BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Violent civilian deaths in Iraq climbedto their highest level since mid-2007, Iraqi government figuresshowed on Tuesday, due to a spike in violence between Iraqsecurity forces and Mehdi Army […]

BEIJING (AFP) - The Olympic torch headed for Kazakhstan Tuesday on the first leg of an epic world tour designed to drum up enthusiasm for the Beijing Games, but also certain […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gold necklace found near LakeTiticaca in Peru dates back more than 4,000 years and is theoldest gold artifact found in the Americas, researchers said onMonday.
Radiocarbon dating of […]

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - Republican presidentialcandidate John McCain's is on a nostalgic tour this week ofsome of the places he has known, featuring a lot of straighttalk about what a difficult […]

WASHINGTON - Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, according to […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Kentucky man wasn’t around when officers seized reptiles from his home. That’s because he was at a hospital having fingers amputated after a snakebite, his wife says.
The […]

SAN DIEGO - An elite Navy SEAL who threw himself on top of a grenade in Iraq to save his comrades will be posthumously awarded the nation’s highest military tribute, a […]

KIEV (AFP) - US President George W. Bush was to affirm on Tuesday his support for the NATO membership goals of ex-Soviet Ukraine, during a European tour focused on the alliance […]

HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe sat on the knife-edge Tuesday as it awaited a new leader amid mounting pressure to swiftly release full results of an election already claimed by the opposition.
For […]

MINNEAPOLIS - With Torii Hunter watching from the other side, Carlos Gomez made a strong first impression in Minnesota. Gomez formally replaced Hunter as the center fielder and raced around the […]