Reuters - Pakistan's Islamist opposition on
Monday vowed more protests against a U.S. airstrike aimed at
Osama bin Laden's deputy that killed at least 18 civilians, and
commentators sa

Reuters - Turkey stepped up the culling of poultry
across the country on Monday as it battles to stamp out bird
flu and Indonesia said a 13-year-old girl died of the virus at
t

AFP - A top US Republican senator for the first time mentioned impeachment in connection with President George W. Bush's authorization of electronic surveillance inside the United States witho

AFP - Senior officials from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany were holding talks in London regarding Iran's resumption of controversial nucle

AFP - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was set to be sworn in to office in Liberia as Africa's first female elected head of state, in a ceremony many hope will mark the start of a new era of peace a

AFP - A US military helicopter crashed north of Baghdad, the US military said, adding that there was no immediate news of its two-man crew.]]>{br}{br}View the Enti

AFP - US Vice President Richard Cheney left here for Egypt and Saudi Arabia for talks with the leaders of both countries, in which the war in Iraq and regional security were expected to take cent

AP - Islamic groups vowed Monday to keep up their anti-American protests over a purported CIA airstrike that Pakistan says killed innocent civilians instead of the apparent target 

AP - Michelle Bachelet's path to Chile's presidency has taken her from a dictator's jail cell to exile in East Germany and back home as a respected defense minister.]]>{br}{br}View t

AP - Afghanistan's president urged nations not to turn their back on his country four years after the ouster of the radical Taliban, warning it could again be used as a staging post f

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wants a vote as soon as possible on whether to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program and is working to line

AP - In Cyprus, a child of 7 can be charged with a crime. In France, it's age 10. Poland allows police to be present when suspects speak to their lawyers. Other European countries would consid

AP - Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon briefly opened his eyes Monday for the first time since suffering a stroke Jan. 4, but the hospital treating him said only that he mov

AP - Manuel Fraga, the last political survivor of Gen. Francisco Franco's regime, stepped down Sunday after 15 years as leader of the former dictator's native region.{br}{br}View the Enti

Reuters - Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is
sworn in as Africa's first elected female president on Monday
in the presence of U.S. first lady Laura Bush and watched over
by two Americ

Reuters - The United States is assigning more
than 2,000 military police advisers to Iraqi police in a
stepped-up training program, a spokesman said on Monday.]]>{br}{br}View the Enti