World Oct 20 Taliban Kill Christian Aid Worker in Afghanistan Taliban gunmen killed a Christian aid worker walking to work Monday in Afghanistan's capital because she was spreading her religion, the militant group said.
Economy Oct 20 Stocks Rise on Signs of Credit Thaw, News of Global Summit U.S. stocks rose Monday following word from President Bush, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso over the weekend that they plan to hold a series of summits on the global financial crisis.
Economy Oct 17 President Bush Stands by Government Action; Housing Starts Fall in September President Bush sought to reassure Americans that moves taken by the federal government would be bold enough to ease the financial crisis even as new reports showed further declines in the housing market.
Science Oct 17 Researchers Search for New Weapons in Fight Against TB Last year, a young lawyer with drug-resistant tuberculosis travelled overseas despite the fact that he was on the U.S. no-fly list, sparking a media storm and bringing the lung disease back into national awareness.
World Oct 17 Turkey Gains Non-permanent Seat on U.N. Security Council Turkey was elected, along with four other countries, as a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council on Friday for the first time since 1961.
Nation Oct 16 Draft Pact Says U.S. Forces Would Leave Iraq in 2011 After months of talks, Washington and Baghdad settled upon a draft security deal that would have U.S. troops leave Iraq by the end of 2011 unless Iraq asks them to stay longer.
Economy Oct 15 European Leaders Call for Summit to Overal Global Financial System As the world's industrialized nations continued to roll out more plans to bolster flagging economies, European leaders called for a review of the global financial system.
Politics Oct 15 Syria, Lebanon Formalize Diplomatic Ties; Border Issue Remains Officials in Syria and Lebanon signed an agreement Wednesday formalizing diplomatic ties between the two countries for the first time since they gained independence in the 1940s.
Politics Oct 15 Conservative Party Re-elected in Canada Canadian voters re-elected the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who will form the country's third minority government in four years. His party gained seats but still fell short of a majority.
Economy Oct 15 U.S. Markets Plummet, Global Indicators Slide Amid Recession Fears After a two-day rally, U.S. stock prices plunged Wednesday as investors worldwide expressed concerns the global efforts to inject liquidity and restore confidence to the battered financial system may not be enough to stave off a widespread recession.