Saturday February 7, 2009 Updated 8:30 AM PST
Soldiers opened fire on anti-government protesters near the presidential palace in the capital, and radio stations reported some 30 people were killed.
The White House is considering at least two troop withdrawal options as it weighs a new Iraq strategy.
A bishop who faces a Vatican demand to recant his denial of the Holocaust said he would correct himself if he is satisfied by the evidence, but insisted that examining it "will take time."
Walls of flame roared across southeastern Australia, razing scores of homes along with forests and farmland in the sunburned country's worst wildfire disaster in a quarter century.
What does Hollywood movie star Martin Sheen have in common with an Afghan farmer, a Brazilian fisherman, a Bolivian miner, a German artist, and a Rwandan refugee?
(02-07) 08:14 PST RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- One of the men on the Saudi Arabia's new most-wanted list is married to Osama bin Laden...
AP 2.7.09 8:14 AM
(02-07) 08:03 PST TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has achieved breakthroughs in nuclear and space technology despite international sanctions...
AP 2.7.09 8:03 AM
(02-07) 07:10 PST MUNICH, (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden delivered a clear message to Iran, saying Saturday the U.S. was willing to...
AP 2.7.09 7:10 AM
(02-07) 06:33 PST LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) -- A British prosecutor says an elderly milkman supplied customers with cannabis as well...
AP 2.7.09 6:33 AM
(02-07) 06:30 PST ISLAMABAD, (AP) -- A Taliban militant group said Saturday that it killed a Polish geologist kidnapped four months...
AP 2.7.09 6:30 AM
(02-07) 05:54 PST NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- A ship suspected of carrying arms to Gaza will not be returned to Iran, Cypriot officials...
AP 2.7.09 5:54 AM
(02-07) 04:39 PST WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland's prime minister says it appears that a Pole kidnapped by suspected militants in...
AP 2.7.09 4:39 AM
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