Reuters - Attempts to bring peace to
Sudan's Darfur region have failed and a U.N. peacekeeping force
of 12,000 to 20,000 troops is needed to stop the killings and
rape, the top U.N. offici

Reuters - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel
Alito picked up the endorsement of a key Republican on Friday
and Democrats were running out of options to block Senate
confirmation of a judge th

AFP - Pakistan is investigating whether Al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US air strike on a village near the Afghan border, Pakistani and US officials said.]]>{br}{br}View t

AFP - Iran has dug in over its disputed nuclear programme, saying it would not reverse its decision to conduct sensitive atomic research work despite warnings it faced referral to the UN Securi

AFP - The judge presiding over the Iraqi tribunal trying deposed dictator Saddam Hussein intends to stay in his job, Iraqi judicial officials said after a report suggested he might st

AFP - A veteran US congressman who set off a firestorm in November by calling for a quick American withdrawal from Iraq is now predicting "the vast majority" of US troops will leave the country

AFP - At least 36 Indians were among the hundreds of Muslims who died in a stampede during the pilgrimage to Mecca, an Indian official said.]]>{br}{br}View the Enti

AP - Al-Qaida's second-in-command was not at the site of a U.S. airstrike on a Pakistan village near the Afghan border that killed at least 17 people, two senior Pakistani officials sa

AP - Iran threatened Friday to end surprise inspections and other cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog if it is referred to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program, and the preside

AP - Insurgents apparently shot down a U.S. Army reconnaissance helicopter in this northern city Friday, killing its two pilots, in the second fatal helicopter crash in Iraq in less than

AP - Soldiers exposed to Iraq's increasingly lethal roadside bombs, which can rip through armored Humvees, are drawing on wartime experience and stateside expertise to protect their vehicl

AP - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed six suspected militants during fighting in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Saturday.]]>{br}{br}View the Enti

AFP - Seven miners were killed and five were injured in a gas explosion at a mine in southwestern Romania, the mine operators said.]]>{br}{br}View the Enti

AP - Ariel Sharon was still receiving a small amount of sedatives Saturday and remained comatose in critical but stable condition, a hospital official said.]]>{br}{br}View the Enti

AP - President Hugo Chavez on Friday blasted an attempt by the U.S. to block Spain from selling Venezuela 12 military planes with American parts, calling it proof of Washington'

Reuters - Rich donors promised to step up the
cash flow for fighting bird flu on Friday, with the World Bank
saying $1.4 billion is needed, the European Union pledging $100
million, a