BISSAU (AP): Military sources said six people were killed when a group of Guinean soldiers attempted to seize control of a military airbase near the capital, Bissau....
WADI DINAR, (AP)Pro-government militias battled fighters in a former stronghold of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadaffi yesterday, the fifth straight day of clashes that have killed at least 30 people....
WEST PALM BEACH (AP):Here, in a county that knows a thing or two about election day meltdowns, both parties are fretting over what might go seriously wrong before, during or just after the November 6 presidential election."...
NEW YORK (AP): Bruce Springsteen is supporting President Barack Obama again, saying he believes Obama is the best person to lead the United States (US) and backing off a vow not to get involved in this year's election....
NEW YORK (AP): Independent groups working to elect Republican Mitt Romney have helped him match or even exceed President Barack Obama's TV ad spending in dozens of media markets in battleground states...
WESTMINSTER, Colo (AP):The week-long search for a 10-year-old Colorado girl last Friday became a murder investigation after authorities identified a body found in a suburban Denver park as that of fifth-grader Jessica Ridgeway.
DALLAS (AP):A Dallas woman who beat her two-year-old daughter and glued the toddler's hands to a wall was sentenced last Friday to 99 years in prison by a judge who described his decision as a necessary punishment for a brutal, shocking attack.
CAIRO (AP):Egypt's prosecutor general defied a presidential decision to remove him from his post, entering his office yesterday in a downtown Cairo courthouse flanked by security and hundreds of judicial officials.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP):Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is promoting new-found enthusiasm for his candidacy with campaign stops yesterday in Ohio as President Barack Obama highlighted the...
Mingora police chief Afzal Khan Afridi said arrests had been made, but he declined to give any details about the number of people detained or what role they're suspected in having in the shooting.
The ruling comes after days of protests and finger-pointing in Buenos Aires, where the justice ministry is protecting the 32-year-old woman in a refuge for freed sex slaves.
The BBC reported that 2-year-old Sonny Rees was taken to a hospital emergency room after drinking whiskey at his second birthday party at a Frankie and Benny's restaurant in Swansea.
A magnitude-six earthquake has shaken the Gulf of California coast in Mexico, but there are no reports of damage.The US Geological Survey says the quake hit at 11:26 p.m.
MOSCOW (AP):Russia's top health official said yesterday that drinking and driving don't mix, even when the drink in question is kefir, a fermented milk beverage containing less than one per cent alcohol....
MAIDUGURI, (AP):Nigerian soldiers angry about the killing of an officer shot dead more than 30 civilians yesterday in a northeastern city long under siege by a radical Islamist sect.The attack came from soldiers attached to a special military unit on...
CARACAS, (AP)President Hugo Chavez put to rest any doubts about his masterful political touch in winning a third consecutive six-year term after a bitterly fought race against a youthful rival who has galvanised...
ADDIS ABABA, (AP): Two weekly newspapers that have been critical of Ethiopia's ruling party have stopped publication because of government obstruction, the papers' publishers said yesterday...
DENVER (AP):Mitt Romney basked in rave reviews yesterday, after his first debate with President Barack Obama, envisioning an inaugural celebration with conservative activists, while Obama tried to rebound by telling his rival, "If you want to be...
