Reuters - Pope Benedict arrived in Australia on
Sunday for an international Catholic youth festival and
promised to apologize for a sexual abuse scandal that has
rocked the church in the country.
Reuters - The Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs
of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, visited Pakistan on the weekend,
fueling speculation that the United States was about to take
action against militants in northwest Pakistan.
Reuters - Democratic White House hopeful Barack
Obama said on Saturday he was confident "prudent steps" by the
U.S. government would stabilize mortgage giants Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac but that it was necessary to see how the situation
developed before deciding on what steps to take.
Reuters - Yahoo Inc on Saturday
rejected a proposal to sell its search business to Microsoft
Corp and hand over the remainder of the company to
activist investor Carl Icahn.
Reuters - U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have ended
efforts to reach a formal security pact before President George
W. Bush leaves office in favor of an interim deal, the
Washington Post said on Sunday, citing senior U.S. officials.
AP - Kyle Busch passed Jimmie Johnson after a restart on the next-to-last lap Saturday night to win his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season.
AP - Bobby Murcer succeeded Mickey Mantle, played in pinstripes with Don Mattingly and watched proudly from the broadcast booth when the New York Yankees returned to power.
AP - An education-advocacy group will begin airing ads this week seeking to nudge Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama on ways to improve the standing of U.S. schools compared with other industrialized nations.
AP - President Bush on Saturday tried to pin the blame on Congress for soaring energy prices and said lawmakers need to lift long-standing restrictions on drilling for oil in pristine lands and offshore tracts believed to hold huge reserves of fuel.
AP - Pakistan's top diplomat said Saturday there are no U.S. or other foreign military personnel on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in his nation, and none will be allowed in to search for the al-Qaida leader.
AP - North Korea on Sunday rejected a proposal to resume stalled reconciliation talks with South Korea, while Seoul denounced the communist regime for the shooting death of a tourist that heightened tension between the divided nations.
AP - Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday, saying he wants to use his visit to raise awareness about global warming and address the crisis of clergy sexual abuse.
AP - Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a "take or leave it" proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise.
