NAIROBI (AFP) - Former UN chief Kofi Annan was Friday due to resume talks aimed at ending Kenya's political crisis a day after an opposition lawmaker was shot dead by a […]

PHOENIX - NFL players will consent to a urine test for Human Growth Hormone once such a test is developed.
Scientists, however, appear to be closer to developing a blood test for […]

ATMORE, Ala. - A murderer who would have become the nation’s first executed inmate in months won a reprieve Thursday from the U.S. Supreme Court a little more than an hour […]

WASHINGTON - President Bush’s 2009 budget will virtually freeze most domestic programs and seek nearly $200 billion in savings from federal health care programs, a senior administration official said Thursday.
Overall, the […]

GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Millions of Chinese faced ahumanitarian crisis on Friday, as petrol and food reservesdwindled and yet more bad weather was forecast for a countryparalyzed by record-breaking cold and […]

LOS ANGELES - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sparred, for the most part cordially, over immigration, health care and the war in Iraq in their first one-on-one debate on […]

HOLLYWOOD (AFP) - Democratic heavyweights Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama faced off in their first one-on-one debate of the 2008 White House race here Thursday, trading a series of pointed jabs […]

LOS ANGELES - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sparred, for the most part cordially, over immigration, health care and the war in Iraq in their first one-on-one debate on […]

BOSTON - Point guard Rajon Rondo had a season-high 12 rebounds, following one of them with a putback layup with 42 seconds left to give the Celtics the lead, and Boston […]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and HillaryClinton shared a debate stage alone for the first time onThursday, striking a cordial tone and highlighting theiropportunity to make history as the […]