World News
South Pacific search has begun for 29 missing fishermen from burned boat
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The New Zealand air force has opened a search for 29 fishermen after the charred remains of their boat was found abandoned near the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati. ...
Dead teen's mom testifies in cyber-bullying trial
LOS ANGELES - The grieving mother of a Missouri girl told a jury Wednesday how her daughter hanged herself with a belt after receiving cruel messages on her MySpace account, some of which were from a ...
Europeans seeking ways to protect Congo aid amid worsening violence
UNITED NATIONS - Some European nations are pushing to send teams to Congo to help secure humanitarian aid until more UN peacekeepers can be deployed. French Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert says Fran...
Former top U.S. officials urge stronger ties to the United Nations
WASHINGTON - A wide array of former top U.S. officials have urged President-elect Barack Obama to make the United Nations a close partner in confronting global threats and environmental challenges. ...
Somali pirates become heroes as they transform poor villages into boomtowns
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women - even hiring caterers to prepare western-style food f...
Hillary Clinton said to be weighing whether to take secretary of state post
CHICAGO - Associates of U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she is weighing whether to leave the Senate and become secretary of state in president-elect Barack Obama's administration, a job th...
California's Supreme Court agrees to take up gay marriage issue
SAN FRANCISCO - California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it r...
Upstate NY dad drowns saving 2 sons after car crashes into pond
MANCHESTER, N.Y. - A man whose car slid off a snowy road and into a four-metre-deep pond saved the two sons he had been driving home but could not save himself, police said. Sean Dusinberre kicked ...
VP Dick Cheney's indictment in south Texas is moving forward
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas - A Texas judge has set an arraignment for U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney, former attorney general Alberto Gonzales and other officials accused of involvement in prisoner abuse. ...
Group says 91 trade unionists killed in 2007 for defending workers' rights
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Ninety-one trade unionists were murdered for defending workers' rights last year, with Colombia and Guinea the worst offenders, according to a report released Thursday by the Inter...
Lottery results for Wed, Nov 19
