Reuters - Bill Clinton once vowed to fight for
voters "until the last dog dies." On Wednesday he shows how
hard he will fight for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack
Obama on the Clintons' last big day of the 2008 campaign.
Reuters - Pakistani authorities imposed a
curfew in the main town of a violence-plagued region near
Afghanistan on Wednesday after militants attacked a military
post, as violence hit several other points across the country.
Reuters - Russia will face increased Western
pressure on Wednesday when a senior British official flies to
Ukraine to build a coalition to counter Russia's conflict with
ex-Soviet Georgia.
Reuters - Hillary Clinton delivered a ringing call
for Democratic Party unity on Tuesday, promising to work for
Barack Obama and challenging her supporters to bury their
grudges and rally behind his White House bid.
AP - Perhaps that No. 2 in front of Roger Federer name made Maximo Gonzalez believe he had a shot at knocking off the four-time defending U.S. Open champion.
AP - Mass flight delays caused by an electronic communication failure at a Federal Aviation Administration facility drew new criticism for an agency that has been scrutinized over air traffic controller staffing levels and inspection standards for its ground-based equipment.
AP - Six mausoleums for the unclaimed dead of Hurricane Katrina stand on what was vacant land just five weeks ago, as New Orleans in what could be a testament to its determination scrambles to complete a memorial by Friday's third anniversary of the storm.
AP - A day after the largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, Elizabeth Alegria was too scared to send her son to school and worried about when she'd see her husband again.
AP - More than 30 Taliban fighters and four policemen were killed in a series of clashes, airstrikes and bombings in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.
AP - A U.S. military ship on Wednesday docked at the Georgian port of Batumi to bring humanitarian aid following a devastating war with Russia earlier this month.
AFP - Thousands of Thai protesters stormed a state-run TV station and the seat of government on Tuesday, in what Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said was an effort to provoke another coup.