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Diplomats: North Korea coming off terror blacklist
The United States is ready to drop North Korea from a terrorism blacklist, the Associated Press has learned, in the latest attempt by the administration to salvage a nuclear deal with Pyongyang before President Bush's term ends.
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Police say Austrian rightist Haider dead at 58
Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times cast a negative light on the Alpine republic, has died in a car accident at age 58.
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US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears
When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard.
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Turkey's military attacks rebels in northern Iraq
Turkey's military says its warplanes and artillery units have bombed dozens of Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.
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Dozens of slain anti-Taliban tribesmen mourned
Hundreds of mourners attended funerals Saturday for more than 30 anti-Taliban tribesmen killed in a brazen suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan.
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Afghan intel says attack on Afghan prison thwarted
Afghanistan's intelligence service said Saturday it broke up a Taliban plot to attack the country's most notorious prison with a wave of suicide bombers.
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Hurricane Norbert nears Mexico's Baja California
Fishermen pulled in their boats and hotels warned tourists away from beaches Friday as Category 2 Hurricane Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula.
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North Korea releases pictures of Kim Jong Il
North Korea released pictures of leader Kim Jong Il on Saturday for the first time in nearly two months, showing the reclusive ruler looking generally well despite reports he recently underwent brain surgery.
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Chinese dissidents miss out on Nobel peace prize
Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, but this year the news was as much about who didn't get the award.
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Oil, soy, copper all go bust in Latin America
The booming prices for Venezuelan oil, Brazilian soy beans and Chilean copper that brought prosperity to Latin America are heading for a bust that threatens to erode the hard-won gains of its poor and newly emerging middle class.
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