Archive for May, 2009

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq — that’s what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia say they want to hear from President Barack Obama this week when…

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A session of the Guantanamo war crimes court that began Sunday will likely show the difficulties President Barack Obama faces in changing the system and closing the prison by January.

The case in question,…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation’s few providers of late-term abortions despite decades of protests and attacks, was shot and killed Sunday in a church where he was serving as an usher.

The gunman fled, but a 51-year-old…

TATAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Lt. Eric Schwirian speaks softly, smiles a lot and shakes many wary hands during his platoon’s three-day trek deep into an Afghan valley, looking for a fight with the Taliban.

But while thousands of extra troops have…

A controversial late-term abortion doctor was shot and killed Sunday inside his church.

Dr. George Tiller was gunned down just as services were starting. He died three hours later from the gunman’s single shot.

“We just thought a child had come in…

Mayor Michael Bloomberg criticized U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel on Sunday, calling it “plain wrong” that the congressman said President Barack Obama needed to be careful when visiting Harlem, where a black police officer was fatally shot by a white…

Barack Obama the US president has expressed his shock and outrage over the fatal shooting of a doctor who provided lateterm abortions in Kansas.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As global powers debate how to punish North Korea for its nuclear defiance, two American journalists seized nearly three months ago face a trial this week in Pyongyang on charges that could land them in one of the country’s…