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Not welcome in Britain

Tue, 5 May 2009 04:31:22 PDT

The U.K. government publishes a blacklist of people recently banned from the country.

Al-Qaeda in Yemen 'a threat to Saudis'

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:49:32 PDT

Saudi Arabian security officials believe al-Qaeda-linked militants are seeking to organise and train in neighbouring Yemen to launch attacks in the kingdom

Earth-like planet found

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:02:22 PDT

A planet outside our solar system could have a "large and deep" ocean.

Asking for More Funding, U.S. Steps Up Flu Response

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:23:06 PDT

State and federal officials intensified their response to the swine flu outbreak on Tuesday, with President Obama asking Congress for $1.5 billion in supplemental funding.

Obama Wants Iran to Release American Journalist Roxana Saberi (Video)

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:25:26 PDT

Iran says Obama should keep his nose out of it without knowing facts of espionage trial; dad says Roxana is frail but not being abused

Nancy Pelosi accuses CIA of lying

Thu, 14 May 2009 23:46:36 PDT

The US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused the Bushera CIA of misleading her about alleged torture of suspected terrorists and denied her failure to object to such tactics made her complicit.

Sri Lankan Rebels Admit Defeat, Vow to Drop Guns

Sun, 17 May 2009 17:04:15 PDT

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 17 -- Cornered into a tiny patch of jungle about the size of a football field, the Tamil Tiger rebels -- who once operated a shadow state complete with a law school, a tax system, a navy and even traffic police -- vowed Sunday to lay down their weapons for good, in a stunning...

Steel Wars: Europe and the U.S. Accuse China of Dumping

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:30:29 PDT

Thanks to the downturn, steel makers in the U.S and Europe are cutting output. So why are Chinese firms ramping up?

At CIA, Obama defends release of memos

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:50:28 PDT

If rank-and-file employees at the nation's top spy agency are angry over President Obama's release of secret memos on sensitive interrogation practices last week, they are keeping their feelings well-hidden. Several employees jumped out of their chairs when he arrived for a question-and-answer session at CIA headquarters Monday, cheering and holding up pictures of the president and copies of his autobiography, "Dreams from My Father." The raucous reception was a far more enthusiastic than during visits by previous presidents; some of the more than 1,000 staffers who attended waited in line for six hours. Mr. Obama, on a damage-control visit ... Email

Farrah's Fight Revealed in Emotional Video Diary

Sat, 16 May 2009 08:40:49 PDT

America shared tears with one of its favorite "Angels" on Friday. Farrah Fawcett's two-hour documentary about her battle with cancer, "Farrah's Story," aired on NBC and brought an estimated 8.9 million viewers into the room with the former "Charlie's Angels" star. "I feel like Alice in Wonderland, really," Fawcett, 62, said early on in the film. "Everything is surreal." Fawcett, now bed-ridden and bald, has battled anal cancer for two and a half years. The disease has spread to her liver and she is nearing her final days. "Farrah's Story" follows the actress as she shuttles from Los Angeles to Germany for treatment as the disease takes it course. "You wouldn't stop until you got my hair," Fawcett tells her doctor after trying to put off losing her iconic locks as long as possible. Through it all, long-time partner Ryan O'Neal is by her side. "I will never love anyone like I love Farrah," O'Neal says in the film. Initial reviews called "Farrah's Story" hard-hitting to say the least. "A life that once looked charmed, suddenly, feels cursed," wrote Joanna Weiss for the Boston Globe. "The film offers a view of cancer as a grim roller-coaster ride. Good news brings euphoria, but bad news comes again." EW.com said: "Anyone who has experience or been in contact with someone diagnosed with cancer knows the outline of Farrah's 'Story': the doctor consultations and hospital visits, the often-painful treatments, the moments of happiness and despair." Not all reviews were positive. New York Times reviewer Allesandra Stanley wrote that while the portrait was indeed "harrowing," it was also "packaged as a generic VH1 'behind the music' biography." But according to preliminary ratings released Saturday, the film was NBC's most watched Friday night program in more than a year, excluding the Olympics, the AP reported. O'Neal has said he's never loved her more and wants to wed the cancer-stricken star. "I'd do that, I would do that," he said. "She's still a little bit hesitant. I'm working though, I'm working."

Iraq: Alleged al-Qaeda leader arrested; bombs kill at least 78

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:53:28 PDT

Suicide bombers struck a humanitarian aid distribution point and a crowded restaurant in separate attacks Thursday in Iraq, killing ...

Russia moves troops closer to Georgia's capital (AP)

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:08:57 PDT

AP - At a military checkpoint between Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia, the word "Russia" is hand-painted in pink on a concrete security barrier.

U.S. Questions Pakistan’s Will to Stop Taliban

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:22:59 PDT

The fall of a district near Pakistan’s capital to Taliban fighters has raised alarm about the ability of the government to fend off the militants’ advance.

Pope visits Jerusalem's holy sites, to say mass

Tue, 12 May 2009 01:42:21 PDT

Pope Benedict visited holy sites in Jerusalem at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday as part of a pilgrimage beset by Jewish disappointment over his remarks on the Holocaust.

Hawking's family 'looking forward' to recovery (AP)

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:22:23 PDT

AP - Physicist Stephen Hawking was hospitalized overnight for a chest infection but his family "is looking forward" to a full recovery, Cambridge University said Tuesday.