AP - Wall Street was mixed Friday as disappointing earnings from technology companies like Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. offset upbeat results from Citigroup Inc.
AP - SYDNEY, Australia — Pope Benedict XVI told representatives of Islam and other faiths that they must unite to combat religion's role in "sinister and indiscriminate" violence.
AP - Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by urging the wealthy to share their prosperity with the less fortunate and by saying he wished he had been able to spend more time with his family during the anti-apartheid struggle.
AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain pledged Friday to help auto workers rebuild their industry and in the process jump-start the entire U.S. economy.
AP - Citigroup has become the latest big bank to assuage Wall Street's worries about the financial sector, posting a $2.5 billion second-quarter loss that was smaller than the market expected.
AP - The United States and Iraq have agreed to seek "a general time horizon" for deeper reductions in American combat troops in Iraq despite President Bush's once-inflexible opposition to talking about deadlines and timetables.
AP - Iraqi soldiers took up positions on rooftops and military helicopters hovered overhead Friday in a show of strength in a Baghdad district where Shiite militiamen once ruled the streets. There were no reports of violence.
AFP - Nelson Mandela, the icon of the anti-apartheid movement and South Africa's first black president, was marking his 90th birthday Friday as tributes poured in from around the world.
AFP - Pope Benedict XVI warned Christian leaders Friday the ecumenical movement was at a "critical juncture", as Anglican bishops met amid a split in their church over the ordination of women and gays.
Reuters - An Indian man who took an
impersonator to court to get a divorce faces legal action after
his real wife found out, lawyers said on Friday. -- read full article
Reuters - Foreign ministers of the six countries in
talks on ending North Korea's nuclear arms program are expected
to hold their first meeting next week at a regional forum in
Singapore, a diplomatic source in Seoul said on Friday.
Reuters - U.S. regulators on Thursday lifted
a warning on tomatoes and repeated a warning on peppers as the
possible cause of an outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul in which
more than 1,200 people have reported getting sick. -- read full article
Reuters - A Yemeni
likely to be the first person tried before the U.S. war crimes
court at Guantanamo naval base was more than just a driver for
Osama bin Laden, U.S. agents said on Thursday.
Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain said on Thursday he believes Democrat
Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Europe is tantamount to holding
political rallies abroad.
