AP - Pakistan investigated reports Tuesday that a senior al-Qaida figure was among six people killed in a suspected U.S. missile strike amid anger that the attack had violated the Islamic nation's sovereignty.
AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces fanned out in the volatile Diyala province Tuesday in a new operation aimed at clearing al-Qaida in Iraq from safe havens in an area considered the last major insurgent belt around the capital.
AFP - Three women bombers blew themselves up on Monday in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, one of a string of attacks in Iraq that killed at least 56 people, undermining hopes of a drop in violence.
AFP - Al-Qaeda's top expert on chemical and biological weapons is believed to have been killed Monday in a suspected US missile strike in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, security officials said.
Reuters - A
Guantanamo prison cell door opened a crack to reveal an eye
peering from the shadows within. A photographer focused through
layers of fencing and barbed wire, and the door snapped shut.
Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain, who has suffered from skin cancer in the
past, had a spot removed from his face on Monday during a
routine checkup by a doctor in Phoenix, an aide said.
Reuters - General Motors Corp on Monday
said it would eliminate shifts at truck plants in Louisiana and
Ohio, laying off about 1,760 workers, as part of a series of
steps to meet its sharply lower output plans.
Reuters - Three female suicide bombers killed 28
people and wounded 92 when they blew themselves up among
Shi'ites walking through the streets of Baghdad on a religious
pilgrimage on Monday, Iraqi police said.
Reuters - Presidential rivals Barack Obama and
John McCain shifted the campaign focus back to the faltering
U.S. economy on Monday, with Obama convening an all-star panel
of advisers to help him hatch new approaches to a deepening
problem.
Reuters - A man who opened fire
inside a church, killing two people with a shotgun hidden in a
guitar case, was frustrated at being unable to find a job and
blamed liberals and gays, police said on Monday.
Reuters - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told
parliament on Monday a full Israeli-Palestinian peace accord
that includes Jerusalem was not within reach this year but said
differences over borders and refugees were bridgeable.
Reuters - Turkey's highest court began
considering on Monday whether to shut down the governing AK
Party for Islamist activities against a background of tension
following two bomb attacks in Istanbul over the weekend.
