US raid kills Iraqi blamed in 2004 reservist death
By RYAN LUCAS
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD (AP) -- An al-Qaida in Iraq leader blamed in the 2004 abduction and murder of an Army reservist and other deadly attacks over several years was killed in an American raid in Baghdad, the U.S. mili ...
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Interpol probes leaks in Mexico office
By MARK STEVENSON
Associated Press Writer
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Interpol is sending a special investigative team to Mexico to determine whether sensitive information from its database on criminals and terrorists was leaked to drug cartels, the agency said ...
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Iraqi parliament debate on pact ends in scuffles
By HAMZA HENDAWI
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A heated parliamentary debate on the U.S.-Iraq security treaty was called to an early close Wednesday as lawmakers loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr scuffled with security guards ...
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Herod may have been buried among lavish artwork
By STEVE WEIZMAN
Associated Press Writer
HERODIUM, West Bank (AP) -- King Herod may have been buried in a crypt with lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East, Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday.
The s ...
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Israel spurns UN plea to ease Gaza blockade
By AMY TEIBEL
Associated Press Writer
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel stood fast Wednesday by its decision to clamp shut cargo crossings at the Gaza Strip, brushing off pleas to ease the blockade from United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon.
Israel sealed the p ...
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Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new audio message
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF
and LEE KEATH
Associated Press Writers
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Al-Qaida's No. 2 slurred Barack Obama with a demeaning racial term for a black American who does the bidding of whites in a new Web message Wednesday intended to ...
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Somali pirates transform villages into boomtowns
By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN
and ELIZABETH KENNEDY
Associated Press Writers
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women -- even hiring cater ...
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Somali pirates hijack Thai fishing boat, 16 crew
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Separate bands of pirates hijacked two ships and captured their crews, while yet another opened fire on an Indian navy ship before being driven off -- clear signs that the brigands roamin ...
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Suspected US missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan
By MUNIR AHMAD
Associated Press Writer
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a village deep inside Pakistani territory Wednesday, officials said, killing six alleged militants and indicating American willingness to purs ...
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Small Iraqi party says it will not support US pact
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A small Shiite party said Wednesday that a U.S.-Iraqi security pact allowing American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years infringes on Iraqi sovereignty, and vowed to vote ...
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Hungry in Zimbabwe: 'If you rest, you starve'
By ANGUS SHAW
Associated Press Writer
MHANGURA, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Katy Phiri, who is in her 70s, picks up single corn kernels spilled from trucks that ferry the harvest to market. She says she hasn't eaten for three days.
Rebecca Chipika, a child ...
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Mexico investigates Interpol liaison
By MARK STEVENSON
Associated Press Writer
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A top police official who worked as Mexico's main liaison with Interpol was placed under house arrest as part of an investigation into leaks of information to drug cartels, prosecutors said Tues ...
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