent Palestinian inmates. (Full Story) |
Once clubby UK spy service campaigns to hire gays
Last Updated: 12:29 PM 08/18/08 -
Britain's domestic spy agency is looking for a few good lesbians and gays to join the service. (Full Story) |
Afghanistan happy with Musharraf's resignation
Last Updated: 12:28 PM 08/18/08 -
The Afghan government is welcoming Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's resignation.
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Rice to Europe to talk about Russia-Georgia crisis with NATO
Last Updated: 12:18 PM 08/18/08 -
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads for Europe today to talk with NATO allies about what message the West, collectively, should send to Russia following its invasion of Georgia.
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Pakistanis celebrate Musharraf resignation
Last Updated: 11:46 AM 08/18/08 -
Some people have been firing automatic weapons into the sky in celebration of Monday's news in Pakistan. (Full Story) |
Russians announce troop withdrawal has begun
Last Updated: 11:38 AM 08/18/08 -
Russia says its military has begun to withdraw from the conflict-zone in Georgia, but officials haven't said exactly where troops and tanks will continue to operate under the cease-fire that's ended days of fighting in Georgia. (Full Story) |
Gunmen ambush electoral officials in southern Iraq
Last Updated: 11:37 AM 08/18/08 -
Masked gunmen have killed two men during an ambush of a bus carrying electoral officials in southern Iraq. (Full Story) |
Georgia signs cease-fire; US voices support
Last Updated: 1:14 PM 08/15/08 -
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili says he has signed a cease-fire agreement with Russia. But he did not appear enthusiastic about it. He says it protects the former Soviet republic's interests despite concessions to Moscow. (Full Story) |
Gunmen kill 8 at Mexican border city rehab center
Last Updated: 5:00 PM 08/14/08 -
Officials say gunmen killed eight people at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in this border city. (Full Story) |
Spain's inflation rises to 16-year high of 5.3 pct
Last Updated: 2:09 PM 08/13/08 -
Spain says its year-on-year inflation rate has hit a 16-year-high of 5.3 percent. (Full Story) |
Australians: 3 Chinese critically injured in crash
Last Updated: 12:31 PM 08/13/08 -
Three Chinese were critically injured in an accident involving a bus from the athletes' village and a van on the way to the Olympic rowing park, according to the Australian Olympic Committee. (Full Story) |
Soldiers working with Afghan farmers to grow wheat
Last Updated: 12:27 PM 08/13/08 -
Army National Guard soldiers from farm states are hoping to fight terrorism and grow Afghanistan's farm economy, one legitimate crop at a time. (Full Story) |
Castro marks 82nd birthday away from spotlight
Last Updated: 12:08 PM 08/13/08 -
Fidel Castro is marking his 82nd birthday in private Wednesday.
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Germany remembers Berlin Wall construction
Last Updated: 11:43 AM 08/13/08 -
It was 47 years ago today that East Germany began building the Berlin Wall. (Full Story) |
Bush tells Russia to honor cease-fire with Georgia
Last Updated: 11:42 AM 08/13/08 -
The U.S. is calling on Russia to honor the current cease-fire in Georgia.
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Dalai Lama curious about China's path post-Games
Last Updated: 11:41 AM 08/13/08 -
Tibet's spiritual leader says he's disappointed by the latest round of talks aimed at easing tensions between his supporters and China. (Full Story) |
State media: Bus accident kills 24 in China's west
Last Updated: 2:54 PM 08/12/08 -
China's official news agency says 24 people have been killed after a bus overturned in the country's restive western Xinjiang region. (Full Story) |
Terror probe opened on alleged Air China threat
Last Updated: 1:46 PM 08/12/08 -
A French judicial official says an anti-terrorism unit is investigating an unsigned letter received by Air China's Paris headquarters threatening reprisals if China does not free jailed Muslims. (Full Story) |
Russian hackers continue attacks on Georgian sites
Last Updated: 1:28 PM 08/12/08 -
Russian hackers are continuing to attack Georgian Web sites, including one hosted in the United States. (Full Story) |
Georgia sues Russia for alleged ethnic cleansing
Last Updated: 1:10 PM 08/12/08 -
The Georgian security council says it has filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice for alleged ethnic cleansing. (Full Story) |
McCain says U.S. backs Georgia; Obama sends message to Russia
Last Updated: 3:52 PM 08/12/08 -
John McCain says he called Georgia's president to tell him that all Americans back the former Soviet republic in its struggle against Russia. (Full Story) |
Spanish police make big drug bust
Last Updated: 11:33 AM 08/12/08 -
Spanish authorities are reporting another big drug bust. Acting on a tip from U.S. authorities, Spanish police say they've seized 1.4 tons of cocaine and arrested eight South American suspects. Six of them are Colombian and the other two are from Venezuela.
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Green Beret: Team leader shot, mutilated man
Last Updated: 11:31 AM 08/12/08 -
A Green Beret says his team leader shot an Afghan man in the chest and later cut off his ear after discovering the man's cell phone had a photo of a weapon. (Full Story) |
US imposes sanctions on 5 Iranian companies
Last Updated: 11:27 AM 08/12/08 -
The Bush administration has imposed economic sanctions on five Iranian companies that it has accused of helping the country pursue its ambitions to develop a nuclear weapon. (Full Story) |
Russia peacekeepers to stay in breakaway provinces
Last Updated: 11:23 AM 08/12/08 -
Russia's president says that Russian peacekeepers will stay in Georgia's breakaway provinces.
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US: Big powers urge Russia to accept truce
Last Updated: 12:44 PM 08/11/08 -
A State Department spokesman says the U.S. wants "to see the Russians stand down" from its conflict with the former Soviet republic of Georgia. (Full Story) |
Astronauts rest up for spacewalk to test caulking gun and goo
Last Updated: 6:19 AM 03/20/08 -
Shuttle astronauts on board the international space station are preparing for another excursion outside today. (Full Story) |
More robot work in space today
Last Updated: 6:42 AM 03/18/08 -
It's robot helping robot later today aboard the international space station. (Full Story) |
Astronauts test handyman robot's brakes
Last Updated: 7:23 AM 03/17/08 -
The international space station's giant new handyman robot got its first checkup today. Astronauts and flight controllers tested its electronics, joints and brakes. (Full Story) |
Gunman open fire in Jewish seminary
Last Updated: 3:21 PM 03/06/08 -
Two gunmen entered the library of a rabbinical seminary in Jerusalem and opened fire after nightfall Thursday, killing at least seven, police and rescue workers said. (Full Story) |
Senate considers cutting funding for Iraq war
Last Updated: 8:29 AM 02/26/08 -
The Army's chief of staff goes before Senators today as lawmakers vote on a proposal to cut funding for the war in Iraq in 120 days. (Full Story) |
Cuba's Fidel Castro calls it quits
Last Updated: 11:41 AM 02/19/08 -
Fidel Castro is resigning after nearly a half-century as Cuba's president. (Full Story) |
KOSOVO UPDATE: UN Sec. Council holds emergency session
Last Updated: 12:41 AM 02/18/08 -
The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency session this afternoon on Kosovo. (Full Story) |
Top al-Qaida commander killed in Afghanistan
Last Updated: 2:15 PM 01/31/08 -
A U.S. monitoring group says an Islamist militant Web site has announced the death of the al-Qaida commander in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi.
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East Tennessee doctor talks about turmoil in native Pakistan
Last Updated: 9:05 PM 12/28/07 -
Even though it's on the other side of the world, what's happening in Pakistan is having an affect here in East Tennessee (Full Story) |
Rep. Wamp's statement on Bhutto assassination
Last Updated: 7:08 PM 12/27/07 -
Rep. Zach Wamp has released his own statement about the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. (Full Story) |
Turkey and trimmings for Christmas dinner in space
Last Updated: 11:36 AM 12/25/07 -
Christmas is a-comin' to the international space station. (Full Story) |
2 Suspects in Natalee Holloway Case to be Released From Jail
Last Updated: 5:48 PM 11/30/07 -
Two brothers who were re-arrested in the Natalee Holloway case in Aruba last week are to be released from jail.
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Black Box Found, Bodies Recovered in Turkish Plane Crash
Last Updated: 11:44 AM 11/30/07 -
Authorities have found the black box of a Turkish passenger jet that crashed in southwest Turkey early today. (Full Story) |
Police Question Alleged Teen Ringleader of Cyber Crime Network
Last Updated: 11:42 AM 11/30/07 -
A New Zealand teenager who's suspected of heading up an international cyber crime network has been questioned by police and let go without being charged. (Full Story) |
Kurdish Separatists Have Left Northern Iraq, Returned to Turkey
Last Updated: 11:40 AM 11/30/07 -
There's word that Kurdish separatists fighting for autonomy from Turkey have left northern Iraq and returned to their homeland in the past two weeks. (Full Story) |
British Teacher in Sudan Faces Possible Lashes For Allegedly Insulting Islam
Last Updated: 4:54 PM 11/27/07 -
Officials in Sudan have been questioning a British teacher who could face charges of insulting Islam -- a crime punishable by up to 40 lashes -- for letting young students name a teddy bear "Muhammad" in a class project. (Full Story) |
Two American Soldiers Killed in Iraq
Last Updated: 4:49 PM 11/27/07 -
They're the first U.S. combat deaths reported in five days. (Full Story) |
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