01-02-2010 Pakistan probes claim on Taliban chief’s death ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani army said Sunday that it was investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries
01-02-2010 Egypt set to unveil Tutankhamun DNA results CAIRO (AFP) – One of the great remaining mysteries of ancient Egypt, the lineage of the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, may soon be solved, the country's antiquities supremo hinted on Sunday.
01-02-2010 Obama's $3.8 trillion budget heading to Congress WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's proposed budget predicts the national deficit will crest at a record-breaking almost $1.6 trillion
01-02-2010 Nigerians Wonder: Could A Military Coup Actually Save Us? You'd have to be desperate to want a takeover by the Nigerian army. Nigeria's generals plundered the oil-rich country and executed opponents
31-01-2010 Anger as NATO airstrike kills 4 Afghan soldiers KABUL – A joint U.S.-Afghan force called in an airstrike on what turned out to be an Afghan army post after taking fire from there before dawn Saturday
31-01-2010 Haiti detains Americans taking kids across border PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Ten Americans were detained by Haitian police on Saturday as they tried to bus 33 children across the border into the Dominican Republic, allegedly without proper documents.
31-01-2010 U.S. beefing up missile defenses in Persian Gulf WASHINGTON – As the Obama administration edges toward imposing tougher sanctions on Iran, it has begun upgrading its approach to defending
30-01-2010 Interpol chief: Passport fraud major global threat DAVOS, Switzerland – The biggest travel threat facing the world now is passport fraud, according to the chief of Interpol —
30-01-2010 Lost Gandhi ashes to be scattered at sea in S.Africa JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Some of the last of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes, kept in secret for decades by a family friend, will be scattered at sea off South Africa's
30-01-2010 Unbowed on Iraq, Blair Makes the Case for Targeting Iran Anyone who attended the Jan. 29 session of Britain's Iraq inquiry to watch Tony Blair crumble went home disappointed. When the nation's former Prime Minister returns to center stage
30-01-2010 Israel kills top Hamas commander in Dubai DAMASCUS: Israel assassinated a senior Hamas military commander in Dubai who played a major role in a Palestinian uprising in the 1980s, an official in the group said on Friday.
28-01-2010 Aid flows to Haiti charities, but President 'hasn't seen a cent' PORT-AU-PRINCE - International charities pouring a jumble of aid into Haiti must work better together to reach and help survivors of the catastrophic earthquake, President Rene Preval said on Wednesday.
28-01-2010 'Infiltrators chased out of country' KHOBA: A top Saudi defense official said Wednesday that Yemeni infiltrators were chased out of the Kingdom and did not pull out voluntarily as they claim.
28-01-2010 Full text of Obama's State of the Union speech Text of President Barack Obama's first State of the Union speech, as prepared for delivery on
Wednesday and provided by the White House.
27-01-2010 Fighting for a Draw in Afghanistan America went to war in 2001 to rid Afghanistan not only of al-Qaeda but also of an extremist Taliban regime that viciously abused its own people
27-01-2010 Haiti: A Miracle Rescue Keeps Unrealistic Hopes Alive Two weeks after the monster quake that flattened much of Haiti's capital, the occasional miracle is prolonging the misery of thousands of others.
26-01-2010 Out of war's shadow, Sri Lankans vote for president COLOMBO (Reuters) - Two former allies who led Sri Lanka to victory in a 25-year civil war dueled at the ballot box on Tuesday
26-01-2010 France set to move towards burqa ban PARIS (AFP) – France was set to move one step closer to barring Muslim women from wearing the full Islamic veil with the release Tuesday of a report
26-01-2010 Blasts kill 37 in Iraq, 'Chemical Ali' executed BAGHDAD – Suicide bombers struck in quick succession Monday at three Baghdad hotels favored by Western journalists in well-planned assaults that killed at least 37 people and wounded more than 100.
26-01-2010 Iraq hangs "Chemical Ali" for gas attack, crackdowns BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq executed on Monday Ali Hassan al-Majeed, Saddam Hussein's cousin known as "Chemical Ali,"
