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Obama: War a 'millstone around Africa's neck'

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:08:11 EDT

President Obama reached out to Africa in a speech in Ghana on Saturday, praising the continent's achievements but condemning persistent wars, calling them the "millstone around Africa's neck." "Despite the progress that has been made ... we also know that much of that promise has yet to be fulfilled," Obama said in a speech to the parliament of Ghana.

Mexican gangs gun down police in seven cities

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:50 EDT

A series of coordinated attacks against federal police in six Mexican cities Saturday left three officers dead and six wounded in what officials are calling an unprecedented onslaught by drug gangs.

U.S. alters strategy for freeing 2 in N. Korea

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:00:01 EDT

The United States has dropped its request that two American journalists imprisoned in North Korea be released on humanitarian grounds, and is seeking amnesty instead, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

Brown mourns but defends Afghanistan strategy

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:47:46 EDT

Britain's prime minister on Saturday grieved over the losses of 15 British troops over 10 days in Afghanistan, but underscored that preventing terror from reaching the UK streets was the top goal.

Obama: G-8 has shown Iran 'door' on nukes

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:32:14 EDT

President Obama argued Friday that the Group of Eight nations had sent a clear message to Iran: The world will not "wait indefinitely" and allow the country to build nuclear weapons.

Saudi women's activist demands right to travel

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:55:29 EDT

Wajeha al-Huwaider picked up her passport, got in a taxi, and headed from her home in eastern Saudi Arabia to the nearby island kingdom of Bahrain -- a 45-minute drive that many Saudis take to get away for the weekend.

Pakistan official: U.S.-Taliban talks possible

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:25:54 EDT

Pakistan's military has declared that not only is it in contact with Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar but that it can bring him and other commanders to the negotiating table with the United States.

French ship joins hunt for AF447 'black box'

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:44:15 EDT

The search for the data and voice recorders from the Air France plane that crashed more than a month ago off Brazil's coast is entering a new phase, according to France's accident investigation agency.

Suu Kyi trial nears end in Myanmar

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:33:43 EDT

The trial in Myanmar of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi drew closer to an end Friday with testimony from the last witness and the scheduling of closing arguments.

UK police probe Gitmo torture claims

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:19:58 EDT

The Metropolitan Police Service launched a criminal investigation Friday into allegations of torture made by a former prisoner at the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, New Scotland Yard said.