Politics Jun 13 War Veterans Ready to Fight for Mugabe in Zimbabwe Runoff Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said war veterans he commanded during his country's war for liberation are prepared to take up arms to prevent the opposition from winning a June 27 run-off presidential election.
Politics Jun 12 Justices: Terror Suspects May Appeal Detentions The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts, handing a stinging setback to the Bush administration.
World Jun 12 Donors Pledge $15 Billion for Afghan Rebuilding The international community pledged more than $15 billion in aid to Afghanistan at a donors' conference in Paris Thursday, while Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised to fight corruption that has hindered past aid efforts.
Nation Jun 11 Pakistan Says U.S. Coalition Forces Killed 11 Troops Pakistan's army said Wednesday that a U.S.-led coalition airstrike along the volatile Afghan-Pakistan border killed 11 of its paramilitary troops, condemning it as an act of aggression that "hit at the very basis of cooperation" on the war on terror.
Health Jun 10 Tomatoes Pulled From Shelves Over Salmonella Federal officials are trying to locate the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes while the list of supermarkets and restaurants pulling the affected tomato varieties from shelves and menus continues to grow.
Politics Jun 10 Despite Divisive Primaries, Democrats May Still Benefit From Lengthy Contest As Sen. Hillary Clinton's concession speech echoed through Washington last week, pundits and analysts continued to debate whether the lengthy Democratic primary fight will help or hurt the party in the fall.
World Jun 10 China Contains Overflowing Quake-Formed Lake China declared success Tuesday in preventing a lake -- formed by landslides from the massive May 12 earthquake -- from overflowing its banks and flooding downstream communities.
Nation Jun 09 High Fuel Prices Lead to Protests in Europe Truck drivers in Spain and Portugal blocked roads Monday to protest soaring global fuel prices, which also caused the national average price of gasoline in the United States to rise above $4 per gallon over the weekend.
Politics Jun 09 President Bush Visits Europe with Afghanistan, Iran on Agenda President Bush departed for Europe Monday to ask leaders for more help in Afghanistan and more pressure on Iran. His first stop was in Slovenia for the last U.S.-European Union summit of his presidency.
Politics Jun 07 Clinton Ends Historic Campaign, Fully Endorses Obama Sen. Hillary Clinton suspended her run for president Saturday, ending the most successful campaign by a female presidential candidate for a major political party in U.S. history.