Russian-Canadian energy deals possibly at risk Prime Minister Stephen Harper allowed Tuesday for the possibility of commercial natural gas deals with Russia being put at risk by Russia’s military actions in neighboring Georgia. 8/19/2008 1:55:24 PM

Afghan ambush kills 10 French troops Ten French soldiers have been killed in an ambush by Taleban fighters east of the Afghan capital, Kabul, the French president's office has confirmed. A further 21 French soldiers were wounded. 8/19/2008 5:39:00 AM

Suicide bomber kills 43 in Algeria A suicide attack Tuesday on a police school killed 43 people and wounded 38, authorities said as Algeria reeled from its worst militant assault this year. 8/19/2008 5:37:12 AM

Obama Ready to Announce Running Mate Senator Barack Obama has all but settled on his choice for a running mate and set an elaborate rollout plan for his decision, beginning with an early morning alert to supporters, perhaps as soon as Wednesday morning, aides said. 8/19/2008 5:31:18 AM

Dr. Doom: He predicted US Economic mess On Sept. 7, 2006, Nouriel Roubini stood before an audience of economists at the International Monetary Fund and announced that a crisis was brewing. The United States was likely to face a once-in-a-lifetime housing bust, an oil shock, sharply declining consumer confidence and, ultimately, a deep recession. 8/18/2008 8:11:25 PM

US Govt, Indonesia military accused of murder cover up A new report accuses the Indonesian military of being behind the murder of two United States school teachers and an Indonesian colleague in 2002. It says the military's role was covered up at the highest level of the US Government. 8/18/2008 8:02:09 PM

Mexico: 43 dead as gang wars escalate At least 43 people died in violent attacks in the last three days in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua, the scene of ongoing drug gang turf wars, police said today. Violence has escalated throughout the country since President Felipe Calderon launched a military crackdown on drug trafficking. 8/18/2008 6:56:16 PM

Russian president rips Georgia 'political morons' Russia's president blasted Georgia's leaders as "morons" Monday and vowed the former Soviet republic would not "go unpunished." Georgia hit back with renewed accusations that Russia's invasion was premeditated. 8/18/2008 6:48:07 PM

NATO-led troops kill four civilians NATO-led soldiers operating in southern Afghanistan "accidentally" killed four civilians and wounded three others in a rocket attack intended for insurgents, the alliance force said yesterday. 8/18/2008 6:39:10 PM

John McCain hires a Hollywood agent John McCain’s campaign has asked a Hollywood agent to sprinkle some glitter over his anointment as the Republican nominee - while Barack Obama frets about celebrities stampeding towards the Democratic convention in Denver next week. 8/18/2008 5:09:08 PM

Russia defies the West and the ceasefire The Russian Army continued to occupy Georgia in defiance of the West yesterday as Nato leaders gathered to hammer out a united response to the new military threat from Moscow. 8/18/2008 4:30:21 PM

Rescue as Grand Canyon dam bursts US rescue crews have airlifted some 170 people to safety from a remote village in the Grand Canyon after a dam burst following days of heavy rain. "We had no supplies, no food and very little water, we lost everything." 8/18/2008 8:49:30 AM

Tropical storm Fay clobbers Cuba Comments Tropical storm Fay slammed onto Cuba's shore early Monday, killing dozens of people before it is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it swirls toward Florida. 8/18/2008 5:50:08 AM

Russia promises 'crushing response' to aggression Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, whose forces have rolled into Georgia in support of pro-Moscow separatists, warned on Monday that any further aggression against Russian citizens would face a "crushing response." 8/18/2008 5:45:53 AM

Pervez Musharraf resigns as Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, a key Muslim ally in the US-led War on Terror, resigned as President of Pakistan today to avoid impeachment by a hostile parliament, nine years after he seized power in a bloodless coup. 8/18/2008 5:25:50 AM

Gold falls below $800 Gold prices plunged down through the $800 (U.S.) an ounce mark Friday for the first time in more than nine months, as the U.S. dollar continued its return from the dead. 8/17/2008 6:42:38 AM

Moscow transforms real-world game of RISK In early 2002, some 200 U.S. Special Forces soldiers landed in the former Soviet republic of Georgia to train the Georgian army in anti-terrorism techniques, including how to protect a planned oil pipeline from secessionist or anti-Western saboteurs. 8/17/2008 6:32:30 AM

Celebrating all things cannabis -- Hempfest in Seattle They poured into Myrtle Edwards Park on the Seattle waterfront Saturday -- thousands of cannabis-lovers in Seattle to network and celebrate their favorite green plant. Hempfest kicked off its 17th year in the Emerald City Saturday. 8/16/2008 11:24:08 PM

Russian forces still entrenched in Georgia Russian forces built ramparts around tanks and posted sentries on a hill in central Georgia on Saturday, digging in despite Western pressure for Moscow to withdraw its forces under a cease-fire deal signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. 8/16/2008 11:15:26 PM

Argentina investigates deaths of 14 vaccinated kids Argentine authorities are exploring a possible link between the deaths of 14 children and an experimental vaccine they were taking in a clinical trial run by GlaxoSmithKline. 8/15/2008 7:51:18 AM