AFP - South African President Thabo Mbeki said Wednesday talks over Zimbabwe's crisis had paused to allow opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai "time to consider", while denying claims of a deal that excludes him.
AFP - Georgia and Russia agreed Wednesday to a French-brokered peace plan after Moscow ordered a halt to its military onslaught, but there was scepticism whether the conflict is truly over.
Reuters - Boeing Co executives, who discussed
revised guidelines for a $35 billion refueling aircraft
competition with U.S. defense officials on Tuesday, remain
discouraged about Boeing's prospects for the work, said a
defense analyst and another source briefed on the talks.
Reuters - A Pakistani woman suspected of links
to al Qaeda and accused of trying to kill U.S. soldiers in
Afghanistan was examined by a doctor on Tuesday after
complaining of pain from gunshot wounds, her lawyer said.
Reuters - A consortium led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc
has agreed to pay about $1.5 billion for a number of ABN
AMRO's private equity assets, the Wall Street Journal said
Wednesday.
Reuters - Chinese security forces dragged away
five U.S. pro-free Tibet protesters who blocked the entrance to
a northern Beijing park on Wednesday, breaking up the latest
demonstration on the sidelines of the 2008 Olympics.
Reuters - Pressure mounted on Pakistan's
President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday to resign or face
impeachment, but aides rejected media speculation he was about
to step down.
Reuters - A bomb targeted a civilian bus
in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Wednesday, killing
at least 16 people, including seven soldiers, security sources
said.
Reuters - American swimmer Michael Phelps became
the most successful Olympian of all time by winning two more
Beijing gold medals on Wednesday to take his career tally to an
unprecedented 11 victories.
Reuters - Russia and Georgia proclaimed a
day of mourning on Wednesday for the dead in five days of
fighting over separatist South Ossetia before difficult
negotiations on the details of an EU-brokered peace plan.
AP - In one of the wildest games of the season, Kevin Youkilis' go-ahead homer sent the Boston Red Sox to a 19-17 win after the Texas Rangers fought back from a 10-run first inning Tuesday night that included a pair of three-run homers by David Ortiz.
AP - Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam dipped slightly for the high school class of 2008 as the number of students taking the exam jumped by 9 percent compared to last year.
AP - Talk of Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as a potential running mate for Democratic candidate Barack Obama tends to confound partisans in both parties.
