AP - President Bush on Wednesday raised unprompted the possibility of a military strike to thwart Tehran's presumed nuclear weapons ambitions, speaking bullishly on Iran even as he admitted having been unwise to do so previously about Iraq.

AP - U.S. airstrikes into Pakistan that may have accidentally killed allied fighters have upset the already fragile relations between Washington and Islamabad over how to stem violence in the lawless border region.

AP - Motorists can expect gasoline prices around $4 gallon through next year, the Energy Department said Wednesday, with oil prices staying well above $100 a barrel.

AP - The economy remained "generally weak" heading into summer as rising costs for energy and food pounded consumers and forced some companies to push their own prices higher.

AFP - At least 28 people died when a passenger jet caught fire after landing at Khartoum airport, officials said on Wednesday, with dozens more still missing as authorities probed the cause of the accident.

AFP - Japan's opposition on Wednesday introduced a censure motion in parliament against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in what is set to be a major embarrassment for the unpopular leader.

Reuters - Families and friends mourned the seven people killed in a stabbing attack on a busy Tokyo shopping street as Japan's cabinet ministers discussed tightening knife regulations on Wednesday.

Reuters - A Sudanese airliner coming from Amman and Damascus burst into flames after landing in Khartoum on Tuesday night, killing at least 33 of the 217 people on board, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday.

Reuters - South Korea's unpopular president has approached his main conservative rival to be prime minister to stem anger over his policies that have triggered mass street protests, an aide to the rival said on Wednesday.

Reuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Western threats and pressure had failed to stop Iran's nuclear program, which the United States and others suspect is aimed at making bombs.

Reuters - The United States will pledge about $10 billion in aid for Afghanistan at a donors' conference this week, a U.S. official said on Tuesday -- less than the White House had wanted from Congress.

Reuters - President George W. Bush, visiting Europe for the last time before his presidency ends, expressed regret on Wednesday about divisions caused by the Iraq war.

Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama staked an ambitious claim to new political turf with the states he chose for his first two stops of the White House general election campaign -- Virginia and North Carolina.

AP - On his floor and on his game, Kobe Bryant revived the Los Angeles Lakers — and the NBA finals. With his team one loss from having to make an impossible climb, Bryant was close to MVP form, scoring 36 points on an assortment of spins, drives and jumpers and reserve Sasha Vujacic added 20 points as the Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 87-81 in Game 3 on Tuesday night.