US drone strike kills four in Pakistan
At least four accused militants were killed Wednesday in a suspected US drone strike on a vehicle in Pakistans volatile northwestern tribal area along the Afghan border, security officials said.
Bush considered dumping Cheney in 2004
Former US president George W. Bush writes in a new memoir that he considered dumping vice president Dick Cheney from his 2004 election bid to dispel myths that Cheney was running the White House and to demonstrate that I was in charge.
Britain working to change arrest law, Hague says
The British government is working to change a law which has seen Israeli officials threatened with lawsuits in Britain, visiting British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in Ramallah Wednesday.
Kamala Harris clings to lead for California attorney general (Second Lead)
Hours after Indian-American Nikki Haley created history by winning the governors job in South Carolina, another woman of Indian origin, Kamala Harris holds a razor-thin lead in the election for attorney general of California.
Toll in Iraq explosions at 64 as police make arrests (Lead)
Police Wednesday arrested 96 people in a large raid on a northern Iraqi town, as people elsewhere in the country buried and mourned the dead from a recent wave of violence.
Baby falls from Paris flat and survives
An 18-month-old boy has been saved in a miraculous event after he fell from the seventh floor of a Paris flat.
World historic sites now at risk
Twelve historic sites around the world have been identified to be at risk of irreparable loss because of mismanagement and neglect, a new report has suggested.
Palin appearances hindered some Republicans
The populist conservative political movement, Tea Party, which scored major victories in the mid-term elections on Tuesday, has obviously become a major force in US politics.
Obama Calls Democratic Losses 'Humbling,' Vows Cooperation With Republicans
WASHINGTON — One day after his party suffered huge losses at the polls, President Barack Obama said the results of midterm elections show that Americans are 'frustrated' with the slow pace of economi…
YouTube removes videos of radical cleric Awlaki
YouTube has started to remove hundreds of videos that feature Anwar al Awlaki, the radical American-born cleric based in Yemen who has been linked to several terrorist plots against the US and the UK,…
Feds, Ontario to sell 30 million shares in GM in IPO
The federal and Ontario governments will sell 20 per cent of their stake — up to 30 million of their shares — in General Motors, Ontario’s finance minister has said.
Legion branch temporarily shut down over KKK costume
The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Campbellford, Ont., has been closed temporarily as officials investigate why two men attended a Halloween party there dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan and his black prisoner.
Tea Party triumph in the midterm elections | Lloyd Marcus
All the touring and rallying with the Tea Party Express were justified as citizen patriots reclaimed their rights at the ballotThe American Tea Party movement is the biggest winner of Tuesday’s election. Overwhelming victories by “We The People” candidates confirm the movement to be a powerful force forever changing the landscape of US politics. No [...]
Suspicious package found at Glasgow Airport;
A spokesman at Glasgow Airport in Scotland says part of the airport has been evacuated after a suspicious package was found.
Karachi’s deadly divide unites two families in grief
Escalating political battle for control of Pakistan metropolis is conducted through drive-by shootings, stabbings and murders• In pictures: Karachi, Pakistan’s combustible seaside metropolisOne bleeding city, two grieving families. In a shabby apartment block in northern Karachi, Hina Muhammad and her sisters sat quietly in a darkened room, shaded from the light but not the pain.Days [...]