Gates would like to add US forces in Afghanistan
AP - 2 hours ago

CORNWALLIS, Nova Scotia (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he would like to add significant U.S. forces to the war in Afghanistan before national elections scheduled for next year, and that grim depictions of backsliding in the seven-year-old war are "far too pessimistic."

Key UN committee targets rights abusers
AP - 5 hours ago

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A key U.N. committee criticized Myanmar and North Korea on their human rights records Friday, and also targeted Iran despite its efforts to block the vote.

Long after Olympics, Bird's Nest still draws crowd
AP - 11 hours ago

BEIJING (AP) - The spectacular fireworks were long over and the Olympic athletes had all gone home. But for Cai Shanhai and his wife, He Jingfeng, it was still a moment to savor as they stared up at the soaring steel arches of the Bird's Nest national stadium this week.

Details released in French bomb case
AP - 1 day ago

OTTAWA (AP) - French authorities allege an Ottawa university professor bought a motorcycle used in a bombing that killed four people and injured 20 at a Paris synagogue in 1980, according to court documents released Thursday.

Conjoined twins from Liberia die on plane to US
AP - 1 day ago

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) - Conjoined twin baby girls from Liberia who were traveling to New York for medical treatment died aboard a plane that was diverted to Canada on Thursday.

Teens protest Ontario's proposed driving rules
AP - 3 days ago

TORONTO (AP) - Canadian officials proposed tougher restrictions on teen drivers in Ontario, including a prohibition on new motorists 19 and younger from driving with more than one teenage friend, prompting thousands of young drivers to protest online.

Officials report US missile strike in Pakistan
AP - 4 days ago

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a village well inside Pakistani territory Wednesday, killing at least six alleged militants in an attack that could raise tensions between the anti-terror allies, officials said.

World's oldest polar bear dies at 41 in Canada
AP - 4 days ago

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - Debby, the world's oldest polar bear, has died — just one month shy of her 42nd birthday.

Owner of Saudi tanker working for crew's release
AP - 4 days ago

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Owners of a Saudi oil supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates grappled with how to respond Tuesday, as navies patrolling the region said they would not intervene to stop or free the captured vessel.

Murdoch upbeat about the future of newspapers
AP - 5 days ago

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Global media magnate Rupert Murdoch says doomsayers who are predicting the Internet will kill off newspapers are "misguided cynics" who fail to grasp that the online world is potentially a huge new market of information-hungry consumers.