Reuters - A big fire in a commercial building
in Brazil's financial capital of Sao Paulo on Tuesday prompted
reports of a plane crash that were swiftly denied.
Reuters - Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy,
the brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy and the
elder statesman of American liberal politics, has a malignant
brain tumor, his doctors said on Tuesday.
Reuters - Efforts to explore ways of closing
the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay have reached a
standstill due to legal and practical problems, Defense
Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
Reuters - The House of Representatives
overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday allowing the
Justice Department to sue OPEC members for limiting oil
supplies and working together to set crude prices, but the
White House threatened to veto the measure.
AFP - A woman who survived on rainwater and a man fed via a straw were Tuesday pulled out of the rubble eight days after China's earthquake but hopes faded for others as the death toll topped 40,000.
Reuters - President George W. Bush has apologized
to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and promised prosecution
of a U.S. soldier accused of using a copy of the Koran for
target practice, Iraq said on Tuesday.
Reuters - China raised the number of dead
or missing from a devastating earthquake to more than 70,000 on
Tuesday, as rescuers found more survivors eight days after the
huge tremor hit.
AP - A government warning of a major aftershock sent thousands of panicked survivors running into the darkened streets Monday night following an unprecedented display of mourning for more than 34,000 people killed in a powerful earthquake one week ago.
AP - The Pentagon on Monday announced upcoming deployments of more than 42,000 troops, including 25,000 active duty Army soldiers who would be sent to Iraq beginning in the fall to replace troops scheduled to come home by year's end.
AP - Republican John McCain accused Democrat Barack Obama of inexperience and reckless judgment for saying Iran does not pose the same serious threat to the United States as the Soviet Union did in its day. McCain made the attack Monday in Chicago, Obama's home turf.
