Nation Aug 10 Suicide Bomber Attacks Shiite Shrine in Iraq A suicide attacker detonated his explosives outside a Shiite shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, killing at least 35 people and injuring at least 122, the Iraqi army said.
World Aug 10 Terrorism Alert Raised to High After Bomb Plot Foiled British authorities on Thursday arrested 21 people reportedly planning to detonate explosives aboard aircraft flying from the UK, prompting U.S. officials to raise the terror alert to "red," its highest level yet, for commercial flights from Britain.
Politics Aug 09 Leftists Blockade Foreign Banks in Mexico to Protest Vote Recount Mexico began a partial recount of presidential ballots Wednesday, while protesters blockaded the offices of three major foreign-owned banks, demanding a full recount of the July 2 election.
World Aug 08 U.N. Works to Hammer Out Terms of Mideast Truce Arab leaders met with U.N. officials Tuesday to seek an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon as part of a U.S.-French draft resolution outlining terms of a truce between Israel and Hezbollah.
Economy Aug 07 Alaska Oil Pipeline Shutdown May Force Government to Open Emergency Stockpile Britain's BP PLC, a major international oil company, was forced to begin shutting down production at the largest oil field in the United States on Sunday.
Politics Aug 07 Amid Corruption Probe, Ohio's Bob Ney Drops Out of Race Dogged by a federal corruption investigation, Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, announced Monday he was abandoning his re-election campaign for his family's sake.
Nation Aug 03 Daily Attacks Mar NATO Takeover of Southern Afghanistan Attacks against NATO forces in southern Afghanistan killed 21 civilians and four Canadian troops Thursday.
Politics Aug 01 Colorado's 7th District Democrats Battle over Who Will Challenge O'Donnell The fight over Colorado's 7th Congressional District promises to be a fierce battle come Nov. 7 -- Republicans won the seat by only 121 votes in 2002 -- but the real fight appears to be taking place among the district's…
Politics Aug 01 Cuban Leader Castro Temporarily Transfers Power to Brother In a surprise announcement Monday night, Cuban President Fidel Castro handed power to his younger brother Raul while he undergoes intestinal surgery.
Politics Aug 01 Still Trailing in Polls, Santorum Hammers on Illegal Immigration For months, Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., has trailed Pennsylvania Treasurer Bob Casey in his fight for re-election and now the incumbent Republican has latched onto the immigration debate in hopes of finding an issue to rally support.