There is no indication, however, that Ms. Palin or her husband will now agree to testify about the case, which has dogged her for the past several months and could hurt John McCain in the final weeks of the presidential

The blunt statement from Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith - "We're not going to win this war" - came just days after a leaked diplomatic cable hinted that the British ambassador in Kabul has a similarly dark forecast. The brigadier suggested that

Premier Wen Jiabao presided over the meeting of the State Council Standing Committee, or cabinet, which announced rules intended to ensure the safety of milk products, the government reported on its website (www.gov.cn).

Officials say retired Maj.-Gen. Janaka Perera and his wife are among the 27 dead.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the first quake measured magnitude 6.6 and struck at 4:30 p.m. 80 kilometres west of Lhasa, more than 2,600 km. from Beijing.

Residents in Mogadishu said insurgents fired artillery rounds at the presidential palace from the city's Bakara Market, prompting guards at the hilltop compound to return fire.

Customers flocked to the 1950s-style store in Hartsdale, about 40 kilometres north of Manhattan, snapping photos and lamenting the coming shutdown, owner Abdol Faghihi said. The shop, which the owner said had struggled with rising taxes and other expenses, was

Amid criticism of a fragmented EU response, French President Nicolas Sarkozy issued a statement from the 27 member states saying individual countries would do all they could to safeguard the financial system.

Recently in the news was the tragic story of a 5-year-old boy from Brooklyn, who fell 10-stories to his death in an elevator shaft. We were reminded of the unsuspecting dangers that may lurk in seemingly the most basic routines

A prominent New York City trial law firm recently obtained a verdict in a medical malpractice case. The trial illustrated the type of systemic failure that we see all too frequently at urban hospitals."Lorena", a 57-year old housekeeper from Brooklyn

The South Ossetian crisis will not constitute a precedent, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Federation Council's Foreign Affairs Committee on September 18. "We will continue to responsibly fulfill our mediation mission in the negotiation process and peacemaking that

A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday.

Iraq has made several proposals to Azerbaijan, including one to allow Azerbaijan to tap Iraq`s vast oil fields, during high-level talks over the weekend in Baku. Iraqi officials invited Azerbaijan to be involved in operating 2,500 oil wells in the

Vietnam's health ministry has discovered the industrial chemical melamine in 18 food products imported from China and three other countries and has ordered them recalled and destroyed, officials said Friday.

After two weeks of anguishing debate, Congress has passed and President Bush signed a massive plan to save the financial industry and the economy at large from an unthinkable free fall. Now, the world holds its breath, seeing if it

Sri Lanka police say a suicide bomber killed an opposition leader and at least 21 other people Monday in the north-central town of Anuradhapura.

Oil prices fell below US$92 a barrel on Monday in Asia on fears a U.S.-led financial crisis is spreading across the globe, exacerbating an economic slowdown that will cut crude demand.

An earthquake happened in Kyrgyzstan at 22.00 (local time) on October 5. APA reports quoting RIA Novosti that the earthquake destroyed about 120 houses in the high-altitude village of Nura and killed 58 people. The quake was also felt in

A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted central Afghanistan early Monday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the US Geological Survey said.

Three people died as 19 hellish car crashes were reported overnight across Bulgaria, according to the data of the country`s Interior Ministry. Other 31 passengers were injured in the hits as one of them is in critical condition. In the