McCallum TheaterAn FBI terrorism division is investigating as a credible threat a letter that contained a suspicious substance found at a Palm Desert theater.Initial analysis by the FBI tested negative for biological or chemical hazards. ...

PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico - Scores of people fled flooded homes Saturday as Hurricane Norbert lashed Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula with torrential rains and screaming winds.

A suspected U.S. missile strike killed five tribesmen in a Pakistani town close to the Afghan border, the latest in a series of attacks in a region where top al-Qaida leaders are believed to be living, two intelligence officials said.

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All the really impressive heroes and heavies of postwar Hollywood had war experiences that indelibly burnished their screen presence, says John Patterson

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Simon Hoggart: We welcome back Michael Fabricant from his Latin American hell which involved Coffee-mate

US expresses regret for deaths last August but blames Taliban for taking position near village

Profile: Admired and feared editor has shaken up magazines. Will she succeed on the web?

European Commission hopes to exploit the banking crisis to launch a new regime of pan-European market regulation

President dissolves parliament following acrimonious collapse of coalition with bloc led by Tymoshenko

Report coincides with World Day against the Death Penalty

Live-in relationships will be put on a par with marriage in western India after the government of Maharashtra announced it would be seeking a change in the law's definition of a wife

Tsvangirai calls on Thabo Mbeki to return to the country to rescue last month's historic power-sharing deal

Novels of cult French writer expected to see a massive sales boost in Britain where they are currently out of print

Blame placed on booming opium trade and failure of Afghan president to control corruption

WFP launches appeal to feed 5 million, some of whom it says are reduced to living on wild fruits

China performs most executions while Belarus is only European country to retain capital punishment

For first time in France, Paris's museums launch plans to replicate themselves in provincial cities

Gordon Brown brands failure to guarantee British savings in failed banks as 'totally unacceptable and illegal'