03-02-2010 French court upholds Concorde crash trial PONTOISE, France – A French court has rejected defense requests to call off a long-awaited trial on the deadly crash of a Concorde supersonic jet.
03-02-2010 Iran sends rocket with animal menagerie into space TEHRAN, Iran – Iran announced Wednesday it has successfully launched a research rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space
03-02-2010 Karzai seeks Saudi mediation JEDDAH: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is seeking an important Saudi role in reconciling with the Taleban,
03-02-2010 Iraqi police: 20 killed in Karbala blast BAGHDAD – A bomb planted on a parked motorcycle ripped through a crowd of Shiite pilgrims Wednesday,
03-02-2010 ICC to review absence of genocide on Beshir warrant THE HAGUE (AFP) – Genocide may be added to the list of charges against Sudan's president Omar al-Beshir after a war crimes
02-02-2010 Female suicide bomber in Iraq kills 54 BAGHDAD – A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives inside a way station for Shiite pilgrims Monday,
02-02-2010 President's sex life makes headlines in S. Africa JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's governing party says a report that the country's polygamist president fathered a child
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.
