Reuters - More than 1,000 rescue workers
including troops searched on Sunday for 13 people missing after
a powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan, killing at least
nine and injuring over 200.
Reuters - Two human rights groups expressed
concern on Sunday over the fate of Huang Qi, a Chinese activist
who friends fear was detained for offering support to families
of children who died in the Sichuan earthquake.
Reuters - Two months after an Israeli tank shell
killed one of its cameramen in the Gaza Strip, Reuters has
urged the army to release immediately the findings of its
internal investigation in the interests of journalists' safety.
Reuters - U.S-led and Afghan forces killed more
than 15 insurgents in a search for hundreds of prisoners,
including Taliban, who broke out of jail after comrades blew up
the gates, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
Reuters - Western powers warned Iran of further
sanctions if it rejected an incentives offer and pressed on
with sensitive nuclear work, but the Islamic Republic showed no
sign of backing down.
Reuters - Republican John McCain enlisted the
high-profile help of Carly Fiorina, once the most powerful
businesswoman in the United States, on Saturday to try to get
women behind his campaign for the White House.
AP - Police say the wife of rapper Snoop Dogg has been arrested in California's Orange County for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol.
AP - U.S. and NATO troops aided Afghan forces with reconnaissance in a hunt Saturday for 870 inmates who escaped prison after a sophisticated Taliban assault that even NATO conceded was a success for the militants.
AP - Tiger Woods delivered a performance worthy of prime time Saturday in the U.S. Open. He kept an East Coast television audience and a sellout crowd at Torrey Pines in suspense when his left knee buckled and he nearly dropped to the ground from the sheer pain, limping along with his club as a cane. The drama came on the last six holes, when he turned a five-shot deficit into a one-shot lead.
AP - Milder-than-expected weather on Saturday gave fire crews hope that they could rein in a series of Northern California wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate.
AP - Iran rejected a six-nation offer of incentives to stop enriching uranium on Saturday, prompting President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to jointly warn Tehran anew against proceeding toward a nuclear bomb.
AP - House rank and file Republicans are tens of millions of dollars short of meeting fundraising targets set by their own campaign committee in advance of this fall's elections, according to figures circulating among the leadership, heightening concerns inside the party about major losses in November.
