Pakistan PM hands information to India on Mumbai
By CHRIS BRUMMITT
Associated Press Writer
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's main spy agency has given India information about the Mumbai terror attacks, the prime minister said Friday, while denying media speculation of a rift between him ...
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Afghan held for sister's alleged ad hoc abortion
By AMIR SHAH and HEIDI VOGT
Associated Press Writer
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The mother and brother of a 14-year-old girl who was raped are facing prosecution for allegedly performing an abortion on her in a cattle shed in central Afghanistan ...
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Gaza violence rages on despite UN cease-fire call
By MATTI FRIEDMAN and IBRAHIM BARZAK
Associated Press Writers
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, but an intense bombardment of missiles from Israeli jets and helicopters early Friday and a b ...
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Sri Lankan forces fighting for key rebel base
By KRISHAN FRANCIS
Associated Press Writer
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lankan troops fought heavy battles with the Tamil Tigers at the strategic Elephant Pass base Friday and expected to overrun the rebels' last remaining stronghold on the Jaff ...
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UN: One-third of Gaza dead, injured are children
By JOHN HEILPRIN
Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Palestinian children are dying at a heavy rate in the Israeli-Hamas fighting -- about one of every three persons killed, according to Gaza statistics.
As of Thursday, 257 childre ...
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New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
By BRIAN MURPHY
Associated Press Writer
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A new international naval force under American command will soon begin patrols to confront escalating attacks by Somali pirates after more than 100 ships came under sieg ...
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EU, Russia strike deal on monitoring gas flow
By AOIFE WHITE
AP Business Writer
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The European Union said Thursday that gas supplies should restart after it struck a deal with Russia on supervising the flow of gas through Ukraine.
But officials could not say when man ...
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Medics: 169 Palestinian children killed in Gaza
By IBRAHIM BARZAK and KARIN LAUB
Associated Press Writer
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Tiny bodies lying side by side wrapped in white burial shrouds. The cherubic face of a dead preschooler sticking up from the rubble of her home. A man cradlin ...
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Arabs, West agree on elements of Gaza resolution
By EDITH M. LEDERER
Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Key Arab nations and Western powers reached agreement Thursday on key elements of a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate and durable cease-fire between Hamas militants and I ...
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ICRC: Israel delayed access to wounded for days
By FRANK JORDANS
Associated Press Writer
GENEVA (AP) -- The Red Cross accused Israel Thursday of "unacceptable" delays in letting rescue workers reach three Gaza City homes hit by shelling where they eventually found 15 dead and 18 wounded, incl ...
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Sri Lankan military captures rebel base in north
By RAVI NESSMAN
Associated Press Writer
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lankan forces sweeping down from the north captured an important Tamil Tiger base on the Jaffna peninsula on Thursday, further boxing in the retreating rebel group, the mili ...
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Venezuela to keep sending free fuel to US poor
By IAN JAMES
Associated Press Writer
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez will keep donating heating oil for poor American families in a costly decision that suggests the Venezuelan leader wants to keep to his pledges -- and buttress ...
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