Two senators in opposing political parties asked Republican presidential candidate John McCain to stop the automated phone calls that link Democratic candidate Barack Obama to a 1960s radical.

China has agreed to sell two new nuclear reactors to Pakistan to help the increasingly energy-starved country from further disarray in its energy generation, Pakistani officials announced on Saturday.

Police said Saturday that they are seeking a Mexican citizen and haveanother person in custody as they investigate the drug-relatedabduction of a Las Vegas boy, whose grandfather was arrested the nightbefore in California in the hopes that he could provide

An Egyptian tycoon and an associate sat side-by-side in metal cage in a packed Cairo courtroom Saturday and denied charges that they orchestrated the murder of a Lebanese pop star famed for her striking green eyes.

President Bush will announce his plans to host a summit of world leaders in the near future to discuss the global response to the financial crisis, a senior administration official said Saturday.

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Saturday called on Iraq's parliament to reject a U.S.-Iraqi security pact as tens of thousands of his followers rallied in Baghdad against the deal.

The government is "floundering" on UK immigration policy because it believes it is an "electoral liability", the Tories say.

The debate will be held at the St. Louis studios of KTVI (Channel 2) and be aired live at 6 p.m. on KTVI, as well as on sister station WDAF (Channel 4) in Kansas City. The debate can also be

Democratic nominee Barack Obama will headline a noon rally on the Arch grounds today, while Republican rival John McCain will appear at the New Town development in St. Charles on Monday. The details for McCain's event have yet to be

McCain suggested that voters could not rely on Obama's promise of tax cuts while returning once more to the story of Joe the Plumber, a regular part of McCain's speeches since the Arizona senator first mentioned the tax concerns of

McCain, whose aides said Obama was distorting facts to scare seniors, called Obama's tax plans "welfare" and argued that policies the Democrat is promoting as middle-class are more akin to socialism.

Below you will find our recommendations in 40 contested races and one bond measure. In the past few weeks, members of the editorial board met with nearly 80 candidates. We asked them questions. We picked their brains. And we did

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Pakistan will build two more nuclear reactors with Chinese assistance as part of its efforts to improve civil nuclear cooperation between two close allies, a top official said today.

The former military ruler, who had to bow out in the phase of intense public pressure sought to brush off reports that he plans to re-enter politics, after he severs all links with army by moving out of the army

B oth candidates in the US presidential election have bought the questionable argument that the war in Afghanistan needs to be salvaged for the "war on terror" to succeed. On top of that, to accomplish this rescue, they both have

J ust last month, Russia Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko had this to say "We do not see any sort of 'fire' that requires us to toss everything aside and meet to discuss Iran's nuclear program in the middle of

A t 76, Daniel Ellsberg is still vocal. The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1969, leading to the fall of President Richard Nixon, is speaking out this time on the 2008 presidential election. IPS correspondent Bankole Thompson caught