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UN chief urges SKorea to do more for international community

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:02:29 +0000

SEOUL, South Korea - UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on South Korea to contribute more foreign aid and peacekeepers abroad, saying Friday his homeland owes the international community for its help rebuild...

Tropical Storm Bertha forms in the Atlantic

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:51:28 +0000

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Bertha has formed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. At 11 p.m. EDT Thursday, Bertha was centred 297 kilometres west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Isla...

Drifter pleads in Wisconsin torture-homicide case

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:00:31 +0000

MADISON, Wis. - A member of a gang of drifters who was accused of helping to kill another woman in the group and of torturing the woman's 11-year-old son pleaded no contest Thursday to reckless homici...

China agrees to more talks with Dalai Lama's envoys if he supports Olympics

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:00:29 +0000

BEIJING - More talks could be held between envoys of the Dalai Lama and Chinese authorities if the Tibetan spiritual leader openly demonstrates his support for the Beijing Olympics, officials said. ...

Most of scenic Big Sur evacuated after wildfire spreads, but some stay behind

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:26:55 +0000

BIG SUR, Calif. - An explosive wildfire ravaged the hillsides above this scenic coastal community Thursday, leaving the popular tourist region mostly deserted ahead of the U.S. Independence Day holida...

Obama struggles to avert impression that he's changing stance on Iraq

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:11 +0000

FARGO, N.D. - Democrat Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the war. ...

Daring Colombian rescue operation hinged on rebel disarray, payback

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:20 +0000

BOGOTA, Colombia - The plan was nothing if not audacious: A turncoat persuades rebels to bring together their most prized hostages and march them some 150 kilometres through Colombia's wilderness. A m...

U.S. command says it spent $250 million trying to find American hostages

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:18:14 +0000

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military says it flew thousands of spy flights over Colombian jungles trying to find and free three Defence Department contractors every day since their 2003 kidnapping. The cost...

Puerto Rico police rescue 181 dogs, cats and birds, arrest their owners

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:41:47 +0000

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Police say they rescued 181 dogs, cats and birds from a farm in southern Puerto Rico where they were found sick and undernourished in dirty cages. Officer Lourdes Ortiz says...

Obama hints he could change his plan to bring U.S. troops home early

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:41:40 +0000

FARGO, N.D. - Democrat Barack Obama opened the door Thursday to refining his plan to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq in 16 months based on what he hears from military commanders during his upcoming t...

After Jerusalem attack, Olmert calls for revival of home demolitions

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:21:04 +0000

JERUSALEM - A day after a Palestinian construction worker's deadly rampage in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday called for reviving the practice of demolishing the homes of attackers' ...

Chicago man suspected of caging his daughters to control them

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:20:55 +0000

POSEN, Ill. - Police say a father in suburban Chicago has admitted to locking his two young daughters in a cage in his pickup truck. Ricardo Gonzalez was arrested after officials say a woman spotte...

British police seek help in solving brutal killing of French students

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:21:06 +0000

LONDON - British police appealed Thursday for witnesses to help solve the deaths of two French students who were stabbed dozens of times in the head and neck before being set on fire in their southeas...

Group of Eight leaders meet in Japan amid calls to take on new members

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:12 +0000

TOKYO - The Group of Eight countries, holding their annual summit in Japan starting Monday, have always been a club for the world's biggest and brightest economies. Now a growing chorus is saying it's...

Italy starts controversial fingerprinting of Gypsies, including children

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:19 +0000

ROME - Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country - adults and children alike - brushing aside accusations of racism by human...